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L'Ardoise
French
A red velvet curtain meets you at the door of this Duboce Triangle bistro, fully separating the street from a dim, burgundy-and-dark-wood room that could pass for a family hotel in Dijon. Coq au vin, duck confit, and house-made pâtés hold down the menu, and the île flottante is the kind of dessert that makes you briefly forget you're in San Francisco. Stepping back through that curtain afterward feels like returning from somewhere farther away.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best French restaurants in the Bay Area
One number, weighted & current 65
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Rack of lamb San Francisco Chronicle
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