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860 Folsom (at Fifth St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-995-2061

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Best Caesar Salad
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): French, Italian, New American

Hours: Sun 10:30am-3pm, Sun-Mon 6pm-12am, Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm, Tue-Sat 6pm-1am

Price: $$$, $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual.

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Coat Check

Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street, Valet

Description

Delicious, sophisticated fare served in an urban setting South of Market. Chef Ola Fendert prepares fresh, seasonal, mostly organic food, new American cooking with French and Italian accents: We love the deceptively simple fish, flesh, and fowl, roasted, seared, or grilled, served atop well-thought-out vegetables. A bar runs the length of the place. And a definite plus is that the kitchen is open late.

2005 | Best Caesar Salad

Too many salads served under the proud name of Caesar don't fulfill the mandate of this dish: The lettuce is neither romaine nor served in whole leaves, the eggless dressing is watery, there's a timid hand with the garlic, and all too often the anchovies have gone entirely missing. Not so at Oola, where you'll find a sublime Caesar salad, a stack of crisp romaine leaves drenched in a brave dressing, pungent with garlic, sharp with anchovies, and salty with Parmesan, topped with more silky... More »

A Grown-Up Restaurant

By Meredith Brody | Wed, January 12, 2005

It was eerie, the other morning, waking up to news of Susan Sontag's death, when I had had a gastronomic memory of her only the night before, sitting alongside the exposed-brick wall in Oola, South of Market, which reminded me of one of my favorit... More »

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debbie durand | Los Angeles, CA | 41 Reviews

| Mon, April 20, 2009

Sweet little loungy place in SOMA. The food is good, the mini baked apple pie even better. Bartenders are great, so eating at the bar is totally cool. Dark setting with booths that seat a good amount of people. Probably a fun place after work. I would frequent this place if I lived in San Fran.

Dinner Menu

Starters
Nothing Would Be More Tiresome Than Eating And Drinking If God Had Not Made Them A Pleasure As Well As A Necessity. Voltaire

$8.00

Puree Of Celery Root And Potato Soup
croutons, extra virgin olive oil and micro greens

$10.00

Chop Salad With Point Reyes Blue Cheese
butter lettuce, fennel, apple, celery, pancetta and caramelized walnuts

$10.00

Slow Roasted Beet Salad With Humboldt Fog Goat Cheese
watercress, arugula, watermelon, pistachios and a champagne thyme vinaigrette

$12.00

Caramelized Pear And Roquefort Cheese
caramelized walnuts, black pepper and champagne gastrique

$13.00

Oven Dried Tomato Tart And Point Reyes Blue Cheese Tart
with sweet bell peppers, leeks, onion jam, crème fraiche, basil oil and balsamic

$14.00

Butter Nut And Ricotta Cheese Tortellini
parmesan, hazelnuts, arugula and beurre noisette

$14.00

Fried Chicken With Lemon Zest And Buttermilk Waffles
served with maple syrup

$12.00

Beef Tartar
crostini's, quail egg, cornichon and dijon mustard

$14.00

Seared Day Boat Scallops "espelette"
white beans, peppers, tomato and arugula pistou

$12.00

Pork Belly With Chantarelles
balsamic and red wine reduction

Main

$28.00

Pan Roasted Filet Mignon And Perigourdine Sauce
parmesan potato gratin, haricot verte and fried cauliflower

$20.00

Slow Cooked Coffee Cardamon Marinated Confit Of Duck
cinnamon-port wine sauce with roasted pears and potato

$12.00
Apple Wood Smoked Bacon $1.00
Avocado $1.50
Point Reyes Blue Cheese $1.00
Cheddar $1.00
Organic Egg $1.00
Humboldt Fog Goat Cheese $1.00
Gruyere $1.00
Cypress Groove Truffle Tremor Cheese $1.50

Oola’s Grilled Creekstone Farms Natural Beef Hamburger
brioche bun, tomato jam, watercress, grilled red onion, tomato and fries

$19.00

Pan Roasted Chicken Breast
tomato risotto with pancetta and fresh thyme

$14.00
$23.00

All Natural Baby Back Ribs
cilantro, ginger and soy glazed with a red cabbage-apple slaw

$22.00

Pan Roasted Sturgeon With Romesco Sauce
melted leeks, pepper crudiola and beurre blanc

Sides

$5.00

Fries

$8.00

Parmesan & Truffle Fries

$6.00

Swiss Chard With Crisp Bacon

$5.00

Mac & Cheese

$9.00

Mac & Cheese With Fontina And Pancetta

Desserts

$8.00

Raspberry & Frangelico Bread Pudding
with crème anglaise and whipped cream fraich

$8.00

Warm Chocolate Caramel Cake
with fleur de sel and vanilla ice cream

$8.00

Vanilla Creme Brulee
custard with vanilla beans and caramelized sugar

$8.00

Root Beer Float
vanilla ice cream, henry's root beer and whipped cream

$12.00

Roquefort With Caramelized Pear
caramelized walnuts, black pepper and champagne gastric

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Oola Restaurant & Bar

860 Folsom (at Fifth St.) San Francisco, CA 94107

415-995-2061

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2005 | Best Caesar Salad

A Grown-Up Restaurant

By Meredith Brody | Wed, January 12, 2005

debbie durand | Los Angeles, CA | 41 Reviews

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