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RN74

Millennium Tower
301 Mission St. (Beale St.) Send to Phone
San FranciscoCA 94105
415-543-7474 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Michael Mina and Rajat Parr deliver their vision of California French food with an extensive and exceptional wine list. RN74 Restaurant is one of GAYOT's 2013 | Top 10 SF Wine Bars Restaurants | Top 10 SF Wine List Restaurants | Top 10 SF Lounge Restaurants | Top 10 SF Thanksgiving Restaurants | Top 10 SF Mother's Day Brunch Restaurants |   Chef Michael Mina is our 2011 Best Restaurateur in the US.  RN74 Restaurant is one of our 2011 Top 10 Insider Picks in the US. Go behind the scenes of RN74 restaurant! Watch our exclusive interview with chef Jason Berthold.

Cuisine

Open

Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly

Features

  • Full bar
  • Reservations suggested
  • Open late
  • Casual dressy

Wine

Great Wine List

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Dining room at RN74, San Francisco, CA

RN74 Restaurant Review

: Named for the highway running through Burgundy from Dijon to Beaune, this restaurant and wine lounge from Michael Mina and sommelier Rajat Parr delivers California French fare and globally sourced wines without pretense. Casually-clad sommeliers, of which there are five on staff and generally three on the floor, reinforce the message. The wine list, crafted from 2,000 unique wines and a 25,000-bottle inventory, offers at least forty selections by the glass at levels seldom seen in that format. But it’s not all about the wine --- executive chef Jason Berthold's cooking delivers as well. Fort Bragg sea urchin is presented in a fully spiked half-shell still scented, perhaps excessively, of the sea, filled with a creamy gastronomic take on clam chowder incorporating blue crab, sea urchin “tongue” and potato mousseline. Bone marrow with bacon relish is liberally seasoned with herbs. All the classic proteins are available: grilled hanger steak comes with braised short ribs, duck is prepared three ways and Arctic char arrives with mussels. The atmosphere has the aesthetic of a European train station waiting room from the days when train travel was enjoyable, right down to the clickety-clack of a train arrivals and departures board that instead cleverly spells out notable wine selections available.

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