the hungry runner

So as a recap, I most recently got a job at a running shoe shop on Chestnut Street in the Marina called Fleet Feet! The location allows me to explore all the food located around the Marina and lately I have been taking full advantage of Blue Barn. Blue Barn is also located on Chestnut Street where they serve up many fresh salads and rustic sandwiches made from local artisan ingredients. It’s quite small in there and it’s usually really crowded, so be prepared and perhaps call ahead! 

Since I have work in the Marina every weekend, I decided to try out all the salads on the menu and determine which one is my favorite! Warning you now, the artisan ingredients call for one pricey salad, ranging from $10-$14.

Continuing my adventure into the many salads of Blue Barn, I went ahead and ordered the Spicy Tuna Salad which includes mixed greens, chicory chop, spicy ahi tuna, avocado, mango, snow peas, cucumber, scallions, sesame seeds, soba noodles, and a miso-ginger vinaigrette. I absolutely loved the crunch of the soba noodles mixed into the salad. The tuna wasn’t too overwhelmingly spicy and added a nice touch to the rest of the salad. Another dynamic I absolutely loved was the mango, it was a nice sweet touch to the salad. Again, I could definitely taste the quality in the ingredients. 

So I most recently got a job at a running shop on Chestnut Street in the Marina called Fleet Feet! The location allows me to explore all the food located around the Marina and lately I have been taking full advantage of Blue Barn. Blue Barn is also located on Chestnut Street where they serve up many fresh salads and rustic sandwiches made from local artisan ingredients. It’s quite small in there and it’s usually really crowded, so be prepared and perhaps call ahead! 

Since I have work in the Marina every weekend, I decided to try out all the salads on the menu and determine which one is my favorite! Warning you now, the artisan ingredients call for one pricey salad, ranging from $10-$14. 

First up is the Cobber, which includes romaine, chicory chop, roasted chicken, bacon, avocado, cherry tomatoes, scallions, garlic croutons, and house ranch dressing. The use of quality ingredients is quite apparent, even in the photo. Everything was very fresh, the lettuce was crunchy, the chicken was plump and moist and the avocado was a vibrant green! Also, for a salad, this was a filling meal! I loved the mix of romaine lettuce and the crunchy chicory chop && of course, there’s never anything wrong with bacon! 

For my last installation for Coffee Meets Bagel’s food truck post I visited a popular Vietnamese food truck in San Francisco! You can check out the article on Coffee Meets Bagel’s blog.