User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: = X-Abuse-Info: Please forward ALL headers when reporting abuse. X-Complaints-To: [email removed] NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 12:23:55 PDT Date: 08 Jun 2001 15:20:29 -0500 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu rec.food.restaurants:53648 SF is truly an amazing place to eat. My favorites: - Aqua, on Battery street. Terrific seafood, always fresh but maybe more importantly, some of the most interesting approaches I've had. Atmosphere, unfortunately, is that irritating loud, bustly kind that places seem to be into nowadays. - Boulevard, on the Embarcadero near the Hyatt Regency. Stunning food, more refined (and therefore perhaps less creative) than Aqua, and more of an all-around place, not so focused on seafood. Atmosphere here is great: large tables, quiet, comfortable, elegant. - Hampton Place, near the Moscone Center. Run by two ex-sous chefs from Postrio, truly terrific food, a little loud. Other ideas: - Greens; amazing view. The best vegetarian food you'll find, but (IMHO) it does suffer from being vegetarian. Their Saturday prix fixe dinner is often very nice. - Chez Panisse, Berkeley. Possibly the mother-ship of contemporary California food. Very expensive ($75 prix fixe, I think) but I've heard it's worth it. I was a graduate student while in Berkeley, so only went on Monday night, when the understudies do a smaller, but still delectable, meal. Service and atmosphere are impeccable; food was great too. The cafe upstairs is cheaper, also great, but with an emphasis on simple food prepared perfectly. - Sent Sovi, Saratoga (south bay). Probably too long a trip to be worthwhile, but when we lived in Mountain View we found there was little reason to trek to the city - this place, nicely situated in a small, old house, had food to rival all of the above. They remodeled about a year ago, and I haven't been since; can't tell you what if anything's changed. - Postrio, SF. I was only there once, and it's been about six years now, but I still remember the meal, and it was classic Puck. Interesting combinations, loud ambiance, and perhaps more emphasis on creativity than execution. Hope this helps - enjoy! Andy Lee S. wrote: > We'll have two evenings for nice meals out, in SF. I'm overwhelmed by the > food choices in this amazing city, so I want to pick very carefully. I > love all cuisines, but my husband would prefer to skip Japanese and > serious French (bistro French is okay). I'd like to maybe have a meal in > Chinatown, if there's an exceptional restaurant there. We've eaten at > Brandy Ho's in the past, and enjoyed that...still around? > > Budget is in the $100 range (give or take $25.00) not including wine. > > We'll be heading to Mendocino after SF, and hope to eat at Cafe Beaujolais > while there. Still a great place??? Please advise. > > Please email me your suggestions, as I don't have the time to read this, > and all the other great newsgroups out there. > > Thanks, > Lee
San Francisco, CA