7 restaurants found where star rating is "4 1/2" Stars
Aqua
Address: 252 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
This Michelin two-star restaurant sets the bar high, with exquisite service, gorgeous décor, and stunning cuisine. Chef Laurent Manrique’s seafood preparations are one of a kind, the delicate flavors and textures providing delight after delight. Dinner is always a multi-course affair; it’s up to guests to choose whether that will be three or seven courses. Lunch selections are served a la carte or as a tasting,with tantalizing, seasonal creations such as Potato Crusted Langostine with chanterelles, savoy spinach, manila clams and smoked garlic; and Chamomile Scented Hawaiian Walu with zucchini carpaccio, frisee & foie gras salad, and licorice.
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Boulevard
Address: One Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Entering Boulevard’s doors is like stepping inside of a Toulouse-Lautrec painting. With its elegant mosaics, stylized wood accents, and softly glowing atmosphere, designer Pat Kuleto has captured the romance of the iconic Parisian bistro, elevating the historic building to the heights of its period artistry. Chef Nancy Oake’s culinary creations are themselves works of art. Each French-influenced dish is like a sculpture, consisting of layered components in a delicate balance of color and flavor that is as pleasing to the eyes as it is to the taste buds. Dripping with Belle Époque glamour and the flowery beauty of Art Nouveau, Boulevard is a delightfully ostentatious escapade.
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Fleur de Lys
Address: 777 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Fleur de Lys presents guests with sophisticated French cuisine in a romantic and intimate setting. The restaurant gives off a dramatic atmosphere with dim lighting, large vases full of flowers, and their trademark fabric ceiling tent. The menu offers creatively crafted dishes like the Duo of Veal Tenderloin and Braised Veal Shank “Parmentier,” which is scented with juniper berry and orange essence. Guests can choose to create a three-, four-, or five course meal with or without wine pairings. Chef/ Owner Hubert Keller is an award-winning chef who was featured on Bravo’s Top Chef as a guest judge in 2006.
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Gary Danko
Address: 800 North Point Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Dinner at Gary Danko is as titillating as a night at the opera, from the dramatic 69 page wine list, to the choreographed service of the staff, to the series of complex acts that come streaming from the kitchen and the carefully calibrated intermissions between them. Gary Danko’s combination of artfully crafted food and service turns a meal into an event. World-class Executive Chef Gary Danko uses his classic training to reinvent French, Mediterranean and regional-American cuisine, and the numerous awards he has won reflect the quality of his food, placing him at the forefront of America’s best chefs.
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Michael Mina
Address: 335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
With its white marble stairs, towering Roman-style columns, and expansive dining room, Michael Mina is a monument to gastronomy. Its décor, awash in a subdued mauves, brown leathers, and soft creams, manages to be highly modern and chic, while still evoking a timeless, stately elegance. Chef de Cuisine Chris L’Hommedieu, who has had extensive experience working under Executive Chef Michael Mina in the past, expertly executes Mina’s New American culinary vision, presenting decadent prix-fixe menus showcasing fresh ingredients, culinary creativity, and epicurean artistry at its finest. Michael Mina’s namesake restaurant delivers a decadently pleasurable culinary romp in a calmingly demur space, each complimenting the other for a truly memorable and well balanced evening.
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