Legends Café & Creamery
Cafe · North Beach ·
Middle Eastern pitas & wraps: shawarma, falafel, sumac fries
Middle Eastern pitas & wraps: shawarma, falafel, sumac fries
"Most locals know the El Shawa family via their late-night destination restaurant Sam’s Burgers on Broadway — now going on 60-plus years — but now the El Shawas have expanded next door with a new business: Sam’s East. Rather than burgers, Sam’s East focuses on Middle Eastern flavors, such as pitas stuffed with falafel or rib eye. Try the shawarma wrap with a side of the sumac fries, or the fattoush salad if you’re looking for a vegetarian option." - Paolo Bicchieri
"The ElShawa family — who’ve run Sam’s Burgers since the 1970s — are opening a second business next door called Sam’s East, where customers can expect shawarma and falafel instead of pizza and burgers; an Instagram post on January 22 announced a grand opening party for Thursday, February 1 at 7 p.m., though an original November 2023 open date came and went with no chicken wraps at 620 Broadway." - Paolo Bicchieri
"The family behind the legendary burger joint Sam’s Burgers will open a second restaurant next door called Sam’s East." - Lauren Saria
"Sam's Burgers, a North Beach late-night favorite, is expanding to include Sam's East at 620 Broadway, next door to the original location at 618 Broadway. The new business will be a full-service Middle Eastern restaurant taking over the former Tacorea space." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Like it or not, San Francisco’s is, um, a work in progress. But Sam’s has always been holding it down. The old-school burger institution at the North Beach, Russian Hill, and Chinatown border is open until 2am on weekends, and midnight on weekdays. This space the size (and width) of a U-Haul is filled with old photos of customers, cash-only signs (even though they do accept credit cards), and even a “F*ck Off, I’m Hungry” t-shirt. Sidestep and shimmy your way to a stool at the bar, and let a drippy burger come to you. Sam’s keeps theirs simple, like what you’d get at a backyard cookout: it’s loaded with just cheese, onion, tomato, and a fistful of shredded lettuce. Diving into it while it’s pitch black outside is one of the happier half hours you can spend in SF. " - Julia Chen
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