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Elizabeth Falkner's Citizen Cake Ice Cream Parlor and Eats

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2125 Fillmore (at California) San Francisco, CA 94115

415-861-2228

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Best Grown-Up Ice Cream Sandwiches
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): Bakery, California, Dessert

Hours: Sun 10am-5pm, Tue-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm

Price: $$, $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Attire: Casual

Features: Delivery, Private Party, Takeout

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

The Pacific Heights incarnation of Elizabeth Falkner's name-making restaurant is a bit disjointed: the pastry shop warring with the sit-down restaurant, the minimalist decor at odds with the sophisticated whimsy of Falkner's desserts. Chef Amy Glaze's menus incorporate both tweaked classics (a wonderfully deconstructed beef stroganoff, Chinese chicken salad) and lighter, slightly more cerebral fare (beet-asparagus terrine, beet salad with beef heart) that falls flat as often as it succeeds. Falkner's desserts, though, are as wonderful as ever. Sweets such as her butterscotch-miso mousse and her love letter (raspberry-rose-black pepper cake) are a collage of flavors clipped from dozens of cuisines, with an eye out for the new.

2005 | Best Grown-Up Ice Cream Sandwiches

It's not that we don't love the gummy chocolate-flavored cookies glued together with pasty artificial vanilla ice cream that you can buy in any convenience store, if only for their nostalgic appeal. But Citizen Cake's ice cream sandwiches are surely the living end of all cookies-and-cream desserts. For a well-worth-it $3.75 you can request your choice of any two freshly baked cookies -- chocolate chip, oatmeal-raisin, peanut butter, or one of the more exotic choices like ginger-molasses --... More »
2003 | Best Sandwich

Any midnight snacker will tell you that the act of creating a sandwich is a complex discipline requiring an innate sense of balance and a willingness to push the envelope. The fried oyster po' boy and the ahi and wasabi BLT are two noteworthy successes in this area. Another is the Cuban pork sandwich, which (like every great sandwich) offers a lot of satisfaction from a relatively small package. The Citizen Cake version is outstanding. A tender roll fresh from the bakery's ovens is spread... More »
2002 | Best Dessert Menu

Dessert is almost always the best part of the meal, any meal, but at Citizen Cake, the bakery-cum-restaurant in Hayes Valley, the sweet stuff is especially magnificent. Executive Pastry Chef Elizabeth Falkner and pastry chefs Shuna Lydon and Sara Cameron not only make fantastic tarts, pastries, cookies, and cakes for the patisserie side of the operation, they create phenomenal menu desserts as well: a crème brûlée scented with rose petals; an orange-marmalade pudding with... More »

Five Best Thai Restaurants in San Francisco

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, October 13, 2011

Thai restaurants began popping up all over San Francisco in the 1980s, and within a decade, Thai food had become a staple for first dates and Thursday-night takeouts. San Franciscan children eat almos... More »
Citizen Cake: Bland Fare, but Dynamite Desserts

By Jonathan Kauffman | Wed, March 09, 2011

I won't besmirch Elizabeth Falkner's rep by calling her a celebrity chef, but she does merit being labeled an "icon." And as an icon, she couldn't be a better representative for the San Francisco food scene. From her days at Elka and Rubicon to Ci... More »
Let Them Eat Retro-Tropical Shag

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, October 24, 2001

The discipline of baking is an art as well as a science, as any visitor to Citizen Cake, a particularly artistic patisserie-restaurant, will tell you. The eatery is located among the teeming culinary sensibilities of Hayes Valley a block or two fr... More »
Side Dish

By Harry Coverte | Wed, May 24, 2000

Raising KaneHarry's favorite pastry princess has finally unveiled her latest creation on the corner of Gough and Grove. Elizabeth Falkner is proud to present Citizen Cake, the sequel. Her new downtown shop, a glassed-in museum piece, features a co... More »

Main Menu

Shared

One for $6.00
All for $18.00

Assorted Charcuterie Plate: Pate, Salumi, Rillettes One for 6 Or All for

$16.00

Cheese Plate with Seasonal Accompaniments

To Begin

$8.00
$15.00

Clam Chowder, Fennel, Potatoes, Bacon

$10.00

Leeks Vinaigrette, Gribiche, White Anchovy Toast

$12.00

Beet Salad, Grilled Beef Heart, Wild Arugula, Horseradish Cream

$10.00

Grilled Little Gems, Sweet 100 Tomatoes, Capricious, Garlic Crouton, Green Garlic Anchovy Dressing

First

$12.00

Brandade, Sundried Tomato Aioli, Lemon Vinaigrette

$14.00
$24.00

Pappardelle, Chevre, Sweet 100 Tomatoes, Fava Beans, Broccolini, Garlic, Preserved Meyer Lemon, Chili Flakes

$14.00
$26.00

Morrocan Spiced Lamb Meatballs, Israeli Couscous, Baby Artichoke, Walnut Tzatziki, Hibiscus Lamb Jus

Second

$26.00

Halibut, English Peas, Gigante Beans, Orange Scented Carrots and Pepper Cress

$22.00

Roasted Chicken, Duck Fat Potatoes, Prunes, Roasted Garlic, Sherry Sauce, Arugula

$24.00

Hangar Steak, Warm Potato & Fava Bean Salad, Grilled Asparagus, Roasted Mushrooms, Horseradish Creme

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Elizabeth Falkner's Citizen Cake Ice Cream Parlor and Eats - CLOSED

2125 Fillmore (at California) San Francisco, CA 94115

415-861-2228

Description

2005 | Best Grown-Up Ice Cream Sandwiches

2003 | Best Sandwich

2002 | Best Dessert Menu

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, October 13, 2011

By Jonathan Kauffman | Wed, March 09, 2011

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, October 24, 2001

By Harry Coverte | Wed, May 24, 2000