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44 Belden (at Bush) San Francisco, CA 94104

415-986-6287

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Best Spanish Restaurant
Award Winner 2000

Cuisine(s): Small Plates, Spanish, Tapas

Hours: Sun 5pm-9pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-10pm

Price: $$$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, cash

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street

Description

High spirits, industrial-chic setting, extensive Iberian wine list, and busy sidewalk tables complement Catalan cuisine at least as tasty as the genuine article. Tapas, single-serving paellas, and desserts have a freshness and zip peculiar to 21st-century California.

2000 | Best Spanish Restaurant

The thing most local Spanish restaurants lack is the distinctive energy of the original model, especially the vida loca pizazz to be found in Barcelona's ever-buzzing tapas bars and bodegas. B44 is tucked into an alleyway not unlike those that harbor many bistros found in Barcelona's old quarter; the sidewalk out front overflows with diners enjoying the positively Catalan sunshine; the exposed-concrete, primary-colored, modern-industrial setting is totally Gaudi; the handsome bar is stocked... More »

En Español

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, May 17, 2000

Paris, London, and Rome are cities with monochromatic aesthetics; solid, venerable, and with a millennium or three of accrued grit and grandeur to maintain their status quos. Paris is particularly gray and drizzly in late October, which is just ho... More »

Main Menu

Aperitius Freds - Amanidas
Order Of “pa Amb Tomaquet” Catalan Toast

Plate Of Cured Meats Jamon Serrano
chorizo, lomo embuchado

Boquerones
cured white anchovies, sliced pears, shaved idiazabal

Ceviche Of Shrimp
octopus, scallop

Spanish Cheese
quince paste, fig bread

Mixed Greens
spanish olives, garlic bread crust, red wine vinaigrette

Avocado And Tiger Shrimp
with gazpacho vinaigrette

Catalan Salad
jamon serrano, chorizo, manchego , asparagus, egg, greens, olives

Xatò Salad
frisee, spanish bonito tuna, salt cod, anchovies, tomatoes, olives

Romaine Hearts
shaved idiazabal, croutons, romesco dressing

Aperitus Calents

Warm Octopus
fingerling potatoes, pimenton oil

Sautéed Mussels
sofrito, pancetta, green peas, tarragon

5 Hour Braised Oxtail
mashed potatoes, red wine sauce

Escalivada - Warm Roasted Vegetables
cabrales, pine nuts, garlic oil

Grilled Local Sardines
parsley picada, fennel salad

Grilled Morcilla Sausage
baby white beans, mortar allioli

Fired Roasted Piquillo Peppers Stuffed
with seafood, pimenton sauce

Seared Scallops And Whole Shrimp
with romesco sauce

Grilled Leg Of Lamb Brochette
cucumber salad , spicy red pepper sauce

Local Baby Squid Stuffed
with fennel sausage cooked on its own ink

Tiger Shrimp Sautéed
with garlic and adobo

Sautéed Aqua Gem Clams
chorizo rioja, anchor steam beer, baby white beans

Peix I Carn

Seared Ahi Tuna
avocado & baby lentil salad, soy and cava vinaigrette

Cazuela - Sea Bass
leeks, fingerling potatoes, smoked bacon, thyme

Suquet
monkfish and whole shrimp, mixed mushrooms, pine nut picada

Oasted Fish Of The Day
catalan spinach /jamon serrano / piquillo sauce

Romescada
operetta of fish and shellfish cooked with romesco sauce

Half Roasted Chicken
mushrooms, vegetables, chicken jus

Confit Of Rabbit
hazelnut sauce, grilled bread salad

Grilled Angus T-bone Steak
chimichurri, vegetables, french fries

Pork Prime Rib
potato-onion gratin, braised cabbage, pimenton-mustard glaze

Paellas, Arrossos, Fideus

Paella B44
saffron rice, chorizo, chicken, shrimp, squid , mussels, clams.vegetables

Paella Hortelana
saffron rice, mushrooms, vegetable sed bell pepper, pine nuts, currants

Paella Barceloneta
saffron rice, monkfish, squid, sepia , hrimp, mussels, clams, green peas

Arros Parellada
saffron rice, shrimp, squid, mussels, sepia, pork loin, sausage, vegetables

Arros Caçadora
chicken, rabbit, pancetta, mushrooms , rosemary, parsley picada

Arros Blanc
shrimp, monkfish, salt cod, shrimp oil , nyora pepper picada, mortar allioli

Arros Negre
squid, clams, sepia, green peas, green bell pepper, squid ink, mortar allioli

Arroz Con Bogavante
saffron rice, maine lobster, aqua gem clams, caldereta stock

Fideuà
noodle paella, monkfish, sepia, squid , shrimp, pimenton, mortar allioli

Fideuà Negre
noodle paella with, shrimp, squid, sepia, squid ink, mortar allioli

Desserts
* Indicate Our Recommendations Ice Cream Rice And Cinnamon, Chocolate Hazelnut, Banana Dulce De Leche

Churritos Con Chocolate
gran barquero pedro ximenez mini churros tossed in cinnamon-sugar with warm chocolate sauce and passion fruit coulis

Crema Catalana
dulce cristal-li moscatell toasted cinnamon and lemon infused custard with caramelized crust

Chocolate Con Aceite Y Sal
gramona vi de gel, dark chocolate mousse with extra virgin olive oil granita, maldon salt and dark cocoa sauce

Café Y Copa
torres malvasia oro coffee chibouste with anise tocinillo cream, espresso coulis and caramelized orange marmalade

Mel I Mato Amb Porro De Vi Ranci
fresh cheese with honey, walnuts and “porronet”of cream sherry

Spanish Cheese Plate

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B44

44 Belden (at Bush) San Francisco, CA 94104

415-986-6287

Description

2000 | Best Spanish Restaurant

En Español

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, May 17, 2000

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