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123 Bolinas $$
Cuisine: New American, Wine Bar
Neighborhood: Fairfax
123 Bolinas Rd. Fairfax, CA 94930 415-488-5123
Finally a sustainable, organic, local wine bar in Fairfax. "From crunch to hip, as easy as 1, 2, 3" says the Marin Independent Journal.
Cuisine: American
Neighborhood: North Beach
15 Romolo Pl San Francisco, CA 94133 415-398-1359
SF Weekly calls the brunch here a “well-kept secret.” Not anymore.
54 Mint $$
Cuisine: Italian
Neighborhood: SOMA
16 Mint Plaza San Francisco, CA 94103 415-543-5100
Patricia Unterman of the San Francisco Examiner gushes “Impeccable Italian fare, service to match” at this modern Italian gem hiding behind the old mint building.
903 $
Cuisine: Fusion, Japanese, Thai
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights
903 Cortland Ave. San Francisco, CA 94110 415-678-5759
903’s chef, Mutsumi Takehara—an alum of Chez Panisse and Slanted Door—offers up an eclectic menu of cross-cultural small plates and nibbles.
A16 $$$
Cuisine: Italian
Neighborhood: Marina
2355 Chestnut St. San Francisco, CA 94123 415-771-2216
Just like the A16 highway in Naples, our own A16—the restaurant—can get pretty busy at rush hour, starting with the tiny bar after 5 PM.
Ame $$$
Cuisine: New American
Neighborhood: SOMA
689 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-284-4040
Ame, the creation of the renowned duo Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani (justly famous for their Terra Restaurant in the Napa Valley), delivers balanced flavors in every dish, requiring laser-sharp attention.
Cuisine: American
Neighborhood: Embarcadero
1 Ferry Plaza, Shop #33 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-391-0420
Serious Eats raves about french fries cooked in beef tallow, calling them “deeply satisfying.” Order up!
Cuisine: Thai
Neighborhood: Mission
280 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-241-0288
Michael Bauer at the San Francisco Chronicle calls out the restaurant's "spice and flair." No doubt about it, this is Thai taken up a notch or two
Cuisine: Latin American, Wine Bar
Neighborhood: North Beach
515 Broadway St. San Francisco, CA 94133 415-274-8423
Get lost in the narrative of a particular red or the sweetness of barrel-poured sangria and you’ll soon see why its owners nicknamed the wine bar “the rose of the concrete.”
Aperto $$
Cuisine: Italian
Neighborhood: Portrero Hill
1434 18th St. San Francsico, CA 94107 415-252-1625
King of the hill
