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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