News for Restaurants in San Francisco
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In answer to current trends in "nose-to-tail" whole animal cuisine, Palio d'Asti restaurant in the Financial District features traditional Sicilian "head-to-tailfin" cooking of local albacore tuna. Sicily's ancient ritual, warm-weather mattanza---or tuna hunt---culminates in cooking and sharing every part of the fish, including offal. Honoring that tradition, Palio d'Asti's prix-fixe or à la carte dishes include items such as albacore belly served cooked and as a crudo with eggplant relish; cured tuna roe in tomato sauce over couscous; and grilled backloin of the fish with heirloom summer squash. Lunch menus will feature additional special items with tuna as the star. Palio d'Asti allows two hours of free parking at both lunch and dinner. Palio d'Asti, 640 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA 94111, 415-395-9800.
A brief remodel has altered the landscape at Coi, Daniel Patterson's high-concept destination restaurant. The narrow, chic, former lounge area with separate menu has been absorbed into the main dining room, creating a unified focus throughout the restaurant. Tables are larger and the bar seating has been removed. Additionally, à la carte menu options are no longer available; all guests are presented with Patterson's eleven-course tasting menu that changes daily. The experience is $145 per person; wine pairings are an additional $95 per person, or wines are available by the glass. Coi, 373 Broadway St., San Francisco, CA 94133, 415-393-9000.
Sunday Suppers at CotognaItalian standout Cotogna hosts rustic, four-course, family-style Sunday Suppers for between $40 and $50 per person, exclusive of tax, gratuity and beverage (the regular menu is not available). Menus change weekly and seasonally, and reservations are strongly suggested. Cotogna, 490 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, CA 94133, 415-775-8508.
FIVE restaurant inside Berkeley's Hotel Shattuck Plaza is running several compelling summer specials, including a new Thursday night series featuring live blues and Texan chef Banks White's smoked brisket and other barbecue for $25 per person. Also on offer for the summer season, for bar diners only, is a complimentary pint of High Five Pale Ale with every order of the "five burger," which features chili, pimento cheese and Carolina slaw. FIVE, Hotel Shattuck Plaza, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, 510-845-7300.
Dads can enjoy some extra special dining options with their families at a variety of Bay Area restaurants on Sunday, June 19, particularly if they're carnivores. Alexander's Steakhouse will feature its Sunday night prime rib special for $35 per person, and the Beach Chalet will feature a prime rib for both lunch and dinner. McCormick & Kuleto's Seafood Restaurant will offer a "mixed grill trio" of beef filet, salmon and crab cake, along with brunch bolstered by tribute cocktails such as the bourbon-based "Father Knows Best" and special "Clubhouse Lemonade." Speaking of bourbon, Urban Tavern will feature a bourbon-paired dinner menu of four courses with a veal entrée (and including five hours of free parking in Union Square). But the winner of the dad's dreams contest might be Picán restaurant in Oakland, where their second annual Cigar-B-Que will feature grilled steaks, chops, a burger topped with pulled pork, cigars and bourbon on the restaurant's porch and a can of Schlitz with every cut of meat.
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