🦪 Oyster hour

Two-tier oyster tower in a retro floral-wallpaper room

Coastal raw bar — raw oysters with zingy yuzu tobiko

Daily local and Maine oysters with house-fermented serrano hot sauce; the Big Shucker tower

Waterfront patio; raw Pacific oysters plus grilled chipotle-bourbon oysters in butter and brown sugar

Dark, orb-lit seafood bar from the State Bird team built for flirty knee brushes.

$1 oyster happy hour (2–5pm) with bay views

Wharf classic for cioppino and Oysters alla Scoma with brandy-garlic aioli

Second-floor Pier 39 views of Alcatraz with award-winning clam chowder in a bread bowl.

Operating since 1867, old-school seafood with curtained booths

Buttery griddled Dungeness crab roll with chives

Since 1938, beloved for its silver-dollar pancakes

Order the roast chicken for two and a Caesar, sit by the window, and watch Market Street go by. Forty years on and still the definition of an SF night out.

Bay Bridge views and floor-to-ceiling aquarium pillars over a raw-bar feast.

Tiny marble-counter Castro institution for cioppino, oysters and crab Louie.

$2 oyster-of-the-day happy hour plus a strong raw seafood menu

Beloved dive with a big back patio, free oysters on Fridays, and a come-as-you-are crowd. Salsa, drag, ping pong. The friendliest bar in the Mission.

Cramped, loud, joyful old-school Italian seafood. The cioppino ('best in the city,' the menu insists) is enormous. Go early, share everything.

California's oldest restaurant, since 1849. Mahogany booths, white-jacketed waiters, cioppino and sand dabs. Sit at the counter if the wait's long.

They project old films on the courtyard wall while you eat. Unbeatable date setup: heated patio, oysters, candlelight, and a movie you half-watch over dinner.

Eighteen stools, a marble counter, a century of practice. Show up early, get the combo and a cold beer, and let the guys behind the counter run the show.