Lunch is marvelous, but come for dinner: eight courses of excellent Italian-American art food off a $50 prix-fixe menu that changes daily. Read more.
It’s the cocktail crowd’s clubhouse. Rob Roy’s skilled staff churns out impeccably crafted concoctions. Read more.
Picán has just made bacon-infused bourbon drinks part of its regular menu. It's worth the short BART ride for fried green tomatoes & one of the bourbon or rye classics that your grandfather drank. Read more.
Beauty's got a nightly selection of crostinis (burrata, bone marrow...) called "Jewels on Toast", which unlike family jewels, your date will actually want to polish off. Read more.
This elegant restaurant presents modern, Irish-style cuisine in a formal home atmosphere. Located down a flight of stairs beneath the Dublin Writer's Museum in a restored 18th-century building. Read more.
The artichoke slice, which comes slathered in gooey artichoke sauce, is the shop's specialty. There's no seating inside here, though, so you'll have to take your pizza and beer elsewhere. Read more.
On Mondays, try the $15 prix-fixe special here that includes fried chicken, corn bread, corn on the cob, and Blue Point beer. Read more.