📍 Embarcadero, San Francisco

Joshua Skenes' Embarcadero seafood shrine -- an open hearth, a wall of taxidermy, and a view of the Bay Bridge. Wood-fired everything: radicchio in beef fat, clams in butter, whole...

Nancy Oakes' Embarcadero grande dame has been the power-lunch and anniversary destination since 1993 -- a Belle Epoque room with the Bay Bridge twinkling through the windows. The k...

Gaston Acurio's San Francisco outpost on Pier 1 1/2 -- arguably the best Peruvian restaurant in North America. Ceviches, tiraditos, and anticuchos at a room with a glassy view of t...

Third-generation family-owned dim sum (founded 1958) — a James Beard America's Classics Award winner and Michelin Bib Gourmand. Over 100 rotating dishes arrive from traditional pus...

A glass-walled pavilion on the Embarcadero with a Bay Bridge view that rivals any in the city. Raw bar, dry-aged fish, and a happy hour that draws the after-work FiDi crowd for dol...

The Tomales Bay oyster farm's San Francisco home in the historic Ferry Building, with floor-to-ceiling windows over the bay and Bay Bridge. A raw bar of impeccably fresh Sweetwater...

Humphry Slocombe made its name on flavors that don't play nice — Secret Breakfast, a bourbon ice cream shot through with cornflake cookies, is the one everyone chases. The original...

Cantonese institution at Embarcadero Center, specializing in dim sum cart service and live seafood tanks. The classic business-lunch spot for FiDi with bay views through floor-to-c...

Roli Roti is the rotisserie truck that parks at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, and the line forms early for one thing: the porchetta sandwich, herb-crusted pork carved to order on...

A bar right on the Embarcadero with actual Bay views and live music most nights — not a gimmick, just a good time. The seafood-focused menu earns its keep, and the waterside patio ...