The hype was right -- In-N-Out burger is great. New York has White Castles, Washington started the Five Guys craze, but In-N-Out maintains authentic burger taste without joining blandness of mega hamburger franchises.
Something that is not imaginable in the East Coast -- a Korean restaurant (this one in San Francisco downtown) that has no staff speaking Korean. It is a sign that Korean food -- at least in the West Coast -- has gone mainstream and is accepted widely as Chinese food.