📍 Hayes Valley, San Francisco

San Francisco's most-argued-about restaurant, and arguably the answer: full stop since 1979. Zuni's brick-oven roasted chicken with bread salad — dry-brined for days, carved tables...

Martin Cate's three-story rum temple has been the world's most influential tiki bar since 2009 — a candlelit pirate ship where 80+ exotic cocktails span three centuries of rum hist...

Chefs Evan and Sarah Rich built their Michelin-starred Hayes Valley restaurant on the premise that food should be surprising but never alienating. The sardine chips with horseradis...

A Hayes Valley cornerstone since 1998 with turn-of-the-century French décor and a brasserie menu that takes both the steak frites and the cocktail list seriously. The Death in the ...

Souvla's original Hayes Valley location and the prototype for the fine-casual Greek rotisserie that's since become a citywide chain. Spit-roasted lamb, chicken and pork in pita or ...

Hayes Valley cocktail lounge from 2017 with a colorful Moroccan-tiled bar, floral wallpaper, and a heated patio strung with lights and beer-garden tables. The menu leans light — sh...

A Hayes Valley fast-casual spot doing organic, locally sourced California-American food at pre-symphony prices. The Niman Ranch cheeseburger holds the line; the vegan burger and fr...