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Baker & Banker
(Now Closed)New American Restaurant, American Restaurant, and Bakery$$$$
Japantown, San Francisco
Has a stamp of approval from Eater and Serious Eats
67 Tips and reviews
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Walter KormanSeptember 2, 2013Everything is fantastic. Try the house baked bread basket. Intimate ambiance, great wine and beer selection. Always a top recommendation I give to people looking to visit SF for a nice dinner.
Serious EatsSeptember 27, 2011Try the Lemon Poppy Seed, it has a delicate flavor that combines well with vanilla cream cheese frosting and the Brooklyn Blackout, chocolate lover's heaven, molten with chocolate and impossibly rich. Read more
7x7 MagazineNovember 1, 2012Pick your choice of banana bread pudding, sticky bun, or French toast-bread pudding. They are all amazing and include different sauces, which compliment each particular bread flavor in a unique way. Read more- 7x7 MagazineOctober 23, 2012For something a little more unusual try the trout with potato latke, fennel, and beets - house-smoked trout on top of a potato latke with pickled beets and a pile of shaved fennel. Read more
Camilla CNovember 26, 2013Excellent dessert selection... Esp the candied bacon donuts which were amazing. Duck was a winner entree as well.
Priya SaiprasadJanuary 20, 2013The ravioli and sea bass are off the charts! Oh and pair it with a glass of the sparkling burgundy and conclude it with the XXX chocolate cake and you may never want to leave.
Inman NewsMarch 6, 2012Order a slice of the XXX Triple Dark Chocolate layer cakes - it contains a bottom layer of moist flourless cake, topped with chocolate cheesecake, devil’s food cake and a glaze of chocolate ganache.
CITY GRITAugust 1, 2014We were really enthralled by Lori Baker and Jeff Banker’s desserts. Don’t judge us for taking a frozen log of the brown butter cookie dough back to our hotel and eating it straight up for breakfast.
amelieAugust 29, 2014Lovely ambiance for a date. Get the house bread basket. Worth the carbs. Still thinking about the white cheddar sage bread...
Tianna JohnsonSeptember 12, 2013Fantastic food, some of the best service I've had, friendly staff and fantastic wine and beer selection. A must in SF
Stephanie RobertsonSeptember 17, 2014Amazing! Truly faultless! Highly recommend... My father said the trout was the best starter he has ever had! thank you x
Judy CariApril 27, 2014Skip the chocolate cake and go for the OMG Chocolate Cookie with ice cream. I will dream about this cookie!
KitchitAugust 9, 2012Super cozy, classic farm-to-table fare. Get dessert! Check out Chef Jeff Banker on Kitchit at
Kenny LiaoJuly 1, 2011Order the black cod; it melts in your mouth and has amazing flavor. Then ask your waiter to get Lori (Baker) and Jeff (Banker) to sign a copy of the menu for a keepsake!
Gilt CityFebruary 11, 2011Even if you don't have a Valentine this Monday, a custom-made cake from Lori is really all you could want: lemon poppyseed with cream cheese frosting, Fluffernutter, to-die-for red velvet...
Niki Baker of foreignspellSeptember 28, 2012The duck was everyone's favorite. So delicious! Amazing desserts and service. They made my dad's birthday very special!
Meghana DharApril 16, 2014Smoked salmon on latke. Lamb shank. Warm cookie and ice cream. None of these should be missed.
Mike ZagorsekJanuary 15, 2012Seasonal selection. Simple but diverse menu. Balanced flavors. Super fresh. Great intimate space! (3 of 4 petals via Fondu) Read more
Marie ShinApril 1, 2013Tons of WASPs but it's honestly worth the fuss. Everything is perfectly portioned & executed.
melissa baldaufApril 17, 2010XXX chocolate cake is the best you'll have. Better than Tartine, better than anywhere. And they'll make it as a full birthday cake for you to take home too.
AndreaJuly 24, 2013Amazing! Loved the stone tart dessert with oatmeal and brown butter ice cream. Delish.
:)June 13, 2011Best brunch I've had in a longtime. You can't go wrong with the Cajun Egg Benedict. Service and food was great!
Noreen FlorezaFebruary 24, 2011The best soy and mirin braised black cod with foie gras-shitake sticky rice and charred bok choy. Even better than Nobu- Stewart AlsopJune 4, 2011Try the English Pea Soup - Meyer lemon creme fraiche, marinated shrimp, puffed wild rice. Contrast of creamy and crisp! Deelicious!
Always order the bread basket! It changes and each time seems better than the last.
Tim PerzykOctober 7, 2012Good food, poor service. Also, check this menu: think you get both the cinnamon and sticky buns for $9? You'd be wrong...or our server was lying under duress.
Oddly... The bakery is not open on Mondays and Tuesdays, the days most people want coffee and sweets!! *kanye shrug*
Andy BFebruary 23, 2011Great food and service! Desserts are amazing. Wine list expensive but also expansive.
Todd XDecember 24, 2012The brunch service seemed slow and disjointed. But the apple fritters were delicious.
Chefs FeedAugust 22, 2014Joanne Weir, chef of Copita, eats here on her nights off. She loves the Heirloom tomato "BLT". Read more
Michael LeoDecember 22, 2009menu changes, but their Pate app was great. They also did a great Duck Breast with duck/yam hash.
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- Mon–Sun
- 5:30 PM–10:00 PM
(415) 351-2500
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