San Francisco's most ambitious kitchens tell a story through the tasting menu format. These are the rooms where each course earns its place at the table.
Marina · 3127 Fillmore St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
The menu is a poem. Literally, each course arrives preceded by a few lines of verse, and the food lives up to the setup. Twenty-two seats in a spare, precise room where the tasting menu runs seafood-forward California c…
SoMa · 22 Hawthorne St, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
One of San Francisco's most meticulously choreographed dining rooms, where a three-hour dinner feels measured rather than long. The tasting menu blends Korean and Cantonese traditions with French technique, from a thous…
Financial District · 470 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
A three-Michelin-star dining room in Jackson Square where the tasting menu changes every night based on what the restaurant's dedicated farm in Bolinas has in season. The Bolinas Bar, tucked off the main dining room, of…
SoMa · 355 11th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Dark walls, colorful artwork, and a garden patio that stays festive rather than hushed. Unusual for a two-Michelin-star room. The cuisine is called California Mexican: seasonal tasting menu courses that pull from region…