FlyerTalk Forums

FlyerTalk Forums (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/index.php)
-   San Francisco (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/san-francisco-468/)
-   -   Goto eats when you visit sf (https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/san-francisco/2161776-goto-eats-when-you-visit-sf.html)

shaker58 May 22, 2024 12:32 pm

Goto eats when you visit sf
 
Have 2 days in sf and looking for some delicious lunch and dinner options. No tasting menus
tysm

squeakr May 22, 2024 2:18 pm

This is so dependent on price point, cuisines you like, cuisine you might not get somewhere else – be more specific and I'm sure everyone here will have some great recommendations!

shaker58 May 22, 2024 3:46 pm

Price doesn't really matter. Just looking for some tasty food that we will be talking about when we leave. Some places we loved was kokkari, swan oyster, pearl 8101,golden boy pizza, cassava, za pizza and the farmer market @ ferry building.
Thinking we need to finally try a cioppino, mission burrito and some dumplings. Open to all suggestions.
tysm

gaobest May 22, 2024 4:30 pm

Cancun taqueria for mission burrito.
backups:
el faro
pancho villa
el farolito

i really just love cancun. I last went to La Taqueria in 2016 or so and I walk past it 2-4 times a week.

Eastbay1K May 22, 2024 6:22 pm

Tu Lan, for the best (and "most different") Imperial Roll anywhere, and a lemon beef salad. And you get a taste of one of SF's most unsavory blocks, too! I've been eating there periodically for nearly 40 years (except that time years ago the health department shut em down)!

returnoftheyeti May 22, 2024 8:28 pm

Go hit up Shuggies Trash Pie.

https://www.shuggiespizza.com/

Also : https://heirloom-sf.com/

Heirloom Café was founded with two concurrent ambitions: to offer a wide variety of aged wines from a carefully managed cellar, and to serve simple, very well-prepared food at reasonable prices.

Our wine cellar and our love of mature wines are the foundation of our restaurant. We have been actively identifying and sourcing wines from our favorite producers in California and regions all over Europe for many years, and we are thrilled, every night at the restaurant, to be able to offer dozens of different wines which have had years in the bottle to improve.

The kitchen at Heirloom is dedicated to offering a menu which is concise, seasonal, highly selective, and exceedingly tasteful. We are not any more interested in working with harder-to-find, esoteric ingredients than we are in working with very good carrots and onions. Whatever the time of year, we pride ourselves on developing plates and presentations which maximize flavor, aesthetic beauty, integrity, and value.

Finally: https://www.laciccia.com/


La Ciccia is an intimate restaurant located on the edge of Noe Valley. La Ciccia will take you to a culinary journey through the Italian island of Sardinia. The chef is committed to use the freshest and the most authentic ingredients from this incredible Island, resulting in pungent, lively, flavorful food. The all Italian wine list contains 170 labels and a selection that represents every region with more than a quarter devoted to Sardinia in order to pair the traditional, earthy flavors in addition to the seafood influence of Sardinian cuisine. La Ciccia is a tribute to Sardinia and is an experience not to be missed.​​​​​​​.

dhuey May 22, 2024 8:35 pm

If you're interested in Mexican food, I recommend Pancho Villa, a block from the 16th & Mission BART station. Incredibly good, inexpensive, and a genuine California dining experience.

https://sfpanchovilla.com/

squeakr May 22, 2024 8:44 pm

We eat at mostly little neighborhood restaurants in the Haight area
 
Kezar Pizzetta- great pizza with fresh cheese and herbs they grow themselves; best wings in the city with a sauce they make themselves and good salads as well.
Brioche Cafe - tartines, sandwiches, steak frites and all kinds of breakfast items.
Manitas Cafe- best mole I’ve ever had.

gaobest May 22, 2024 10:38 pm


Originally Posted by dhuey (Post 36253327)
If you're interested in Mexican food, I recommend Pancho Villa, a block from the 16th & Mission BART station. Incredibly good, inexpensive, and a genuine California dining experience.

https://sfpanchovilla.com/

do you like it more than cancun? Granted I first went to pancho villa in the 90s while I’ve only started eating at Cancun around 2016. I was last at pancho villa in 2022 and it still was delicious.

csycsycsy May 22, 2024 11:06 pm


Originally Posted by shaker58 (Post 36252884)
Price doesn't really matter. Just looking for some tasty food that we will be talking about when we leave. Some places we loved was kokkari, swan oyster, pearl 8101,golden boy pizza, cassava, za pizza and the farmer market @ ferry building.
Thinking we need to finally try a cioppino, mission burrito and some dumplings. Open to all suggestions.
tysm

Tartine for sourdough, the OG of slow fermentation, stretch and fold etc
​​​​Humphrey Slocombe for ice cream, secret breakfast and/or Vietnamese coffee with a shot of Blue Bottle to make an afogato

mjm May 23, 2024 1:28 am

After 39 years away and having made dozens of trips back over the years, I have learned that the only thing I cannot get better outside of the Bay Area, is good San Francisco sourdough. The climate is unique, the style adjusted for that climate, and the product is simply my favorite sourdough worldwide (although Denmark is in serious contention).

csycsycsy May 23, 2024 2:38 am


Originally Posted by mjm (Post 36253684)
After 39 years away and having made dozens of trips back over the years, I have learned that the only thing I cannot get better outside of the Bay Area, is good San Francisco sourdough. The climate is unique, the style adjusted for that climate, and the product is simply my favorite sourdough worldwide (although Denmark is in serious contention).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructi...nfranciscensis

dhuey May 23, 2024 9:00 am


Originally Posted by gaobest (Post 36253493)
do you like it more than cancun? Granted I first went to pancho villa in the 90s while I’ve only started eating at Cancun around 2016. I was last at pancho villa in 2022 and it still was delicious.

I've never been to Cancún, the restaurant.

shaker58 May 23, 2024 12:23 pm


Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti (Post 36253315)

thanks for suggestions. Loving la ciccia since we have plans for Sardinia this summer. Will check out the others also

squeakr May 23, 2024 5:27 pm

Best burritos – I tend to trust these folks
 
https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-f...san-francisco?


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 6:58 am.


This site is owned, operated, and maintained by MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks are the property of their respective owners.