Best French Restaurants

[3star]

Looking for the best French Restaurants in San Francisco, price is no concern.

[3star]

are there any restaurants that particularly serve excellent foie gras?

[Paul H]

Aqua, La Folie, and Michael Mina all have innovative (and large) foie gras dishes.

[Robert Lauriston]

Yes:

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[Robert Lauriston]

Straight-up French is fairly rare around here.

High-end: La Folie, Fleur de Lys

Moderate: Clementine, Fringale, Jeanty at Jack's

[Jeff]

To the moderate list, I'd add Chapeau!

[Robert Lauriston]

I deliberately left Chapeau off the list as the chef/owner recently bought Clementine and is cooking there. No reports here on Chapeau since.

[Pammel]

His wife oversees Chapeau and I don't think there has been any negative effect from Philipe being at Clementine except for not having him around interacting with guests the way he does.

[Robert Lauriston]

Have you eaten at Chapeau since the switch? If so you should post a report, I don't think there have been any yet. They've cut back the hours to two nights a week, and renewed the lease only with the option that they could back out at any time, so it seems clear their main focus is currently on Clementine.

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Chapeau!
126 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109

Clementine Restaurant
126 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94118

Fringale Restaurant
570 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

Jeanty At Jacks
615 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94111

Fleur De Lys
777 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94109

[a_and_w]

Philipe and Ellen now own Clementine?! How do the menu and room compare to Chapeau?

[Jeff]

I'm not sure how Chapeau! is now, but when we ate there in February, which was after they bought Clementine, it was as good as ever. Sans Phillipe's presence, of course, which is worth something. But the food and service were great. My only regret was not sharing the beef for two with bone marrow and a potato gratin . . . .

[intomeat]

Does Le P'Tit Laurent count?

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Le P'tit Laurent
699 Chenery St, San Francisco, CA 94131

[whiner]

How French? *French* French?

Fleur de Lys
La Folie

Modern cooking with clear French inspiration, throw in:

The Dining Room at the Ritz
Coi (by reputation)