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Manresa
320 Village Ln.
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Winter might be associated with depression and death, but it might arguably be the perfect time to enjoy dinner at Manresa. For, in the winter, the restaurant’s predilections conv.. >
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The French Laundry
6640 Washington St.
at Creek St.
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Dinner at this little joint in Yountville continues to surprise and delight... >
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Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero St.
at 18th St.
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It doesn't matter what time I head to Tartine Bakery in the Mission District there is always a line. And every time I go, I get bakery-struck and I get completely nervous. I stan.. >
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Myth
470 Pacific Ave.
b/w Sansome & Montgomery St.
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A restaurant that wants to hold its ground in the competitive town of San Francisco needs to be something different, and Myth seems to be just that. It features eclectic French/Cal.. >
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Quince
1701 Octavia St.
at Bush St.
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When Michelin released its one star ratings for San Francisco, the results were all over the map. Some picks were confounding at best - One Market, Rubicon, and Sushi Ran, to name.. >
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Scott Howard
500 Jackson St.
at Montgomery St.
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I hope there's no connection to yesterday's post , but I just got word that Scott Howard, one of last year's Top 100 restaurants, isn't going to reopen after all, something I repo.. >
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Fringale
570 4th St.
b/w Brannan & Bryant St.
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We decided to have a quick dinner at our favorite French bistro, Fringale. We both opted for the steak tonight, which has always proved delicious and did not disappoint tonight ei.. >
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Campton Place
340 Stockton St.
at Union Sq
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To my surprise I wasn't impressed with this restaurant. I thought the food was infused strangely. I was very reluctant to try their desserts so we passed on it... >
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Boulevard
1 Mission St.
at Steuart St.
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Ah, Boulevard: the famous restaurant at the heart of San Francisco’s fine dining scene, and the quintessential Financial District power lunch. Since 1993, Boulevard has been servin.. >
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Couleur Cafe
300 De Haro St.
at 16th St.
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2.5
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Though I think that there is at least 1 too many "U"s in the name, and I'm not sure that an eatery whose name means "brown" is a good idea, Coiuleur Café turned out to be a good pl.. >
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LuLu
816 Folsom St.
b/w 4th & 5th St.
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Oola was fully booked so we went to another double syllable establishment, Lulu. Oola-Lulu sounds like a sobriety test or David Letterman hosting the Oscars, but it translated into.. >
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Myth Café
490 Pacific Ave.
at Montgomery St.
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Though I work for the gayest company in the world (no, not that one ... or that one), the lunch options in the neighborhood are far from fabulous. Sure, the occasional chicken-avoc.. >
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Plouf
40 Belden Pl
b/w Bush & Pine, Montgomery & Kearny
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In addition to a food review, you also get to learn a new French word today - plouf! It means "splash" in French, or according to the website's more eloquent definition, "the sound.. >
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The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton
600 Stockton St.
b/w California & Pine St.
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We hadn't really eaten all day and on a whim decided to see if we could get reservations someplace nice, where we could get dressed up. We ended up getting on the waiting list at t.. >
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Aqua
252 California St.
b/w Battery & Front St.
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Aqua is one of the very well-established Bay Area fine dining spots that are scattered around the financial district in San Francisco. The epitome of the power lunch/expense accoun.. >
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Cafe Claude
425 Bush St.
b/w Grant Ave. & Kearny St.
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Since we had woken up (and started working) so early today, we figured we'd meet for a late lunch. After searching for a cafe where we could eat al fresco that wasn't closed until.. >
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Chez Nous
1911 Fillmore St.
b/w Bush & Pine St.
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This was the place I recommended — my first visit was about two weeks after they opened, years ago. This visit fell in line with my previous experiences: a menu that changed enough.. >
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Chez Spencer
82 14th St.
b/w Folsom & Harrison St.
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I have to say, I was shocked and amazed to hear that Chez Spencer was celebrating its 5th anniversary this year. This unlikely and upscale French restaurant is located on 14th St... >
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Coi
373 Broadway
b/w Montgomery & Sansome St.
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The lounge at Coi is worth keeping keeping in the back of your mind for those times when you want a special place with lot of style -- and forgot to plan ahead.
You can dine in .. >
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Jardiniere
300 Grove St.
at Franklin St.
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Our first dinner at Jardinere was a wonderful experience which we will happily repeat soon. Jardinere is one of the few restaurants with a cheese cave and the cheeses were on the m.. >
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Jeanty At Jack's
615 Sacramento St.
at Montgomery St.
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We headed to Jeanty at Jack's after some post-work poker with some co-workers. Jeanty is not only a great French bistro, but it is one of the only restaurants open late in the fin.. >
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Luna Park
694 Valencia St.
at 18th St.
