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816 Folsom (at Fourth St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-495-5775

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Best Wine-Tasting Restaurant
Award Winner 2003

Cuisine(s): French

Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-11pm

Price: $$$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Family Style, Fireplace

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

LuLu has not only maintained its high standards in the years since it opened and became instantly popular for its stylish hangarlike setting and hearty Mediterranean fare grilled and roasted in wood-fired ovens, but also improved upon them. Its wine service is user-friendly (you can choose among well-priced flights or create your own, since the restaurant offers 2- and 4-ounce pours), most of the cooking is excellent (we weren't dazzled by the desserts), and there's a general feeling of bonhomie and good cheer. One of S.F.'s best restaurants.

2003 | Best Wine-Tasting Restaurant

Every night at LuLu there are half a dozen or more featured wine flights: four different 2-ounce pours of wines from a specific region (crisp whites of northern Italy or Rhône varietals, for example) or grape (pinot noirs from Burgundy and the Loire, Willamette, and Napa valleys), priced between $10 and $28 (the high price is for a dessert flight of rare Icewines from Canada). In addition to the artfully arranged flights offered by the restaurant, you can assemble your own from dozens... More »
2000 | Best French Restaurant

This SOMA landmark -- a trailblazer when Reed Hearon opened its doors in 1992 -- is still going strong nearly a decade later, serving up fabulously rustic creations in a noisy, high-spirited, oft-imitated milieu. The ripest, most aromatic fruits and vegetables and the freshest meats and seafood are complemented with dense, delicious house-baked breads, a wide array of fine wines, and all manner of mustards, vinegars, and condiments created on the premises. The result is memorable French... More »

Around the World in 1,000 Years

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, January 12, 2000

As we enter what is grandiloquently called the third millennium (a designation more or less ignored by three-quarters of the Earth's populace, but what the hell), a question arises: What exactly have the past thousand years added up to, anyway? ... More »

Main Menu

Antipasti
A Selection Of Three Of The Following $18

Roasted Beets
with watermelon, goat cheese and chives

Bleu D'auvergne And Roasted Pears
with hazelnuts and hazelnut honey

Brushchetta
with calabrian chili jam, ricotta cheese, tuscan olive oil and il caratello balsamic vinegar

Country Pate
with cornichons, whole grain mustard and croutons

Duck Liver Mousse
with plum-red onion compote

Burrata
with roasted peppers and crostini

Zoe's Salami
with marinated provolone cheese and sweet cherry pepper

Leek, Goat Cheese And Bacon Tart

Olives
with garlic, rosemary, and lemon

Small Plates

$16.00

Iron Skillet Roasted Mussels
with drawn butter

$8.00

Bowl Of Baby Lettuces, Herbs And Bread
with zinfandel vinaigrette

$13.00

Heirloom Tomato Salad
with mozzarella, basil, and fig balsamic vinegar

$12.00

La Quercia Prosciutto
with melons, hazelnuts, and hazelnut honey

$12.00

Romaine And Feta Salad
with strawberries, pistachios, and loquat vinaigrette

$11.00

Wood Fired Local Calamari
with gypsy peppers, potatoes, and olives with romesco sauce

$12.00

Iceberg Slice
with buttermilk blue cheese dressing, bacon, torn garlic croutons and marinated tomatoes

$10.00

Baked Chicken Meatballs
with spicy pepperonata

$12.00

Wood Oven Roasted Whole Portobello Mushroom
with soft polenta and truffled mascarpone

$16.00

Assortment Of Artisanal Cheeses
with fresh fruit, , fig jam and toasted bread

Oysters And Shellfish Fruits De Mer Platters
A Selection Of Oysters, Clams And Prawns. Small- $30, Medium- $40 , Large- $50

Each $2.00

Little Neck Clams (ma)

Each $3.00

Fresh Pacific Prawns (fl)

Fresh Oysters

Each $3.00

Kusshi (bc)

Each $3.00

Eagle Rock (wa)

Each $3.00

Kumamoto (wa)

Each $3.00

Drake's Bay (pt. Reyes)

Pasta And Pizza

$17.00

Wild Mushroom Pizza
with mozzarella and thyme

$16.00

Margherita Pizza
with buffalo mozzarella, basil, california tomatoes, and parmesan

$17.00

House Made Meatball Pizza
with mozzarella and tomato sauce

$16.00

Gypsy Pepper Pizza
with spicy coppa, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes

$16.00

Four Cheese Pizza
with smoked pancetta

$16.00

Heirloom Tomato Pizza
with mozzarellam parmesan, and basil

$17.00

Spicy Prawn Pizza
with sun dried tomatoes, pesto and chili flakes

$16.00

Roasted Garlic And Goat Cheese Ravioli
with sun dried tomatoes and pine nuts

$16.00

Spaghetti A La Chitarra
with cherry tomatoes, spigarello kale, calabrian chilies, garlic and shaved goat cheese

$16.00

Orecchiette Pasta
with duck sausage, spigarello kale, silician green olives, and pecorino

$16.00

House Made Spinach Pappardelle
with braised pork ragu, peas, and ricotta

Oak Fired Rotisserie

$21.00

Rosemary Scented Chicken
with warm potato and lettuce salad

$22.00

Fennel Scented Pork Loin
with olive oil mashed potatoes

Wood Grills, Oak Fired Oven And Saute

$68.00

Grilled Jumbo Dry Aged Certified Angus Beef Ribeye Steak
with escarole and potatoes - serves two

$27.00

Grilled Bistro Filet Steak
with glazed peas and carrots, potatoes and bordelaise sauce

$25.00

Wild Louisiana Prawns
with fingerling potatoes, capers, olives, lemon and garlic

$26.00

Grilled Wild Salmon
with ragu of sweet brentwood corn and summer squash with a tomato-basil vinaigrette

$22.00

Grilled Quail
with green lentils, kumquat mostarda and kale

$19.00

Grilled Sardines
with eggplant caponata and salsa verde

Vegetables And Sides

$21.00

Platter Of Seasonal Vegetables

$8.00

Cauliflower
with capers, lemon and sage

$8.00

Wood Fired Mushrooms
with bacon, garlic and parmesan

$8.00

Roasted Broccoli
with breadcrumbs & lemon

$8.00

Ronde De Nice Squash
with truffled pecorino, parsley, and lemon

$8.00

Truffled Parmesan French Fries

$7.00

Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes

$6.00

Polenta
with parmesan

$8.00

Gratin Of Macaroni And Cheese

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LuLu

816 Folsom (at Fourth St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-495-5775

Description

2003 | Best Wine-Tasting Restaurant

2000 | Best French Restaurant

Around the World in 1,000 Years

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, January 12, 2000

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