$$, New American, SoMa
Fodor's Review:
Coco500. Chef-owner Loretta Keller knows how to change with the times. She shuttered her long-admired Bizou restaurant and reopened in the same spot with this up-to-the-minute small-plates venue. Menu categories like "small starts," "leaf (salads)," and "California dirt (local organic vegetables)" reflect Keller's modern outlook, as do dishes like the "COCOmole taco," which pairs tortilla triangles with beef cheeks and a chili-chocolate sauce. You'll also find duck liver terrine, truffled flatbread, a duck potpie, and a signature vacherin (crème anglaise, Swiss meringue, coffee ice cream, and chocolate sauce) from Bizou days. That delicious mix pulls in youngsters and oldsters, all cheerfully grazing the menu.
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