I’m usually the one in my office tasked with coming up with a spot for lunch when we have visitors in town and lately, I have been having difficulty coming up with options in the Financial District of San Francisco. Of course there are the old standbys (Perbacco, Wayfare, Kokkari, Boulevard, One Market, etc) but is there anything new that I’m missing? Hoping to find something a bit fresher than those as we’ve all been to them a bunch. Thanks for your help!
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Actually, couple of old venerable names come to mind. Your out-of-town visitors might enjoy as a change of pace from your “old standbys” – book a private curtained booth at Sam’s or Tadich Grill.
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+1 to Tadich for an old school SF lunch, with tablecloths. They take reservations now too. For something different, I remember the Amber India lunch buffet being quite good, though I haven’t been back in awhile.
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Just note that Sam’s is only open on weekdays.
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Were I an out-of-towner, I’d LOVE either of these. As opposed to someplace hip and replicable elsewhere.
Dead center about replicable elsewhere.
Speaking of curtained booths and old line San Francisco, we were just reminded that Far East Cafe on Grant Street in Chinatown sports curtained booths too. Might not be meeting today’s business entertaining expectations, so we’ll guess cooking is what one would expect from a stalwart. Our prompter’s street cred is a long-passed close family member whose WWII Navy service’s few souvenirs (and passed-along) include a 1940s-era Far East Cafe menu (likely little changed since then except prices?).
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Great recs everyone. Thanks!
