San FranciscoRestaurants

Basque restaurants in San Francisco

  1. A

    Gitane

    Slip out of the Financial District and into something more comfortable at this opulent new bistro with a wandering eye and a gypsy spirit. The decor and menu wink at Basque, Spanish and Moroccan traditions, but pure decadence is the real draw, with flirting co-workers in the bar feeding one another bacon bon-bons (goat-cheese-stuffed prunes wrapped in bacon and doused in cinnamon-port sauce). Serious canoodlers should get a room in the restaurant upstairs to share fragrant free-range chicken tagines (stews) on low divans.

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  2. B

    Bocadillos

    Lunchtime fine dining that won't break the bank or pop buttons, with just-right Basque bites of lamb burger, snapper ceviche with Asian pears, Catalan sausages and wines by the glass.

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