Chez Spencer Restaurant Review
82 14th St. (Folsom St.) 
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San Francisco, CA 94103
415-864-2191 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Chez Spencer Restaurant is one of our 2012
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Read GAYOT.com's review of the Spencer on the Go food truck.
Cuisine
Open
Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.Features
- Romantic setting
- Kid-friendly
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Entertainment
- Outdoor dining
- Casual dressy
Wine
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 The chic industrial space that once housed the first incarnation of Citizen Cake had lain dormant on a quiet block of the northeastern Mission district for years until chef Laurent Katgely, formerly of Foreign Cinema and the now-shuttered Alfy's in San Anselmo, got into the kitchen. An outdoor garden with tables and heat lamps leads to a room with soaring ceilings, a small bar, linen-topped tables and, right in the center of it all, a wood-burning oven. Chef Katgely can regularly be seen beside it carefully supervising the crisp pizzas or squab stuffed with morels as they near completion. The French menu takes into consideration the restaurant's California residency only in its use of seasonal ingredients. Otherwise, dishes stand out with adventurous combinations. A sautéed foie gras appetizer sits atop a flaky disk of puff pastry surrounded by an earthy reduction sauce and sprinkled with a few sweet blueberries. Heirloom tomatoes match wits with yellow peaches, juicy oranges and Bing cherries, bringing a composition of natural sugars and acids to the tongue. An entrée of filet mignon comes perched atop a column of nutty hulled barley flavored with the essence of finely diced vegetables, and a generous spoonful of foie gras butter slowly melts on its caramelized surface. Note: Look for Spencer on the Go!, the restaurant's mobile bistro that frequently appears at 7th and Folsom in SoMa.
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