Gameday

ya’ll this boy put his heart and soul into this Philly cheese steak. Meat juicy, veggies perfectly sautéed, and the cheese…… my god slap ya momma the cheese was BUSSIN.

Ultimately, I'm trying to review every single restaurant in San Pedro Square, and today was Gameday's turn. Naturally, I thought it appropriate to visit a restaurant named Gameday on one of the biggest game days in recent San Francisco 49ers' history, the 2023 NFC Playoff Divisional game.

San Pedro Square still remains my default location for Bay Area community events because of the environment's dynamic range of features, one of which is providing a large viewing venue for sporting events (which it did recently for the World Cup as well).

For a classic gridiron match up, I wanted some traditional sports bar food, which is one of many options for event viewers. You could choose pizza (already reviewed by me), or burgers (also already reviewed by me), but nothing says Gameday like some classic bone in wings. For this reason, Gameday was my obvious eatery of choice for this particular occasion.

The ordering process was as smooth as it could be considering the sheer chaos that was the venue. Gameday seems to take advantage of every technological advantage available to a restaurant, which the same can be said for many of the other restaurants in this space.

Although, Gameday doesn't just leverage the tech, the tech also validates a quality of service that is demanded of places in this venue. With that said, they have an un-personed (stay woke 😄) ordering station that enables a non-stop stream of self service orders. The experience is straight forward and requires a phone number to transform your cellular device into a restaurant buzzer, which has the added advantage of sending text updates versus simply buzzing.

Because of the tech, I couldn't help but track the order-to-delivery time, both of which receive confirmations via text message. 21 MINUTES!!! Are you serious?! That was spectacular! I ordered extra crispy, bone-in, traditional buffalo wings without interacting with anyone, in the middle of a huge event, and they delivered my food in twenty-one minutes. That is great service.

The wings, awesome, but expensive, but still awesome. For a bar food experience in an open community setting, nothing really does it like Gameday. It's got all the classics, and even though there's some extra cost for the venue experience added in, the experience is worth it.

Two self ordering screens, text when your order is ready, woman behind the counter offered ketchup since we forgot to include it in our order and put some napkins on our tray. Thank you!

Sandwich is pretty good but nothing special. Fries were slightly damp, but still really good - battered fries. Prices even more insane than the rest of San Pedro square. I didn't order a drink and my basic sandwich and fries combo still broke $20.