Best SF restaurants to bring food lovin' out-of-towners?

[kittypops]

We have some special out-of-town guests coming into town. We just all love good food. We don't want to go anywhere too fancy, just great food in a nice environment where we can catch up with friends. Bonus would be a place with good cocktails and in a neighborhood we can grab an after dinner drink, and maybe a fairly new place (but open to older places to, since we haven't been everywhere). To give you an idea of what we like, a few of our fave recent places have beenThe Front Porch and Nopa. Anything come to mind?

[whiner]

If nopa isn't too loud for you then I would try Laiola. It is a little quiter than nopa, new, and excellent. (Modern Spanish cooking.) Cocktails at Laiola are awesome and obviously tons of places to go afterwards (it is in the Marina).

[SFDude]

Range has great food and great cocktails and is not too noisy. And there are plenty of places in the Mission to get an after dinner drink.

[tdo]

I like Ottimista Enoteca on Union. It is not as hip and sleek as Nopa. More of a cozy Italian wine bar vibe with a small plates menu. The food is simple but I've always enjoyed it. Great for hanging out with friends.

[PrestonRSF]

I really enjoy Gary Danko's but that is somewhat fancy.
Slanted Door, Zuni's or Scoma's.

[JasmineG]

Bar Tartine has great food, and it's a good catch up place, and visitors often love it. It's also in a good neighborhood for getting an after dinner drink. It does not, though, have cocktails. La Ciccia is a great environment for catching up with friends (depending on how many people are in the party, it's better for parties of around 4 or so).

[Robert Lauriston]

La Ciccia's best for parties of no more than four.

They're closed for vacation, reopen August 1.

[Robert Lauriston]

Zuni's the original off of which Nopa is sort of a slightly more casual knockoff.