Lazy Bear
- 3416 19th St., San Francisco, 94110, United States
- 199 - 221 USD • Contemporary, Modern Cuisine
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- 3416 19th St., San Francisco, 94110, United States
- 199 - 221 USD • Contemporary, Modern Cuisine
MICHELIN Guide’s Point Of View

Communal eating is at the heart of this fine-dining dinner party. Lazy Bear may have its origins as an underground phenom, but today anyone can try to score a seat. That is, after jumping through a few virtual hoops: buy a ticket in advance and wait for an e-mail listing house rules to be followed in earnest. Rest assured this is all worth the effort.
The nightly tasting menu is dished out in a cool, bi-level warehouse and starts upstairs in the loft with aperitifs and snacks, like tempura beer-battered maitake mushrooms with a sour cream and onion dip or pig's head cheese with black truffle shavings. Then move downstairs to a dining room boasting two giant tree slabs as communal tables, each lined with 20 chairs. Diners are given a pencil and pamphlet informing them of the menu (with space for note-taking underneath) and are invited to enter the kitchen to chat with the talented cooks themselves. This leaves the young crowd dreamy-eyed with chef worship.
Highlights include smoked trout on a blanket of trout roe, sorrel and brown rice, or dry-aged Sonoma County duck with a wonderful sweet and bitter yin and yang, courtesy of fermented kumquat and partially scorched broccolini.
- n Two MICHELIN Stars: Excellent cooking, worth a detour!
- ó Comfortable restaurant; one of our most delightful places
Speciality
- Grilled lamb, carrot, spring herbs and flowers
- Ham and barley broth, charred onion, fudgy yolk
- Raspberry, chiles, nuts and seeds

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