Millers East Coast Deli, San Francisco

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Unlike your typical New York deli, the salads are incredible -- try the surprisingly delicious chef salad and the chopped salad with a huge number of perfectly blended ingredients. more»

The bagels are decent, great brisket sandwiches, and if you have a sweet tooth, the black and white cookies and rugellah are pretty good, too. more»

To-go requests are taken at the counter , but for-here orders get table service ( although food arrives just as quickly as at the counter ) from friendly staff who actually seem to love their jobs and go out of their way to honor special requests. more»

The wait staff were nice and cute and reminded me of the kind of kids who worked at Chile ' s or Applebee ' s before they landed this job -- you know , the bubbly type. more»

Matzoh ball soup and challah were good in all fairness , and the people were really nice. more»

some people like to search for little flaws but overall everything is good here more»

With its simple tables, white walls and long counter, the spare decor re-creates an authentic East Coast deli, minus the patina of age. The only nod to modernity is a beautiful collection of still-life photographs. The place is most crowded at lunch, with a mixture of homesick New Yorkers, young hipsters and other deli lovers.

This Polk Street delicatessen puts the soul into Jewish comfort food. For a new spin on an old standard, try the Rachael--a Reuben sandwich with pastrami instead of corned beef. The whitefish salad stands up to any other, East Coast or West Coast. Chicken soup with matzo balls is seasoned just right and full of shredded chicken, brightly colored carrots and matzo balls that are substantial without being heavy. Other offerings include rich kasha varnishkes, spot-on egg creams, "Seinfeld"-worthy black-and-white cookies and dreamy knishes.