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Restaurants reviewed by SF Weekly (Showing 1-97 of 603)
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| +75% | Financial District Steakhouse | 
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| May 28, 2008 - It doesn't take much to realize where the good tables are in a restaurant situated on the water's edge: They're the... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA | ||
| May 21, 2008 - If you see a compact, heavily tattooed man skateboarding down Minna, don't assume he's a carefree slacker. Chances... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +60% | West Portal | |
| May 14, 2008 - As you walk through the crowded city, past hordes of tourists patiently lined up to board tiny trolleys, drive down a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Bayview | ||
| May 07, 2008 - The Portola District has been off the rest of San Francisco's culinary radar since the mid-1980s, when the great... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Financial District Seafood | ||
| April 30, 2008 - The arrival early this year of hotly anticipated and ambitious new twin restaurants right on the Embarcadero, just... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Potrero American |
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| April 16, 2008 - Not so very long ago, even longtime San Franciscans who heard the name "Dogpatch" would probably first think of the... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Pacific Heights | ||
| April 09, 2008 - For a more American conclusion, there are sweet desserts. The best were fresh beignets, hot out of the fryer, filled... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Western Addition | ||
| April 02, 2008 - Walking into 1300 is like entering a chocolate box: not a Whitman's sampler, but a box made of chocolate. Deep, rich... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Western Addition | ||
| March 19, 2008 - Traditionally, you don't go to an entertainment venue for terrific food. Whether it's a jazz club or a medieval... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Richmond | ||
| March 05, 2008 - 831-9288. Lunch Monday and Wednesday-Friday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; dinner Monday and Wednesday-Friday 5:00-9:30 p.m... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +77% | Civic Center California and French |
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| February 27, 2008 - There's a rich tradition of classic institutions dialing back their stuffiness to stay relevant: Rolls Royce stopped... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Noe Valley | ||
| February 27, 2008 - 334-3235. Dinner: 5:30-10:30 p.m. nightly. Brunch: Saturday and Sunday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Reservations accepted... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA American and Pizza |
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| February 20, 2008 - Expectations were high for the first meal at Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant. For one thing, I thought I knew what to... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +56% | Bayview Southern & Soul | |
| February 13, 2008 - Housed in a one-time carriage house retrofitted with purple leather booths and mirrored walls, The MC's a bouncin... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | Richmond Turkish and Mediterranean |
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| February 13, 2008 - Turkish cuisine is one of the most sophisticated and diverse in the world. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire included... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Richmond | ||
| January 30, 2008 - Nora Ephron nailed it in her witty "The Chicken Soup Chronicles" in The New York Times a couple of weeks ago: "The... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA | ||
| January 19, 2008 - There's something a tiny bit loaded about selecting the first restaurant of the year to review after that brisk trot... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Noe Valley | ||
| January 09, 2008 - Just opened in Glen Park, Sangha's a Scandinavian-looking, minimalist sleeve offering a Japanese-Latin fusion menu... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Financial District Mediterranean |
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| December 12, 2007 - The room, once the home of the rather lackluster French-like Monte Cristo, now down for the count, hadn't changed at... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Civic Center Seafood |
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| December 05, 2007 - Ever contrary to certain kinds of politically correct food trendiness, I've already declared my somewhat cranky... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Marina European and California |
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| November 28, 2007 - The last couple of spins taken on the restaurant roulette wheel had resulted in a loss, so I found myself craving a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Chinatown | ||
| November 21, 2007 - Z & Y Garden bills itself as the only restaurant in the Bay Area serving the cuisine of Yunnan, an inland Chinese... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +70% | Civic Center Italian |
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| November 14, 2007 - Living in the Bay Area and dealing with daily life, you can forget sometimes that San Francisco is one of the top... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Civic Center Southern & Soul and Burgers |
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| October 17, 2007 - Nothing cheers up an otherwise cheerless street like an inviting eatery. A sufficiently intriguing restaurant or food... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| North Beach California |
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| October 10, 2007 - Even while fighting a driving rain with an inadequate cheap umbrella, walking up from the Financial District into the... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Pacific Heights Italian |
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| October 10, 2007 - As the longtime cultural center of the Apennine Peninsula, Rome has incorporated ingredients and dishes from many... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +89% | Pacific Heights California |
