Tips for Dining, Eating, and Food Shopping in the SF Bay Area (including Berkeley, Oakland, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, and San Jose)
Start New ThreadMy wife and I may be in San Francisco for her birthday.
I would like to find a restaurant for a birthday dinner that is fun, busy and chic with good food.
I am somewhat of a novice at this (using Chowhound) so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
By bhouston
on Mar 9, 2010 10:50 AM
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Any preference on the type of food and price range?
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Let me add a little info that will make this clearer.
We live in Oakland, but may go out of town for her birthday (hence the "may in the original post").
I am not too worried about the budget but under $300 would be good.
We like a variety of food, so there is no real preference.
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Some ideas:
Bix
http://www.bixrestaurant.com/
Aziza
http://www.aziza-sf.com/
Perbacco
http://www.perbaccosf.com/
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If you stay in Oakland, there is, of course, Commis. My wife and I both celebrated our birthdays there and loved it. You can both do the wine pairing and still get out for well under $300.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/670594
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