....San Francisco. Will be there all next week. Haven't been in about 12 years. Y'all got any good restaurant/club/things to do suggestions that I may not have had the pleasure of experiencing there?
My wife and I were discussing food the other day, and I asked her about her best five or six meals that she's ever had. She was curious why it was five or six, and I told her that there were six places for me that left the most indelible impressions as far as food goes (for me, it's always about the food). One of my six faves was in San Fran. It's been many years since I've been there, and their food may not be for everyone, and maybe I just hit them on a really good day, so take this with a grain of salt......but this place did provide me with one of my six all time favorite meals: http://www.slanteddoor.com
See Marin Headlands - great views of the GG Bridge and City Land's End - another place with great ocean views Ferry to Tiburon OR Angel Island Golden Gate Park Muir Woods Crissy Field and walk through Presidio - throw the frisbee/football here Coit Tower Giants game at AT&T Park Bars Marina: Tipsy Pig, Monahan's, Campus, Bar None, Mauna Loa, Balboa, Brickyard North Beach: Board Room, Maggie McGarry's, North Star, Rogue Polk Street: Tonic, Bullitt, The Buccaneer, Playground, McTeague's Must Do's for Craft Beers: Monk's Kettle (Mission) and Toronado (Lower Haight) if you do Toronado, stop next door at Rosamunde's for the beer brats Eat La Mar - ceviche A16 - French pizza House of Prime Rib (feat on Bourdain) Mission Street Chinese (feat in NYTimes, twice) Tony's Pizza in North Beach (rated #1 in US) Flour + Water - pizza, Mission Berretta - Italian, Mission Andalu - tapas, Mission Zarzuela - tapas, Russian Hill Dosa on Fillmore - Indian, Pac Heights/Japantown Mamacita's - Mexican, Marina Tommy's Joynt - sandwiches (feat on Diners and Drive-Ins) Giordano Bros - Pittsburgh style sandwiches, North Beach House of Nanking - Chinese Out the Door - Vietnamese, Pac Heights Burma Superstar - Burmese, Inner Richmond Roam - burgers, Union St. Gussie's - chicken and waffles, Lower Pac Avoid Fisherman's Wharf - dirty and full of strollers and fat people
I highly recommend Cafe Grillades which was recommended to me on my trip by a local friend. Some amazing menu choices. Delicious food! Definitely something different and yummy. http://www.cafegrillades.com/ If you are crazy about cupcakes like my wife is, you need to stop by at one of the Cako locations. My wife has tried cupcakes from a number of bakeries across he world and she claims that the Red Velvet cupcake from Cako is not to be missed. http://www.cako.com/
been a few years but Sunday morning at Mama's Cafe is awesome (hell every morning). it's right under Coit Tower. Mama's http://www.mamas-sf.com/ 1701 Stockton St Also, cocktails at the The Top Of The Mark lounge is a required stop. It's at the Intercontinental Hotel Mark Hopkins. Try all 100 martini's.
Was born in The City and lived nearby for many years. My favorite thing to do is what I call the Eating Tour of San Francisco". Start out near Fisherman's Wharf. Get an Italian sandwich, foccacia, and chowder bowl at Boudin bakery. Grab a shrimp and crab cocktail from one of the walkaway stands. Head towards Chinatown and get Dim Sum from any of the restaurants (I tend to go to Golden Dragon, more for the history). head back towards Ghirardelli Square, stop at Buena Vista cafe for an Irish Coffee (and their Corned Beef Hash is awesome). Head to Ghirardelli Square for a hot chocolate and hot fudge sundae. Finish it off with Italian at Tommaso's (hard to find a bad Italian restaurant, but I am less a fan of the trendy ones). A pretty good place to search out is Clement Street. Lots of really good neighborhood restaurants. Since hamburgers are a popular thread here... Bill's Place on Clement is a good one.
