Restaurants in Daly City

The Ferry Building in San Francisco is an iconic landmark filled with delicious bites to eat. Over 40 shops, large and small, celebrate food in all its forms -- offering everything from artisan cheeses and freshly baked bread to just-caught fish and seafood. New merchants are constantly joining the band of bakeries, casual eateries, prepared food sellers, miniature grocery stores, and specialty shops. Here are a few highlights of must-visit places at the Ferry Building. The best time to go is on a weekday mid-morning (after rush hour) when it’s quieter and less crowded. Start the morning off with a coffee at Blue Bottle (there is always a line but it’s worth the wait!) and some freshly baked rolls at Acme Bread. Top it off with a homemade biscuit at Biscuit Bender -- an inventive biscuit bakery with flavors like Mexican Hot Chocolate and Corn-Jalapeno. For a healthy snack, stop by Pressed Juicery. If you’re trying to get more greens into your diet, definitely try the Green 3: a leafy garden of kale, spinach and parsley that's sweetened with apple. They also have over a dozen unsweetened fresh pressed juices to try. At lunch time, visit Bouli Bar for a pizza unique to this restaurant. Each is fired in a wood-burning oven, ending up with a wonderfully charred crust, crispy bottom and chewy puffy rim. There are many options for toppings including burrata, eggplant, zucchini blossoms, and a red pepper relish. Cowgirl Creamery’s “sidewalk” cafe experience in the Ferry Building is a fast and easy way to sample their delicious cheeses. Order up at the counter and claim a spot at one of the standing tables -- there aren’t many seats but there is plenty of standing room! Cowgirl Creamery is famous for their cheeses, and also makes a mean grilled cheese that’s worth checking out. Call it lunch #2! For a bit of dessert, Recchiuti makes bon bons in unique and interesting flavors like lemon verbena and bergamot tea. Miette is a traditional French bakery that provides the perfect sweet ending to your day in the form of a cupcake, cheesecake slice, or macarons. The Ferry Building is open seven days a week, but many stalls close by 6 or 7 p.m. on weekdays so it’s best to enjoy the market for breakfast, a snack, lunch, and dessert vs. trying to visit these stalls around dinner time.

Oysters are ubiquitous at San Francisco restaurants.  The City's Pacific setting makes it one of the best places to imbibe on several different types of bi-valves, whether they are harvested locally from Drake’s or Tomales Bays or flown in from the East Coast or Canada.  Oysters typically cost about $3 each at fine dining establishments, but there are deals to be had where they can go for as little as $1 per shellfish.  Below are our favorite locales to shoot up a dozen or more.  Since we’re BarFlys, we’ve highlighted the places that also have a full bar to take in a cocktail or two while slurping on the briny snacks. Waterbar | 399 The Embarcadero Waterbar has an excellent oyster raw bar, offering over a dozen varieties.  We prefer to dine at Waterbar before 6 pm, while the daily oyster special is $1 (still just $2 after 5:30 pm). With their fresh, high quality seafood, it’s a great place for a weekend brunch, especially with the $1 oysters.  The spectacular views of the bay and the Bay Bridge add to the overall experience. Farallon | 450 Post St #4 The big sister restaurant of Waterbar offers an excellent daily happy hour in their Jellyfish bar.  Farallon's Six Before Seven menu features several different bar bites and drinks, including a killer Manhattan, each for just $6 as long as it’s ordered before 7 pm.  Locally harvested Drake's Bay oysters need to be ordered by the half dozen for $6, but would you want any fewer? Hog and Rocks | 3431 19th St The City’s first and only ham and oyster bar is serious enough about bi-valves that it makes up half its namesake.  A rotating chef’s choice of $1.50 oysters are featured during their weekday daily happy hour from 5-6 pm and all day Sunday.  Start with the oysters, but be sure to make your way to their selection of fine hams, or any of the other great gastropub fare.  With a lively bar scene serving excellent whiskey and cocktails plus great food, this Mission spot is a local favorite. Café des Amis | 2000 Union St. Café des Amis is Bacchus Management Group’s bistro with an excellent raw bar, located in the heart of Cow Hollow.  Weekdays from 4-7 pm and during brunch on Sundays, a featured oyster can be had for $1.25 each.  Always delivering fresh and perfectly shucked shellfish, this is a great place to shoot a dozen or more oysters.  A decent Bloody Mary is the perfect brunch drink to accompany the salty bites.

