Restaurant in San Fran

[auntiem]

A friend just moved to San Fran. I would like to buy her a gift certificate or pay for a nice dinner (also her 40th birthday present)

Any ideas of nice places? She lives near AT&T park where the giants play.

 

[1990txgirl]

How much do you want to spend?

 

[midtown]

I was there a few weeks ago. Ate at A16 in the Marina neighborhood on the advice of friend. Excellent place.

 

[HornHawk]

Boardwalk--my favorite place in San Fran.

 

[txzen]

I may have had the best meal in SF at A16, but it's my kind of food and type of restaurant. Really great wine list too. Tough reservation, these days.

 

[North Beach Horn]

A16 is hit or miss, in the Marina so it's walking distance to several bars though. I am a big fan of Betelnut on Union.

 

[Jive_Turkey]

I saw Barry Bonds at Betelnut one night.

 

[capnamerca]

Colibri on Geary. Trust me.

 

[1990txgirl]

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[capnamerca]

It's interior mexican food, served tapas style (basically, small portions). The guac is made fresh in front of you, and they offer about 100 tequilas to make fresh margs with.

Try the mole poblano (chicken with peppered mole) ... the lamb ... the carnitas ...

 

[txzen]

Huh. The one thing I truly miss is interior Mexican food...and anything with any reasonable amount of spice. I'll never understand the lack of heat in the cooking out here (Indian, Thai, Mexican, etc)...

 

[kujotx]

I have been to a couple of real good restaurants there recently...

NOPA - A bit away from the Financial District, over in... well.. NOPA. The food was trend, but solid. The flatbread pizzas were an excellent starter. I had pork chop and it rocked. Our doorman at the Palomar recommend this and did us right.

Jeanty at Jack's is awesome if you want a historical restaurant -- oldest in the city. It's on Sacramento.

Park Chalet is great for the view and the beer. You get the beach and a decent micro-brew list. The steaks were above average and they had some good seafood offerings.

 

[UTExinPDX]

Delfina's is my fave restaurant in San Fran. In the Mission District.

Slanted Door in the old Ferry Building has great Vietnamese food with incredible views of the Oakland Bridge.

Kokkari has great Greek food.

 

[marghorn]

I used to live in SF. I really loved Bix on Gold St. Great jazz music, atmosphere and phenomenal food. I second Slanted Door. Le Colonial in Union Square is less expensive, and really good as well. I miss SF restaurants.