1. Plow
8.9
1299 18th St (at Texas St), San Francisco, CA
Breakfast Spot · Potrero Hill · 385 tips and reviews
Marilou Alejo: Complimentary coffee while you wait! Their potatoes and lemon ricotta pancakes are freaking delicious. :)
Bruce Upbin: Get The Plow plate: ricotta pancakes and eggs and potatoes and sausage. Rocks
Mark Munro: Lemon ricotta pancakes, salmon Benedict, house cured sausage, iced chai tea
2. Beretta
9.1
1199 Valencia St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mission District · 489 tips and reviews
Jenee Li: Hands down my fave place for drinks - Rattlesnake, Airmail, and cocktails recommended by bartender Vince. Roasted beets with ricotta salata and dungeness crab arancini are delicious too.
VegNews Magazine: For fine (but trendy) dining, Beretta can't be beat. This cozy restaurant has some of the best cocktails in the city, and will substitute vegan cheese or sausage onto any of their killer pizzas.
Cait Leavey: Walnut, honey, and Burrata appetizer is the best! Their olive oil and sea salt ice cream is definitely worth trying too.
3. Delarosa
8.9
2175 Chestnut St (Pierce St), San Francisco, CA
Pizzeria · Marina District · 225 tips and reviews
Gwyneth Borden: The pizzas are great, but so is the chicken spiedini. Spicy marinara with burrata and fennel sausage rocks!
EmilyPosts: Absolutely love anything with the burrata. The pasta with braised short ribs is great too. Don't leave without getting a salty dog cocktail.
Andrew Spoeth: The Burrata pizza - amazing. Also recommend the molten chocolate cake.
4. Cheese Plus
9.1
2001 Polk St (at Pacific Ave), San Francisco, CA
Cheese Store · Polk Gulch · 63 tips and reviews
Marina K.: Love the free cheese samples and their sandwiches are delicious. Staff are friendly with helpful recommendations!
Owen Smith: Excellent cheese selection!
Aaron K: Great sandwiches & various gourmet items (cured meats, cheeses, etc.) but be prepared to wait for your sandwich to be made. Call it in to avoid the wait. I like the Parma with added turkey & balsamic
5. Arsicault Bakery
9.3
397 Arguello Blvd (at Clement St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Inner Richmond · 111 tips and reviews
Emmiliese Clemm: Best croissants in the city. Almond, chocolate M, ham and cheese...can't go wrong.
Brittany Birdsong: When fresh out of the oven, Best ham and cheese croissant and almond croissant in the city. They cook in small batches with high turnover on the weekends which means everything is delicious and fresh.
Demetrios: Amazing croissants, all of them are very good, I'd mostly recommend Ham and Cheese Croissant and the Almond Croissant. So tender and flaky!!!
6. Blue Plate
8.8
3218 Mission Street (at Valencia St), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Bernal Heights · 90 tips and reviews
kev/null: Come here by 7 and order from the prix fixé menu. Get the spring greens, the meat loaf and a side of mac and cheese. Mmmm
Jen Lee: Mac and cheese, fried chicken, scotch egg, kale salad!
Keith Smith: The most incredible meatloaf and the mac and cheese with goat cheese is heaven!
7. Tartine Bakery
9.1
600 Guerrero St (at 18th St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Mission Dolores · 769 tips and reviews
Alicia Renee: Savor a morning bun with your coffee..or nosh on some exquisite quiche, a double pain au chocolate, gougère, tart, or hot pressed cheese sandwich. To ensure joy, repeat this often
louda bay: In love with their porcini (or shiitaki) gruyere croque-monsieur. And the coconut cream pie.
K P: Morning buns, ham & cheese croissant, chocolate croissant, coconut cream tart!
9. Wayfare Tavern
9.0
558 Sacramento St (at Leidesdorff St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Financial District · 319 tips and reviews
ScottySauce: Try the burger! This is grass fed beef brisket, cowgirl creamery cheese and bacon on a fantastic croissant like roll. if you like fried chicken your really gonna love theirs, OMG GOOD!
