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7 Top Restaurants in San Francisco
Below is U.S. Rent A Car’s top 7 Restaurants in San Francisco. Please feel free to comment on them or add suggestions.
1. Masa’s - “One of the country’s most celebrated food temples,
” says New York Times. For over twenty years, Masa’s has stayed at the top of both critics’ lists and diners minds. Masa’s Restaurant offers superlative fine dining service and exquisite California French cuisine. USA Today lists Masa’s one of the world’s Top 100 hotel restaurants.
2. The Stinking Rose World famous North Beach restaurant featuring all
things garlic–40-clove garlic chicken, roasted whole Dungeness crab and tureens of mussels, shrimp and crab. One of The-City-By-The-Bay’s most unique and entertaining dining experiences… The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant. A unique dining experience.
3. Ajanta – Bay Area’s premier Indian restaurant. Features an ever-changing
menu from various regions of India. The elegant dining hall features Indian artwork inspired by the caves of Ajanta. Zagat rated, recommended by Michelin
4. John’s Grill - This wonderful historic restaurant is one of the city’s
oldest and most famous establishments. It is a favorite with local and national celebrities who enjoy the great steaks, fresh seafood, salads and pastas with excellent services at honest prices. John’s Grill was a setting for The Maltese Falcon.
5. Hamano Sushi Unique to Hamano Sushi and a real showstopper is the
variety of fish and hot food. Located just 3 minutes from the Castro and Twin Peaks. A perfect blend of traditional and modern Japanese food.
6. Aubergine Restaurant @ L’Auberge Carmel Hotel - Chef Christophe Grosjean’s cooking philosophy is built on spontaneity
. With farmers delivering products daily to the kitchen, Christophe and his team focus on making the most of these natural, fresh products. The ingredients are the stars of his menu. Highly recommended
7. Mochica – Chef/owner Carlos Altamirano`s cooking addresses San
Francisco sophisticated taste, it is suave and sensitive, coaxing the sexiest textures from the authentic Peruvian ingredients. One of the best Peruvian restaurants in San Francisco.
was completed during the year 1937, and has become an internationally recognised symbol of San Francisco and California. As the only road to exit San Francisco to the north, the bridge is part of both U.S. Route 101 and California Route 1. The median markers between the lanes are moved to conform to traffic patterns. On weekday mornings, traffic flows mostly southbound into the city, so four of the six lanes run southbound. Conversely, on weekday afternoons, four lanes run northbound. The speed limit on the Golden Gate Bridge was reduced from 55 mph (89 km/h) to 45 mph (72 km/h) on 1 October 1996
constitute much of the stereotypical San Francisco image and together are perhaps the most popular things to do in San Francisco. Street performers entertain and souvenir shops and restaurants tempt spending. These places are popular and many people feel they haven’t visited San Francisco unless they’ve seen them, but keep in mind that this tourist haven bears little resemblance to the rest of the City of San Francisco.
from San Francisco, California. Often referred to as The Rock, the small island early-on served as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a Federal Bureau of Prisons federal prison until 1963. Later, in 1972, Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received landmarking designations in 1976 and 1986.
manually-operated cable car system, and is an icon of San Francisco, California. The cable car system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, or Muni as it is better known. Cable cars operate on two routes from downtown near Union Square to Fisherman’s Wharf, and a third route along California Street. While the cable cars are used to a certain extent by commuters, their small service area and premium fares for single rides make them more of a tourist attraction. They are among the most significant tourist sites in the city, along with Alcatraz Island and Fisherman’s Wharf.
and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California. It also refers to the central shopping, hotel, and theater district that surrounds the plaza for several blocks. The name “Union Square” stems from the fact that the area was once used for rallies and support for the Union Army during the Civil War. Today, this one-block plaza and nearby area is one of the largest collections of department stores, upscale boutiques, tourist trinket shops, art galleries, and salons in the Western United States, which continue to make Union Square a major tourist draw, a vital, cosmopolitan place in downtown San Francisco, and one of the world’s premier shopping districts. Grand hotels and small inns, as well as repertory, off-Broadway, and single-act theaters also contribute to the area’s dynamic, 24-hour character.
a bit of 1930s San Francisco captured in its murals.
the 1850s and served as a gateway for incoming immigrants who arrived during the California gold rush and construction of the transcontinental railroads. Chinatown was later reconceptualized as a tourist attraction in the 1910s. Once a community of predominantly Taishanese Chinese-speaking inhabitants, San Francisco’s Chinatown remains one of the most important Chinese centers in the United States.
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