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🌊 Waterfront Dining
· 11 places with photos
Pier 23 Cafe
food · Embarcadero
Umbrella-dotted waterfront bar for casual bay-side drinking and bites.
The Ramp
food · Dogpatch
Casual bay-overlook spot with live music and weekend waterfront brunch.
Waterbar
food · Embarcadero
Bay Bridge views and floor-to-ceiling aquarium pillars over a raw-bar feast.
Greens Restaurant
food · Marina District
Pioneering vegetarian restaurant with Golden Gate views, founded by the SF Zen Center.
Coqueta
food · Embarcadero
Spanish tapas right against the water at Pier 5 with Bay Bridge and Treasure Island views.
Fog Harbor Fish House
food · Fisherman's Wharf
Second-floor Pier 39 views of Alcatraz with award-winning clam chowder in a bread bowl.
Red's Java House
food · South Beach
Historic dockside shack for a cold beer with a Bay Bridge backdrop.
Scoma's
food · Fisherman's Wharf
Wharf classic for cioppino and Oysters alla Scoma with brandy-garlic aioli
Atwater Tavern
food · Mission Bay
$1 oyster happy hour (2–5pm) with bay views
Hog Island Oyster Co.
food · Embarcadero (Ferry Building)
Waterfront patio; raw Pacific oysters plus grilled chipotle-bourbon oysters in butter and brown sugar
La Mar
food · Embarcadero
Covered waterfront deck over the piers for pisco sours and Peruvian ceviche.