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The Alembic is not to everyone's tastes: too loud/too hipster/too much of a bar/too fancy/ew, bone marrow? But in addition to stellar cocktails (one favorite, the Southern Exposure, contains gin, mint, and celery juice), the kitchen puts out some of the most unabashedly creative food in this city: jerk-spiced grilled duck hearts, seared albacore sliders with veal bacon, pickled quail eggs. It's seasonal as well as science-friendly, and wildly affordable to boot. Some nights, the chefs put out a $35, three-course prix-fixe dinner. Cocktails extra, of course.

Cuisine(s): American, Bistro, Brewery, Wine Bar

Hours: Daily 12pm-2am

Price: $$, $$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

SF Weekly Reviews and News

Gilded Lily, a Flossy Tipple at The Alembic Bar

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, September 30, 2011

This week's sunny skies called for a little splash of flash without spending too much cash. Luckily, the soon-to-expand Alembic Bar is equipped to provide such a service to the thirsty in search of sp More >
Dear Restaurants: What We Need from Your Website

By W. Blake Gray | Fri, August 12, 2011

Earlier this week our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman criticized the website of one of his favorite restaurants, the Alembic. I thought I'd have a look at the site. Unfortunately, I don't More >
Ten Best San Francisco Restaurants Not on OpenTable

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, August 9, 2011

Five years ago, it would have been hard to imagine the lock that OpenTable now has on San Francisco restaurants. From the highest of the high end to mid-priced neighborhood places, the locally based More >
Heart Is the New Entry-Level Offal

By Jonathan Kauffman | Wed, February 09, 2011

Since the era of Anubis and Osiris, we've considered the heart the organ in charge of the emotions. It's belief so ancient that it has become embedded in a hundred idiomatic phrases — "You broke my heart," "My heart is fluttering," the faux-ironic... More >
Southern Exposure, the Alembic's Free Radical Fighter

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, June 11, 2010

The Alembic's version of the classic Southside cocktail includes a weirdly harmonic vegetable addition. Junipero gin, mint, lime, and sugar the typical ingredients are enlivened by a shot of fr More >

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jbuck23

| Mon, September 20, 2010

Great cocktails, the food is incredible, and they just may have the best cheese plate in San Francisco.

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Kristan5

| Sun, November 23, 2008

This is one of the best Whiskey bars in SF. It a little surprising to find it on Haight Street and their dessert is the bomb!

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Main Menu

Snacks

$2.00

Pickled Quail Eggs

$4.00

Honey-Cumin Glazed Nuts

$3.00

Marinated Olives

$5.00

Sumac Potato Chips with Garlic-Lemon Yogurt and Zaatar

$5.00

Jerk Spiced Duck Hearts with Pickled Pineapple and Thyme Salt

$5.00

Shishito Peppers with House-Smoked Salt

Artisan Cheeses

Each $4.00
For All 4 $15.00

Shafts Blue, 1 Year, Wisconsin

Each $4.00
For All 4 $15.00

Camellia, California

Each $4.00
For All 4 $15.00

Idiazabal, Spain

Each $4.00
For All 4 $15.00

Bellwether Carmody, California

Plates

Horseradish Aioli $6.00
Vegetarian $5.00

Beef Tounge Sliders
fried green tomato pickles, red onion, wild arugula

$12.00

Slow Cooked Farm Egg
quinoa, chorizo, fava beans, maitake mushroom, idiazabal

$13.00

Grilled Nectarine & Burrata
speck, crushed almond, red frill mustard, nasturtium, cabernet vinegar syrup

$13.00

Hiramasa Crudo
celery ribbons, asian pear, yuzu-yogurt, shiso

$20.00

Roasted Pork Chop
fingerling potatoes, broccoli rabe, pickled cherries, black pepper jus

$23.00

Flat Iron Steak
zucchini, porcini, onion soubise, pickled ramp chimichurri

$21.00

Steel Head Trout
sweet corn, spinach, abalone mushrooms, crispy skin, bacon vinaigrette

$24.00

Emigh Ranch Lamb
loin & belly, japanese eggplant, piquillo pepper, fresh chickpea, panisse, sheeps milk yogurt

$12.00

Bone Marrow
caper gremolata, garlic confit

Desserts

$8.00

Eagle Rare Chocolate Pudding
drunken cherries, almond mousse

$8.00

Caramelized Brioche
strawberry, longpepper, pisco, creme fraiche

$8.00

Warm Chocolate Chips Cookies
spiced rice milk, vanilla salt

$8.00

Hazelnut Cake
salted caramel, compressed asian pear

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