The Best Places in San Francisco
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Rank 901. Beretta
Pizzeria
A wood-stone oven dominates the back of this cocktail bar on Valencia, turning out pizza while the bartenders run a tight menu of drinks built on a few well-chosen flavors rather than a paragraph of modifiers. The room hits that sweet spot between lively and unpretentious, with filament bulbs over the bar and a crowd that looks like they found the place before it was a thing, even though everyone has found it by now.
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 901. Cantina
Latin Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 901. Churchill
Cocktail Bar
Bare cement walls, a rope-strung ceiling, and Edison bulbs doing almost nothing to warm the place up: Churchill is a neighborhood cocktail bar that leans into its chill rather than fighting it. Early-90s hip hop keeps things honest, the cocktails are carefully made, and the bourbon-spiced nuts are the kind of detail that earns loyalty. Car headlights sweep through the windows as drivers take the Market Street turn, which adds a bit of unplanned theater.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 901. Magnolia Pub and Brewery
Beer Bar
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 901. Rye
Cocktail Bar
Concrete floors, steel girders, and a smoking area the size of a small parking lot set the tone at this Tenderloin cocktail bar. The utilitarian look is clearly intentional, the sort of space that can survive a rowdy Saturday without complaint. A chalkboard cocktail of the month keeps things moving, and the menu spans pisco punch to rum-and-port builds with house-made Swedish punsch. Not where you go to catch up quietly, but volume was never the point.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 4 stars · Difford's Guide
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Every room faces the water at this 33-room boutique hotel perched over the bay in Sausalito, a ferry ride from San Francisco for anyone who's decided downtown has enough concrete. Decks, fireplaces, and spa bathrooms fill the larger suites, and even the modest rooms get big windows framing the bay rather than a parking structure. Muir Woods and Stinson Beach are close enough to justify staying a few nights.
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- Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler: 23 Best Hotels in San Francisco
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Rank 907. Banh Mi Crunch
Vietnamese Noodle Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Beretta
Italian
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 18 Best Restaurants In NoPa
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Rank 907. Burger Littles
American
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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Rank 907. Cantina Los Mayas
Yucatecan Wine Bar
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. Choux
Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Day Moon
Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Dumpling Union
Chinese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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Rank 907. Eddie's Cafe
American Coffee Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 18 Best Restaurants In NoPa
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Rank 907. Good Luck Dim Sum
Chinese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. Hahdough
German Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 18 Best Restaurants In NoPa
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Rank 907. Katsuo + Kombu
Fukuoka-style Japanese Noodle Shop
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 18 Best Restaurants In NoPa
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Rank 907. Kibatsu
Sushi
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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Rank 907. Limón
Modern Peruvian
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Rank 907. Lung Fung Bakery
Chinese Bakery
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. Manna
Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Mini Potstickers
Chinese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Moku Yakitori-Ya
Japanese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. My Tofu House
Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. NARA
Sushi
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. New Eritrea Restaurant
Ethiopian
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Otra
Mexican
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Palmyra
Syrian
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Papa Noodle
Chinese Noodle Shop
Papa Noodle is a fast, casual Chinese noodle shop a short walk from a good chunk of SoMa's office towers, which explains the lunch-hour line of people holding badges. The menu is a handful of bowls, including pork or chicken noodles, beef noodle soup, and a vegan option, with noodles made daily. Every order comes with a White Rabbit candy, the closest thing to a dessert menu or a raise.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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Rank 907. Parachute
Bakery
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Rank 907. Pier 23 Cafe
American
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Rank 907. Purple Rice
Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Quê Việt
Vietnamese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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Rank 907. Rusty Ladle
American
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. SAIGONESE CAFÉ
Vietnamese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Teranga
Senegalese
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Rank 907. Thai Nghiep Ky Mi Gia
Vietnamese
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. The Mill
Coffee
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 18 Best Restaurants In NoPa
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Rank 907. Toyose
Korean
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Tú Lan is a no-frills Vietnamese counter-service spot on Mid-Market that has been feeding the neighborhood for what feels like forever. Lunchtime means office workers grabbing takeout while a few people eat at the back tables. The imperial rolls arrive loud and crackling, and the pho, rice plates, and vermicelli bowls are sized for a second meal. You leave with leftovers and change from a twenty.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 24 Best Restaurants In SoMa
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 907. Wako
Sushi
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Richmond
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Rank 907. Woods Lowside
Wine Bar
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 14 Best Restaurants In The Lower Haight
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Rank 907. Zentarou
Sushi
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Restaurants In The Sunset
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Rank 954. Elixir
Dive Bar
The mahogany back bar has been here since the Wild West era, and Elixir wears that history without trying too hard. It's a proper neighborhood dive on the Mission-Castro border, the kind where dog walkers fill the stools by late afternoon and nobody opens a cocktail menu. A dartboard in the corner, sports on the TVs, and regulars who clearly consider this their living room, just one with a liquor license.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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A top-floor hotel cocktail lounge perched above Powell Street, the Starlight Room is essentially a finishing school that graduated half the notable bartenders in San Francisco, Tony Abou-Ganim and Jacques Bezuidenhout among them. The room got a significant makeover not long ago, all plush red furniture and gold accents, which makes it feel like old-school glamour with a fresh coat of ambition.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3 stars · Difford's Guide
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The floor tilts so sharply that the table legs have been sawn down just to keep your drink from sliding off. This ancient saloon, built from whaling ship timbers and barely changed since forever, sits in the middle of a modern plaza like it missed the memo. Jack London drank and wrote here, then name-dropped the place seventeen times in "John Barleycorn." Order something simple and let the lean do the work.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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The original redwood paneling dates back forever, but Philippe Starck's redesign layered in an illuminated Venetian bar top, a floor-to-ceiling light-box back bar, and plasma screens set in classical frames that slowly animate the portraits hanging in them. A Martini in hand when a painted subject blinks at you is a specific kind of San Francisco evening. It's a cocktail bar that reads as a grand room first, a drinks destination second.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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Rank 954. Wayfare Tavern
Cocktail Bar
Leather booths, wood paneling, and casual taxidermy give this cocktail bar the feel of a gentlemen's club that decided to relax a little. It sits inside Tyler Florence's Wayfare Tavern, and the bar downstairs splits the room between cocktails and food. Local lore insists a gangster is buried somewhere in the foundations, which does make the old-fashioned taste slightly more interesting.
The awards
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: 3.5 stars · Difford's Guide
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- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #4 · San Francisco’s Best New Restaurants
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- Bon Appétit Bon Appétit: America's Best New Restaurants