This 32-story tower is walking distance from downtown and from the great Saturday Ferry Plaza farmers' market. Read more.
Must Order: Applewood-smoked bacon beignets, chickpea fritters, and pork trotters--all under the Bouchees ("mouthfuls") category on the menu. Read more.
Voted one of the best bar snacks in America : Fried Sausage-Stuffed Green Olives. A must try - follow our link to get the full recipe! Read more.
To try: Mock shark's fin soup with Dungeness crabmeat and black truffle custard is set inside a pork stock made from a rare Chinese prosciutto. Yum! Read more.
Enjoy as the aroma of spit-roasting pork fills the rustic dining room. The pastas include a raviolo filled with ricotta and an egg yolk that breaks under your knife to bleed into a brown-butter sauce. Read more.
Try a variety of nostalgic menu items like abalone, Dungeness crab, and the Gold-Rush-era Hangtown Fry, blending local eggs and bacon with fried oysters. Read more.
Try the rich, crispy pig's-trotter croquettes paired w/ luscious pig's-head salumi & bright chile-lime vinaigrette. The seared calamari & octopus bring char-grilled notes to spicy chorizo & clams. Read more.
The best dish isn't on the menu: Ask for the Heirloom burger, which has Époisses cheese worked into the ground sirloin. You won't be disappointed - Read more.
Just up Nob Hill from Union Square shopping, the cozy room serves a fine squab breast with squab leg confit, squab pâté, pear, and hazelnuts. Yum! Read more.
We've lushed over the Hot Castle Dip cocktail - now onto the food. Try the smoked black cod croquettes w/ packed wallop under their crust. The chopped liver on toast is a delight. Read more.
The open wood fire allows chef Joshua Skenes to create deep, soothing umami from a bowl of bonito dashi with toasted grains and greens, followed by a big slab of roasted beet and bone marrow. Try it! Read more.
Chef Jason Fox harmonizes a dizzying array of int'l ingredients - including sea urchin w/ sweet potato tempura, chrysanthemum leaf, shiso, scallion, & yuzu kosho. Also try the squid & pork belly! Read more.
Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market is better known, but chefs prefer this Saturday market for oysters on the half shell and the curry crepes from Malaysian Lacy Crepes. Read more.