You want to have the best experience at a restaurant in San Francisco?
Don’t go on a Friday or Saturday. Really. Because you know what? Those
are the same nights that everyone wants to dine out, and the crush of
humanity would really like to be seated at 7:30, thank you very much.
Valentine’s Day is often referred to by the industry as “amateur night”
and I’m betting Friday and Saturdays are considered “amateurish” too.
My
new favorite night to spend in a restaurant is Sunday. Around 4 p.m.,
when the sun starts going down this time of year, I get the Sunday
night blues, mourning the end of a too-short weekend. Making dinner
plans helps to combat that feeling. Plus, a good list of restaurants
are now giving an extra incentive to visit, with cheaper prix fixe
menus, promotions and the like.
Local Kitchen
just started Sunday night “locals night.” For $12.95, you can get in on
all-you-can-eat pizza. Pizza, a glass of wine from the excellent list
and a big salad? The perfect Sunday meal.
Globe
also serves Sunday prix fixe farm dinners, and sister restaurant Zuppa
has been offering four-course regionally focused Italian suppers each
Sunday night—this wek they’re preparing a menu devoted to the foods of
Sicily.
Spruce
will continue their Burgers & Burgundy promotion throughout
November; order a burger along with a glass of wine and that Monday
meeting you were fretting about? Forgotten.
If, by Sunday, your
kids have succeeded in driving you crazy (especially now, during the
rainy season), herd them up and take them to Luella,
where owner Ben deVries serves macaroni and cheese and Shirley Temples
to the wee ones while adults dine on “real food.” Best of all, the
staff is unfazed by (children’s) temper tantrums.
Sebo
continues to serve izakaya-style food on Sunday nights, in a departure
from their usual sushi menu. Most dishes ring in at a very affordable
$5-$8 bucks.
Been wanting to check out Luce,
but nervous about the impact said dinner will have on your wallet? The
Sunday night four-course farm-to-table menu is a very reasonable $45;
go for broke and add wine pairings for another $40.
