Brass Knuckle

Fantastic place but sad to say that today when I went by it was closed for good with an eviction notice out front on the door. Sadly the owner was not able to make it in the tough industry right now and no longer will we have delicious unique brass knuckle sandwiches available. Unilocal.Please mark this place as closed.

Yoooo me and my girl come here all the time and switch it up. We’ve tried everything on the menu and it’s all good. The coleslaw they out on there joints are the lick. Live this place. Love the paintin on the wall and the workers are coo. A must try spot. The feel of it is one of those little mom n pop spits but with an urban feel.

With a few vegetarian options on the menu, I ordered the Slim Shady and left very satisfied!

Pretty darn good. Despite the fact that I got something from the vegetarian menu. (Had to add an extra bacon). They had run out of chicken for the fryin’ maiden. I’m really liking forward to that though. Also the environment is pretty chill. He’s got good music in the background. Spacious. I think I’ll be coming here alot.
Got a bite of my friends notorious pig… holy shit it’s good.

First, the atmosphere and background.
I had wanted to try out their truck, but never caught up with them. So I was happy to check out their brick and mortar location.
Having worked in restaurants as a kid, I could see they were still working out the details of the operation. The younger dude didn’t know to run a credit card machine, and forgot to charge me for all my items. He needed help from the older, scary tough looking, chef who was in the back.
Second, the food.
HOLYSH&$ that was a good sandwich. I got the fried chicken sandwich… or shall I say the burn in hell it’s so good sandwich. It comes served on a torpedo roll with apple slaw, a tasty but decadent special sauce. The meat they use is thigh meat, which is ideal because it is so tender.
Also got the whole concept of this restaurant and food truck. While it is high quality gourmet food, this is a tough guy restaurant, the menu and the staff are guys who can serve you a great meal and beat the crap out of you if you misbehave — which is perfect for the TL.

Got a hangover? Then stumble on down to the Brass Knuckle for a pick me up. Not necessarily greasy, just tasty, hot, and perfect to soak up all that nasty in your belly.
Rosemary Waffle Cubano — My first choice and my favorite item. The rosemary works perfectly with the rest of sandwich, and it will seriously cure a hangover. My only suggestion would be to ask the dude making it to make your waffle crispy.
Fryin Maiden — Juicy and delicious. A little on the moist side from the toppings, but that’s nothing when you have a fork and knife.
Why four stars? While the rest of the items are priced fairly, the drinks and sodas are a major rip.

I stopped by this place yesterday, the names of the sandwiches really caught my eye and I thought it would be a great way to change up my normal lunch routine. I tried the fryin maiden and the messy Marv nachos. The fried chicken sandwich was great, the chicken was crispy on the outside and juicy inside, the apple slaw was a great and added a fresh crunch to the sandwich. The portions were huge. You will not leave hungry! The messy Marv nachos were hearty on the chili and topped with fresh jalapeños, not the pickled ones from a jar. I can’t wait to go back and try something different.

Tried the Fryin Maiden (fried chicken, apple jalapeño slaw, sriracha aioli, and housemade buttermilk). Don’t those ingredients sound fantastic? Unfortunately, biting into the sandwich was a let-​down… Like someone else mentioned, it was bland and I couldn’t taste any jalapeño nor Sriracha. Chicken breading needed more seasoning. They had bottles of Sriracha on the counter which I should have loaded up on, but unfortunately I didn’t have the foresight – I thought a sriracha aioli would have been enough. =/​
Bf tried the Daft Pork (pulled pork, jalapeños, carrot slaw, cheese) which was just a basic pulled pork sandwich with BBQ sauce, and only a few pieces of jalapeño (slices from a can or jar). Another let-​down. My bf thought my Fryin maiden was better so we swapped… But to top it all off, now he has a stomach ache and is hogging the restroom…
Pass on this place. Creative names of food items after music artists are all this place has going for it.

This place is in a rather shady part of town. Usually that alone would be enough for me to not visit this place. I, however, went during daylight and it wasn’t that bad, neighborhood wise.
The first visit I ordered the notorious p.i.g. and that sandwich was amazingly good. The smokey pork flavones coupled with the sweet waffle is good enough for me. The cheese with the powdered sugar on top puts it actually over the top for me.
The second time I went to visit I got the fryin maiden. The fried chicken with the jalapeño apple slaw was good. Whatever bread that was chosen for the sandwich was good too.
I feel like everything on the menu is delicious. I will go here again, definitely.

Nope, missed the mark here… big time. Let’s recap. Got the famed chicken sandwich. There were two bits of chicken under the bun, and one was so over fried that I couldn’t chew it. After gnawing at it like an marooned sailor going after the last strip of shoe leather to provide nourishment, I gave up. I set it by a trash can and hope some of the natives would get desperate.
Interesting side note– this sandwich had a ton of other shit on it too, other than chicken. Slaw, veg, and at least two colors of sauces… and somehow it was still bland. How does this happen? +7 ingredients and no taste. Did you use you vast knowledge of spices and flavors to specifically cancel or subdue one another? If so, good job– that seems pretty tough. Otherwise, you’ve just really perplexed me with this let down.
Let’s move on to the taco. My gf asked for no jalapeños. You forgot to mention they were in the slaw too. Could have used a heads up on that. Then when we pointed it out, your response was «it’s not spicy.» Maybe so, but she can’t eat them all the same. After more banter, you admitted defeat and asked if we wanted another one… nope, not enough time and I’m not banking you returning that taco in prime shape.
You lost us here guys– sorry.