Brian Dela Pena: poutine, devil eggs, Mac and cheese, pop overs and Fried chicken!!
Bela Pulgar: try the poutine, deviled eggs, mac and cheese, fried chicken, doughnuts. Great food.
10. Nopa
9.1
560 Divisadero St (at Hayes St), San Francisco, CA
New American Restaurant · Alamo Square · 557 tips and reviews
Elynn Lee: They have seriously some of the best french fries I've ever had! The crostini with goat cheese is awesome. The pappardelle is delicious and has a hearty meat sauce.
Arthur Lee: Everything is good, except for the wait. Try the goat cheese with berries - works pretty well!
Amy Mixa: The goat cheese crostini, broccoli cooked with anchovies, and the pork chop are amazing!!!!
11. Say Cheese
8.9
856 Cole St (at Carl St), San Francisco, CA
Cheese Store · Cole Valley · 32 tips and reviews
Laura Brehmer: Lovely little shop with a fantastic cheese selection.
SFist: This cozy little shop is one of those neighborhood gems that make you feel warm inside and glad that you live here, with a great selection of cheese and charcuterie as well as reasonably priced wines. Read more.
ReeD: Vegetarian? Caprese or Harvarti Sandwich. Meat? Prosciutto Caprese. Excellent cheese, from an amazing Cave-Aged Gruyere to hard-to-find Appenzeller to Papillon Roquefort. Locals: Teleme and Baserri.
JoJo Bear: Really good pastries, love the sweet potato turnover, the tomato mozzarella sandwich is my go to sammwich! Bon appetite
Heather Ransome: Get the cheese and ham croissant! Mrrrr. And there's a cute little back patio to enjoy it in.
Jane Radstrom: Big selection of fresh pastries, backyard patio. The kale and goat cheese tart was delicious!
13. Cotogna
9.2
490 Pacific Ave (at Montgomery St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Jackson Square · 236 tips and reviews
Noreen Floreza: Must try the Farm egg raviolo with brown butter, ricotta cheese on crostini with honey from the beehives on their rooftop, the smoked salmon pizza, the flank steak and the donuts. Excellent!
lisa hotran: Amazingly delish. Try the rivollo, burrata and shrimp bruschetta
Ashok Lalwani: Trendy place with a great wine list. Server recommended amazing wines that went well with food and also my prefs. Mushroom, kale & smoked ricotta pizza was delicious. Highly recommend the desserts.
14. Piccino Cafe
9.1
1001 Minnesota St (at 22nd St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Dogpatch · 174 tips and reviews
James Yu: The breakfast pizza with sausage, apples, and blue cheese is to die for. The savoriness of the sausage, and sweetness of the apples, and the rich pungent flavor of the blue cheese works perfectly.
Jacob Gyllenstierna: Get the asparagus with burrata and polenta as appetizer. The polpette and aglio verde pizza are delicious.
Reserve: Lots of pies — including a Bianca with Parmesan, Pecorino, mozzarella and shaved garlic — are just some of the many delicious dishes being handcrafted at modern yet rustic trattoria Piccino. Read more.
15. Bi-Rite Market
9.1
3639 18th St (btwn Guerrero & Oakwood St), San Francisco, CA
Grocery Store · Mission Dolores · 137 tips and reviews
Luke Bornheimer: They're the best at giving you tons of information and recommendations, especially on meats and cheeses. Love this place!
Melanie Liu: Great local market! Folks here know their stuff. Amazing selection of chocolate, coffee, cheese, readymade eats, seafood and meats. Love Five Dot Ranch esp rib eye. Fav sandwhich - achiote chicken.
Joshua Haftel: My favorite place to buy groceries. Gets packed and it's rather spendy, but the selection is incredibly well curated. Can't go wrong with their wine, cheese, chocolate, pasta, and especially ice cream