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| October 10, 2007 - Sometimes the heavens align, the restaurant gods smile, and a new place seemingly emerges without any visible growing... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +66% | Russian Hill American and California |
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| October 10, 2007 - A recent piece by ex-San Franciscan Kim Severson in The New York Times, "Is the Entrée Heading for Extinction... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Bernal Heights California and International |
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| October 07, 2007 - A tinderbox, the dictionary tells us, is a box for holding tinder (gee, thanks), but also "a person or thing that is... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Marina International and Asian |
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| October 03, 2007 - I wouldn't say that the Mercury Appetizer Bar wormed its way into my affection, chugging along like the Little Engine... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA Pizza | ||
| September 26, 2007 - The history of few culinary trends can be recounted as precisely as that of California pizza. In 1980, Alice Waters... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +71% | Mission Pizza, American and California |
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| September 26, 2007 - The history of few culinary trends can be recounted as precisely as that of California pizza. In 1980, Alice Waters... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA Italian |
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| September 19, 2007 - After a luxurious lunch al fresco at Ducca, and a pleasant if less relaxing dinner, I felt as though I'd been at two... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| SOMA Mexican |
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| September 12, 2007 - This is a list of the things I'm not nuts about at my new favorite restaurant: the noise level, with contributions... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Mission Italian |
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| September 05, 2007 - It's a sensation that foodies chase continually in search of the new new thing: being in the hot restaurant while it... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Financial District Cuban |
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| August 29, 2007 - For some reason, real Cuban food has always been a tough sell in San Francisco. The occasional place that gets it... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +65% | Marina Seafood and Steakhouse |
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| August 22, 2007 - I had to laugh when I read the title of an article in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago: "Be Yourselves, Girls... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +70% | Marina Japanese and Sushi |
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| August 15, 2007 - Hime, a large, sleek Japanese restaurant located in a building in front of a motel on motel-heavy Lombard, has been... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Mission California |
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| August 08, 2007 - Everybody in town seems to know one thing about Spork: It's housed in a building that used to be a KFC. Perhaps it... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +72% | Hayes Valley Japanese and Sushi |
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| August 01, 2007 - Sushi bars fall into two rough categories. Some put the emphasis on the bar, with loud music, louder customers... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| North Beach California and Wine Bar |
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| July 25, 2007 - The cosmopolitan and eclectic bent of Nua, a new restaurant and wine bar located in the heart of North Beach, is... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +67% | Nob Hill Middle Eastern and Moroccan |
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| July 18, 2007 - When tiny Tajine opened in the Tenderloin in 2005, people who managed to squeeze into its miniature space on a gritty... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Mission Italian and Wine Bar |
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| July 11, 2007 - People have been heard to grumble that it seems like every other new restaurant is Italian. But San Franciscans have... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Mission Mexican | ||
| July 04, 2007 - While walking briskly down a squalid stretch of 16th Street, I catch the sprightly sign: "Mayan Cuisine with a Modern... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | SOMA Bakery, California and Sandwiches/Subs |
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| June 27, 2007 - OK, so summer's here and the time is right for picnics, road trips, and from-scratch meals in the long, light... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Oakland Coffee and Bakery | ||
| June 20, 2007 - When we see Kyra Sedgwick's hard-boiled investigator on The Closer shut the door after a brutal interrogation and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +60% | Pacific Heights Coffee, Bakery and Desserts/Ice Cream |
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| June 20, 2007 - When we see Kyra Sedgwick's hard-boiled investigator on The Closer shut the door after a brutal interrogation and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +57% | Marina | |
| June 20, 2007 - When we see Kyra Sedgwick's hard-boiled investigator on The Closer shut the door after a brutal interrogation and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Noe Valley | ||
| June 13, 2007 - A couple of years ago, my neighborhood was distinctly improved by a new bakery. I was dashing out its door the other... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +73% | Civic Center Sandwiches/Subs and Asian | |
| June 06, 2007 - What is Burmese cuisine? Simple question, but not so simple to answer, given that the country comprises more than a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +71% | Hayes Valley French, California and Mediterranean |
