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Food recommendations in San Francisco... Help!

San Francisco is one of my favorite eating cities. Here are my personal top choices:
Isa in the marina. small plates, lots of truffles, outstanding flavor!
Yuzu in the Marina. Tasty, inventive and fresh tasting sushi.
cheap eats:
Pacific catch ( in the marina as well) try the poke bowl. It's so big you can split it, also the sweet potato fries with dips.
Taiwan restaurant on Clement st. especially the dry-braised green beans and bok choy dumplings. I was so enamored of them I spent a lot of time trying to duplicate them at home.
Sample some tea at the tea shop on 7th and Clement. It's a great experience and you'll find teas you never imagined to so good. Then check out the used books at green apple books across the street on clement.
Cafe Claude off Sutter used to be good for bistro style French food if you're downtown.
For unusual Italian bakery goods try Emporio Rulli Gran Caffe on Chestnut in Cow Hollow
Best breakfast in SF is at Mama's on Washington Square in North beach.
The location of all these places can be found on google by entering the name + SF.
happy eating

rj100 at 3:51PM on 01/21/08

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Food recommendations in San Francisco... Help!

I'm really hoping the weather improves for your visit - because it is cold and rainy and windy outside!

For Dim Sum, I recommend venturing a bit out of Chinatown and trying Lychee Garden in North Beach, or heading over to the Richmond and trying Yet Wah and Ton Kiang.

If it isn't raining too hard on Saturday, go to the Ferry Building for the farmer's market experience. There are wonderful things to sample! For breakfast, head out to the part of the market that is located behind the Ferry Building and walk to the end of the stalls on the far side of the market, toward the water. Go to Primavera for awesome locally-sourced, mostly organic Mexican fare. They have tamales with very interesting, seasonal fillings, freshly griddled tortillas, perfectly scrambled eggs with green chiles, chilaquiles (sometimes), fresh seafood tacos or tostadas, agua frescas - the menu changes each Saturday. I cannot recommend it enough.

And, I also recommend that you wait in the very long line for a brewed-one-cup-at-a-time cup of blue bottle coffee. It's all the rage in SF - very tasty, and fun to try. Their mobile kiosks are located in two places - to the side of the Ferry Building (you can't miss it - you'll see the line), but there's also one in front of the building (try that one! shhh...don't tell!).

Inside the building, there's a lovely bakery called Miette. If you're into cupcakes, I'd stop by and sample one - I think they're the best in the city (followed closely by Kara's Cupcakes in the Marina and also in Ghirardelli Square).

For dinner, here are a few fun places, where the food is very good and the service is friendly (but they won't break the bank): Nopa, Coco500, Maverick

And lastly, January is SF's annual 'Dine About Town' month, where participating restaurants offer special 3 course prix-fixe dinner menus for $31.95. You can find more info here:
Open Table

Sorry - this comment grew quite lengthy! Have a great trip.

Ande at 4:48PM on 01/24/08

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Food recommendations in San Francisco... Help!

In my humble opinion, Slanted Door is over priced and over rated. The Ferry Building is worth visiting and has some other restaurants, fine cheeses, chocolates ( Michael Rechiutti)sp??, etc. I had a wonderful meal at QUINCE in San Francisco and highly recommend. The chef formerly worked with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse.

Catharine56 at 2:21PM on 01/24/08