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Seafood connoisseurs
at Fisherman's Wharf
Kosher or Kamikaze sushi?
French or Cambodian French?
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Don't expect us to list hamburger joints and typical traditional American diners here (unless...). San Francisco is a cosmopolitan city where you can get excellent food from all over the world including Mexican tacos, Japanese sushi, and French fricassée de volaille. Of course, being close to the sea, we tend to favor fish, crabs and other shells, but enjoy our pizzas, Szechuan vegetables, and tacos as well. Here's a short, but tried and tested list of places to eat.
San Francisco is an expensive place to hang out, even after the dot com went bust. Our recommended list has a bit of everything, but we like good value for money. Even if it sounds expensive, it may be here as you get what you pay for. Our prices don't include wine, Californian, naturally. Expensive: Above $15.00 a head Moderate: Between US $6.00 and US $15.00 a head El Cheapo Loco: Below US $6.00 a head
Alioto's crab stand Fisherman’s wharf - between Pier 39 and Aquatic Park. Look for crowds munching on crab legs. Telephone: na
Price: Cheap for seafood Crowd: Crowded during the tourist season. Don’t be timid - yell out your order! Special feature: Very fresh seafood prepared as you wait, watch and drool.
Fresh whole crab, excellent clam chowder and shrimp cocktails, beer and soft drinks. What more?
Bistrot Burger 4 locations 201 Mission Street
- (415) 348-8788 343 Sansome Street - (415) 989-7566 21 Drumm Street - (415) 772-9974
Price: Inexpensive to moderate Crowd: Casual to dressy, Jeans OK, dress OK Special feature: Gourmet burgers in a casual ambiance
Not your average fast food joint, though the prices are reasonable. The bistrot serves charbroiled beef hamburgers, classic pineapple cheddar burgers, Paris burgers with brie cheese and sauteed mushrooms, chicken burgers, healthy garden salads, milkshakes, grilled fish, turkey burgers, and veggie burgers. So all in all, about a dozen kinds of basic burgers with your choice of beef, chicken, turkey or veggie. It's super and it's not expensive. C'est bon, c' est pas cher. Not usually opened on weekends (a shame!), except for Drumm Street.
Blondie's Pizza 64 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-2816
Price: Inexpensive Crowd: Casual, but you can wear what you like Special feature: Spot Blondie
A slice of pizza is gonna cost you... US $2 to US $4, plus a buck for the fountain drink. Obviously, you will not need to take a second mortgage for your meal here. You can order a whole pizza if you like, but you can only order what they sell, i.e. you cannot choose your own toppings to make your own pizza: cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, veggie pizza or the works with everything. A casual spot on the go with seats downstairs.
Café Bastille 22
Belden Place, San Francisco, CA 94104
Price: Moderate to inexpensive Crowd: Chic, but jeans and t-shirts are fine Special feature: Practice your broken French with the friendly wait staff.
Excellent French food served in a very colorful decor. Go downstairs to the cozy underground room. French dishes, salads, sandwiches. French wines. French chef too.
Kiki 1269 9th Avenue
at Irving, San Francisco, CA 94122
Price: Moderate to inexpensive Crowd: Casual, but kimono is fine Special feature: Learn the gun kata
Tasty and fresh Japanese sushi and sashimi classics such as Godzilla and Spider rolls! Cheap, cheap.
La Cumbre Taqueria 515
Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 Price: About $5 for a burrito as big as your head Crowd: very casual Special feature: authentic Mexican Californian food, SF style.
Possibly
the best burritos (Mexican wrap with beans and meat, served in a hot
sauce) in SF, in California, maybe even in the US. You have to cross
over the border to find food as flavorful.
Park Chow 9th Avenue at Lincoln, just south of Golden Gate Park near the Botanical Gardens 1238
9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122
Price: Inexpensive! Crowd: From well dressed to t-shirts and flip-flaps (don’t be fooled by sunshine though - you will be cold in shorts!) Special feature: Excellent deal!
Uninspiring name, but really a good address. Great pizzas, entrees, salads, smoothies, beer! Eat plenty or only a little.
Polly Ann Ice Cream Parlor 3142 Noriega Street between 38th and 39th Av.
Price: Doggone inexpensive! Crowd: From well-trimmed dogs to mongrels Special feature: A dog's deal!
Free ice cream cone for every dog accompanied by a human being! Dog-gone! A dangerous place for dogs and people with a sweet tooth, or rotten teeth for that matter. Polly Ann has been making her own ice-cream since 1955 with an ice-cream wheel. A one-gallon bucket of ice-cream is excellently priced at US $6. Exotic flavors include passion fruit, lychee, mango-strawberry, taro, banana-coconut, red bean and many, many, many others (several hundred actually) to choose from.
It's Tops diner 1801
Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Price: Inexpensive Crowd: Trendy locals, blue collar, comfortable Special feature: Excellent pancakes and bacon!
This is an original American diner, just like in the 50s and maybe the 80s. It's good for breakfast, it's good for lunch, and it's good for dinner as well. Try some burgers from the grill with a cup of coffee.
Yum Yum Sushi To Go in the sunset district 2181
Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122 Price: Inexpensive for sushi Crowd: To go - no crowd. Special feature: Californian Kamikaze roll
Order and you will be granted. Excellent cheap fresh sushi made in a seafood shop. The hamachi kamikaze roll is unbeatable.
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