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Where To Have Dinner For Around $30 In San Francisco
The best dinners that $30 will buy you around SF.
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Bar Jabroni
A cozy Lower Haight wine bar, Bar Jabroni is the perfect place for a drink and something to eat in a dinner party setting.
Rintaro
Rintaro in the Mission feels like an izakaya utopia filled with flawless yakitori and other fantastic Japanese small plates.
Sekoya Lounge & Kitchen
Sekoya Lounge & Kitchen is a sceney Mediterranean spot in Palo Alto with great food.
Four Kings
Four Kings is a modern Chinese spot in Chinatown serving the best possible versions of Cantonese classics.
Bar Gemini
Bar Gemini is a natural wine bar in the Mission that serves excellent food from the Ernest team.
Beretta
Beretta’s excellent Italian small plates and cocktails are on offer at this second Divisadero location.
Moku Yakitori-Ya
Moku Yakitori-Ya is an izakaya in the Richmond serving perfectly charred yakitori in a tiny space.
Ilcha
Ilcha is a modern Korean restaurant in the Marina serving drinking snacks like fried chicken and hot pots.
Bar Sprezzatura
Bar Sprezzatura is an over-the-top bar in the Financial District with cicchetti and excellent spritzes and negronis.
Coco's Ramen
When you want to pair excellent ramen with izakaya standards like agedashi tofu, Coco’s Ramen in Bernal Heights is the answer.
LaSalette
LaSalette is a small Portuguese restaurant in Sonoma that's perfect for a casual lunch with friends.
La Taberna
La Taberna is a Spanish place in Napa where you should get some excellent pintxos and a glass of albariño.
Bansang
Bansang is a Korean restaurant in Fillmore with small plates that we gravitate toward for special but laidback dinners.
Snail Bar
Snail Bar is a small natural wine bar in Oakland Temescal with excellent constantly-changing small plates, like arepas, crudos, crudités, and escargot.
Bottle Club Pub
Bottle Club Pub is a retro-themed bar near Union Square with a huge collection of vintage ceramic whiskey decanters.
Good To Eat Dumplings
For quick dumpling dinners and crispy-bottomed potstickers, head to Good To Eat Dumpling in Emeryville.
Besharam
Besharam is a vegetarian Gujarati restaurant in the Dogpatch where originality shines. Think blue cheese parathas, Impossible kebabs covered in garlicky pea shoots, and pani puri with actual gin in the tamarind-mint water.
Loló
Loló in the Mission is a fun Mexican spot with great margaritas that’s ideal for a weeknight dinner.