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Old Jun 23rd, 2009, 04:52 AM
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I will spend 3 days in San Francisco, August 10-13. Any suggestion about restaurants and/or places to go at night to listen to some music and have a drink? Thanks
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Old Jun 23rd, 2009, 06:45 AM
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www.belden-place.com
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Old Jun 23rd, 2009, 08:29 AM
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Do you have a budget ($30 for dinner or $200?)? Type of food/music?
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Old Jun 23rd, 2009, 09:19 AM
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What area are you staying in?
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Old Jun 23rd, 2009, 11:04 PM
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Union Square area and won't have a car. Thanks
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 07:37 AM
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It is impossible to make restaurant reservations without knowing the $$ you want to spend.
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I like the Betelnut a lot, fusion type great food, more asian influenced. The cocktails are also worth trying!
It's not cheap but reasonable. Do a reservation if you want to eat at prime time. For early dinner it should not be a problem to get a table.
http://www.betelnutrestaurant.com/
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 08:40 AM
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Also great but a bit more pricy is Zuni Cafe on Market St.
Great for oysters (if you like them)! http://www.zunicafe.com
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There are A LOT of excellent restaurants in San Francisco.
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 10:59 AM
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I don't see the point of mentioning any restaurant ecoli until you let us know about how much you want to spend per meal (and if that amount includes tip and tax and drinks or not) and what type of food you are interested in. As sf7307 said there are a lot of excellent restaurants in San Francisco.

Have you checked out the restaurants in Belden Place that suze posted?
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 11:45 AM
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I checked the Belden Place website...it's good. Anyway I'm not looking for a fancy restaurant let's say $$
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Well again until you state your preferance in what type of food
ecoli it seems a waste of time to make restaurant suggestions.

Here is the website for the food section of the SF Chronicle where you can check out restaurants. Hope that is a help to you. And do have a lovely time in SF!

http://www.sfgate.com/food/
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 01:38 PM
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One of my favorite restaurants, Kokkari, although in some spots it is marked as $$$
www.kokkari.com - you can look at menu and decide

for drinks and music, I like Top of the Mark, - there is a $5 cover charge, fabulous views from windows all around - look on their site for who is playing

www.topofthemark.com
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 01:53 PM
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Thanks everybody and thanks LoveItaly...by the way, I'm from Italy, where are you from? I just wanted to have general suggestions on where to go. I got it. One more question, a place to go after dinner, to listen to some live music (jazz i.e.)?
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 01:59 PM
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Why I think Belden Place makes a great suggestion (if I do say so myself), is there are a number of different restaurants, all on that same alley. Also it is close to Union Square.
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Yoshi's is the place to go for jazz - either in SF or Oakland
http://www.yoshis.com/

Tadich's Grill for the quintessential SF meal, try their sand dabs or cioppino.

We enjoyed Top of the Mark for a drink and dessert. You can take the cable car there from Union Square. A ride on the cars at night is really magical.

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Yoshi's has a terrific Japanese restaurant adjacent to its jazz club (San Francisco). Also called Yoshi's.
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Old Jun 24th, 2009, 04:58 PM
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You could combine dinner with jazz at Bix on Gold Street.
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Check also Bimbo's in little Italy!
http://www.bimbos365club.com/
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Hello again ecoli. I was born and lived all of my life in the SF/Bay Area until a few years ago. I now live just a bit north/east of there in the southern end of the Sacramento Valley.

What area of Italy are you from ecoli? I have spent so much time in Italy and have so many Italian friends in Italy. My son-in-law was born and lived in Rome until ten years ago when he came here to Northern California. All his family members are still in Rome or in the mountains east of Rome.

Have you been to San Francisco before or is this your first visit? All my friends in Italy who have been here over the years absolutely love San Francisco.
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