Sam Spade's San Francisco

Update Notice: For an updated 2008 guide to the San Francisco restaurants, plus dozens of insider tips and links go to: Restaurants in San Francisco - Inside Local tips - The Ultimate Guide.

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In the past few years the restaurant scene in San Francisco has changed dramatically. The restaurants you once knew and loved may no longer be in the top 100.

If you would like to know today's 100 Best Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area (59 of them are in the City of San Francisco) read the Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants published by the San Francisco Chronicle.

To see the latest list of recommended restaurants, see Restaurant Roundup, a recap of the Chronicle's restaurant critics reviews, published December 27, 2007. This is the most current list available as of this date.

Also try one or more of these:
CHOW's list of recommended restaurants (recommendations from local folks)
Menupages - see sample menus online before you go (a terrific service - give this a try!)
SanFrancisco.com's restaurant guide (lots of information and details here)
San Francisco Chroncile's Restaurant Roundup (cream of the Chronicle's top 100 list)

Here are some good reports from Sam Spade's San Francisco for you to check out. Most contain a lot of very good San Francisco links. Take a look at these:
San Francisco's Fabulous Lesbian Chefs
Garden Court at the Palace Hotel - San Francisco's Most Elegant Brunch
San Francisco's Best Beefsteak Hamburger
Coffee in the Castro
Taxicab Crooks and Scam Cabs in San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco - New Developments
San Francisco Ferry Building Marketplace - Complete Guide
San Francisco City Hall - Architectural Masterpiece

If you are a member of the Queer Community, then you'll find a huge list of links with local inside tips in this article. Trust me, you're going to find just about everything you need and want in the following piece from Sam Spade's San Francisco: Folsom Street Fair 2008 - a complete guide

. . . and there are these San Francisco links through which you may wish to browse:
Alcatraz
Asian Art Museum
Cable Car Museum and Powerhouse
The Cliff House
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
San Francisco Bay Ferry Schedules
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Golden Gate Park map and info
Hornblower Dinner Cruises on San Francisco Bay
New Conservatory Theatre - Queer and enlightened straight theatre at its best
Theatre Rhinoceros - San Francisco's oldest queer theatre & 2008 GLAAD Award Winner
San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF-MOMA)
San Francisco Maritime Museum and Old Ship Wharf
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) train service from SFO terminals direct to Market Street, downtown San Francisco.

Also, check out the list of San Francisco links along the right side column of this blog.

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