Taking my teenage daughter to SF

[cettlinger]

Any recommendations for a foodie daughter who is 13?

[BernalKC]

More info please. Budget. Nature of her foodie tastes and interests, where you will be staying, etc.

[cettlinger]

Staying in Union Square, but we like to "walk around and explore." She loves dim sum (do you know a good place in Chinatown, which is near where we will be staying?), pasta...really anything except burgers. In nyc, Fatty Crab is one of her favorites.

[Ruth Lafler]

For dim sum I'd suggest Dol Ho, which is a cozy little diveon the northwest edge of Chinatown with very good cheap, plain dim sum. I think your daughter would get a kick out of it. From Union Square I would suggest walking through the Chinatown gate and up Grant to Sacramento, turn up hill and wander through a couple of the alleys going off to your right and at some point turn uphill again up to Stockton, which is the real "working" Chinatown.

I also had a lot of fun the other day doing a crawl on the Embarcadero: Tcho chocolate factory (tours twice a day, reservations strongly suggested), then the Ferry Building.

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Dol Ho
808 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

[sfbing]

Some suggestions for a teenager staying in Union Square from LA (I assume from your profile):
Golden Gate Bakery for egg tarts
Liguria in North Beach for foccacia
Ferry Building on Saturday
Dosa on Fillmore
Bi-rite and Humphrey Slocombe for ice cream

If she likes Fatty Crab, she might try Mission Street Chinese in the Mission, Out the Door in Union Square, Heaven's Dog near 7th and Market, Betelnut, Penang Garden in Chinatown.

Suggestions for dim sum (limited to SF only): Cityview (Chinatown), Yank Sing (near Embarcadero), Hong Kong Lounge (Richmond), Ton Kiang (Richmond), South Sea (Sunset)

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Golden Gate Bakery
1029 Grant Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133

Betelnut
2030 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

Ton Kiang
5821 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94121

Penang Garden Restaurant
728 Washington St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Out the Door
845 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Hong Kong Lounge
5322 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94121

Dosa on Fillmore
1700 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

Heaven's Dog
1148 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

[BernalKC]

If you're blessed with a sunny warm day, take in lunch on Belden Alley. I like Plouf but there are plenty of choices for al fresco dining. For dinner, Gitane has a very cool, urbane vibe.

[whiner]

I'm just absolutely loving Perbacco and nopa at the moment. I think Perbacco offers just about the best Northern Italian food in the U.S. in a comfortable environment; and your daughter might be really impressed with nopa where world-class CA cuisine is served in a truly casual environment.

The environments at both places are likely to suite your daughter, but nopa especially might be something she loves.

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Perbacco
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111

[Maryelle]

A lovely lunch to be had is at Cafe Claude. Deliscious croquet monsieur and fritte in a cozy French bistro .

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Cafe Claude
7 Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA 94108

[Windy]

Places I'd have liked when I was 13: dim sum (maybe City View), Miette Confisserie or Candy Store, Mr and Mrs. Miscellaneous or Delise for ice cream; somewhere for hot chocolate, Off the Grid or one of the other food cart events; Pauline's Pizza or Tony's or Piccino; Chile Lindo for a takeout empanada or the Tanguito truck for more empanadas. Cafe Zitouna for bastilla, couscous, and lemonade.

Any of the farmers' markets is fun because they encourage tasting.

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Pauline's Pizza
260 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94103

The Candy Store
1507 Vallejo St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Cafe Zitouna
1201 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109

City View Restaurant
662 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA 94111

Miette Confiserie
449 Octavia St, San Francisco, CA 94102

Piccino Restaurant & Coffee Bar
1001 Minnesota St, San Francisco, CA 94107

Chile Lindo
2944 16th St, San Francisco, CA

Tanguito
2850 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94133

Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous
699 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107

Off the Grid
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 94123

[bbulkow]

Regrettably, Mr and Mrs Miscellaneous is not central to the tourist, and I'm not sure it's worth finding and getting on the T muni or waiting for the 22 Filmore. I would have liked HS, personally, but boys might go for the weird flavor effect more than girls.

[ceekskat]

Golden West for breakfast...
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/771848

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Golden West
8 Trinity Pl, San Francisco, CA 94104

[loveballet101]

I definitely agree with a previous poster that wandering the Ferry Building would be a great idea, followed by a meal at Slanted Door. Also, check out Yank Sing for dim sum

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Slanted Door
Ferry Slip, San Francisco, CA 94111

Yank Sing
49 Stevenson St Ste Stlv, San Francisco, CA 94105

[cettlinger]

THANK YOU to everyone. We are leaving tomorrow and I have a long list now!

[chocomel]

Mission: Limon rotisserie followed by bi-rite. I think the Peruvian scene is completely different from LA and limon is priced right. Nice walk in between your meal and dessert.

Fillmore: Second the suggestion above for Dosa on Fillmore. I think it will also make a nice walk along fillmore to see the little cafes and you can do a nice stroll to Japantown (our “Little Tokyo”; I can’t remember which one is bigger/more interesting). Get some mochis, crepes or takoyaki.

North beach/Wharf: If you’re walking up towards Fisherman’s wharf, going through North Beach – I’d recommend the House or Tony’s Pizza. The house is little asian fusion restaurant with pretty good food (more along the Chinese/Japanese vein). Tony’s pizza is lively, has many different pizza ovens, well priced – just a fun atmosphere. Also if you end up in fisherman’s wharf, I do think teens love sitting in Boudin’s, watching the sourdough breads bake in different shapes and eating clam chowder in the cold.

My chinatown dim sum preference is Great Eastern.

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Great Eastern Restaurant
649 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133

Limon Restaurant
524 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Dosa on Fillmore
1700 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115