Our Favorite California Bay Area Restaurants

San Francisco:

• Aqua
  Elegant seafood and much more. A gorgeous experience.
• Asia de Cuba
  Delicious, trendy, lovely.
• E & O Trading Company
  Excellent Asian fusion. Sort of posh; sort of casual.
• Jeanty at Jack's
  Elegant old skool French cooking.
• Lime
  Hip, mod and yummy small plates.
• Plouf
  French seafood (and much more) bistro.
• Two
  Exquisite in every way.

East Bay:

• Baywolf
  Gorgeous perfection.
• A Cote
  A small plates yummy extravaganza.
• Downtown
  Upscale burgers and more.
• Fonda
  Fabulous Spanish small dishes. A regular favorite.
• Garibaldi's
  Terrific menu, if you can deal with all the screaming children.
• Lalimes
  An excellent menu and dining experience.
• Rivoli
  Completely exquisite.
• T-Rex
  Yummy BBQ.
• Vanessa's Bistro
  One of our favorites ever. Asian fusion to a level of perfection seen nowhere else.
• Venus
  Great menu and nice people.

Marin:

We recently moved to Marin so we're still trying out restaurants and will be adding to this list as we discover them.

• Boca
  In Novato. Steak, steak and more steak. Yes, I'll have steak with that. Very enjoyable.
  
• Lark Creek Inn
  In Larkspur. Quaint, lovely and excellent.
  
• Pico
  in Larkspur. An extraordinary small plate experience in a nice atmosphere.