Just thought I'd give a quick update on our San Fran eating experience... but before I start, I wanted to say I loved San Francisco! Such a beautiful city and very friendly people - of the four cities we visited in the States, it was the one I could see myself living in :-)
Anyway, to the food.
Seafood chowder at Boudin - have never done the sourdough bowl before so for us it was a novelty. Found it tasty and decent value too.
Tony's Pizza - our fave pizza in the States! Made up for the 2 hour wait while our stomachs pretty much imploded with hunger!
Blue Bottle Coffee, Mint Plaza - great atmosphere and good coffee. Went at 8.30am on a Saturday and was already getting busy
Porchetta Panino from Roli Roti - yummo! Pretty magical sitting on the wharf with bay bridge in background... also sampled some meats from Boccalone
In n Out Burger - Side trip by boyfriend as he HAD to have it. A good priced burger.
Lunch at Fish in Sausalito - once again, a wait, but not for too long and some very fresh fish. Lucky we had biked from San Francisco (and back) to make up for the fish and chips!
La Ciccia - great recommendation Greyelf. Owner remembered me from my email booking as coming from Australia and every meal item was special. Interesting bus ride back to our hotel as we were invited to a Lesbian party by a very friendly group of girls! I think my boyfriend was very tempted...
FarmTable - small cafe which had great reviews on Yelp, but just wasn't for us. Found the food very sweet and the coffee average. Great service though.
In Napa, Oxbow and Sunshine Food Market were great for casual but filling eats. Was lovely eating freshly made gigantic sandwiches in the sunshine with oxbow cupcakes for dessert. Dinner was at El Molino Central in Sonoma - thanks for the recommendation Melanie, this was great tasting authentic Mexcian at reasonable prices... bf lapped up the fish tacos, delciious guac and pulled pork something or others... mmm I'm just salivating right now.
Lastly, Bi-Rite Creamery for dessert on our last night. Pretty good icecream although Gelato Messina in Sydney still ranks ahead.
Last morning in San Fran.... cheap fruit from Napa! Had to have a fruit detox day on our travel day to Chicago....
Thanks everyone for the recommendations - I have more friends heading to SF this year so will be forwarding this forum on!
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