Michelin designation represents quality dining at a good value
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 15, 2015) – Michelin revealed a list of 74 restaurants in the greater San Francisco area that received its highly regarded Bib Gourmand designation that represents eateries that offer excellent food at a reasonable price.
For 2016, Michelin included 12 new restaurants on the list, including locations in the South Bay, East Bay, Marin and Peninsula.
Bib Gourmand restaurants are selected by Michelin’s famously anonymous food inspectors who choose quality restaurants that have menu items that offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less (tax and gratuity not included). Most telling about these selections is the fact that these are the same restaurants that the Michelin food inspectors frequent themselves when off the clock.
Michelin released the list of these more affordable fine-dining Bib Gourmand locations exactly one week prior to the market debut of the MICHELIN Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2016. This will mark the 10th edition of this famous dining guide for the city and surrounding urban area.
This year’s list of 74 establishments stretch across a sizable geographic area and include these new comers: Diavola (Sonoma County), Farmhouse Kitchen Thai (Mission), Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch (Napa Valley), Izakaya Rintaro (Mission), La Perla (Sonoma County), Millennium (East Bay), Orchard City Kitchen (South Bay), Poggio (Marin), Ramen Gaijin (Sonoma County), Trestle (Financial District) wonderful (Peninsula) and Zola (South Bay) .
As stated, the Bib Gourmands are selected by Michelin’s inspectors who dine in anonymity at restaurants across the region. These local inspectors are trained to scrupulously apply the same time-tested methods used by Michelin inspectors for many decades throughout the world. This ensures a uniform, international standard of excellence. As a further guarantee of complete objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their bills in full.
San Francisco MICHELIN Guide 2016 Bib Gourmands
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Restaurant
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Area
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District
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City
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Anchor Oyster Bar
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San Francisco
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Castro
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A16
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Backyard
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Forestville
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Bar Tartine
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Bistro Aix
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Bistro Jeanty
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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Yountville
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Bistro 29
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Santa Rosa
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Brick & Bottle
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Marin
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Corte Madera
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Chalkboard
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Healdsburg
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Chapeau!
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San Francisco
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Richmond & Sunset
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Chevalier
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East Bay
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Lafayette
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China Village
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East Bay
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Albany
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Chino
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Comal
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Contigo
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San Francisco
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Castro
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Cook St. Helena
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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St. Helena
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Coqueta
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San Francisco
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Financial District
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Corso
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Cotogna
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San Francisco
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North Beach
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Delfina
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Diavola
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Geyserville
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Dosa
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Evvia
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South Bay
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Palo Alto
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Farmhouse Kitchen Thai
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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St. Helena
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FIVE
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Fringale
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San Francisco
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SoMa
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Gather
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Glen Ellen Star
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Glen Ellen
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Grace’s Table
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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Napa
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Great China
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Hong Kong Lounge II
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Insalata's
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Marin
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San Anselmo
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Ippuku
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Izakaya Rintaro
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Kappou Gomi
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San Francisco
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Richmond & Sunset
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Kokkari Estiatorio
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San Francisco
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North Beach
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La Costanera
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Peninsula
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Montara
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La Perla
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Santa Rosa
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Le Garage
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Marin
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Sausalito
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Mamacita
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Marinitas
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Marin
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San Anselmo
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Mason Pacific
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San Francisco
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Nob Hill
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Michel Bistro
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East Bay
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Oakland
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Millennium
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East Bay
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Oakland
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Monti's Rotisserie
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Santa Rosa
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M.Y. China
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San Francisco
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SoMa
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Oenotri
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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Napa
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Orchard City Kitchen
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South Bay
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Campbell
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Poggio
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Marin
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Sausalito
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Ramen Gaijin
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Sebastopol
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Redd Wood
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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Yountville
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Rich Table
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San Francisco
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Civic Center
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Risibisi
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Petaluma
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Rivoli
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East Bay
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Berkeley
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Sazón
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Santa Rosa
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Scopa
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Wine Country
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Sonoma County
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Healdsburg
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Sichuan Home
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San Francisco
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Richmond & Sunset
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Sir and Star
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Marin
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Olema
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1601 Bar & Kitchen
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San Francisco
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SoMa
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Sociale
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San Francisco
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Marina
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Starbelly
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San Francisco
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Castro
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Sushi Ran
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Marin
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Sausalito
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Thai House
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East Bay
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Danville
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The Farmer & The Fox
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Wine Country
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Napa Valley
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St. Helena
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Trestle
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San Francisco
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Financial District
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Vesta
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Peninsula
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Redwood City
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wonderful
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Peninsula
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Millbrae
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Wood Tavern
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East Bay
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Oakland
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Yank Sing
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San Francisco
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SoMa
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Yuzuki
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San Francisco
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Mission
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Zero Zero
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San Francisco
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SoMa
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Zola
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South Bay
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Palo Alto
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Z & Y
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San Francisco
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Nob Hill
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