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2124 Folsom (at 17th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-828-7990

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Cuisine(s): American, California, French, Modern American, Modern European

Hours: Sun,Fri,Sat 6pm-10pm

Price: $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Upscale casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Prix Fixe

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Street

Description

Tucked down a sapling-lined footpath is a renovated 1870s carriage house where some of the city's most intricate and inventive examples of 21st-century haute cuisine are crafted and served. The jewel-like platters of foams, emulsions, and impeccably fresh, high-end ingredients are presented in a rustic setting of beamed ceilings and planked-wood tables; it's like dining in a little Michelin-starred French farmhouse. The daily seven-course prix-fixe unfolds in an unhurried manner, and there's a tree-shaded flagstone patio where you can enjoy a glass of pre-supper champagne.

2010 | Best Restaurant Escape

As soon as you step away from the Sturm und Drang of Folsom Street into Saison's sapling-lined walkway, you enter a different world -- a different era, even. The setting is Mayor James D. Phelan's 19th-century carriage house, which has been beautifully restored. After you enjoy a glass of champagne on the tree-shaded flagstone patio, the maitre d' leads you through the adjacent kitchen to your seat in a French farmhouse, or, rather, the dining room. Under the beamed, slanted ceiling are... More »

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By Matthew Stafford | Wed, November 18, 2009

At Saison, Joshua Skenes' celebration of 21st-century haute cuisine, the whole notion of fine dining is upended. Sure, the kitchen assembles Osetra caviar, lobster sashimi, juicy filets of organically raised lamb, and mushrooms foraged from the ro... More »

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Saison

2124 Folsom (at 17th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-828-7990

Description

2010 | Best Restaurant Escape

By Sylvie Boland | Mon, April 30, 2012

By Jonathan Kauffman | Mon, November 8, 2010

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Tue, June 22, 2010

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, November 18, 2009