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| May 30, 2007 - Holly Brubach recently wrote in the New York Times Sunday magazine, T, that she thought nearly every dish would be... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +79% | Mission California, International and Mediterranean |
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| May 30, 2007 - Holly Brubach recently wrote in the New York Times Sunday magazine, T, that she thought nearly every dish would be... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +72% | Mission American |
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| May 30, 2007 - Holly Brubach recently wrote in the New York Times Sunday magazine, T, that she thought nearly every dish would be... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +81% | SOMA American, California and French |
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| May 23, 2007 - Arriving at Salt House after dark is exciting and a little mysterious: The trim little 100-year-old brick building is... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +73% | SOMA Latin American and Vegetarian |
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| May 09, 2007 - Imagine a culinary Final Four, in which each country fields a team of its greatest chefs, and these teams fight it... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +62% | Daly City Seafood, Chinese and Dim Sum |
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| April 18, 2007 - When faced with an extraordinary multi-page menu like the one you're handed at Koi Palace, the famed Cantonese... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +63% | Civic Center American, California and Steakhouse |
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| February 01, 2007 - Beloved Bay Area chef Bradley Ogden's first steakhouse occupies a plush room in the Westfield San Francisco Center... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Richmond Korean | ||
| December 20, 2006 - The cleanest and most inviting of the Richmond District's numerous grill-at-your-table Korean barbecue joints, Han Il... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | Financial District Italian and Pizza |
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| November 22, 2006 - Don't let the well-groomed, Armani-suited crowd at Perbacco's elegant bar intimidate you off -- head to the back and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +60% | North Beach Middle Eastern |
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| October 26, 2006 - This longtime favorite of the Bay Area's Iranian expatriate community, offers white-tablecloth dining, good service... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +73% | Richmond Asian and Malaysian |
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| September 05, 2006 - This, the city's oldest Malaysian restaurant, has been an Inner Richmond neighborhood favorite since an immigrant... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | North Beach California, French and International |
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| July 27, 2006 - Coi is the home of gifted, adventurous chef Daniel Patterson, who showcases his refined and sophisticated California... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +77% | Pacific Heights Japanese, Seafood and Sushi |
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| July 20, 2006 - This tiny, immaculate, modern-looking spot has a five-seat sushi counter and three small tables, so a reservation is... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +71% | Noe Valley Italian, Pizza and Seafood |
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| July 13, 2006 - Massimiliano Conti, owner-chef-somellier of the Bay Area's first Italian restaurant to specialize in the cuisine of... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +52% | Hayes Valley Mediterranean, French and Italian |
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| July 06, 2006 - A vast menu in a vast cafe space (150 seats) overlooking the small but pretty Hayes Green. Café Grillades offers a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +65% | Castro | |
| July 06, 2006 - Sophisticated Vietnamese cooking in a dark, glitzy, mirrored room. At lunch there are excellent banh mi (French... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +53% | Nob Hill Mexican |
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| July 06, 2006 - Carefully prepared, fresh, and interesting Mexican fare in an airy, comfy room, with a long bar proffering cocktails... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +65% | Castro Vietnamese |
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| July 06, 2006 - Sophisticated Vietnamese cooking in a dark, glitzy, mirrored room. At lunch there are excellent banh mi (French... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +64% | Sunset Seafood and Chinese | |
| June 29, 2006 - Truly exceptional Hong Kong style Cantonese cuisine, in a glitzy, Hong Kong-style setting. Though there are pricy... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +80% | Western Addition California, American and Mediterranean |
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| June 15, 2006 - Lively two-story restaurant, housed in vintage bank building, with a large bar (and scene) and menu of seasonal... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +61% | Sunset Chinese |
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| June 12, 2006 - People drive from all over to enjoy the cook-it-yourself house specialty, Peking hot pot. A portable gas burner... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | Nob Hill California, American and Mediterranean |
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| May 25, 2006 - Chef Dennis Leary, late of Rubicon, cooks every dish in a tiny open galley kitchen, in this once-diner, now modern... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| -0% | Financial District Hawaiian and Barbecue |
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| May 25, 2006 - Generous quantities of inexpensive and tasty Hawaiian fare including several kinds of roast pork, tasty barbecued... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | Nob Hill Coffee and Diner | |
| May 25, 2006 - Chef Dennis Leary, late of Rubicon, cooks every dish in a tiny open galley kitchen, in this once-diner, now modern... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +69% | Bernal Heights Asian |