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So post-CrushPad meeting where about 10 of us discussed the creation of our next KILLER ZIN (we just scored some '07 fruit from the Turley Vineyards), the lot of us was hungry. Hey.. >
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Saha
1075 Sutter St.
at The Hotel Carlton, b/w Larkin & Hyde St.
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Went to Saha with a great group of people. It was our first Saha experience, but Sam had been there before and steered us in the right direction... >
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Ti Couz Creperie
3108 16th St.
at Valencia St.
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This is one of my favorite little restaurants in the Mission district - a super cute French shop with the look and feel of an old Parisian cafe. Ti Couz has a very comprehensive se.. >
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Bix
56 Gold St.
b/w Montgomery & Sansome St.
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So where exactly do you go when you need to take your cool attorney out for a nice thank you dinner, or you want to spoil your birthday boy without going to some stuffy restaurant .. >
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Chez Maman
2223 Union St.
at Fillmore St.
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One Chez was not enough for me this week. So the aforementioned Mike and I decided to have lunch at Chez Maman. Before we left the office, Mike wondered aloud if I’d have any optio.. >
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Chez Papa
1401 18th St.
at Missouri St.
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Well I hope Papa got laid big-time last night, 'cuz he deserves some serious action after the dinner we enjoyed! For some crackhead-crazy reason we'd never ventured up to Potrero H.. >
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Home
2032 Union St.
b/w Buchanan & Webster St.
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We've heard about Home on several occasions but had never made a point to go. So when we happened by it, we couldn't resist. It was a semi-upscale diner with a smallish menu. The s.. >
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Isa
3324 Steiner St.
at Lombard St.
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To celebrate the anniversary of seeuseat.com we wanted to go out for a nice meal. Unfortunately, the first place we tried was closed for labor day. We settled on Isa, a place that .. >
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Supperclub
657 Harrison St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd St.
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We made a reservation at Supperclub, one of those gimicky, eat-on-a-bed restaurants restaurants, because we were going to a party at the venue later in the evening. The atmostpher.. >
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Absinthe
398 Hayes St.
at Gough St.
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Jeff Hollinger is a co-author of The Art of the Bar–Cocktails Inspired by the Classics. Currently, he works as Manager of Restaurant Operations at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, in San .. >
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Chouquet's
2500 Washington St.
at Fillmore St.
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It's one of those perfect sunny days in SF, and you feel like you have a cocaine bag's chance of survival in a tranny bar in finding a table to sit outside in the sun somewhere. Th.. >
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Fifth Floor
12 4th St., 5th Floor
at Hotel Palomar, at Market St.
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Here’s an update on some happenings at ~FIFTH FLOOR~: as many already know, the rumors were correct, Aqua’s executive chef Laurent Manrique is taking over the restaurant. As for wh.. >
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La Folie
2316 Polk St.
b/w Green & Union St.
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La Folie, on Polk Street is a high-end French bistro that has long been one of my favorite restaurants in San Francisco. It’s a place I will venture to for a special occasion, for .. >
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Les Amis
568 Sacramento St.
b/w Sansome & Montgomery St.
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We decided to give Les Amis a try, as it's close to work for both of us, and we had had late nights at work. The food was decent, the service was attentive, but overall it was not.. >
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Scala's Bistro
432 Powell St.
at Sutter St.
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You know those types of friends that can put their arms around you and comfort you and always put a smile on your face? This is Scala’s Bistro. A warm inviting dining room and bar .. >
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South Park Cafe
108 S Park St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd St.
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There are some restaurants where you just can’t help but order the same thing, again and again. To wit: how can I possibly visit A16, and not order the burrata, the tripe, and the .. >
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Baraka
288 Connecticut St.
at 18th St.
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~BARAKA~ has been a Potrero Hill (and citywide) favorite for a number of years—it’s where both Ola Fendert’s and David Bazirgan’s dishes enchanted me years back, giving me my first.. >
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bushi-tei
1638 Post St.
at Laguna St.
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We needed to find a place for dinner close to the Kabuki Cinema since we were having dinner between film festival movies. We'd heard of Bushi-Tei, but never eaten there. It's a h.. >
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Chapeau
1408 Clement St.
b/w 15th & 16th Ave.
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I've been on a blogging hiatus for the past month or so, mostly because I'm so swamped with work, social events, and taking care of various things before my trip to New York. But e.. >
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Chaya Brasserie
132 The Embarcadero
b/w Howard & Mission St.
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I'd been reading some positive reports about Frisson so at the last minute, on Sunday night, when myself and F decided to join J and H for a local dinner on what would be H's Last .. >
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Clementine
126 Clement St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.
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Oh my darling! Clementine, a french bistro on Clement street certainly is. I met my friend Sachiko for dinner here -- what a treat to the senses! The staff we interacted with al.. >
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Florio
1915 Fillmore St.
b/w Pine & Bush St.
