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San Francisco is one of my favorite cities on the planet, and I was lucky enough to make six trips there in 2013. Learn about my 2013 Top 10 San Francisco Bay Area dishes, which appear in alphabetical order.
6. Outerlands Donuts
Brooke Mosley has upped the restaurant’s pastry game in time for Outerlands’ impending expansion. Her Saturday-only, pot-fried donuts change weekly based on seasonal ingredients.
7. Rickybobby Beef & Bacon Burger [CLOSED]
James Moisey and Shane LaValley’s Lower Haight restaurant specializes in all-American comfort food, including an epic Beef & Bacon Burger.
8. Sketch Ice Cream Soft Serve [CLOSED]
Eric Shelton and Ruthie Planas-Shelton sell four flavors of soft serve daily at their stark industrial space with skateboard deck signage. During my visit, they had vanilla bean, walnut, lavender and melon sorbet, with the ability to swirl two pairs of flavors and pile on premium fixins like salted caramel sauce, olive oil + sea salt, or candied cocoa nibs.
9. SPQR Blond Chocolate Panna Cotta
For his blond chocolate panna cotta, versatile Chef Matthew Accarrino incorporates Valrhona’s new chocolate style, Dulcey, which basically caramelizes white chocolate, adding depth of flavor and a toasted quality.
10. Swan Oyster Depot Dungeness Crab
This San Francisco institution displays stainless steel trays of pristine, seasonal seafood in their window, which factor into salads, cocktails, plates and cups. People often wait for more than an hour to experience unadulterated oceanic joy, which for me, came in the form of Dungeness crab.
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