San Francisco Restaurant Guide - Continental Restaurants
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Continental cuisine evokes the aristocratic and regional leanings of the Old World, and San Francisco's continental restaurants deliver on both counts. For lobster salads in a luxe setting, the Rotunda Restaurant at Union Square's Nieman Marcus oozes continental class. In North Beach, one of San Francisco's most notable trademark restaurants, Julius Castle, delivers French-Italian continental cuisine in a rich, hardwood setting against the backdrop of shockingly beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay. For a regional continental favorite, the Piperade boasts San Francisco's best take on traditional Basque cuisine, a renegade region of Spain known for the oldest language on the planet and distinctive seafood preparations.
1541 Montgomery St., San Francisco CA 94133 (Fisherman's Wharf)
Under Coit Tower in North Beach, Julius Castle really is a castle on a hill. A romantic out-of-the-way spot with breathtaking views of San Francisco and the Bay, Julius Castle is a kitschy North Beach restaurant for old-fashioned French-Italian fare. The cozy bar is worth a trip, if just for the view and the American novelty of sipping wine (over 600 French, Italian and Californian wines to choose from) in a fortress.
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1015 Battery St., San Francisco CA 94111 (Financial District / Embarcadero)
The Piperade's chef literally wrote the book on Basque cuisine, The Basque Kitchen, and this downtown San Francisco restaurant serves some of the most authentic regional Spanish cuisine in San Francisco. The hardwood dining room is small and convivial (with wine barrels and an over-sized central table for big parties) while Piperade's jovial owner and chef, Gerald Hirigoyen, is known for checking in personally with diners.
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150 Stockton St., San Francisco CA 94108 (Downtown/Union Square)
Popovers with strawberry butter and chicken consumme start of every meal at this grandladies-who-lunch stop at the top of Neiman Marcus. Lobster salads and unhurried butternut risottos are enjoyed in a gilded setting for half the price of a DKNY top.
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661 Howard (at New Montgomery), San Francisco CA 94105 (South of Market)
Normally upon entering a brewery, the last thing on anyone's mind would be Spanish small plate tapas, but that's exactly what awaits visitors to the perennially packed Thirsty Bear Brewing Company. A favorite in the SOMA District for the afterwork crowd and students at the nearby Academy of Art, the Thirsty Bear serves up heady, small-batch beers that—really—perfectly compliment the cuisine.
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