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The tiny little Bistro Florio on Fillmore Street at Bush has been serving up unpretentious food on ugly plateware for eight years, and it couldn't be better. Beloved by Pacific Hei.. >
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Grand Cafe
501 Geary St.
at The Hotel Monaco, at Taylor St.
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When you are seated in the former ballroom of the Monaco Hotel you can marvel at the 25' ceiling and imagine a chamber orchestra playing on the balcony.. >
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La Suite
100 Brannan St.
b/w Delancey St. & The Embarcadero
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I can't even describe it as a love hate relationship. When it comes to La Suite, there is no longer any love. The first date showed promise. Fred knows Joceleyn Bulow, the French, .. >
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Le Zinc
4063 24th St.
b/w Castro & Noe St.
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Most people who know me know that I have a thing for bistrots, and for small-plate dining in general. While my favorite bistro in the city, no contest, is Café Claude, there is one.. >
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Masa's
648 Bush St.
b/w Powell & Stockton St.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction: Masa's, under the stewardship of Executive Chef Gregory Short, will be the next restaurant to be elevated to four-star s.. >
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Monte Cristo Cafe
4 Embarcadero Ctr
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Still suffering from the ill after effects of the flu, we decided to have a light lunch at the Monte Cristo Cafe. The cafe is the Embarcadero Center, with a large dining area and b.. >
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Rigolo
3490 California St.
at Laurel St.
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I was doing some work in Laurel Heights this afternoon, and after work I had a total hankering for some comfort food. If you're looking for the best Macaroni & Cheese in town look .. >
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Vignette
665 Bush St.
at The Orchard Hotel, at Powell St.
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Here’s a menu you could literally throw a dart at and whatever you hit will be gourmet excellence. I know that sounds a bit like a cliché, but in this case, it happens to be true. .. >
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Galette
2043 Fillmore St.
b/w California St. & Pine St.
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Just got back to San Francisco. Trip to Asia was great and there is a lot of food coming... I promise. Still going through some SF entries though - here's one of my SF staples, Gal.. >
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Alamo Square Seafood Grill
803 Fillmore St.
at Grove St.
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I stood in my kitchen at 6:45pm on a Wednesday pondering dinner. Many late nights at the theater had sucked the life out of me- but I thought the one night I was home this week, I .. >
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Annie's Bistro
2819 California St.
at Divisadero St.
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Fun evening in San Francisco. Before Christmas, I met Dr. Kato & Sachiko again in the city for a wonderful dinner at a very romantic restaurant, Annie's Bistro. We were the only .. >
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Azie
826 Folsom St.
b/w 4th & 5th St.
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There are some restaurants you never manage to try, and ~AZIE~ has been on my list for a long time. I was actually supposed to dine there with a couple friends on the night of Sept.. >
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Baker Street Bistro
2953 Baker St.
b/w Lombard & Greenwich St.
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Ahrie visited the bay area for a little bit during the weeks before school, and I met up with her and Danielle for a day. Here's a dinner at Baker Street Bistro... >
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Bistro 1689
1689 Church St.
b/w Valley & 29th St.
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I'm always excited by the opening of a new restaurant in our neighborhood. Although Noe Valley has a not insubstantial number of restaurants, comparatively few are really worth wri.. >
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Bistro Aix
3340 Steiner St.
b/w Lombard & Chestnut St.
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On Monday April 4, KQED's Bay Area Bites bloggers went out on the town (well, out to the Marina) -- drinks at Nectar Wine Lounge, then dinner at Bistro AIX. Each of us wrote our ow.. >
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Bistro Clement
127 Clement St.
b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave.
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I'm telling you right now, this might not be pretty. I just had the worst meal I can remember. Payback for last night's deliciousfest at (415)? Perhaps. (And if so, it was worth it.. >
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BluPointe
239 Kearny St.
at Sutter St.
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I Jet Blupointed home in time for happy hour. Chubby and I were in the FiDi and figured we couldn’t go wrong getting oysters at a place named for one, so in we went. The margarita .. >
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Cafe Bastille
22 Belden Pl
b/w Bush & Pine St.
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Shopping in and around San Francisco's Union square can be exhausting, especially during the holidays or the sales. Fred has been a regular in Belden Alley, San Francisco's little .. >
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Crepe Vine
624 Irving St.
b/w 7th & 8th Ave.
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After our splendid sushi dinner at Chika, Jeremy and I walked over to Crepevine, one of the many Crepe spots in SF... >
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Curbside Cafe
2417 California St.
at Fillmore St.
