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21 restaurants · 2026

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City Lights bookstore territory: Italian red-sauce institutions, late-night cocktail bars, and a neighborhood that still runs on sidewalk espresso and neighborhood habit

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Top 10 in North Beach

1
Tony's Pizza Napoletana
Pizza · 50 Top Pizza USA 2026 (#2, tied); founder Tony Gemignani is a 13-time World Pizza Champion
Tony Gemignani's North Beach pizza temple runs seven different ovens so it can do a dozen pizza styles under one roof — Neapolitan, Detroit, New Haven, St. Louis, Romana and more. ...
93
2
Sotto Mare
Seafood / Italian
North Beach seafood hideaway with the self-anointed 'Best Damn Crab Cioppino in the World' as its menu thesis. Tiny tin-ceiling room, no reservations, hour-long waits in season for...
89
3
Tosca Cafe
Italian
North Beach institution since 1919, revived as a full Italian kitchen under April Bloomfield's tenure and still running strong. The house "cappuccino" — armagnac, bourbon...
89
4
Park Tavern
American
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. Brus...
88
5
Hilda and Jesse
Contemporary American · OpenTable Top 100 Brunch 2026
Queer-owned, Michelin-starred brunch and dinner spot in North Beach from Chefs Ollie Liedags and Rachel Sillcocks. Born from popular Brunch for Dinner pop-ups, with playful fine-di...
88
6
Camino Alto
New American
A seasonal neighborhood restaurant on Union Street sourcing from top West Coast farmers and ranchers. The menu keeps the list short and the ingredients loud -- the kind of place th...
87
7
The Devil's Acre
Cocktail Bar
Named after the 19th-century Barbary Coast block of opium dens and pickpockets, Devil's Acre is a Future Bars cocktail apothecary on Columbus where bartenders mix tinctures, bitter...
86
8
Long Weekend
Cocktail Bar
An immersive concept bar in a meticulously restored 1920s bank at Columbus and Broadway — every six months the entire interior, soundtrack, and cocktail menu is rebuilt around a di...
86
9
Vesuvio Cafe
Bar
The Beat Generation's living room since 1948, perched on Jack Kerouac Alley directly across from City Lights Bookstore. Two cluttered floors of stained-glass windows, peeling poste...
83
10
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Bar
An unmarked door off Saroyan Place in North Beach opens into 1968 — a museum-cafe of nautical curios, dusty knickknacks, faded photographs, and decades of regulars. Founded by Rich...
82

All 21 Restaurants in North Beach

Flour + Water Pizzeria
Italian
82
Waystone
Wine Bar
82
The Boardroom
Sports Bar
80
The Saloon
Live Music Bar
79
Cobb's Comedy Club
Comedy Club
78
Tony Nik's Cafe
Lounge
76
Lillie Coit's
Bar
75
The Lucky Spot
Cocktail Bar
74
Maggie McGarry's
Irish Pub
72
Next Door
Arcade Bar
71
Bamboo Hut
Tiki Bar
69
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