This is a food truck turned neighborhood stoner heaven! I had the $ 9 fryin maiden and it was ridiculously good! The chicken was fried to perfection and what ever magical ingredients they added to it makes it exceptional!
List of magical ingredients:
–buttermilk fried chicken
–Apple jalapeño slaw
–srirachi aioli
–house made buttermilk
-+$ 1 extra sexy bacon
I ordered it Togo and to my plesant suprise they added touch of childhood memories with a dum dum. I ate the entire thing in 10 mins (normal time for a meal that size would be a half an hour!) Although I loved the food for my own health and well being I will do my best not to return for the delicious heart attack to be sandwich…

The neighborhood needed a good (non bánh mì) go-​to. The corporate sammy shops (Quizno and Subway) around here Blow and Freddies is a loooong walk when you’re starving. The sam’s are unique and filled with homemade love. The place is cute and artsy and the guys that work there are friendly. I also LOVE that the sandwiches are named after famous rapper/​musicians.
Good job guys!

There are currently two Off-​the-​grid food vendors in the Tenderloin. One is the Brass Knuckle which has opened in the beginning of May. And the popular Chairman will open a restaurant down the street later on. Hopefully with the two trendy businesses, maybe the Tenderloin will get a major face lift.
But first, the tiny Brass Knuckle’s restaurant/​deli has an urban and hip-​hop décor. Also you will hear the dynamic sounds of updated underground hip-​hop music.
From the menu, there are not too many choices yet. But the name of each sandwiches are named after rappers and musicians. I ordered the «Fryin’ Maiden».
For $ 9.50, the sandwich has buttermilk fried chicken pieces, a tangy apple jalapeño slaw and a spicy Sriracha Aioli sauce in a hoagy bun. Despite being messy and requires a lot of napkins, the fried chicken pieces were very crispy and mixed very well with the other ingredients. I also ordered a $ 2.00 can of Sprite with my sandwich. Now I don’t need to go to Oakland’s Bakesale Betty for my Chicken sandwich. My sandwich:
As I was enjoying my sandwich, I was bumping my head to the hip-​hop tunes and looking at the menu. One of the sandwich I want to try on my next visit is the «Notorious P.I.G». Cool name, huh!
The two cats operating the small are cool and know how to satisfy hungry customers.
If you like Hip-​hop and good food, this is the place for you.

Came in here a bit past noon on Tuesday. The guy working was courteous and attended to us right away.
The wall menu looked great and so did the mural.
Plenty of choices. All seemed appetizing. I tried their Notorious PIG. Which was big and hearty. Cheese and meat between two fluffy waffles. Am a big guy and this thing had me full. I’d come back. For $ 9 its not bad. Wish they had maybe a smaller version of this coupled with a side or two and sold as a meal.
The place is small and seemed like it had not yet been cleaned from the night before. It’s not really somewhere I’d want to sit down and eat either way. It’s more of a to go place.
I’d recommend you give them a try. Either come in or have it delivered.

Small mom n pop place. Happen to get in to town late. Craven some grub. Wanting to smell the streets of San Francisco. Got just what I wanted. Ordered the Fryin Maiden, Mexican Coke & some cole slaw! Nope not hungry at all…
Lets start with the Fryin Maiden. This is a fried chicken open sandwich here. I wanted to pick this thing up and shoove it in my pie hole. Luckily for the other patrons that were in there. I was not able to do this. So I took to it like a butcher and chopped it in mini pieces to savor that flavor of fried chicken.
Sorry dont really have much to say about the carrot cole slaw. It was just plain Jane and I dont even know if it had anything on it.
Ambience was right up my alley as well. Had the real hip hop figures mural’d on the wall. The music that was payed in here was very diverse.
I wish they would have been open after my run on Sunday or even open before I left town on Monday.
Damn skippy I am coming back!!!

Frying maiden and snoop sigh my faves. Super fresh and love the acme rolls. The apple jalapeño slaw is to die for and the sesame aioli on snoop dog is poppin

yep. same Brass Knuckle as the food truck. limited menu/​seating here.
very loud hip hop music. fast friendly service
eats: frying maiden?(9)
–buttermilk breaded breast meat with mayoed cabbage, apple jalepeno, sriracha aioli et al.
–tender chuck of breast meat, nicely fried, not juicy nor greasy. .
–huge thick bun.
crumbs:
–maybe the notorious P.I.G. would have been better.
–in the spot of former coffee shop.

I was at the bar Olive next door with a friend and we had someone run next door to grab sandwiches when we got hungry. The bar was kind enough to let us bring food in, even though they also serve food.
I split two sandwiches, the Notorious P.I.G. and the fried chicken sandwich. Both of them were hearty and delicious. This is definitely not somewhere you want to go on any sort of diet.
The P.I.G. is actually served on a waffle which was delicious and the fried chicken was super flavorful as well.
Apparently, this storefront is pretty new, but the recipes have been perfected over the years on a food truck.
Overall, if you are looking for an interesting culinary experience at a reasonable price (or a late night bite), be sure to check this place out.

Love this place fryin maiden is my fave I try to stick to my diet but I just can’t pass by with out getting something from here. the slim shady is the only vegetarian and semi healthy thing on the menu and I should stick to them but just can’t help my self… sighhhh
Great food highly recommend this place

Notorious P.I.G.
I love the consistency and taste of the waffle. Its savory with a little bit of herb, similar to a biscuit, which caught me off guard because waffles are always associated with sweet, right?
And the combination of the roasted pork and ham, swiss cheese and sauce is brilliance.
Will definitely be coming back!