If you eat at only one Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco, make it The Slanted Door. Executive Chef, Charles Phan seamlessly meshes traditional Vietnam with modern San Francisco for the best of both worlds. Authentic Vietnamese cuisine using traditional methods and local, organic, sustainable ingredients (including produce from the Marketplace just outside their doors) is served in a very modern setting overlooking the Bay. Phan never cuts corners & everything is made from scratch.
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Not many cities would restore a bleary, old building to surpass its former glory and then dedicate it to organic & sustainable food. It’s so west coast. So California. So very San Francisco. Only the Bay Area, where America’s food revolution began, would make such a grand gesture to Mother Earth and its humble caretakers.
Before the Golden Gate & Bay Bridges were constructed, the Ferry Building was the point of all comings & goings in San Francisco. By the 50s, the Ferry Building had little use and lost much of its luster, by 1998 the city came up with a plan and hired a redevelopment team. Four labor-intensive years and about $100 million later, the renovation was complete, and the result is stunning!
Imperial Tea Court
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