Monday, November 21, 2011

Dining in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thanksgiving

San Francisco Bay area is one of those cities where there are many restaurants open on Thanksgiving.  This year our family is dining at Five, a farm-to-table cuisine restaurant at the Hotel Shattuck in Berkeley.  Though they have 23 tables, the earliest we could get a reservation was 2:00PM (had to leave a credit card).  We are looking forward to trying their Thanksgiving feast!  

I first discovered Five from a Green tour (I'll blog about these outstanding tours later).  The prices for Five are $55.00 for adults and $25.00 for children.  Five is large and spacious, with a gorgeous bar.  I'll report on the food after Thanksgiving. 

Revival:  Revival is also in Berkeley, and although they aren't open on Thanksgiving, they are open Wednesday, Nov. 23rd and Friday, November 25th for their version of a farm to table Thanksgiving feast.   The easiest way to make a reservation is by going to Opentable.com.  

Here are some other restaurants I looked at, some of which looked really enticing!

*Deer Park Villa, Fairfax, CA  (Marin)
  -buffet, child friendly

*Mountain Home Inn, Marin, $38.00 per person.  
  -Amazing views, also hotel

*Left Bank, Larkspur

*Murray Circle, at Cavallo Point Resort, Sausalito, 
  -There are two choices, a downstairs sit down experience and an upstairs (elevator available) buffet.  
  -The upstairs is mostly for bigger parties and families.  
  -Cavallo is an amazingly beautiful resort, wonderful for nature-lovers.  The Bay Discovery Museum, which I'll blog about later, is a short walk away.  
  -The food (which we've experienced, but not on Thanksgiving) is amazing!

*Rickeys, Novato, $32.95 per plate. 
   -Connected to Inn at Marin if you'd like to stay.

*Ensalatas, San Anselmo, $56.00 per person

*Beach Chalet, San Francisco 
  -A San Francisco staple, across road from Ocean Beach.
  -Views of Pacific Ocean

*McCormick and Kuletos, Ghiradelli Square at Fisherman's Wharf

*Lark Creek Steak (child friendly), San Francisco at Westfield Mall (mall closed for holiday, but may be great place for your child to run around afterwards!)

*One Market, San Francisco

*Paragon, San Francisco, $39.00

*Paragon, Berkeley (inside the Claremont Resort, beautiful views of city and bay, great ambiance!)

*Skates, Berkeley Marina, (normally a seafood restaurant, beautiful views of San Francisco Bay!)

*Zut, Berkeley

*Cetrella, Half Moon Bay, (on Main street, so no views), $50.00 adults, $15.00 children

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