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Where To Eat When You Want To Feel Like It’s Summer Even Though It’s 60 Degrees Out
When you’re mentally putting on sunscreen, but the weather app says 60 degrees and windy, here’s where to go.
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Where To Take Someone Who You’re Trying To Convince To Move To SF
You’re so close, and these 15 places will help take it over the top.
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18 Restaurants That Are Actually Worth Waiting In Line For
Our favorite spots in SF where waiting is actually worth it.
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The Cool List: 15 Restaurants That Aren’t “Hot” But Are Definitely Still Cool
A love letter to restaurants that were once hot spots, and are still more than worth your time.
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Thanh Long
You come to Thanh Long, a Sunset institution, for whole roast crab and the most iconic garlic noodles in the city.
SF Guide
Where To Eat When You Want To Feel Like It’s Summer Even Though It’s 60 Degrees Out
When you’re mentally putting on sunscreen, but the weather app says 60 degrees and windy, here’s where to go.
SF Review
Akiko's Restaurant
Serious quality sushi, provided you're willing to pay. Akiko's Restaurant will even serve you up a baby barracuda.
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State Bird Provisions
We could eat at State Bird Provisions five nights in a row and never get bored—that’s because the Fillmore spot makes the most creative small plates in the city.
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Swan Oyster Depot
You don’t need us to tell you that Swan Oyster Depot is great. But we’re going to anyway.
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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.
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Fish
Fish in Sausalito is serving up seafood good enough to convince your East Coast family to relocate.
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The Progress
The Progress, on Fillmore, is a great time and a good scene, with excellent food.
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Cala
The seafood and vegetable-focused Mexican food at Cala is some of the best in San Francisco.
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Bellota
Some of the best Spanish food in town is at Bellota, at the bottom of the Airbnb building in Soma.
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Mr. Pollo
Mr. Pollo is a tiny tasting menu restaurant in the Mission unlike anything else in the city.
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Cheese Board Pizza
Cheese Board Pizza in Berkeley does only one type of pizza every day. It tends to be kind of unusual, but it’s always worth the long wait.
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Bette’s Oceanview Diner
Bette’s in Berkeley is an upscale 1950s-style diner that does a boozy brunch worth the guaranteed 45-minute wait.
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Kaiyo
Kaiyo is a Peruvian-Japanese place where you should go for one of the best meals in Cow Hollow.
