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Jubba
Middle Eastern
The only Somali restaurant in the Bay Area sits in a circular building near a train station and has the easy, welcoming energy of a diner. The suqaar, chicken or beef stir-fried with peppers and the earthy Somali spice blend xawaash, arrives wrapped in flatbread or plated over rice, injera, or spaghetti. The San Francisco Chronicle puts it in the Bay Area Top 100.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle #79 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in San Jose
- San Francisco Chronicle Best restaurants in Palo Alto, San Jose, the Peninsula and South Bay
One number, weighted & current 66
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Roasted goat cutlet
“The star of the menu, though, is the roasted goat cutlet, featuring tender and fatty pieces of goat meat served on the bone with garlicky basmati rice.”
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Sports plate
“The dining room fills with large parties, who congregate around the “sports plate,” a hulking tray of fatty goat ribs.”
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Mandasi
“Be sure to try the pillowy doughnut-like mandasi.”
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Suqaar
“But the main attraction is the suqaar, morsels of chicken or beef stir-fried with peppers, onions, herbs and a generous dusting of xawaash — an earthy, toasted seasoning blend from Somalia.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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