Another day, another start!

I, all of a sudden, got quite motivated to jot some stuff down...hmmm, what's different about this morning than most 'day off' mornings? I got an early night's rest and slept in, and didn't feel guilty about it. I also had a LOT of energy when I finally rolled out of bed.

So, a couple of things...
First, on my day off yesterday, I did a thing that I was planning on doing. This is a big accomplishment. I'm full of grandiose plans (for me, getting out of the neighborhood is grandiose) that many times transform, or morph into something else.
Ok, back up. I'm not talking Target runs, or Home Depot or actual necessary things, but the "day off go have fun" stuff. Plans change, buses arrive late, places are closed Tuesdays (grrrrr!) but I almost always end up having a good time.

So, back to yesterday.
The Haight, Lower walking to the Upper. The goal, Memphis Minnie's BBQ. We just saw a bit on Check Please Bay Area, the PBS show.
Hopped on the 22 Fillmore and it was packed, packed I tell you. I got off at Haight and walked to the BBQ place.

Loud, lively, full and a photographer was taking pics of the cashiers and cooks. T shirts from other BBQ places adorned the walls and the blues was playing. Just the blues, unidentified.
I ordered the BBQ Brisket sandwich, side of mac 'n cheese and a corn bread muffin, paid my bill and waited. Luckily the tables turned quite quickly so I was able to sit.
Got my sandwich fast and took a seat.

The brisket certainly looked good; fatty, red, meaty on a hard sub roll. The mac was fine, cheesy salty with fusilli, but nothing special. Good cornbread though.
The brisket itself was good,not quite moan factor, but pretty good.
Needed a little more salt, or more uniform salt. Some pieces were saltier than others.
Good smoke, good mix of spices. I really liked the Texas BBQ sauce best.

Oh, moan factor. Um, well it's a non-scientific scale do determine the amount of ecstatic moaning during the eating of food. Not all places qualify. Actually, most places don't. Great restaurants can have no moan factor. Places we go to all the time usually don't,
Good example of moan factor is Zero Zero, for the fried chicken and byo dessert.
Also, there is NO scale in moan factor. It either is or isn't.

Anyway, I'm still looking for moan factor BBQ in SF. I'll go back to Minnie's to try a few a couple more items (pulled pork, ribs)