Spiff: The AYCE rate at Sushi Chardonnay has time-of-day restrictions. If you can commit to 7 p.m.--7:30 p.m. at the absolute latest--this will work. If it has to be later, we should pick someplace else. As they say over at Best Fares, "You Snooze, You Lose."

There are some decent tacquerias near the 24th St./Mission BART station... not exactly fine dining, but an "authentic" part of San Francisco culture.