Cioppino is an Italian fish stew created by fisherman who resided in North Beach. There are several excellent places to score cioppino in the city, but Woodhouse is a little off the beaten path. Read more.
Burma Superstar draws in plentiful crowds for its famous tea leaf salad, which comes with romaine lettuce, fried yellow beans, fried garlic, sesame seeds, fresh tomatoes, jalapenos, and dried shrimp. Read more.
Try this inventive Italian restaurant that features handmade maccaronara with ragu and ricotta and a 500+ bottle wine list. If you’re not in a red sauce mood, get the trout and wood-fired pizzas. Read more.
For $32 per person ($22 if you want an all-veggie menu), Shabu House will deliver unlimited shabu-shabu to your table, which is pretty fucking fantastic. Read more.
Zazie is known for their tantalizing weekend morning menu. The Tahiti French Toast, stuffed with walnuts and caramelized bananas, will transport you to a tropical island. Read more.
This Pakistani-Indian restaurant offers delicious meat and vegetarian biryanis and curries that make for a totally filling lunch. Read more.
At this landmark Japantown bakery, manju and mochi come in flavors like peanut butter, blueberry and green tea red bean paste. Read more.
Chef Rodgers’ now-famous combination of roasted chicken paired with a warm bread salad with scallions, garlic, mustard greens, dried currants, and pine nuts is a must-try at this Hayes Valley outpost. Read more.
At Little Star, you can opt for thin crust, but the deep dish is a doughy, cheesy behemoth that’ll make you feel transplanted to Chicago. Read more.
The brunch wait is worth it for the perfectly seasoned savory beignets. If you also want to sample the sweet beignets — GRANNY SMITH APPLE! CHOCOLATE! — opt for the $10 beignet flight. Read more.
Voted one of the best chicken wings in the U.S. by Food and Wine, San Tung’s variety are just the right amount of sweet, spicy and (deliciously) greasy. Read more.
Try the “special” breakfast sandwich: two eggs scrambled, with pepper jack cheese, applewood smoked bacon, avocado and lemon-garlic aioli on homemade buttermilk biscuit. Read more.
Roll up your sleeves and dig in injera-first to this Inner Sunset spot’s hefty combo platter. Bonus level: wash it all down with some seriously-sweet honey wine. Read more.
Perilla's pho is spectacular, but if you’re on the hunt for some less healthy comfort food, the garlic noodles are like pasta from butter heaven. Read more.
A worker-owned bakery co-op, Arizmendi stocks a number of delicious breads, but you’ll want to check out their famous pizza, which changes daily and causes quite the out-the-door line. Read more.
You should venture out to Ocean Beach, score a dazzingly thick slab of Trouble’s cinnamon toast, and take it down to the Pacific. Read more.
Named one of the best oyster bars in America and beloved by Anthony Bourdain, Swan’s oysters and Crab Louie are impossibly delicious and fresh, but we especially thumbs-up the ice-cold sashimi. Read more.
Alta, located near the San Francisco symphony, combines delicious upscale food with a non-snooty environment. Chef Patterson changes the menu regularly, but you can't go wrong with garlic pierogis. Read more.
The Irish coffee — a splash of hot water, two sugar cubes, coffee, a jigger of Irish whiskey and a frothy topping of whipped cream — is the perfect after-dinner apertif. Read more.
Ike’s offers a staggering number of sandwiches, which you should order on its famous Dutch Crunch bread. Check out the “That’s Hella True” (artichoke hearts, provolone, roast beef). Read more.
Try the Papua New Guinea S’more, which stars homemade graham crackers, marshmallow and cocoa nibs from the titular country, blowtorched to sweet perfection. Read more.
Chef David Barzelay changes the 15-course menu regularly, but one of the typical spring dishes is this savory pea custard, which comes with steelhead roe and looks like something out of an art gallery Read more.
The bread is famous, the morning buns are famous, the pain au chocolat is famous, but if you want the perfect combination of aesthetic cuteness and something fresh and tart, get the lemon cream tart. Read more.
Do NOT come to SF’s famous bakery and ice cream mecca on a diet. Instead: get two scoops of the Blue Bottle Coffee ice cream. Read more.
If you are of the dairy-eating variety, order an egg to go with your NPT, which features a “pile of spuds” topped with jack cheese, salsa, sour cream and green onions. Read more.
86 the nearby burritos and scope out this Salvadorean pupusa outpost in the Mission instead. (Also delish: fried plantains and tamales.) Read more.
Even if you want to give burritos a pass, the tacos from this small, authentic Mission food truck are a must-eat. Try the lengua, carnitas and carne asada tacos, served up fast and hot with jalapeños. Read more.
It’s worth a trek to Diamond Heights to score one of Gialina’s droolworthy pizzas. We love the Amatriciana, which stars a cast of tomato, pancetta, chilies, a farm egg and pecorino cheese. Read more.
Truly Med is serving us some damn good Middle Eastern food. Try the falafel, or treat yourself to lamb or chicken shawarma, and you won’t be missing all that sour cream and guac. Read more.
Head to Dolores Park and track down the guy swinging bronze kettles, which are full of homemade, uh, herb-infused chocolates. The truffle man offers you three for $10. Read more.
Flavors like white chocolate lavender and black sesame will tingle your tongue, but first try the famous Secret Breakfast flavor, a bourbon-based vanilla ice cream with clusters of cornflakes. Read more.
1. BREAKFAST grilled cheeses. 2. Gluten-free bread choices. 3. MAC AND CHEESE STUFFED INTO BUTTERED GARLIC BREAD. Read more.
Kimchi burritos and oyster curry platters are on the menu, but try the Mongolian beef cheesesteak for a fun twist on a Philly classic. Read more.
Hakkasan is a downtown must. It’s a wee bit pricey, but the dim sum and crispy duck salad are worth the G’s, as are their cute savory daikon pastries designed to look like tiny carrots. Read more.
