Recommendations from locals for restaurants, please.

I would love some ideas from locals on favorite restaurants. It doesn%26#39;t matter where they are in relation to our hotels, we can always grab a cab.

Recommendations from locals for restaurants, please.

Enter ';favorite restaurant'; in the San Fran. Forum search window and you%26#39;ll be kept busy reading till the wee hrs--lots of interesting recommendations. I think at this point, overall, I would choose Greens (www.greensrestaurant.com) at Ft. Mason. They offer creative and FUN cuisine in a beautiful setting right on the water, and we%26#39;ve always rec%26#39;d great service there as well. For high-end dining, I think I%26#39;d choose Gary Danko%26#39;s, which has had a top tier reputation for yrs. and is still very, very hard to beat. Maybe Jardiniere, after that. But then there%26#39;s also Aqua... and Farallon (sigh).

Recommendations from locals for restaurants, please.

Hankshanker said «. . . we tracked down the new Bahia, a Mexican seafood joint [Twenty-second Street at Bartlett] in the Mission, a great call from our friend and aspiring local expert SwingCha. I got my whole fish, expertly char-grilled, plus a variety of other taste sensations. This place has the potential to be hugely popular, but we were the only diners in the house the whole time we were there. Maybe that’s why we were lavished with attention and complimentary morsels of goodness. The chef is very well-credentialed from what I hear. It was a beautiful meal.»

hapahaolegirl said «Mexican Restaurant: After all that walking, we decided to take a cab to the Mission District for some Mexican food. I had brought my TA notes and had the driver take us straight to 3239 Twenty-second street as recommended by SwingCha. I knew we were at the right spot as Vogalonga was across the street. The sign for the Mexican place said Bahia. We had raw oysters, orange margaritas, I had the fish soup (good, but the vegetables were undercooked) and my friend had a lovely dish that I think had “Caribbean” in its name: it looked like risotto and shrimp and clams and mussels. She loved it. All of the food was top-notch. We watched mariachi band members come in and out of the restaurant – but didn’t stay to listen. We were pooped.»

BetterthanBings said «Swingcha likes Chef Jia%26#39;s [Kearny Street near Pacific Avenue]. I also do not do the House of Nanking (this gets recommended on the tourist trail in SF).» and «If Swingcha does not weigh in re the Chinatown restaurants, I%26#39;ll echo his choices in the ';reasonable'; category of Yee%26#39;s and Chef Jia%26#39;s, Cantonese and Szechwan, respectively.»

Stephani said «Thanks, Swingcha. I completely agree with your recommendations for Chef Jia%26#39;s and Hunan%26#39;s Home. Both have great food at very reasonable prices and good service. For any tourists looking for Chinese food, try one of these two and skip the House of Nanking next door to Jia%26#39;s.»

The Helmand, Cuisine of Afghanistan is on the 400-block of Broadway. It might be closed because Telegraph Hill is trying to get in the back door. It%26#39;s outstanding! About fifty bucks.

Chef Jia%26#39;s on Kearny near Pacific. Don%26#39;t make the mistake of going to the House of Nanking, right next door. The line you might find is a mystery to us.

Yee%26#39;s Restaurant is on Grant Avenue opposite Jack Kerouac, is good and cheap.

Andrew Jaeger%26#39;s House of Seafood %26amp; Jazz on Columbus at Broadway. It%26#39;s currently running $15 3-course specials that are an excellent value

There are many other good choices, among them Na%26#39;an %26#39;n%26#39; Curry (don%26#39;t go to the Indian place on Kearny).

For the best information on where to dine here, please visit the UseNet Group ba.food. There%26#39;s a link to it on the ';Don%26#39;t-miss SIGHTS in San Francisco'; page geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Sights.html has enough to keep you busy for nine 12.7-hour days. It includes links to your best sources of advice on WHERE TO EAT and, according to the Department of Health, WHERE TO NOT EAT here, the UseNet Group ba.food, and the quite-good sfSurvey and the comprehensive Yelp. It also has a WEATHER CHART with a link to current conditions.

My favorite is a little unassuming Vietnamese place on Larkin Street called Bodega Bistro. Very very good, and always a hit with the people I take. also a favorite (and still Vietnamses) is pho at Turtle Tower on Larkin, just a couple doors down from Bodego Bistro.

I also love Steps of Rome in North Beach (the Cafe, not the Trattoria) for good casual lively atmosphere and tasty food. the bruschetta is to die for.

I like a cannoli from Stella on Columbus. Chinese pastries from golden Gate Bakery on Grant Avenue, chinese seafood and dim sum at Great Eastern. Clay pots at Utopia Cafe on Waverly, Foccacia from the place across the street from Mama%26#39;s in Washington Square. potstickers at U-Lee on Jackson and Hyde, tacos at Panchos on Polk Street...

Thanks drummerliz and everyone for the suggestions. We will be doing plenty of eating during our week. I am so excited, like a kid going to Disney.

anyone ever try Beard Papa%26#39;s?

drummerliz said «I also love Steps of Rome in North Beach (the Cafe, not the Trattoria)»

It%26#39;s OK but I think not good enough to recommend.

T%26#39;other night I ate across the street, at Mona Lisa. Will return to form a broader opinion. Prices might be nickels higher than Steps of Rome and what I had, Veal Mona Lisa, was just fine but also not impressive. Mona Lisa%26#39;s whimsical décor makes it a funner choice.

Beard Papa%26#39;s is great, but I have to admit I go into sugar overload there. You can%26#39;t make a meal out of cream puffs, can you?

The end of my post almost had ';but Swingcha will disagree with Steps of Rome'; attached.

Here%26#39;s one not often mentioned, but we like it a lot. RNM at Haight/Steiner

http://www.rnmrestaurant.com/

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