1517 Polk St (Nob Hill)San Francisco, CA 94109-3606(415) 673-1101
Categories: Oysters, Seafood
Serves: Lunch
Entrée Price Range: Under $25.00
Features & Services: handicap accessible, kid friendly, smoke free
Polk Street's tiny Swan Oyster Depot has been a San Francisco institution since 1912. With only 18 or so tottering barstools along the marble counter top, seats are like thrones for those lucky patrons who've earned – with sometimes hour-long waits – a spot to dine in seafood heaven. (Plenty choose to stand around the counter, as well.) Locals know that no choice is a bad choice from the hand-written menu on the wall: From crab Louie to New England clam chowder, this is some of the freshest sea bounty in the area. At least four different kinds of half-shell oysters are available daily, and whole lobsters are cooked to order. Cash only. Beer and wine available. Serving during breakfast, lunch and early dinner hours, 8 am-5:30 pm. Mon–Sat. Closed Sun. One of the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants of 2009.
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