San Francisco Help

It has been over two years since we left San Francisco and we are finally getting back for a few days of extreme eating. There are so many new restaurants that have opened in the past couple of years . . . does anyone have any suggestions? Also, we will have a baby in tow so "baby tolerant" suggestions please.

Some friends have suggested the following new places:
Front Porch
Presidio Social Club
Bar Bambino
Perbacco
Farina
Bar Tartine

We had a great dinner at Bar Tartine last time we were there. So I think we will try out some of the others.

You may want to try the search function, selecting the "Beyond Chicagoland" forum for the search. I know I reviewed several places (not necessarily baby-friendly) in this thread.

Good luck.

Thanks for the tip.

sholl wrote:It has been over two years since we left San Francisco and we are finally getting back for a few days of extreme eating. There are so many new restaurants that have opened in the past couple of years . . . does anyone have any suggestions? Also, we will have a baby in tow so "baby tolerant" suggestions please.

Great Eastern in Chinatown is really awesome for dim sum and very kid tolerant.

We had some good eats in San Francisco . . . Here is the summary:

Front Porch

This was a nice child/baby friendly spot. I would describe the food as updated American comfort food - along the same lines of Blue Plate, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack and Blue Bird. It was Valentine's Day and they were offering a very reasonably priced prix fix - $32. This included a glass of champagne, appetizer, entree and dessert.
Some of the more memorable dishes included - melt in your mouth short ribs, grilled endive salad with bacon, crab with creamy polenta and red velvet cake.

Tartine Bakery

My only complaint about this place is that the line has gotten even longer. There is nothing better than their ham and cheese croissant hot out of the oven. Also had apple bread pudding, savory bread pudding and frangipane croissant. We were so stuffed that we couldn't eat for the rest of the day!

Pizetta 211

This is one of my favorite places despite the fact that the wait can be very long. There are only four tables inside and a couple of tables outside. I had the yam, brown butter and sage pizza and my husband had a pizza topped with two eggs infused with truffles. The pizzas are thin and slightly chewy and always fairly simple. The big surprise here are the desserts. The chocolate souffle cake with lightly sweetened whipped cream cannot be missed and a blood orange tart was light and refreshing.

The Ferry Building

Hot chocolate as thick as ganache from Boulettes Larder

French Macarons from Miette - chewy & moist made without any artificial coloring. I loved the rose-geranium

Fish tacos & carnitas from Mijita. This was the perfect snack. Perfectly fried rock cod on top of shredded cabbage with a little salsa - YUM! I didn't even get a taste of the carnitas because my husband scarfed it down so fast. It must have been good.

Bar Tartine

I'm so glad that we decided to go here again. They have an amazing new chef who is very talented. They made a plate of plain gnocchi for the baby and I had the adult version with kale and hen of the woods mushrooms. It was pure heaven. We also had a radicchio and prosciutto salad and an interesting cilantro soup. Desert was a meyer lemon parfait and an affogato.

I have pictures that I will post.