SF Eats Map

SF Eats Map

This will be updated as I find more spots I want to eat at or during my next trip. 🍜 Tap into each place for recommended dishes to order and other notes. Tap save to add to your own map. 🗺 Tap the map icon in the upper right for the map view.
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Casual, walk-in spots

🍴 Long Bridge Pizza Co.
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One of the true treasures of the San Francisco food scene and tragically underrepresented in all pizza coverage of the city. But the general SF eating public’s loss is the neighborhood’s gain, since you never have to wait too long for a pie or a table. Get the bacon pie if you eat meat or just the classic margherita if you don’t. Their house salad is fresh, crunchy and excellent. They have a rotating beer selection, but usually something fresh from local brewery Cellarmaker.
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Mission Chinese Food
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Fun, hip Chinese spot in the Mission. No reservations, and often a line, so put your name down and a have a drink elsewhere. Don’t miss the thrice cooked bacon. Also good: salt cod fried rice, mapo tofu, vinegar peanuts.
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Aslam's Rasoi
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Best Indian in SF. Great butter chicken, bindhi masala, and more. Skip their chana masala.
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Hawker Fare
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Fun, funky food from northern Thailand / Laos. It pays to be adventurous here. Speakeasy upstairs in the back.
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Pizzeria Delfina
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If you’re needing that quick bite of pizza delight.
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The Monk's Kettle
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Great burger and a cozy bar vibe. Lots of good beers on tap.
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🍴 Wooly Pig
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Hands down the best lunch in the Dogpatch. The staff is incredibly friendly and caring, and their food is unique and excellent. You basically can’t go wrong on the menu, but their veggie bahn mi is phenomenal, as is their fried chicken sandwich. Grab your order to go to eat in Esprit Park or Crane Cove park.
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Grab-N-Go

Flour + Water Pasta Shop
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Rhea's Deli & Market
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Really good sandwiches. Known for their Korean bbq sando but only get that if it appeals. I like their Valencia St
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Palm City Wines
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Sandos and wine. New place. Good for a pickup and eat on the beach.
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Devil's Teeth Baking Company
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They have great breakfast sandos - line can bet long. Take one to the beach.
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Clancey's Market
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Classic sandwich. Grab and take to the beach. Get it on Dutch crunch!
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Hook Fish Co
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Their poke burrito travels well to go - take it to the beach for sunset but plan your order a bit in advance. They get slammed on big beach days.
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Papalote
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Good cal-mex vibe burrito. Great salsa but costs extra. Chicken is good here.
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Taqueria Cancun
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Traditional greasy spoon taqueria. Carne asada is usually best choice.
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Fancy/Reservation Required Dinners

Top rec by far would be Nari. They have an awesome dining room and great unique Thai food by a Michelin starred female chef.

They serve their full menu at the bar upstairs so if you can’t get a res, it’s still super fun to eat up there!

Nari
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Second SF-based Thai restaurant for chef Pim - Kin Khao is Michelin starred, as is her restaurant in Bangkok. Nari has a fancier dining room and the menu is a bit bigger - and was recently starred! At both places, I tend to think her apps and small plates are better than the big mains - and you can make a more interesting meal out of more of them than having a curry. Cocktails are great. Must order: Nam Tok Beans Pork jowl and squid Brussel sprouts Bar upstairs doesn’t require reservations, almost always has easy walk in availability, and serves the same menu as the dining room. Plus, it’s a romantic vibe!
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Fun, funky

Empress by Boon
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Spin-off of mister Jius. Haven’t been but want to go.
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Mister Jiu's
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Bougie Chinese downtown. Doing cool pickup stuff during the pandemic. Haven’t been yet but want to go!
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Tartine Manufactory
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Only open for breakfast and lunch these days but a great clean Cali dining experience and wonderful coffee and pastries.
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Classic old school SF spots

Tadich Grill
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Got to get the cioppino! They didn’t take reservations before the pandemic but think they do now.
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Zuni Café
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Old school. An SF institution. All the food is good. Cocktails are on point. Beautiful space. Make a res.
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A little less pricey, but good vibes:

Pearl 6101
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Sweet neighborhood spot if you’re in the area. Great for brunch or dinner. Not much else around though, so plan to stop by after a beach day or just come for the meal. Great, comfortable dining room.
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Rintaro
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Great yakitori and sashimi, charming interior and cute small patio space. Make a res
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Bon, Nene
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French Japanese fusion really small and cute.
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Bars

A lot of these places are probably doing outdoor seating!

Cocktail bars

True Laurel
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Creative Cocktails and food.
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Lost Resort
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Trick Dog
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Divey-er Bars

Elixir
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Ruby Wine
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Natural wine bar. Not divey but just not very spacious. you’re literally in the shop.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Cofounder @ Thatch 📍Washington, DC My favorite way to get under the skin of a place is to eat! I always seek out new dishes and ingredients that are local to the place I'm visiting. My ideal day in a new city involves wandering the streets of a new neighborhood to get a feel for its energy, ducking into an art gallery or museum to see something inspiring, and then stopping for an afternoon coffee and chocolate chip cookie. At night, you'll more likely find me in a cocktail bar than a club. I also love to hike, camp, and be near the ocean! I lived for 8 years in San Francisco, and spent extended time in Lima, Peru and Mombasa, Kenya. Even though I've moved back to my hometown of Washington, DC, I still stay up to date on the SF food scene and travel back often for work! I'm pretty tapped into the DC food and coffee scene. Conversational in Spanish. Have some rusty Swahili.
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