San Francisco Restaurant Guide - North Beach Restaurants
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North Beach dining has a decidedly Italian flair composed of a near endless sea of sidewalk tables bustling with linen-clad waiters serving heaping plates of Italian food and bottles of wine. Away from the neon-lit strip clubs on Broadway, North Beach extends to narrow, winding streets lined with boutiques and small, intimate Italian restaurants that take no reservations. Overlooking Washington Square (the site where Marilyn Monroe wed Joe DiMaggio), the infamous Moose's watering hole and restaurant still serves San Francisco's finest, and North Beach standouts like Rose Pistola and the Stinking Rose are consistently packed on the weekends. After dinner, head to a local gelateria for ice-cream that acts like taffy or one of North Beach's many, traditional pastry shops for homemade cannolis and there's always North Beach's rocking bar scene.
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Since 1972, Buca Giovani has been an Old World Italian restaurant in North Beach, serving Tuscan food and hailed as one of the most romantic restaurants in San Francisco. Ah, amore.
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373 Broadway San Francisco, CA 94133
Known for his eclectic, post-modern cuisine, Daniel Patterson's highly celebrated Coi is a one-of-kind San Francisco restaurant. Drawing inspiration for New York's WD-50 and Chicago's Alinea, Coi creates a menu that challenges and pleasures the sense with boundary pushing but delicious culinary creations like a stew of morel mushrooms and nettles with oloroso sherry cream and toasted almonds and ocean trout with yuzu, scarlet turnips, Bloomsdale spinach, and preserved lemon.
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414 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133
Italian. With a long history in North Beach, San Francisco's Little Italy, Figaro Ristorante is a casual and kitschy San Francisco Italian restaurant specializing in gnocchi, Italy's famous potato dumplings. The heated outdoor patio is a romantic spot for Italian-style, street side dining.
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1652 Stockton San Francisco CA 94133
Overlooking Washington Square Park in North Beach through floor-to-ceiling French doors (watch old Tai Chi masters transfer energy in the park at lunch), Moose's has been a local North Beach watering hole for celebs, political people, journalists and out-of-towners since the 1970s. Live jazz every night of the week, Gin Fizzes at lunch and smart contemporary American menu (with a new frugal prix-fix menu daily) can't hurt Moose's San Francisco reputation.
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532 Columbus Ave., San Francisco CA 94133-2802
Ligurian (I'd have to show you on a map, but it's in Northern Italy) cuisine, with touches of the North Beach locale that's given it continued success. Rich cioppino (a classic San Fran-talian seafood stew), earthy fava beans and fennel accents make this informal classic a creative and rewarding respite from the Columbus Avenue shuffle.
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1800 Mason Street, San Francisco CA 94133
Photo-montage walls, old-fashioned linoleum and hand-painted china give this North Beach restaurant a cozy, grandmaternal feel. Welcoming and neighborly (the Cable Car line connecting downtown San Francisco and Fisherman's Wharf passes right outside), the Trattoria Contadina (opened in 1983) has a lively mood and simple and eclectic menu of traditional pastas, grilled meats and seafood.
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