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Originally Posted by muttiah
Walk up to Yerba Buena gardens? The water fountain thing and quotes on the wall are a good conversation starter.
Keep in mind the park closes really early and they have a security guy walking around to kick people out, or worse yet, start conversations bc their job is really boring.
Tried a couple places recently
Fogo de Chao - All you can eat Brazilian steakhouse. Servers walk around with various cuts of meat on skewers. You get a little card thats green on one side, red on the other. If you flip it to the green side, servers keep coming up to you offering you meat, on the red side they will leave you alone. Solid but not great cuts of meat, and the concept is very fun.
The meat is very heavily seasoned (salted) so I think the pro move is asking the server to come back after they've cut off the first layer, it will be a bit more rare and you'll avoid being over-salted. Picanha and flank were the best items, don't waste yourself on chicken or pork.
Somewhat pricey for not super fancy food, but could see myself going once a year or so. All-in without drinks came to $80.
In Situ - Inside SF Moma, very classy design, and most of the dishes are taken from different restaurants/chefs around the world, true to the museum concept. Menu is split into small, medium and large dishes. Didn't get any small dishes. The only medium dish we got was the wasabi lobster, tasty but had about 2 bites to it, at ~$30 I'd suggest sticking to the large dishes. One of the medium dishes was carrot tartare for $28, based on the waiter's explanation it sounded like simply raw ground carrot that the chef presents directly to you, obviously didn't order that - sounds completely ridiculous.
The large dishes were all excellent, not particularly hearty so make sure to come for the experience, you're not going to leave stuffed. Got the Lamb Carrot, mushroom risotto, and beef lettuce wraps to split between 3 people. Didn't take any pictures but don't think you can go wrong with any of those dishes, beef cups were the consensus winner among the entrees.
Paired everything with the Cab, don't generally care for wine but this was just really smooth, I'd recommend trying it especially if you're mixing dishes.
For dessert we got the cheesecake and brownie. Cheesecake is maybe 3 inches in diameter, but so rich you should definitely plan on splitting it. Looks and feels like a wheel of brie, and it comes with little crackers for spreading. And then it tastes exactly how cheesecake should taste. Strong recommend. Brownie is just a standard tasty brownie, good sized portion which is rare here so go for it if you're still hungry.
Definitely a spot you need to go at least once but don't see myself going back for several years or for a special occasion. $100 per person which seems very reasonable for the quality.