La Folie vs Jardiniere vs Farallon vs Bix
We are in town for a long weekend and our plans fell through for Monday night. Now we are dining as just a couple and these are the candidate restaurants that have availability that meet our general criteria. We do have a sentimental attachment to France, but are generally adventurous eaters. It is a bit of a celebratory trip and we'd prefer something on the quiet/romantic spectrum to the hip/loud end, but by far the most important is great food. A nice tasting menu with wines would be a plus, if Jardiniere is *only* doing the 3 course prix fixe, that would be a minus.
Our relatives just moved back here from New York and we are excited to renew our familiarity with the Bay Area dining scene. Burma Superstar last night was a great start. Thanks for your help!
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Farallon
450 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109
Bix
56 Gold St., San Francisco, CA 94133
Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
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wolfe
Aug 21, 2010 09:49 AM
Scroll down hungryabbey's report and see what you think of her Monday night at La Folie.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7285...-----
La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109›3 Replies-
re: wolfe
I had seen that and I was leaning towards La Folie, but I was having trouble finding recent reviews of Farallon. The newspaper gave it a nice nod a while back indicating that they thought it was back on form, but I couldn't find much buzz here.
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Farallon
450 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109-
re: SouthernGent
Glencora
Aug 21, 2010 05:55 PM
The room is gorgeous. I've only been there once, but that time it seemed to be full of loud, jovial tourists. Not sure if that would be a problem for you. The food was good, but I haven't been to the other restaurants you are considering so I can't compare. People on this board seem to be down on the place, for whatever reason. The Chron, did give it a great review recently.
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re: Glencora
I haven't been to the other restaurants.. but I can tell you that we have eaten in a lot of top restaurants in the States and Canada (and have a full time top chef at home) and our meal at La Folie was one of our favourite of all time (maybe THE favourite). Portions are very generous, flavours are spot on, the room is lovely, service is friendly and relaxed. We also went to The French Laundry, spent more than 3 times of what we spent at La Folie and both agreed, that we enjoyed La Folie much better.
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The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109
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