Picaro

3120 16th St
(at Valencia St)
San Francisco, CA 94103

Occasion: Sarah is in need of some TLC dinner =] Yup that was the title of our email thread! This dates back to February 20th. Yes I still remember=]

Complimentary bread with dipping sauce

I kid you not, but this was the best part of the meal. We must have asked for what seemed like 10 baskets of bread and an additional big bowl fo the dipping sauce. I have no idea what was in that sauce, but it was absolutely delicious. We all LOVED it. Seriously the best starter EVER! I tried asking the waitress what it was made of and all she could tell me was that it was a vegetarian dip. I would seriously go back to this restaurant just for their free bread with dipping sauce. Once again...AMAZING!

Sangria

We had just missed it for $2.50 glass or $10 pitcher of sangria, but we still got a pitcher. Two glasses of this and I was buzzin'! My glass was more on the sweet side=]

Fried calamari

Can't really go wrong with calamari especially if you have a special mayo filled dipping sauce. Portion size could totally have been a bit bigger. Still satisfied tho!

Tortilla de Patata

Their deep fried potatoes with their garlic aoli was one of the best tapas we ordered. It was delicious! I love potatoes and I can definitely say that compared to cha cha cha's, Picaro has better deep fried potatoes. Must be the aoli sauce?

Mussels

Portion size was kind of small. Loved the bits of chopped tomatoes and the vinaigrette sauce it was cooked in. It wasn't too bad! I would definitely say it was one of our more favored dishes.

Grilled Clams

with garlic,parsley and olive oil

Again, nothing really spectacular about this dish. There were only about 10 clams in there, if not less. Anyways, wish there were more clams for what we paid for. The sauce was used for bread dipping, which I thought was pretty darn good.

Paella de Mariscos

Seafood paella with clams, mussels, shrimps and calamari

This was actually my first time ordering paella. It was hella hyped up for me, so i really was expecting something wonderful. When I took my first bite of this...it was not as wonderful as I had hoped for it to be. I was definitely disappointed. Maybe it's me because I've never this before, or maybe it was the place. I really didnt' think it was all that. This was the only thing that came in a great portion. Please note that it does take extra time for the restaurant to prepare for paellas so please order right away.