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1230 Grant (at Columbus) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-986-8612

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SF Weekly
Recommended
Best Appetizer
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Fusion

Hours: Sun 5pm-10pm, Mon-Sat 11:30am-3pm, Mon-Thu 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5:30pm-11pm

Price: $$$

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

Features: Takeout

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

This spare little hideaway still serves fresh, lively fusion as an alternative to the neighborhood's pizza and cappuccino. The grilled sea bass with garlic and ginger is a jazzy, supple dream. Noodle dishes can be heavy, but the unagi-avocado sandwich is a lunchtime must. Savvy, eclectic wine list.

2011 | Best Appetizer

A successful appetizer should tease the tongue with wit, complexity, a touch of the unexpected, and just enough culinary know-how to hook the diner into sticking around. (This is the reason the hors d'oeuvre course is usually the highlight of any meal.) The House has had its deep-fried salmon roll on the menu for more than a decade, and it's the sole essential component of any North Beach snacking tour. Succulent spear-shaped fillets of fresh salmon are wrapped in seaweed, enclosed in a... More »
2003 | Best Fusion Restaurant

East meets West harmoniously indeed at the House, where the bright, crisp flavors of Chinatown make beautiful music with the lusty tastes and textures of North Beach. Proprietors Larry and Angela Tse, who grew up in this bicultural neighborhood, create and serve fresh, inventive, often complex platters exquisitely balanced between the delicate and the vivacious. Viz.: tuna tartare with fried nori; fried calamari with creamy miso; a tuna BLT with wasabi mayo; baby greens with fried polenta... More »

Bouncer Takes a Solo Voyage at the Buccaneer

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, February 23, 2011

From this week's Bouncer column: ... I thought it might be a good idea to spend my birthday alone here, lost in thought. This makes no sense, because that would make my birthday no different from an... More »
Coming Home

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, September 12, 2001

Grant Avenue stretches all the way from Market Street and the Financial District to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf, but it's at its most distinctive in the dozen or so blocks from the Stockton Tunnel to the base of Telegraph Hill. This strip of San... More »

Dinner Menu

Daily Selection Of Oysters

$14.00
$14.00
$14.00

Oyster Truffle “chowder”

$14.00
Selection Of Three Cheeses $14.00
Selection Of Five $19.00
$14.00
Selection Of Three Cheeses $14.00
Selection Of Five $19.00
$14.00
Selection Of Three Cheeses $14.00
Selection Of Five $19.00

Asparagus And Sunchoke Soup
peekytoe crab and asparagus gratin

$16.00
$16.00
$16.00

Wild Mushroom Flatbread
forest mushrooms, asiago cheese, marjoram, white truffle oil

Black Olive Hummus, Tzatziki, Avocado Puree
warm pressed flatbread

$17.00
$17.00
$17.00

Steak Tartare
radish, capers, grain dijon, black olive, quail egg

$18.00
$18.00
$18.00

Duck 3 Ways
confit, smoked breast, foie gras mousse, arugula, walnut vinaigrette

$14.00
$14.00
$14.00

Bibb Lettuce And Endive Salad
gorgonzola, asian pear, ginger vinaigrette

$16.00
$16.00
$16.00

Assorted Salumi
prosciutto di parma, petit jesu, finocchiona, hot cacciatorini, chorizo seco

$18.00
$18.00
$18.00

Hamachi Crudo
apple, chilies, citrus soy, ginger, perilla

$18.00
$18.00
$18.00

Pulpo A La Plancha
seared spanish octopus, cherry tomato, peppers, hearts of palm, cerignola olive, citrus vinaigrette

$14.00
$14.00
$14.00

Medjool Date And Celery Salad
roasted walnuts, shallot sherry vinaigrette

$14.00
$14.00
$14.00

Deviled Egg Tasting
caviar and crème fraiche, jalapeño, lobster, ‘bacon and eggs’

$29.00
$29.00
$29.00

Wild Striped Bass
romanesco cauliflower, red curry, lemongrass

Seared Diver Sea Scallops
sweet pea puree, hazelnut sherry glaze

$26.00
$26.00
$26.00

Rotisserie Organic Amish Chicken
spring vegetables, daily sauce

$33.00
$33.00
$33.00

Rack Of Lamb
fennel pollen, baby carrots, lamb jus

$34.00
$34.00
$34.00

Meyer Farms Angus New York Strip Steak
roasted fingerlings, herbed beurre compose

$24.00
$24.00
$24.00

Spring Vegetable Risotto
carnaroli rice, asparagus, baby fennel, sweet peas, beech mushrooms

$24.00
$24.00
$24.00

The House Lasagna
wild boar, pancetta, beef, thyme

$25.00
$25.00
$25.00

Truffled “mac & Cheese”
perigord truffles, asian, grafton cheddar

$26.00
$26.00
$26.00

Lobster Club
arugula, tomatoes, crispy pancetta, sourdough

$18.00
$18.00
$18.00

Moroccan Lamb Mini Burgers
harissa mint yogurt sauce

$19.00
$19.00
$19.00

Peekytoe Crab Cake Sliders
daikon slaw, old bay caper aioli

$8.00
$8.00
$8.00

Salt Roasted Fingerlings
with truffle oil

$8.00
$8.00
$8.00

Pencil Asparagus
with grana

$9.00
$9.00
$9.00

Baby Carrots, Romanesco, Spring Garlic, Baby Fennel

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The House

1230 Grant (at Columbus) San Francisco, CA 94133

415-986-8612

Description

2011 | Best Appetizer

2003 | Best Fusion Restaurant

Bouncer Takes a Solo Voyage at the Buccaneer

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, February 23, 2011

Coming Home

By Matthew Stafford | Wed, September 12, 2001

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