Drinks & Eats

Downtown

Brenda’s French Soul Food, 652 Polk St., 345-8100, breakfast and lunch.
Salt House, 545 Mission St., 543-8900, American cuisine, lunch and dinner.
Mexico DF Restaurant, 139 Steuart St., 808-1048, lunch and dinner, to go at lunchtime.

Castro/Mission District/Noe Valley

Woodhouse Fish Company, 2073 Market St., 437-2722, lunch and dinner, all things fish.
Bagdad Cafe, 2295 Market St. 621-4434, American cuisine, open 24 hours.
Eureka Restaurant and Lounge, 4063 18th St., 431-6000, California cuisine, lunch and dinner.
Atlas Café, 3049 20th St., 648-1047, full breakfasts, homemade soups, pizza, sandwiches.
Tartine Bakery/Bar Tartine, 561 Valencia St, 487-1600, baked goods and light meals.
Mission Creek Cafe, 968 Valencia St., 641-0888, living room environment.
Weird Fish, 2193 Mission St., 863-4744, lunch and dinner, fish and vegan, weekend brunches.
Bissap Baobab, 2323 Mission St., 826-9287, Sengal­ese cuisine, exotic cocktails, live DJs after 10 p.m.
Frutilandia, 3077 24th St., 648-2958, Puerto Rican and Cuban cuisine. Potrero Just For You Cafe, 732 22nd St., 647-3033, breakfast and lunch, seven days a week.
Farley’s, 1315 18th St., 648-1545, neighborhood cafe and gallery.

North Beach

The Saloon, 1232 Grant Ave. 989-7666, blues club, city’s oldest bar, in operation since 1861.
Savoy Tivoli, 1434 Grant Ave., 362-7023, jazz bar, dates from 1906.
Sodini’s Green Valley Restaurant, 510 Green St., 291-0499, Italian, dinner only.
Da Flora, 701 Columbus Ave., 981-4664, Venetian-style tavern with food.

Russian Hill/Nob Hill

Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, 931-3600, French-Vietnamese cuisine, live music, dancing.
Cresta’s Twenty-Two Eleven Club, 2211 Polk St., 673-2211, neighborhood bar, slightly older crowd.
Encore Karaoke Lounge, 1550 California St., 775-0442, wide mix of ages and music.

Elsewhere

Park Chow, 240 9th Ave., 665-9912, California, Asian, Italian cuisine, just south of Golden Gate Park.
Ton Kiang, 5821 Geary Blvd., 752-4440, dim sum.
Polly Ann Ice Cream, 3138 Noriega St., 664-2472, 49 homemade flavors daily, alligator pear to zucchini.
Chenery Park, 683 Chenery St., 337-8537, neighborhood restaurant, Tuesday is kids’ night.

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