Chad Robertson and Elisabeth Prueitt's flagship — part bakery, part coffee bar, part wood-fired sourdough-pizza restaurant — anchored by the brick oven at the heart of the converted Heath Ceramics war...
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Foreign Cinema
Cal-Mediterranean · Mission
Gayle Pirie and John Clark's converted warehouse has been projecting foreign films on the brick courtyard wall since 1999 -- it still feels like the best date night in SF. Oysters, a wood oven burning...
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Park Tavern
American · North Beach
Anna Weinberg and Jennifer Puccio's Washington Square classic -- the white-tablecloth North Beach restaurant with a bar scene so good you might not make it to the dining room. Brussels sprout chips, t...
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Wayfare Tavern
American Tavern · Financial District
Tyler Florence's four-story Financial District chophouse -- dark wood, green leather, and an enormous chandelier you can spot from the street. The fried chicken is a cult favorite, the raw bar is seri...
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Palmer's Tavern
American Tavern · Pacific Heights
A throwback Pacific Heights tavern on Fillmore Street -- checkerboard floors, tufted booths, a long bar. The kind of neighborhood restaurant that does the classics (burger, steak, oysters) the right w...
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Causwells
American · Marina
Chef Adam Rosenblum's Marina bistro has been quietly running one of the country's best smash-style cheeseburger programs since 2014 — the Americana, double-patty, on a soft roll, with American cheese ...
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The Buena Vista Cafe
American · Fisherman's Wharf
The 1916 cable-car-stop saloon that introduced Irish Coffee to America in November 1952, when journalist Stanton Delaplane convinced owner Jack Koeppler to recreate the Shannon Airport version. Barten...