Like the City itself, Avenue G takes the rich traditions of Asia, Europe, Latin America and California and transfigures them into something unique with respect, authenticity and love. San Francisco cuisine is hard to characterize. New Orleans conjures crawfish & Creole. Chicago, brats, deep dish, beer. The South, barbeque. Much like the fog that "crept in on little cat feet", the essence of San Francisco food is elusive, floating on a vast culinary landscape between clam chowder in bread bowls and the world’s most expensive haute cuisine. Legendary columnist and bon vivant Herb Caen used to call San Francisco "Baghdad by the Bay." Imagine what that phrase conjured up in a more innocent time, before CNN. It meant bazaars, spices, smells, a whirlpool of cultures coming together in a beautiful open market bounded by the Pacific Ocean and the Bay. “Just one look at any of those streets, and you couldn’t be anywhere else – it’s so beautiful, and there’s that location, and the sense of the free spirit. Who couldn’t become ravenous in such a place” - Julia Child -
avenue G. 1570 Stockton, “The City”, California, 94133 (415) 989-0399