What are your favorite places to eat?

What are your favorite places to eat in the SF Bay Area?

• What are your favorite restaurants? Casual dining, fine dining, pubs, anything and everything!

• Answer:

  I'm a City dweller thus my favorites are here. My top 10 is below, if you want more email me. American/CA Clement Street Bar & Grill -Clement at 8th Ave. A neighborhood favorite with something for everyone, pasta, burgers, seafood. Baseball Mary and Paula the bartender make everybody feel welcome. Tadich Grill 240 California-The Original Cold Day Restaurant: An old boy’s kind of place that has been around since 1849. Great seafood, chops and sourdough. Stiff drinks, no reservations, but counter seats are first come first served. Judy’s on Chestnut at Scott- My favorite brunch place in the city. Huge omelets served with your choice of English muffin, home made blueberry muffin or pumpkin loaf [my favorite]. Order a side of potatoes to share, these are, bar none, the best home fried potatoes in the world. Izzys on Steiner at Lombard: - This SF institution is known for steaks, seafood and stiff drinks. Eclectic historical pics decorate this dark wood paneled favorite. Don’t miss the creamed spinach, Popeye would give up the canned stuff in a minute for theirs. Italian Gaspare’s Pizza and Italian Restaurant 5546 Geary @ 20th Avenue. This is the kind of place that reminds east coast folks of their pizza places, plastic grapes hang from the ceiling, That’s Amore on the juke box, excellent calzone and pizza, great pasta with your choice of traditional sauces. A neighborhood favorite with families and couples alike. Along the same lines Georgios on Clement at 2nd. They make their own sausage and the staff is friendly. afé Macaroni – Columbus at Jackson – Wonderful Italian food, opt for smaller space on east side of Columbus Moment of silence for Original Joes now closed 140 Taylor – Old fashioned stick to your ribs Italian food. Huge portions! Are good before or after theatre experience. Watch out, the garlic bread is radioactive. Yummy, but you’ll exude garlic for a half life. This is the restaurant that originated the open kitchen concept. The room is very retro and the neighborhood ensures an eclectic clientele. Chinese Henry’s Hunan at 674 Sacramento, on Battery at Broadway or between 2nd and New Montgomery and Harrison and Folsom south of Market near the MOMA. - Great Chinese don’t miss Diana’s Meat Pie Tai Chi on Polk at Broadway has the best General's Tso's Chicken just the right combo of sweet, hot and garlic. They also do really good shrimp won ton soup and sizzling beef and scallops. Moderately priced dim sum at City View restaurant on Commerical at Kearny. Cheap dim sum is Louie's on Stockton at Broadway. Best hargow and pork buns in the city! Take out only Mexican Don Ramons 11th at Harrison. This places has been around over 35 years, a 3rd generation family restaurant. Traditional, stick to the ribs, Mexican Food, top shelf margaritas.