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Michael and Lindsay Tusk's three-Michelin-star flagship, a serene, elegant room in Jackson Square where a seasonal tasting menu unfolds course by course, from hand-cut pasta to pristine seafood to luxurious little…
It's a set tasting menu, the decision is the wine pairing and whether you tell them it's an occasion (do). The pasta course is the signature. Budget a long, unhurried evening; this is three hours by design.
Reservations release on a rolling window and the prime evenings go quickly, book the day they open. There's a dress code; honour it. Expect a per-person price at the top of the city's range.
They're about the room, the seat, and getting the reservation at all.
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Some are where we celebrate birthdays. Some are where we take friends visiting San Francisco. Some have just become our favorite “we don't even need to think about it” go-tos.
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