Get ready for taste-bud overload! This is another local favorite that is well known in the Bay Area. Blackberry Bistro is a fusion of southern, California and Latin influences. The shrimp and grits dish is simply to die for! These are not your grandmother's grits. The vanilla and orange flavored French bread, also a popular favorite. While the food never disappoints, the service has. We've experienced rude waitresses, and long delays for food and even a waitress whose too-tight pants and dirty fingernails left us cringing about whether she'd touched our food.Expect 30-45 waits especially on the weekends. Perfect for brunch but don't go unless you can stand the wait outside and almost certainly a wait for your food once you've ordered. If you can stand all of that, you will leave with a happy palate.