San Francisco Bayside Restaurants

By Vincent Madrone

San Francisco Bayside Restaurants
San Francisco is known as the "City by the Bay" due to its location right on the western edge of the large estuary known as San Francisco Bay. Golfers often visit the city as well as the larger Bay Area to play the many scenic courses, including the San Francisco Course at the San Francisco Golf Club and the Lake Course at the Olympic Club, both golflink.com "top 100" courses. After a long day on the greens, a dinner at one of the many restaurants that are located bayside provide a scenic way to spend an evening.

Waterfront Restaurant

The Waterfront Restaurant is a San Francisco favorite that has been serving fine food and wine at its bayside location at Pier 7 since 1969. The menu at the Waterfront features a raw bar and an extensive selection of seafood appetizers as well as innovative main dishes like the seared main scallops, served with butter beans, pesto and tomato marmalade. The wine list at the Waterfront Restaurant focuses on California labels but includes French and Italian selections as well. Both stories of the restaurant provide sweeping views of San Francisco Bay. The Waterfront Restaurant is open for lunch and dinner daily.

Waterfront Restaurant
Pier 7 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 391-2696
waterfrontsf.com

Butterfly

Butterfly is a modern and stylish restaurant that is located right on the water of San Francisco Bay at Pier 33. The menu at Butterfly features seasonally changing world fusion seafood, meat and poultry dishes like the Free Range Rocky Jr. Clay Pot, served with shrimp and Chinese sausage sticky rice, Ponzu poached egg, mushrooms, bok choy and chili sauce. Butterfly has an extensive wine list and a full bar that makes a variety of specialty cocktails, like the pomegranate margarita and the candy cane absinthe. Butterfly is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday and has a special brunch menu on the weekends.

Butterfly
Pier 33
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 864-8999
butterflysf.com

Epic Roasthouse

The Epic Roasthouse is a upscale steakhouse that is located right on the bayfront almost directly under the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The menu at Epic features house-cured meats as appetizers and hearty entrees like the Pistachio Crusted Lamb Rack, served with persimmon cranberry chutney and Carolina red rice for the main course. The wine list at Epic is extensive and international and features several high-end California Cabernets. Epic is open for dinner 7 nights a week and brunch on the weekends.

Epic Roasthouse
369 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 369-9955
epicroasthousesf.com

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About The Author

Based in San Francisco, Vincent Madrone is a professional freelance writer, travel enthusiast and voice-over artist. He has been writing since 1989 and has published hundreds of articles on several different websites. Madrone holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in professional writing from Portland State University.
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