Restaurants by the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on Lyon Street is an historic landmark facility. Major restoration took seven years and the Palace was reopened in January 2011. It is one of 10 palaces built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. It is a Roman and Greek domed rotunda with more than 30 columns surrounded by a lagoon. As one of the largest tourist attractions in the city, the Palace is surrounded by many restaurants. Does this Spark an idea?
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The Tipsy Pig
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The Tipsy Pig is on Chestnut Street a few blocks from the Palace of Fine Arts. The restaurant bills itself as an "American Gastrotavern" famous for its beer selection and "gastro menu." The Tipsy Pig's offerings of "thoughtful, playful and always home cooked" selections include brunch, dinner, patio and beer and wine menus with dishes like heirloom beet salad, venison carpaccio and warm cheddar and thyme biscuits with spiced honey. Custom drinks like blueberry fizz, house hound and the Mary pig plus beers and wines from around the world keep diners happy.
Mamacita
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Mamacita is on Chestnut Street close to the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The restaurant prepares "culinary creations and libations" made from scratch with a flair for Mexican cuisine. The restaurant opens around 5 p.m. for dinner, and the menu boasts boutique tequilas and mescals for an authentic Mexican dining experience. Tamales, hand-made tortillas, ceviches, tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, gorditas and fresh salads with Mexican favorites like avocado and jicama satisfy customers' cravings for a Mexican meal.
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A16
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A16 on Chestnut Street near the Palace of Fine Arts is named for the Italian highway in Naples, the region that the restaurant favors for the dishes it serves. Authentic pizzas and pastas plus house-prepped meats fill the rustic menu. Italian wines specially searched and selected from southern Italy by an award-winning wine educator and one of the restaurant's owners enhance the restaurant's fine dining flair. Italian sparkling wines, campania whites, Italian whites, California selections, rose and California and Italian reds by the glass or by the bottle satisfy every palette. Rabbit, pork black pepper sausage, pumpkin and ricotta gnochi, romaine and chicory salad, cannellini beans, lamb meatballs and eight different pizzas are just some of the mouth-watering dishes for those with a taste for fine Italian dining.
Mezes
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Mezes restaurant on Chestnut street marries tapas-style dining with Greek cuisine. The Greek word mezes means small plates, and Greek food along with vegan and gluten-free offerings take care of diners' every taste. Saganaki, souvlaki, mythia, gyros, mousaka, tzatziki and dolmathes are just some of the traditional Greek dishes available, along with a selection of Greek and California wines.
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