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The Best SF Restaurants For Dinner With The Parents
Parents in town? Here’s where to take them to eat.
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Cotogna
This Italian restaurant in the Financial District is one of the most reliable places for a fantastic meal in San Francisco.
Dalida
Dalida is a stunning Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in the Presidio with stellar highs and some disappointing lows. We still like it for a date or family dinner.
L'Ardoise Bistro
For cozy, classic French, it doesn't get much better than L'Ardoise Bistro in Duboce Triangle.
Delfina
Delfina is a Cal-Italian legend in the Mission serving solid (but snoozy) pastas, pizzas, and seasonally changing entrées.
Kokkari Estiatorio
Kokkari Estiatorio is a FiDi power lunch staple complete with high-backed armchairs, fireplaces, and Greek dishes like lamb chops and saghanaki.
Greens Restaurant
A meal at this entirely-vegetarian institution in Fort Mason is an experience you should try at least once.
Della Santina’s
Della Santina’s in Sonoma is where you should eat a lot of pasta with a group of friends.
Casey’s Pizza
If you’re in Mission Bay, Casey’s Pizza is a great neighborhood spot for pizza and a beer.
Bix
Bix is an old-school American restaurant in Jackson Square that feels like time-traveling back to a 1930s nightclub.
Rintaro
Rintaro in the Mission feels like an izakaya utopia filled with flawless yakitori and other fantastic Japanese small plates.
Piccino
Piccino is a neighborhood staple in the Dogpatch serving Italian-inspired pizzas and pastas inside of a quaint yellow Victorian.
FOB Kitchen
FOB Kitchen is a casual Filipino place in Oakland where you should go for a solid weeknight dinner.
Amarena
Amarena is a small Italian spot in Russian Hill that’s great for dropping into on a weeknight for some solid pasta.
Gary Danko
Gary Danko is a taste of a fancier, older San Francisco you’re probably not used to. Fortunately, it’s a very delicious taste.
Izzy's Steakhouse
Izzy's Steakhouse, for the red-blooded carnivore in your life, brings old-school vibes to the Marina.
Sorrel
Sorrel is an upscale California-Italian place in Pac Heights that’s designed to impress, even if they do everything a little too by the book.
SPQR
An ambitious restaurant, and a good one at that. SPQR is making a run at the San Francisco pasta crown, mostly with ingredients we can’t pronounce.
Seven Hills
Seven Hills is an Italian neighborhood spot between Nob and Russian Hills that makes good pasta, but everything else is hit-or-miss.