It’s hard to have a bad time at this frisky FiDi hotspot where solid renditions of Southern and San Francisco classics meet impressive cocktails. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Don't leave AT&T Park without trying the Gilroy Garlic Fries. Your breath might reek afterwards, but hey, Pablo Sandoval can lend you a piece of bubblegum to fix that.
I daresay this is the best restaurant in SF. The staff make you feel like family at every turn. You must try: octapodaki, arnisia plevrakia, moussaka, souvlaki, rizogalo. NB make a reservation!
From the museum’s copper-clad torqued tower, you can see the Transamerica Pyramid, Sutro Tower, and the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. The tower’s café serves food sourced within a 150-mile radius.
Place too clean, service too nice, prices too high, clientele too fancy to be called "authentic" but it is so good. Xiao long bao (Shanghai dumplings) = heaven. Better make a res on weekends...
Boulevard-honed Ravi Kapur’s painstaking attention to detail pays off in pictorially exquisite dishes with equally harmonious flavor balance. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
This is Northern Italian food inspired by the Piedmont region, known for progressive ways and rich dishes (i.e. cream and fresh truffles). Don't miss the Chef's Table and see the magic firsthand.
Try the Marlowe Burger (Niman beef on brioche with caramelized onions/bacon/horseradish aioli). Read more.
They bring an intelligent enthusiasm to the food - sweet breads & lobster claw, or a foie gras desert - & it's a pleasure to taste the latest in fine dining for a good price. Read more.
With all the local produce, cheese, meats, Vietnamese food, Japanese food, seafood, it represents the incredible bounty San Francisco has access to. – Samantha Brown
Open a few weeks now it’s already on many a gourmet’s top-ten list. Italian food with a strong folksy, salt-of-the-earth, straight-from-the-farm vibe dominates. Read more.
After an autumnal whirlwind, Matt Accarrino continues to make SPQR his own. The chef counter has some of the best seats in town and the wine list remains top notch too. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Has 9 wines on tap, a pantry with tasty takeaway meals (talk about fancy fast food) & a lunch & dinner menu that includes such goodness as meatball, kale & fregola soup, & a lamb belly sandwich. Read more.
Phil Jaber and his son Jacob spent several months developing each blend. Phil's Tesora or "Treasure" blend took 7 years to find the perfect combination of beans.
Order the jerk chicken sandwich and fries to go, bring it into AT&T Park, make everyone sitting around you jealous. Open until first pitch on gamenights during the baseball season.
My fave pre/post-Giants game watering hole. People, atmosphere is chill. Not nearly as busy as Pete's, Momos, etc. Beer fanatics know their brews are legit, and the food is actually great too.
Authentic HK style. Salt & pepper crab is a must. Also: geoduck sashimi, steamed egg and clams, seafood lettuce cups, Peking duck, beef brisket. Reservations essential. Cantonese fluency recommended.
This pastry and cake maker also carries candies and handspun cotton candy. Look for rare European brands, Mast Brothers Chocolate from New York and homemade marshmallows. Read more.
Voted one of the best bar snacks in America : Fried Sausage-Stuffed Green Olives. A must try - follow our link to get the full recipe! Read more.
Serving classic cocktails, plenty of meat (including their famous burger) & seafood dishes. There’s a wood-fired oven, which fits right in with the area. Read more.
Solid grilled cheese (Piglet is my fave), soups, yummy in-house sodas, nice selection of draft beers. Extended hours on Giants home game days.
In March 2009, Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping center was named as one of 9 finalists for the “World’s Best Shopping Center” by the International Council of Shopping Centers Inc.
The Niman Ranch burger + duck fat fries is worthy of all the hype. Fancy dinner service, but it's casual at lunch: you'll be rubbing elbows with the yummy mummies of Pac Heights. Take-out service too.
This swanky super-bar stocks the largest domestic beer selection in SF, serves elevated American bar eats, & has several classy zones to lounge, dine, drink, and watch any of the 12 huge flatscreens Read more.
Casual, fun, happy. You can't go wrong with guacamole, tuna tostadas, filet mignon tacos, margarita picante. 3 other locations now but this is the first and the best. No reservations so be patient.
The Palace of Fine Arts is a neo-classical "ruin" originally constructed for the 1915 World's Fair and is the only structure from the historic event that is still situated on its original site.
Although it comes in a small ramekin, this mac n cheese is big on flavor and is rich enough that it's actually the perfect serving size. Read more.
Don’t miss “Meatball Mondays,” offering a weekly changing stuffed meatball, accented with herbs, dried fruit and chutney ($25).
Giants fan pro tip: get your beer in a plastic cup and you can bring it into the game! Choose from great local brews on tap like Racer 5 and Trumer Pils.
Congratulations, you've found one of Esquire's Best Bars in America. Stand at the bar. Look down. See the tiles? That's a trough, meant to be pissed in. This place is legit. So is the bamboo cocktail. Read more.
My runner-up favorite restaurant in SF. What can I say? The food is awesome and the service is perfect. Non-reserve wines are all $40/bottle. NB: Sunday suppers and weekday brown bag lunches!
Egg custard tarts that are almost as good as the ones in Hong Kong. Short of hopping a flight there, this is the place to get them.
A secret revealed: I buy tarts (frangipane and tropizienne) for Thanksgiving here. I've been to other La Boulange outposts but Pine St does it best. The baguettes and morning pastries are great too.
Looking for obscure European fashion magazines and the like? Or even just a newspaper? Look no further. And in the rare case that they don't carry it, they will order it for you.
Serves up beignets stuffed with crawfish, apple or chocolate, & goodies like shrimp over cheddar grits. The po' boys here are as yummy as anything you could find in the Big Easy. Read more.
Cash only! And best get here early if you want something in particular, they do sell out.
Dog friendly sandy beach, playground and the Warming Hut for snacks and well… warming up.
SF Weekly’s Best Of 2011 Winner – Editorial Pick – BEST FROZEN YOGURTThis from-scratch frozen yogurt business blends organic Clover milk, has a nipping acidity and lax sweetness... Read more.
At Humphrey Slocombe, organic milk and seasonal flavors are used. For winter, try the pumpkin five spice, which tastes like pumpkin pie. Read more.
The Metropolitan Suites are nearly 1,000 square feet. Ask for room 2008, on the top floor: it faces northwest, which means a cube’s-eye view of Daniel Libeskind’s geometric Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Starbucks... or this? Do this. Drip is good, espresso is good, New Orleans iced coffee is great. And for us old fashioned non-iPad people, they sell real paper Financial Times and NY Times!
creative (and mostly veg) 11-course tasting. fabulous service. exec chef Patterson adjusts menu on what's available and fresh. reservations are tough (~30 person dining room). the El Bulli of SF?
The food is amazing, the cocktails are refined, and it's open way late for us night owls. Try gnocchi with pancetta, saffron risotto with osso bucco, or any pizza. NB last call for food is 1am nightly
Trays lined with sweets, sinful pastries and a bread pudding of the day - what more can you ask for from your local bakery? Everything about this spot cheers me up! The seats on the sidewalk make for
Get tipsy on craft beers in the back garden or score the front booth for its famous mac ’n’ cheese. Read more.