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Here's the first meal I had in SF after getting back from Asia. I went to Curbside Cafe on California with my mom for brunch... >
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Fleur De Lys
777 Sutter St.
b/w Jones & Taylor
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Before we went out to our anniversary dinner, we had to earn it somehow. We decided to go hiking in 100F weather. How wise. .. >
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Forbes Island
Pier 39
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Who knew there was a 100-foot island off the coast of San Francisco with a dining room a la Captain Nemo and a 40-foot lighthouse? When in the company of Bay Area veterans, the con.. >
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Iluna Basque
701 Union St.
at Powell St.
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Located at Powell & Union in North Beach, this little gem is a far superior replacement of whatever used to occupy this place. Which should be obvious, considering the number of ti.. >
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Jazz at Pearl's
256 Columbus Ave.
at Broadway
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Guess what? ~JAZZ AT PEARL’S~ is NOT closing! A couple tablehopper readers told me Kim Nalley, the (now-separated) wife of the owner, got on stage a few days ago and announced she .. >
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Jeanne D'Arc
715 Bush St.
Cornell Hotel De France, at Powell St.
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My parents were staying at the Cornell Hotel in San Francisco and with the hotel package they got, they were able to get 2 free dinners at Jeanne d' Arc. Its a great bargain and I .. >
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La Provence
1001 Guerrero St.
at 22nd St.
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A short while ago we read the scoop, on SFist, about a new French restaurant on the scene. If you live in the area around Guerrero and 22nd, you might be thankful for the opening, .. >
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Le Central Bistro
453 Bush St.
b/w Grant & Kearny St.
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I went for lunch in downtown with my dad the other day before my haircut. We meant to go to Anjou, but in true French fashion, they were closed for the holidays until the end of th.. >
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Le Charm
315 5th St.
b/w Folsom & Shipley St.
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$$$$$
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After a few St. Patrick's day drinks we decided to have dinner at Le Charm, a restaurant that Alexis had never been to, despite the fact that it is literally around the corner from.. >
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Le Metro
311 Divisadero St.
at Page St.
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As I made my way past the kitchen to Le Metro's patio garden, which is open for brunch only, I spied these little jewel-like cubes of beet and goat cheese being prepared in the kit.. >
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Ovation at the Opera
333 Fulton St.
at the Inn at the Opera, b/w Franklin & Gough St.
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For an appetizer, I had the roasted beet salad with orange horseradish vinaigrette and beet syrup. It was fresh sophisticated earthiness that was beautifully presented. I also had .. >
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Sparrow
1177 California St.
b/w Jones & Taylor St.
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We decided to try out Sparrow, a restaurant that was participating in Dine Out San Francisco this month. As per usual, we didn't end up going with the Dine Out menu, but we were pl.. >
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Tommy Toy's Cuisine Chinoise
655 Montgomery St.
b/w Clay & Washington St.
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The financial district is a really hard place to find a decent, moderately priced lunch. There is a lot of fast food, and a lot of high end , 2 hour lunch kind of places, but not m.. >
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Top of the Mark
999 California St.
InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, at Mason St.
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If you listen to one word we say...Martini Menu. Well that's two words but wtf. I believe, at last count, these folks had more than a hundy martinis on their menu. That, a view to .. >
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Charles Nob Hill
1250 Jones St.
b/w Clay St. & Pleasant St.
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I had a great meal at Charles Nob Hill. It was a sort of early birthday thing with my mom, dad, Auntie Maggie, and Uncle King. We had a 7 course chef's tasting, served in "dual pre.. >
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La Terrasse
215 Lincoln Blvd.
b/w Langdon Ct & Merchant Rd
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Every so often you want to enjoy a very late lunch that melts into dinner. It is hard to find a restaurant that happily serves lunch after 2:30. And even if you arrive at 2:00 the .. >
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O Chame
1830 4th St.
b/w Hearst Ave. & Virginia St.
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Last week I was at Cody's to listen to Kermit Lynch read from his new book Inspiring Thirst. The book is a collection of essays from Lynch's wine brochures. His readings were delig.. >
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Cafe Jacqueline
1454 Grant Avenue
b/w Green St & Union St
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Souffle? Who wants to eat souffle for dinner??? ME! ME! ME! If you've never been to Cafe Jacqueline, get your ass there now. Seriously. We've been there twice and both times we lef.. >
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Anjou
44 Campton Pl
b/w Sutter & Post St.
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Bistro Clovis
1596 Market St.
b/w Franklin St. & Van Ness Ave.
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Cafe Andree
562 Sutter St.
at the Hotel Rex, at Powell St.
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Cafe Neon
1801 McAllister St.
at Baker St.
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Chez Maman
1453 18th St.
b/w Missouri & Connecticut St.
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ChouChou
400 Dewey Blvd
at Laguna Honda
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Cote Sud
4238 18th St.
b/w Diamond & Collingwood St.
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