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| May 18, 2006 - This family-run, Outer Mission/Bernal Heights favorite is worth the trip from anywhere in the city for its charming... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +68% | Nob Hill French and California |
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| April 28, 2006 - You'll feel like you're in Paris at this cozy yet stylish French bistro, featuring dishes that range from homey (coq... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +80% | Marina French, International and Mediterranean |
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| April 20, 2006 - A neighborhood restaurant with an eclectic menu (pizza and pasta as well as French specialties) served in either a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +58% | Richmond Chinese and Seafood |
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| April 13, 2006 - Chinese families and young couples from the neighborhood pack this utilitarian joint to feast on big helpings of high... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +72% | Financial District Italian and Pizza |
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| April 06, 2006 - This lively, sophisticated Financial District Italian (closed on weekends) aims to offer alta cucina Italian from its... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +78% | Mission Indian, Pakistani and Vegetarian |
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| March 23, 2006 - Dosa, the folded crepelike street snack of Southern Indian, and its cousins, open-face uttapam (we like the paneer... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +78% | Mission Pizza, California and Italian |
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| March 16, 2006 - Like the next-door mother ship Delfina, this upscale hole-in-the-wall spinoff maximizes the flavor of top-quality... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +70% | Russian Hill Italian and Pizza |
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| March 02, 2006 - Lovely neighborhood restaurant, with simple but pleasing décor (wood-paneled walls, white-linened tables) and an... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +74% | Haight Latin American, Caribbean and Southern & Soul |
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| March 02, 2006 - Lively, informal neighborhood spot, sunny during the day, grungy at night, serving inexpensive tapas inspired by... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +60% | Pacific Heights Sandwiches/Subs, Eastern European and German |
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| February 23, 2006 - This compact, crisp black-and-white spot in the Jewish Community Center offers all the expected deli favorites... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +66% | Sunset Japanese, Asian and Noodle Shop |
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| February 23, 2006 - The menu is headed ""Japanese Noodle Cuisine,"" and almost every table in this cozy spot bears a steaming bowl of... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +77% | SOMA Mexican |
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| February 07, 2006 - Jalisco, birthplace of tequila, is also the inspiration for the sophisticated cooking (ranging from the expected... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +77% | Financial District California, American and Italian |
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| January 31, 2006 - The lusty, full-flavored, Italian-influenced California cuisine served at the casual (wood floors, brick walls, open... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +69% | Financial District Vegetarian, Japanese and Sushi |
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| January 26, 2006 - Surprisingly appetizing vegan Japanese fare (inspired by the 500-year-old cooking and philosophy of Shojin monks... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +75% | Russian Hill Seafood, American and California |
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| January 17, 2006 - A delightful cozy neighborhood seafood house, with a very good raw bar and dependable cooking, whether classic and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +73% | Financial District California, American and Seafood |
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| January 12, 2006 - An ambitious and glorious temple of cuisine, seducing the gourmand with elaborate crudo (sea urchin paired with... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +57% | Bernal Heights American and Middle Eastern |
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| January 06, 2006 - A large and cheerful dining room has been added to this popular takeout place, which, along with its rotisserie and... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +76% | Mission American and California |
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| December 21, 2005 - A charming place that manages to be both modern in design yet cozy in feeling, and also both a destination and a... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Civic Center Korean, Asian and Thai |
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| December 13, 2005 - This charming wood-lined space is a pleasant place to enjoy some of Cafe Asia's rather ambitious Pan-Asian fare... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +65% | SOMA Italian, Coffee and Mediterranean |
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| December 13, 2005 - With its own entrance, Caffè Museo is a nice spot to refuel with imaginative panini and daily soups, stews, and other... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +61% | Sunset American, Burgers and California |
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| December 13, 2005 - The ""farm to fork"" philosophy here means that the raw materials for the fresh California cuisine on offer are not... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| Richmond Coffee, California and Diner | ||
| December 13, 2005 - A pleasant ground-floor room (with an adjacent patio) in which to partake of collations during your museum visit... full review at SF Weekly | ||
| +75% | Noe Valley American |
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| December 08, 2005 - One of San Francisco's dining gems (semihidden in its cozy neighborhood), Chenery Park manages to be at once... full review at SF Weekly |
