"Parents hate taking their kids to the orthodontist as much as kids hate going. I say this as both a past metal-mouth and current mother of one. Pre-COVID, I’d ease my appointment pain by going to 20th Century Cafe conveniently around the corner. But now it’s sadly closed, so the other mid-day, starving, with 60 minutes to kill, I started wandering in search of my new happy meal. I wasn’t in the mood for Souvla or a whole sit-down to-do, I just wanted something good to eat. And suddenly, I found myself on Gough street, looked up, and there it was. Dragon Eats. Sold! On the sardine banh mi: the soft baguette was crammed with shredded pickled carrots and onion, cucumbers, sprigs of cilantro, rings of jalapeno, and — blissfully— fat hunks of oily fish. Best $8 I’ve spent in San Francisco in a while. See you in six weeks Dragon Eats." - Eater Staff