Editor’s Choice: 12 favorite restaurants in San Francisco
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San Francisco and its food has captivated me since I was a teen. On my first trip as a 19-year-old, I returned to the same Chinese restaurant three nights in a row.
In the years since, as I visited my college boyfriend (now husband)’s home in the Bay Area, I meticulously planned our restaurant visits. I looked at the way the cuisines of immigrants—like myself—have made the dining scene here so dynamic while working at a local food truck market. And as an editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and OpenTable, I shouted out the hottest restaurants I’ve tried.
I’m obsessed with the warm bread salad from a city legend, Turkish breakfast in the fog-encased Richmond District, and a Sardinan-inspired Noe Valley favorite. These spots deliver truly top-notch meals, whether it’s a weeknight escape or an all-out celebration. Read on for 12 SF restaurants I keep going back to.
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