A brief review:
Cafe Mason, located between O'Farrell and Ellis on Mason Street is one of those late-night spots I frequent when I'm not at El Farolito or Grubstake, or cooking Linguica and Eggs at home in the Avenues.
The food: quality home-cooked fare, breakfast and lunch being their specialities. You can order most of the menu items during late night. Pastas are unavailable after 3am.
I highly recommend: the Shrimp and Crab Melt, the Papardelle alla Bolognese, the Fresh Fruit Platter or Bowl of Fresh Fruit, The Cheese Steak Sandwich, and the Salmon Fettucini. Their coffee is good there unless you're one of those coffee snobs that can't drink 99% of the coffee out there.
Service: Great on weekdays and weekends during the day. Slightly-less-great on busy weekend nights. I've never had bad service there, but then again I usually grab a bite to eat when it's not too busy. Early morning is a nice time to check out Cafe Mason.
Hours: 24 Hours a day. Perfect for everyone!
Prices: Cafe Mason menu items cost more than usual for diner fare, but then again it's much better quality than the average diner. Miserably cheap people would be better served elsewhere (read: donut shop).
Music: Jukebox (mostly rock). Wide selection. Even a jazz cat like me was able to find one album to my liking: a jazz compilation featuring the song "II B.S." by Charles Mingus :)
Food: ****
Service: ***
Value: ***
Hours: ****
Bon Appetit! :)
Cafe Mason, located between O'Farrell and Ellis on Mason Street is one of those late-night spots I frequent when I'm not at El Farolito or Grubstake, or cooking Linguica and Eggs at home in the Avenues.
The food: quality home-cooked fare, breakfast and lunch being their specialities. You can order most of the menu items during late night. Pastas are unavailable after 3am.
I highly recommend: the Shrimp and Crab Melt, the Papardelle alla Bolognese, the Fresh Fruit Platter or Bowl of Fresh Fruit, The Cheese Steak Sandwich, and the Salmon Fettucini. Their coffee is good there unless you're one of those coffee snobs that can't drink 99% of the coffee out there.
Service: Great on weekdays and weekends during the day. Slightly-less-great on busy weekend nights. I've never had bad service there, but then again I usually grab a bite to eat when it's not too busy. Early morning is a nice time to check out Cafe Mason.
Hours: 24 Hours a day. Perfect for everyone!
Prices: Cafe Mason menu items cost more than usual for diner fare, but then again it's much better quality than the average diner. Miserably cheap people would be better served elsewhere (read: donut shop).
Music: Jukebox (mostly rock). Wide selection. Even a jazz cat like me was able to find one album to my liking: a jazz compilation featuring the song "II B.S." by Charles Mingus :)
Food: ****
Service: ***
Value: ***
Hours: ****
Bon Appetit! :)
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Re: Cafe Mason (Mason at O'Farrell, SF)
Mon, August 14, 2006 - 3:23 PMUpdate 2006/08/10:
While still overpriced, Cafe Mason maintains their high quality food and service at the late night hour. They have a clam and mussels bowl for about fifteen bucks that's actually quite good. Throw in a plate of hot & crispy pomme frites and you've got yourself a meal-and-a-half.
The staff may have changed but they haven't lost a step. The fast, friendly, and attentive service gets my vote any day (or night) of the week.
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Re: Cafe Mason (Mason at O'Farrell, SF)
Mon, September 18, 2006 - 11:18 AM2006-09-19:
Update: Cafe Mason is the place to be for delicious any-time-of-day meals, great service, and the best jukebox in town.
The Mussels and Clams plate still rocks. Go relatively early, because it's not served after 1am (or 2am??)
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Re: Cafe Mason (Mason at O'Farrell, SF)
Tue, October 3, 2006 - 2:40 PMCafe Mason rocks! Great food and atmosphere for the wee hours, and well within stumbling distance from home :D
