I are one!

i'm a fan of www.belden-place.com as mentioned by LoveItaly in the first post

Tadich Grill is a traditional restaurant and you can walk to it from Union Square. Cioppino is excellent and so are sand dabs. Get there around 6 and you should have no trouble getting table or sit at the counter for some fun, with little or no wait.

Restaurant Lulu on Folsom has some great food and they have some specials. {There is a Petite Lulu in Ferry Building}

http://www.restaurantlulu.com/LuLu_about.html

Zuni Cafe on Market [take the trolley] has really excellent food. Their roasted chicken is to die for!

http://www.zunicafe.com/

Deb

Thank you all. Looking forward to eating our way through San Francisco!!!

I love Ti Couz!

Some nearby places of interest are: Mission Dolores, Dave Egger's Pirate Store at 826 Valencia http://www.826valencia.org/store/shop_wberg.html, and Balmy Alley murals. http://www.balmyalley.com/

For lower cost parking, try this:

http://www.all-sanfrancisco.com/info/parking.html

Here's a list of 100 things to eat in San Francisco before you die.
http://www.7x7.com/content/eat-drink...gs-try-you-die

And here's a Google Map someone made of these places:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0...f3f65ded5a81ad

How about Spruce? never been so would like to hear from someone who has

Spruce - Excellent & expensive. Lot more formal than about 90% of the restaurants in the City. Older/wealthier crowd.

We dined at Aziza last night. Like Michael Bauer (Chron Food Editor) & the Fodor's editors recently noted, the food there has always been great - but it has gotten even better recently. The chef is using foams now. The menu is more creative & original than about 95% of the non-Asian restaurants in the City. The $55 tasting munu is fantastic. I would rank it close with Quince as the best meal we've had in the last 2 years in the City (have not visited Gary Danko, La Folie et all in this period - the economy sucks).

Stu Dudley

Good Asian fusion at the Slanted Door in the Ferry Bldg. For lunch, Swan Oyster Bar has fabulous fish, hearty portions...Always a line...I think you would have to take a bus there however.