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240 California (at Front) San Francisco, CA 94111

415-391-1849

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Critics'
Pick
Best Crab Louis
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): American, Seafood

Hours: Mon-Fri 11am-9:30pm, Sat 11:30am-9:30pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Features: Takeout, Business Dining

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

This 160-year-old institution still serves up impeccably fresh, simply prepared fish in a handsome old brass-and-mahogany setting. Skip the fancy-sounding specials and opt for such sublimely simple fare as the hearty Coney Island chowder, a fresh and tangy Dungeness crab Louis, mesquite-grilled rex or petrale sole, or sand dabs pan-fried in butter. The oyster-and-bacon Hangtown fry makes an excellent late breakfast. The desserts are largely undistinguished, but the all-California wine list is serviceable and affordable.

2009 | Best Crab Louis

Little encountered beyond the Pacific Coast, the "king of salads" isthe best and simplest showcase for our favorite native crustacean,Dungeness crab. In its most classic state, crab Louis is composed ofshredded romaine lettuce, big chunks of crabmeat, and a tureen of Louisdressing on the side, nothing more. Some might ring the platter withasparagus spears or stuffed olives or hard-boiled eggs or pickledbeets, but at the Tadich, such ornamentation is disregarded. A bed ofcrunchy greens... More »
2003 | Best Hangtown Fry

Legend has it that back during the Gold Rush, in the boomtown of Placerville (also known as Hangtown, for its frequent rough-justice necktie parties), a prospector grimy with the mud and dirt of the Sierra foothills yet nouveau riche staggered into the first restaurant he saw and ordered "the most expensive thing on the menu." In those days, in that place, oysters were a barely rumored delicacy and eggs were a buck apiece, so the two were combined into a dish that has since become a Northern... More »
2003 | Best Restaurant-as-Movie-Set

We get a thrill every time we walk into Tadich's: It looks to us just like a restaurant should, from its carefully maintained, gleaming dark wood to its sparkling white-tiled floors. We like the curly-backed bentwood chairs, the art deco light fixtures, the clean aprons on the waitstaff. The building at 240 California St. has housed Tadich Grill only since 1967, but photographs of the previous location, 545 Clay (since 1912; the restaurant has moved several times since it opened in 1849),... More »

The Six Best Restaurants to Bring Tourists to (Besides the Ferry Building or the Wharf)

By Jonathan Kauffman | Mon, October 24, 2011

So your Aunt May is in town from San Diego or Modesto or Charleston and you've promised her two days of guided sightseeing, just as long as you don't have to accompany her to Pier 39. (Don't worry: ... More »
Bouncer Makes Friends with Strangers at the Tadich Grill

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, January 5, 2011

"So," the loquacious bartender said, slapping his palm on the bar, "to make a long story short, I knocked her up ..." The story was indeed getting good, and he hadn't even reached California yet. His ... More »
SFoodie's 92, Part 3: Our Favorite Things to Eat and Drink in S.F.

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, May 19, 2010

Way back in January, SFoodie began a daily diary of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink around here. Why 92? It was the exact number of posting days from the start of 2010 till today, the day SF W... More »
Cioppino at Tadich Grill

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, May 18, 2010

As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010, due out tomorrow, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.Number 1: Cioppino at... More »
You've Aged Well

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, March 11, 2009

"I have seen purer liquors, better seegars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier cortezans, here in San Francisco than in any place I have ever visited." The correspondent was one Hinton Helper and the... More »
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Main Menu

Appetizers

$11.75

Bay Shrimp Cocktail

$14.95

Seafood Cocktail

$13.95

Prawn Cocktail

$15.95

Dungeness Crab Cocktail

$13.95

Dungeness Crab Cake
with tangy marinara sauce

$18.75

Dungeness Crab Leg Cocktail

Soups

Cup $7.50
Bowl $9.00

Shrimp Bisque

Cup $6.50
Bowl $8.50

Clam Chowders
boston or coney island.

Cup $6.50
Bowl $7.00

Clam Broth

Cup $6.50
Bowl $8.50

Black Bean

Small Salads
Choice Of Dressing: Italian Vinaigrette, Louie, House (creamy French) Or Bleu Cheese

$10.95

Dinner Salad
with crab and shrimp

$17.95

Dungeness Crab

$15.75

Prawn

$14.75

Bay Shrimp

$16.95

Mixed Seafood

$8.95

Sliced Tomato

Large Salads
Choice Of Dressing: Italian Vinaigrette Louie, House (creamy French) Or Bleu Cheese.minimum Food Charge $11.75 Per Seat.no Substitutions / Split Entree Add $9.50

$26.75

Cosmopolitan Salad
vegetable, crab, prawns, bay shrimp, anchovy

$33.75

Dungeness Crab Legs

$26.75

Dungeness Crab Or Prawn Louie

$24.75

Bay Shrimp Louie

$26.75

Mixed Seafood

House Specials

6.oz $38.75

Filet Mignon
broiled, topped with jumbo prawns, with bearnaise sauce, potato and vegetable

$48.75

Australian Lobster Tail
broiled (10-12oz), garnish

$23.95

Filet Of Sole All’ Agro
potato and vegetable

$24.75

Avocado And Bay Shrimp Diablo
with rice, en casserole

$26.75

Dungeness Crab And Prawns A La Monza
with rice, en casserole

Desserts

$6.50

Tadich Rice Custard Pudding

$8.50

Chocolate Mousse Torte

$7.50

Cheese Cake

$7.50

Carrot Cake

$7.75

Bourbon Bread Pudding

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Tadich Grill

240 California (at Front) San Francisco, CA 94111

415-391-1849

Description

2009 | Best Crab Louis

2003 | Best Hangtown Fry

2003 | Best Restaurant-as-Movie-Set

By Jonathan Kauffman | Mon, October 24, 2011

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, January 5, 2011

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, May 19, 2010

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, May 18, 2010

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, March 11, 2009