Boudin Bakery — Restaurant in San Francisco

POV: You return to your childhood neighborhood 24 hours before your birthday and feel the need to walk into the boudin you have been going to since you were 5 years old. The door is open, so you walk in and before you can even take the first breath you naturally would take, as breathing is a sign you are alive, the nice young masked woman at the counter interrupts your inhale by asking you what you are doing here and asks you to wait outside because they serve one person at a time and she will be with you in a moment, sir/ zir/ madam, and you say “Never mind then” and have to inform a poor old man strapping his mask on that he can’t just walk in. It is one at a time even though the door is open. Mainly because you don’t want him to get startled when his first inhale gets interrupted as well.

So instead you storm off and remember the time you ordered a Papa Steve’s Pizza from them a few months previous and it was very good and solid and quite affordable. And you also admit to yourself it is a very small little place and you remember how different their pizza was in the 90s. And you realize it is 2022 and now you’re an adult, at least in numeric age, and this place is still a solid way to enjoy Sourdough and their Sough dough Pizzas are Safe, they are Ace and they are Mint.

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I got delivery through Doordash from here and ordered a soup and sandwich for $11.50 and a sausage and pepperoni pizza for $12.95 The soup and sandwich only gave me the option to get clam chowder so that's what I got. For the sandwich, I got 1/2 of a roast beef sandwich. The clam chowder was very good and was a decent portion. The sandwich was also a good portion and tasted good but I opened the sandwich to find a slice of cheese that looked like it had been ripped not sliced. The bell peppers on the sausage and pepperoni pizza made it look fun and lively and the taste was okay. However, the crust was very tough and I had to really trying to rip it with my teeth to bite into it. Also, the edge of the pizza was hard as nails. Another thing, the pizza was an 8 inch pizza for over $12. The toppings were tasty though.

The soup was also tasty. The sandwich was fine. The pizza was dreadful. Three stars out of five for the whole experience. If want to order from Boudin, get the chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. It's what they're known for and what they're phenomenal at. You might be disappointed with their other offerings but I promise that you won't be disappointed with the clam chowder in a...

Stick to sourdough bread here. The sourdough seeded baguette is full flavored; the sesame & anise seeds are an excellent compliment. The pull apart sourdough rolls and sandwich buns are also good and store well in the freezer. The chocolate chip & raisin bread is a unique treat; a perfect accompaniment to your morning coffee. Bagels are bland & taste like generic dinner rolls; same stuff Safeway sells, so save your money and go to House of Bagels up the street. Same goes for their cookies & croissants; VERY basic quality and not worth the prices they charge. The "papa steve's" pizza is a tremendous ripoff; poor quality cheese and toppings, paired with a bland sauce and a strange sourdough-ish (?) crust. Texture and taste leave a lot to be desired; by far one of the worst pizzas in the city. For good sourdough pizza please visit Goat Hill! Sadly none of these items are as fresh as in years past; they do not bake ANYTHING here anymore for some reason. Shame really; we were used to a pleasant & fragrant walk to this bakery for years. Drip coffee is very good here, service curt and...