Saturday 6/11 in San Francisco, need your help

[ronswanson]

Dear SF hounds,
ATL hound with a Flour and Water res for 6 on Saturday is now a party of 8 and out of luck. Was looking for something amazing and relatively low key before a Napa trip with a good deal of destination dining. Italian/pizza or great Mexican would fit the bill nicely, open to other cuisines as well.
Staying in Union Square but looking forward to eating our way around the city. Thanks in advance for your help -

[Robert Lauriston]

For a group of 8, Tony's would be fun. It's sort of like a living pizza museum, they have five different ovens and make around a dozen different kinds of dough.

Margherita Napoletana: wood oven, San Felice flour, hand-mixed dough, medium crust
other Napoletanas: wood oven, Caputo flour, medium crust
Classic American: NY flat-top gas brick oven, medium crust
Classic American: NY flat-top gas brick oven, thin crust
Classic Italian: Italian electric brick oven, medium crust (thin on request?)
Romana: Italian electric brick oven, long thin crust
Sicilian: Italian electric brick oven, thick crust
Classic Italian: domed gas brick oven, medium crust
coal-fired (thin? not specified)
calzone, baked
calzone, deep-fried
Detroit-style (not on menu)

[ronswanson]

Dear SF Hounds,
Thanks so much for all of your help. Wanted to try Nopalito but they couldn't work it out for a party of 8, so we ended up at Zero Zero. Pizza was good, not great, enjoyed the arancini, pasta needs work, everybody had fun with the sundaes.
Also had good meals at OTD, La Taqueria, Wayfare and the best ice cream ever at Humphrey Slocombe,

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La Taqueria
2889 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Zero Zero
826 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94107

[bbulkow]

Thanks for the report!

I'm interested in what was lacking about the zero zero pizza. Although the consensus is "very good not the best", it would be interesting to hear more.

[scarmoza]

My vote is for Tony's. Excellent pizza, totally low key, and able to accomodate a party of 8 without much hassel. Nopalito is great, too - but their space is so small that I can see there being issues with accommodating a party of 8.

[lrealml]

If you decide to go the Mexican route, Nopalito is fantastic and low key... so different and so much better than any Mexican I ever had in Atlanta (however it is not near Union Square)
but then again pizza in SF is also far better than anything I ever had in ATL. Little Star (which has 2 locations) is fantastic for giant delicious deep dish... Tony's is great too (I haven't been to Zero Zero yet myself).
Atlanta has fantastic Thai food (and more Thai people than out here), but nothing as weird/interesting (read the menu to see what I mean) as Lers Ros...

[JasmineG]

Ron Swanson should be eating steak, but I'll ignore that for the moment. If you can branch out to Thai, Lers Ros Thai is a fun place with a big group, and it's really great Thai and not far from Union Square. Zero Zero is also a good call.

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Lers Ros Thai
730 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA

Zero Zero
826 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94107

[mariacarmen]

How about Zero Zero? South of Market, not too far from where you are staying... or in North Beach, Tony's Pizza Napoletana? They're both great. I like both much better than F&W, pizza-wise.

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Tony's Pizza Napoletana
1570 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA 94133

Zero Zero
826 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94107