Update: This restaurant has closed. 🙁
Machka! It just sounds like it should be an exclamation to me. Not sure why that is. Machka is a small Mediterranean* restaurant in the FiDi** right across the street from the Pyramid Building. It has just a handful of tables in the narrow, brick-lined space, and a bar in one corner that serves wine and beer. Mom and sis took me here for lunch on my actual birthday (I was at work; it was awesome).
Cauliflower soup enjoyed by Sister
In the mezes section of the menu (kinda like Greek tapas), there are a variety of dishes you might expect — hummus, babaganoush, feta, falafel — and a few you may not — lamb tartar, grilled octopus, grilled smelts. They have a few salads, a handful of Durum (wraps), a few kebabs, and a half-dozen entrees. They’re open for lunch and dinner every day except for Sunday.
Our lunch was fun and yummy — we shared some hummus, each got a lunch entree, and shared a (super amazing) dessert. I’ll just start with the dessert since it was really the highlight. And because sometimes it’s fun to do things backwards.
Chocolate fondant — amazing
This is the chocolate fondant, which is a fancy way of saying “molten chocolate cake” without sounding so Applebee’s. It was amazing. I was really excited to find a nearby place available to satiate any future chocolate emergencies which may occur. I would most certainly go back here just for this.
Before the fondant, we ate these things:
Hummus plate with pita triangles
Chicken skewers with pyramid of rice for Mom
Falafel Durum for Sister
Seared ahi burger with fries and side salad for me!
*I can now spell Mediterranean on the first try because of this blog! Knowledge is power!
**The super pretentious way of calling the Financial District in SF.
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