San Francisco

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Our home and the most beautiful place in the world. Known for the Golden Gate Bridge.

Neighborhoods

Western Neighborhoods Project. Includes the Richmond, the Sunset, and West Portal.

Bayview

Cindy Alvarez forwarded me an article about Frisco Fried.

Castro

Get the kati roll (an Indian wrap) at Kasa.

Inner Richmond

More Patricia Unterman recommendations:

• Pho Ha Noi
• To Hyang

Marina

More Patricia Unterman recommendations:

• Tipsy Pig

Mission

• Schmidt's Deli (Patricia Unterman recommendation)
• Zante Pizza (Joe Blaylock recommendation)
• Los Jarritos (Bay Area Bites chilaquiles recommendation)

Outer Richmond

Patricia Unterman recommendation:

• Hakka Restaurant

Places to walk:

• Fort Miley

Outer Sunset

Oceanside is the old name for the Outer Sunset area near the ocean. There's a great three block stretch on Judah west of 41st Ave with funky cafes and great organic market called Other Avenues.

Outerlands, which opened in early 2009, looks like a great place for healthy and delicious soups, salads, and desserts, with a casual and cool ambiance. The food, however, didn't meet our expectations and was slightly overpriced. It's okay if you want something healthy and warm ambiance, but it's not worth a special trip.

Patricia Unterman recommends The Pizza Place for homey, family-style pizza.

SoMa

Little Skillet has the best fried chicken in the city.

Tenderloin

Show Dogs is a gourmet hot dog place on Market near 6th. It's solid, but it's expensive and not worth a special trip. The dogs at Zog Dog on Market and Montgomery, while conventional, are just as tasty, if not moreso, and they're cheaper.

More Patricia Unterman recommendations:

• Let's Be Frank

Restaurants

Must eat places. These are for the entire Bay Area, not just San Francisco. We tried to select only destination places, places that we'd encourage visitors in town to visit for a special San Francisco experience if they were only in town for a few days.

Bull's Head Burgers	Organic beef burger
Koo	Sushi
Roli Roti	porchetta sandwich
Saravanna Bhavan	South Indian food
Gialina's	All of their pizzas are outstanding, but their chocolate dessert pizza is special.
Humphry Slocombe	ice cream
Bakesale Betty's	fried chicken sandwich
Pho Dong	Vietnamese food
Rosamunde	Have a delicious sausage on a roll and eat it next door at Toronado with a beer.
Golden Boy Pizza	Late night, post-carousing Sicilian pizza.
La Palma	tortillas
La Quinta	Mexican food
La Oaxaquena	This Oaxacan place is hit or miss, but their tacos are a definite hit.
Aziza	Gourmet Moroccan
Cha-Ya	Vegan sushi. It doesn't sound good until you realize that practically everything is deep fried.
Cinderella's Bakery	Russian food.
Falafel Drive-In	Falafel
San Tung	Dry chicken wings
Chez Panisse	The capital of organic California cuisine.
Anh Hong	Seven courses of beef.
Tartine	The bread.
Bay Bread	The bread.
Gaesung Tofu House	Everything there is good, but the kimchi is outstanding. Almost as good as Mom's.
Hog Island Oyster Company	Oysters straight from Tomales Bay.
Oyaji	Japanese izakaya.
Kappou Gomi	Not even sure how to describe it. Delicious Japanese food.

On the bubble:

Red's Java House	Hot dogs
R&G Lounge	Authentic Cantonese food.
Shanghai Dumpling King	Xiao Long Bao
Park Chow	Comfort food
Marnee Thai	Duck pad kee mao
Dotty's True Blue Cafe	Brunch
Fraiche	Yogurt

Gap analysis:

• Italian
• Chinese
• pub grub
• brunch

Street Food

Roli Roti	Best pork sandwich ever. Chicken is underseasoned. I like the duck when it's available (although it's also a bit underseasoned. The roasted pork is continuously marinated in rendered fat and is obviously delicious.
Namu	Claim to have invented the Korean taco. Also at the San Francisco Ferry Building on Thursday's. A Fanny Singer recommendation.
4505 Meats	The DIY butcher also does truck food, also at the SF Ferry Building on Thursday's. A Fanny Singer recommendation.
Let's Be Frank	On weekends and holidays at Crissy Field. A Fanny Singer recommendation.
Taco El Ray	In Berkeley at the foot of Ashby Ave. A Fanny Singer recommendation.
Peko-Peko	A Fanny Singer recommendation.
El Tonayense	These much lauded taco trucks in the Mission are good, but nothing to write home about. Can get equivalent tacos at local taquerias.