Great Restaurants in San Francisco
 

We are going to San Francisco for 3 days in Sept. Ned some really good restaurants. going to Aqua and need 2 more--Italain--Chinese.Any good thoughts. Thanks Staying at Nikko Hotel in Union Sq.

I really enjoyed Gary Danko's a lot when I went SF in June of this year.

Ponzu is good and it's near the Nikko on Taylor.<BR><BR>For Italian, try Delfina's in Mission or Rose Pistola in North Beach.

You would be hard-pressed to find a clinker among Michael Bauer's top 100 SF restaurant choices for 2002. His list - and many more culinary articles - can be found at sfgate.com (under Entertainment heading &gt; Food & Dining sub-heading).

Fifth FLoor, Elizabeth Daniels, Masa's, Crustacean, the Great Eastern. Go to www.sfvisitors.org or www.opentable.com to read reviews of restaurants. There are tons of wonderful ones. I personally wouldn't recommend Rose Pistola, it's gone a bit downhill in recent months. Aqua is good but very loud---tables quite close together. You might like to look at Ana Mandara. Betelnut is a pan Asian in Cow Hollow which is currently hot part of town.

manythanks for rest. info.

The SF board is one of the most active on chowhound.com . Well-worth checking out.

How about Swiss Cousine ? I recommend you the "Matterhorn" on Van Ness. Very good food and the atmosphere is very special. <BR><BR>So long...<BR>Susie

Ditto on Gary Danko. It's a bit of a hike, but you might want to try Chez Panisse in Oakland.

It's really a bit of a hike to Chez Panisse if you go to Oakland, because it's in north Berkeley. :-)