While there are numerous lists online about the best San Francisco restaurants, I’m pretty certain there has never been one quite like this.
We have been working cases in San Francisco for the past 48 years (as both Federal agents and private investigators), and last month we opened our fifth office location there.
We thought it would be interesting to list the restaurants where we have followed and performed surveillance jobs at the request of our clients.
These cases usually were marital surveillance jobs where we are hired to follow a spouse or significant other. Some of them were corporate cases where we followed a subject being disloyal to his or her employer.
In either case, the restaurants and eating establishments here are quite varied and unique. You’ll notice these individuals usually liked to patronize well-established restaurants, perhaps to impress those they have invited.
We’ve taken out common coffee shops (Starbucks) and chains (McDonalds), and attempted to remove places that are no longer around.
Here are the top 50+ restaurants that our surveillance reports have listed over these past many years. They are in alphabetical order, and all have received high marks from our investigative staff:
- Acquerello
- AQ Restaurant & Bar
- Atelier Crenn
- Aziza
- Bar Agricole
- Bar Tartine
- Benu
- Chapeau!
- Chez Panisse
- Coi
- Commonwealth
- Contigo
- Cotogna
- Darwin Cafe
- Delfina/Pizzeria Delfina
- Eiji
- Fiore Caffe
- Flour & Water
- Foreign Cinema
- Four Barrel Coffee/The Mill
- Frances
- Gary Danko
- Green’s Restaurant
- Humphry Slocombe
- Keiko-A Nob Hill
- Kiss Seafood
- Kokkari Estiatorio
- La Ciccia
- L’Ardoise
- La Taqueria
- La Torta Gorda
- Lers Ros Thai
- Local’s Corner
- Loló
- Mandalay
- Marlowe
- Maven
- Mission Beach Cafe
- Mission Chinese Food
- Namu Gaji
- Nopalito
- Nojo
- Nopa
- Old Mandarin Islamic
- Park Tavern
- Perbacco
- Poc-Chuc
- Poquito
- Quince
- Radius
- Range
- R&G Lounge
- Rich Table
- Saison
- Seven Hills
- Sons & Daughters
- SPQR
- State Bird Provisions
- Super Duper Burgers
- Swan Oyster Depot
- The Blue Plate
- The Cavalier
- The French Laundry
- Tony’s Pizza Napoletana
- Yank Sing
- Yuzuki
- Zazie
- Zuni Cafe