The idea here is to recreate Asian-style street food -- in a hip setting. The modest prices more than offset the cost of coming across the Bay to chow down. Read more.
Serves small plates like fresh spring rolls & papaya salad & has a whole list of pho varieties. They even serve beer 333, something we don’t see often enough outside of Southeast Asia. Read more.
Chef Chris Cosentino is a high priest of guts. Once a year he sets aside two nights to do a special 5-course, all-gut menu. – Anthony Bourdain, No Reservations
Hands-down the best burger in the Bay Area. Artisanal cheeses, rosemary-scented foccacia, and pickled zucchini ribbons help this cafe stand head-and-shoulders above the rest.
The owners of this gourmet-pizza restaurant,are likely the first deaf people to open a restaurant in the Bay Area. Try the Neapolitan-style pizza, baked in a hand-built wood-fired oven from Naples. Read more.
This BBQ spot features a tasty "Mission Dog" with bacon, pickled fresno chilies, and caramelized onions. If you're in the mood to treat yourself, order up a root beer float. Read more.
Artisan Neapolitan pizzas here are the headliner to some, but intellectuals know the antipasti, pastas and secondi here are the real brain food. - Inspector
Try 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.
Make the trek to Fish. Order the fish and chips because, honey, it's yummy. (and sustainable)
There's table seating for 40 around a patio, warmed by fireplaces, that wraps around two sides of the handsome restaurant.
The crowd is eclectic, the cocktails are traditional and there's decent grub to boot here.
The theme is loosely Basque, and happy hour brings $1 pintxos of the day, along with $3 draft beers and $10 sangria carafes.
Take Your Chance at the Alembic and have a bartender make a drink for you not on the menu.
This place has by far the best selection of kimchee dishes. The appetizers are like main dishes, everything is delicious. If vegetarian/vegan look elsewhere... Meat coma galore!
The peppercorn and garlic crab is the best, but the deep-fried choice is good too. The garlic noodles are a must-order appetizer, and for dessert, the deep fried banana is sinfully delicious.
