Short Visit to SF

[TJ Hare]

My wife and I are in SF for 5 days soon and want to make sure we won't be disappointed with our dining selections. This is our list as of today. Any comments would be appreciated.

day 1 - Slanted Door - Dinner
day 2 - Foreign Cinema - Diinner
day 3 - Redd or Cafe Jeanty - Lunch
day 3 - Dinner - I was going to go to the Stinking Rose for the novelty but reading some of the comment here and elsewhere I am rethinking that choice. Any suggestions?
day 4 - Gary Danko - Dinner
day 5 - Breakfast at the Cliff House and then back to NJ and the GYM!!

[JasmineG]

I'd fill that Day 3 dinner in, instead of Stinking Rose, with some of the Cal-Italian food that San Francisco does so well. Try for a place like Delfina, A-16, or Incanto; see where you can get reservations, and check online for their menus.

[steve h.]

why cliff house? the food is nowhere near that of most of your other selections.

[SFguy]

Agree on skipping the Stinking Rose. Its an Italian version of TGIF. Go to Perbacco instead.

[TJ Hare]

I just want to find somewhere on the coast for our last breakfast. I read bad and good on Cliff House and thought I give it a shot. Any suggestions for breakfast in that general area? Thanks

[steve h.]

what day of the week would you like breakfast?
plain or fancy?

[TJ Hare]

It would be a Wednesday. Plain would be good, someplace with good coffee.

[tvham]

Do not go to Stinking Rose! If you want to eat in North Beach, try Rose Pistola or Tomasso for Italian or my favorite, The House.

[Paul H]

Why Foreign Cinema? Here are my suggestions:

day 1 - Slanted Door - Dinner
day 2 - Range - Dinner
day 3 - Bistro Jeanty - Lunch
day 3 - ("novelty") Piperade, or Jai Yun, Ame, or Coi
day 4 - Gary Danko - Dinner
day 5 - Breakfast at the Cliff House and then back to NJ and the GYM!! (good surroundings)

[ccbweb]

If you can get it, Range over Foreign Cinema is a call I'd make any day. But, Foreign Cinema is enjoyable in it's own right. If you dump the Stinking Rose, you could do both of the above.