Why Seafood is an Important Part of San Francisco Cuisine?

San Francisco is an amazing place for food lovers. It is truly stunning to find a wide variety of food in the restaurants, street food shops, cafés, bars and pubs. A great conversation topic of San Franciscans is mostly discussing and planning about good places to eat and drink.

Seafood is a common and popular food here. The cuisine of SF widely showcases many seafood dishes. Thanks to the Bay, that surrounds the city and makes seafood easily available all year around.

San Francisco seafood culture has always been a significant influence in the culinary ripening of America. There is no doubt that the city has established itself as one of the nation's premiere food cities. The city has nearly 3500 restaurants serving a population of 732,000. It is often said SF has so many restaurants that the entire people of the city can dine out at the same time.  There are many national, international and fusion restaurants. Many restaurants are famous for their exquisite seafood menu.

Fisherman’s Wharf is the most popular tourist attraction of the city. You can find all varieties of seafood and restaurants in here. Originally, this place was a dock, where Italian fishermen used to sell their daily catch on the waterfront of the Bay. This is the best place to get a variety of fish (such as salmon, tuna, crabs, shrimp, lobster, etc.) and shellfish (such as clams, oysters, mussels, etc). It is now full of high fashioned restaurants and street food corners, where you can enjoy the best local version of clam chowder, crab legs, steamed mussels just pulled out of water.

Cioppino, a spicy seafood stew is one of the most popular dishes, which originated in San Francisco. It is an Italian-American soup prepared from these standard ingredients: shellfish, whitefish with garlic, tomato and white wine. Use of various herbs and seasonings make the dish even more flavorful and delicious. The dish is best served with crunchy country-style bread. Apart from cioppino, crab cakes made from Dungeness crabs, creamy clam chowder, grilled fish and seafood salad are favored by the locals.   

There are many places where you can buy fresh seafood. You can also have a delightful dining in the restaurants. You can always find good seafood restaurants in the Bay Area. Ask the locals for opinion and find good places to eat. If you are concerned about freshness and sustainability of your food, you can always check the quality at the restaurants by asking them about the ingredients. Enjoy a healthy and amazing dining with delicious seafood.

Farallon has garnered national acclaim as a top dining establishment in the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square.