As the air in San Francisco gets a little crisper, the fog starts rolling in a bit thicker and the lights of the Embarcadero buildings begin to twinkle as evening approaches, you know the holidays are on their way. And there is nothing like the approach of the holiday season to make one nostalgic. It is the perfect time to get retro with some of the city's time-honored classics, after all, these dishes are classics for a reason. If you are constantly on the look out for the latest and greatest but are beginning to have FOMO (fear of missing out) fatigue, check out some of San Francisco's tried and true culinary delights which have all stood the test of time. (Find even more restaurants in San Francisco.) Cioppino at Tadich Grill A classic dish at a classic restaurant. Tadich Grill, located in the Financial District, is the oldest continuously running restaurant in San Francisco and they have been serving cioppino since the restaurant opened in 1849. The dish itself was created in the 1800's by a North Beach Italian who used the leftovers from the fishing boats with a few Dungeness crabs thrown in. The signature dish at Tadich includes clams, prawns, scallops, bay shrimp, mussels and fresh white fish along with crab in a tomato-based broth. You will eat every bite of the fresh seafood and sop up any remaining broth with garlic toast that is provided.  If you save room for one more dish or can convince someone to share, don't miss ordering the sand dabs as well, they are another local specialty.  You'll be served San Franciscan classically prepared dishes by white-jacketed waiters  in a gorgeous art deco environment in the same way it has been for more than 160 years.  Tip: Plan ahead as the restaurant does not take reservations. Clam Chowder (and oysters) at Swan Oyster Depot If you can hack the long line to grab one of the 20 bar stools in this legendary spot on Polk Street then you will be warmly greeted and made to feel like family.  Serving seafood classics since 1912, Swan Oyster Depot has a limited menu that includes fresh Dungeness crab, shrimp, oysters, clam cocktails, a few types of smoked fish (get the salmon!), and clam chowder.  Most regulars grab a bowl of chowder, a few oysters and a beer and then dash out; they are cognizant of the hoards of people trying to get in.  The best times to go are 11 (they open the stools at 10:30) or after 4:30.  Tip: Bring a coat, it can get cold, especially if you are sitting near the door. Prime Rib at House of Prime Rib If you are a red meat kind of person then look no further than House of Prime Rib, or HOPR for short.   It is the quintessential beef restaurant. There is no other spot in the city that measures up when it comes to ambiance, service or food. Your only decision is how big do you want your slice of heaven.  The beef is so tender you can cut it with a fork and it does melt in your mouth.  Tip: Skip the salad and save room for the creamed spinach and mashed potatoes. Irish Coffee at Buena Vista Cafe This is a date night classic.  Or likely your parents or grandparents date night classic. Doesn't matter, there is something distinctly cool in a retro kind of way about getting an Irish coffee here.  It took awhile for the owner of the Buena Vista Cafe to get the recipe for this signature elixir right, but with the help of various partners in crime, the Buena Vista Irish coffee was born in 1952 and the recipe which includes Irish whiskey and coffee with frothed cream aged for 48 hours remains unchanged.  The restaurant originally served as a meeting place for fishermen and handlers who worked for the nearby Sardine Cannery and has always been a spot of friends and strangers alike to get to know each other over a warm drink. Tip: Just go for the drink, don't eat there. So there you have it. Four San Francisco classics to check out. Whether it is alone or with friends you'll quickly see why these spots have been fan favorites for decades.  While these locations are great all year round if you have family in town for the holidays you'll earn brownie points with all the generations if you take them to any one of these. Photos by: Leslie Wong, Shalbs, Jun Seita, and Julie Blaustein respectively.