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415-391-4129;
www.idealerestaurant.com
; 1315 Grant Ave; pasta $15-18;
5:30-10:30pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri &
Sat, 5-10pm Sun;
8X, 10, 12, 30, 41, 45,
Powell-Mason)
16
Z & Y
$$
CHINESE
Graduate from ho-hum sweet-and-sour and middling
mu-shu
to sensational Sichuan that
goes down in a blaze of glory. Warm up with spicy pork dumplings and heat-blistered
string beans, take on the housemade
tantan
noodles with peanut-chili sauce, and leave lips
buzzing with fish poached in flaming chili oil and buried under Sichuan chili-peppers. Go
early; expect a wait.
(
415-981-8988;
www.zandyrestaurant.com
;
655 Jackson St; mains $9-18;
11am-10pm Mon-Thu, to 11pm Fri-Sun;
8X,
Powell-Mason, Powell-Hyde)
17
Park Tavern
$$$
An instant Washington Sq institution, this women-run, Kiwi-founded bistro cheekily up-
dates Italian-accented standards with California ingredients: gnocchi with golden chanter-
elles, venison carpaccio with bone marrow and capers, polenta cakes with truffled salsa
verde. Brunch brings oatmeal-raisin pancakes slathered with cherry-bourbon preserves
and grapefruit mimosas. Never mind the noise; have a Negroni and some brussels-sprout
chips and join the happy din.
(
CALIFORNIAN
415-989-7300;
www.parktavernsf.com
;
1652 Stockton St; mains dinner
$21-33, brunch $12-16;
5:30-11pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-12:30am Fri, 10:30am-midnight Sat & Sun;
8X, 30,
39, 41, 45,
Powell-Mason)
