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Cash only, no website, a line down Polk Street, and they open at eight in the morning if you'd rather eat crab than sleep. Swan is an old-school seafood counter, marble-topped and tight on stools, where the Dungeness arrives cracked and the raw bar runs to sea urchin when they have it. The noise is mostly shells and sourdough. San Francisco Chronicle calls it a classic for a reason, but the line will convince you faster.
The awards strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best classic San Francisco restaurants
- San Francisco Chronicle Best seafood restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle The Best Classic Restaurants in San Francisco
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
One number, weighted & current 68
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Sea urchin
“Get a half cracked crab to accompany your Line Beer and a few oysters or anything else from the raw bar — definitely the sea urchin if they have it.”
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Sicilian sashimi
“Its fresh seafood dishes — sweet raw clams on the half shell ($14 for six), Sicilian sashimi ($35) draped in fruity olive oil and sprinkled with capers, and cracked Dungeness crabs ($24) — are among the choicest in the city.”
San Francisco Chronicle -
Cracked Dungeness crab
“Its fresh seafood dishes — sweet raw clams on the half shell ($14 for six), Sicilian sashimi ($35) draped in fruity olive oil and sprinkled with capers, and cracked Dungeness crabs ($24) — are among the choicest in the city.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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