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600 Guerrero (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-487-2600

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Best Pastries
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): Bakery, Cafe, Coffeehouse, French

Hours: Sun 9am-8pm, Mon 8am-7pm, Tue-Wed 7:30am-7pm, Thu-Fri 7:30am-8pm, Sat 8am-8pm

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

There are just a few tables available in this snug corner bakery/cafe, but they're nearly always full, because the husband-and-wife team turns out the best baked goods in the city. We love both the savories (hot pressed sandwiches and croques monsieur, made with sturdy, crusty bread) and the sweets (fruit-jeweled bread pudding, banana cream tarts, lemon bars). Bring home some croissants and morning buns, or splurge on an elaborate cake.

2005 | Best Pastries

Consider, if you will, a light-as-air citrus-edged genoise layered with a delicate grapefruit mousse and topped with torched peaks of meringue; or a crisp, flaky tart lined with bittersweet chocolate and billowing with coconut cream; or a custardlike brioche pudding crowned with macerated peaches; or a dense, dark, fudgelike brownie of crisp whole walnuts and premium Scharffen Berger chocolate. The patissiers at Tartine create some of the most toothsome, ethereal pastries east of the Pacific... More »
2004 | Best Bakery-Cafe

We loved Tartine from the first moment we sank our teeth into the first thing we ordered there, now lost in the mists of time -- was it a croissant A plain one, or one stuffed with fragrant almond frangipane Or was it an orange-scented morning bun Maybe we toted one of the pressed sandwiches, perhaps soppressata layered with Strauss Dairy's jack cheese and pickled onion, over to a little table We know we were happy with any of the cheesy open-faced sandwiches called croque monsieurs,... More »
2003 | Best Pastries (Indoors)

We enjoy the cheesy lunch specialties served here immoderately (savory bread pudding, quiche, gougère, and the open-faced interpretations of croque monsieur), even though the strongest thing you can wash them down with is coffee (the food, as well as the clientele, cries out for a glass of white wine). But we are astonished by the superb pastries, especially the flawless crusts on the coconut cream tarts, topped by suave sliced mango, and the chocolate-banana cream tarts. More »

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By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, November 3, 2010

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By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Tue, June 8, 2010
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By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Mon, May 10, 2010

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Dear Tartine: I Take Back What I Wrote About Your Sesame Bread

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, May 7, 2010

The day this post went up last month, chronicling my futile attempts to get a loaf of Tartine's sesame bread, a friend texted me something along the lines of "Idiot, just call a day ahead." (The actua... More »
S.F. Rising: Tartine's Purported Sesame Bread

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, April 2, 2010

A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco the baked and the steamed, the artisan and the novelty.Sesame BreadSource: Tartine Bakery, 600 Guerrero (at 18th St.), 487-2600Price: UnknownToast-appropr... More »
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Main Menu

Breads
Our Breads Are Made With Locally Milled Organic Flours And Sea Salt. Baked On A Radiant Stone Hearth.

$8.25

Country

$8.75

Sesame, Walnut, Olive, Whole Wheat

$4.50

Half Loaves

Hot Pressed Sandwiches

$12.00

Humboldt Fog Goat Cheese
local goat cheese on walnut bread.

$12.00

Three Cheese Tasting
one third each of bellwether carmody, straus cheddar, idiazabal.

$12.00

Idiazabal & Membrillo
lightly smoked sheep cheese with quince jam.

$12.00

Pecorino & Almond
sheep cheese & almonds crushed with olive oil, lemon and sage.

$12.00

Mozzarella & Tapenade
fresh mozzarella with house-made niçoise olive and anchovy puree.

$13.00

Jambon Royale & Gruyere
niman ranch cured and smoked ham with dijon on country bread.

$13.00

Sopressata, Fontina, Brocolli Rabe Pesto
spicy sopressata with italian fontina and pesto on country bread.

$13.00

Prosciutto & Provolone
san daniele prosciutto with dressed arugula.

$13.00

Pastrami
niman ranch pastrami, horseradish, gruyère.

$13.00

Spicy Turkey
peppered turkey breast, provolone, broccoli rabe pesto.

$4.25

Little Side Salad
star route organic greens with lemon shallot dressing.

Pastry
These Items Are Available Year Round. We Also Have A Selection Of Seasonal Cakes And Tarts. Please See The Display Case In The Café Or Visit Our Website At Www.tartinebakery.com.

$4.95

Eclairs
filled with vanilla custard, dipped in valrhona glaze.

4" $7.00
9" (serves 8) $45.00

Banana Cream Tart
flaky pastry coated in dark chocolate with caramel, pastry cream, and lightly sweetened cream.

4" $7.00
9" (serves 8) $45.00

Coconut Cream Tart
flaky pastry coated in dark chocolate with pastry cream, and lightly sweetened cream.

4" $6.25
9" (serves 8) $39.00

Lemon Cream Tart
sweet pastry shell filled with rich lemon cream, topped with unsweetened cream.

4" $6.25
9" (serves 8) $38.00

Frangipane Tart
light almond-cream filling baked in a flaky pastry shell with seasonal fruit.

6" (serves 6) $30.00
12" (serves 12) $58.00

Lemon Meringue Cake Rectangle
lemon-moistened genoise layered with caramel and lemon cream. topped with torched peaks of meringue.

6" (serves 6) $30.00
12" (serves 12) $58.00

Passion Fruit Lime Bavarian Rectangle
lime-moistened genoise with passion fruit bavarian. topped with sweetened cream and coconut.

6" (serves 8) $36.00
10" (serves 14) $62.00

Tres Leches Cake Round Round
sweet coconut milk moistened chiffon, layered with cajeta and crema.

6" (serves 8) $36.00
10" (serves 14) $62.00

Chocolate Soufflé Cake Round
valrhona flourless chocolate mousse cake on a thin layer of chocolate cake base.

6" (serves 8) $38.00
10" (serves 16) $72.00

Devil's Food Cake Round
valrhona dark-chocolate butter cake, layered with caramel and chocolate ganache. serve at room temperature.

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Tartine Bakery

600 Guerrero (at 18th St.) San Francisco, CA 94110

415-487-2600

Description

2005 | Best Pastries

2004 | Best Bakery-Cafe

2003 | Best Pastries (Indoors)

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Wed, November 3, 2010

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Tue, June 8, 2010

By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor | Mon, May 10, 2010

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, May 7, 2010

By Jonathan Kauffman | Fri, April 2, 2010