Best meals early in the week?
My husband and I are coming to SF this weekend and are trying to find a great place for lunch/dinner on Monday and Tuesday. We are pretty adventurous when it comes to what we eat, but always have trouble finding a GREAT meal on these off days. The only thing that I ask is that, as we are coming from New Orleans, please don't bother with Southern or Cajun restaurants (though spicy food from another region/country is obviously welcome!). These are often pricey remakes of what we can get any night of the week out of my own kitchen. Other than that, please suggest away! We are happy to drive a little further for a better meal and are OK to spend more for a memorable experience. Thank you!
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As Robert's list attests, there are plenty of options on Mondays and Tuesdays. I travel to New Orleans annually for a food pilgrimage, so I have some idea of what's available to you there. I find that Nola is sorely lacking in great Asian cuisines (with the possible exception of Vietnamese outside Nola itself), so that would be something to consider. Jai Yun is amazing Chinese, and there are often coupons on restaurant.com, but you will find the portions very small as compared to what you are used to. Koi Palace, if you have a car, would be another great Chinese choice.
We have no Southern or Cajun food that compares with New Orleans, period.
Definitely consider Aziza, Incanto, Piperade, or Ame for something more upscale, or Flour and Water, Lers Ros, Nopalito, or Poc-Chuc for something more downscale and still great.
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Koi Palace Restaurant
365 Gellert Blvd, Daly City, CA 94015Jai Yun
680 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94111Piperade
1015 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111Flour + Water
2401 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 -
Robert Lauriston
Sep 24, 2010 10:21 AM
Many restaurants are closed Mondays, but there are still lots to choose from, including 54 Mint, Ame, Angkor Borei, Aziza, B44, Bar Agricole, Bar Bambino, Bar Crudo, Barbacco, Bix, Bocadillos, Boulevard, Chez Papa Resto, Coco500, Farina, Flour + Water, Hayes Street Grill, Incanto, Jai Yun, Kokkari, La Folie, Lers Ros, Marlowe, Maykadeh, Mochica, Nombe, Nopalito, Perbacco, Piperade, Poc-Chuc, Quince, Range, and Thai House Express.
Only a handful of places are closed Tuesdays.
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Perbacco
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111Jai Yun
680 Clay St, San Francisco, CA 94111Thai House Express
901 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94109La Folie
2316 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109Piperade
1015 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111Mochica
937 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107B44
44 Belden Place, San Francisco, CA 94104Bar Crudo
655 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117Bar Bambino
2931 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103Bix
56 Gold St., San Francisco, CA 94133Coco500
598 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94107Bocadillos
710 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94111Hayes Street Grill
324 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102Chez Papa Resto
4 Mint Plaza, San Francisco, CA 9410354 Mint
54 Mint St, San Francisco, CA 94103Bar Agricole
355 11th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103Nombe
2491 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110Barbacco
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111 -
Not sure what New Orleans is like, but there are hundreds of restaurants in San Francisco that are open on Mondays, including many excellent ones, and I'm not offhand aware of any that are closed on Tuesdays, though there may be a few. So you shouldn't be concerned about finding good meals on those days. I'd advise doing a search on OpenTable to see what's available.
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re: johnq
doesn't really change the post; but just for the record, aziza, dottie's, yuet lee, una pizza napoletana, and tony's are all closed on tuesdays, so they do exist, as do a few that are closed on wednesdays. i believe jai yun is the only restaurant i know of closed on thursdays; and i can't think of any closed on fridays. quite a few financial district lunch-time only places closed on weekends.
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