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817 Sutter San Francisco CA 94109

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  • California, French
    Sun 8am-2pm, Tue-Thu 6pm-10pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat 8am-10pm
    $$$ $$, $$$
    All Major Credit Cards
  • casual
    Private Party, Catering, Business Dining
    Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
    Full bar
  • Accepted
    Street
Description

Dennis Leary now owns an empire (Sentinel, Golden West, House of Shields), but at his first restaurant every dish is still cooked in a tiny open galley kitchen. Once a diner, the restaurant features four booths and seven counter stools, and so dinner seatings fill up a week or two in advance. Canteen's seasonal menu, which changes at least weekly, is still just as delicious. Few dishes repeat, but we've enjoyed silky soups (such as white corn with bacon); a spicy-hot crab salad cooled by a ball of cucumber sorbet; plump roasted quail with sweetbreads and raisins; a "pot au feu" of veal filet, peppered beef brisket, and foie gras; and a much-loved vanilla soufflé.








  • 2011 | Best Counter Dining

    Now that cooking has become entertainment and cooks our favorite performers, the counter is no longer the worst place in the restaurant to sit. Some counter spots require reservations, while others are the only seats you can easily score. Eat by yourself, and you're dining with company. Sit with a friend, and there are a million activities to comment on. Just remember: If you're eavesdropping on the cooks, they can probably hear you, too.Bar Crudo655 Divisadero (at Grove),... More »

  • 2006 | Best One-Man Band

    This tiny spot, a chicly remade diner attached to the Commodore Hotel, has four booths and eight counter seats, all of them usually booked for the three dinner seatings (at 6, 7:30, and 9) offered Wednesday through Saturday. Every dish is prepared in full view of the happy clientele in the small open galley kitchen by chef Dennis Leary, late of Rubicon. His style is light, market-driven (the menu changes nightly), and full of fragrance and flavor: If crab is in season, you'll be offered a... More »

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  • meatmeister
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    | San Francisco, CA | 7 Reviews

    It only seats 22 people, but Canteen is a gem of a restaurant. Chef Dennis Leary is one of SF's best, doling out accessible haute cuisine from a four-burner stove. 3 seatings a night, intimate and, quite frequenty, magical.

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  • Omnivorous

    Omnivorous

    My inscribed copy of Michael Pollan's gracefully written, compelling The Omnivore's Dilemma reads "Vote with your fork!" I know Pollan means that we should choose foods that are good for us, and good for the environment. In New York magazine's... More »

  • One-Man Band

    One-Man Band

    Since a wall of the tiny restaurant Canteen boasts shelves of carefully selected books (not just randomly bought by the yard as decor, but books you might actually want to pull down and read: Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, Best American Short... More »

Main Menu
Main
$8.00
Cold Tomato Soup
with tuna confit and tarragon
$12.50
Quenelles Of Sole
with chive butter and sweet corn puree
$11.50
Cornish Hen Confit
with fig-lentils puree, sherry vinegar syrup, red onion
$8.50
Radicchio And Frisee
with goat cheese vinaigrette and hazelnuts
$20.50
Artichoke And Chanterelles Gratin
with parmesan and summer truffle
$27.50
Ling Cod Potato Crusted
with basil-zucchini salad, curry
$28.50
Pork Tenderloin
rolled in black pepper, with grits, buttered green beans
$29.00
Ragout Of Lamb
with new zealand spinach, cranberry beans, caponata
$8.00
Bittersweet Chocolate And Chicory Pudding
$8.00
Stewed Indian Peaches
with candied ginger and buttermilk sorbet
$8.00
Raspberry And Frangipane Tart
$9.00
Vanilla Souffle Since 2004
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