Financial District, San Francisco · restaurant
A Brasserie on the third floor of The Jay Hotel, with an outdoor terrace fitted with fire pits and a lounge that draws a business-crowd well into the evening. The menu leans French-California with an Asian undercurrent — duck soup with housemade wontons and a star anise broth, steak frites with California-raised beef, and truffled ham and cheese croquettes cut through with harissa. The Plea Deal, a vodka-lemongrass-pear brandy cocktail, is a reliable opener.