A trip for a belatedly bar night in San Francisco needed some pre-drinking food. Luckily, a yelp search in the afternoon found us an interesting place that actually still had reservations for a Saturday night. Hops and Hominy is around Union Square and has southern food with a nice selection of beers (ah! pun names, my favorite).
The place was packed but thanks to our last minute reservation, we were seated immediately. We had cornbread served in a little cast iron dish, with an amazingly soft and sweet butter. Together, this was amazing - I would've gladly made a meal out of this alone.
We had every intention of getting our grub on, but to get the "hops" part of the meal satisfied, we also ordered drinks. FT had an Alegash White while I went with their "porkchops and applesauce" cocktail. Good beer selection, but fairly standard cocktails. There was a slight salty/bacony flavor to my drink, but it was hard to distinguish.
Chicken fried steak: tasty. Arugula salad side was just a tad toooo healthy, but the mashed potatoes helped even it out.
Cheese grits were amazing! Best dish of the night, we literally scraped the dish bare.
Pork belly sliders: good sauce, but very meh bread and portions.
For dessert, we got this monstrosity of sweet potato ice cream covered in marshmallow and topped with gobs of caramel syrup and nuts and all that. Not bad but super sweet - too much sucrose for just two to handle.
Overall, very enjoyable dinner; there's hits and misses with the dishes but if you stick to their versions of more traditional southern dishes you'll probably be safe. They have stick to your ribs southern dishes reimagined with kind of a hipster, more-health conscious execution.
San Francisco, CA
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