Tadich Grill

Tadich has staked its claim as the oldest restaurant in California (it has origins in an 1849 coffee stand), and its traditional, seafood-heavy menu of Gold Rush-era favorites is as accurate a portrait of San Francisco culinary history as you’re likely to find. Appropriately, it’s a fine place to drink, too. The restaurant’s tagline, “The Cold Day Restaurant,” paints an apt picture of Tadich’s appeal; this is the kind of place you want to hunker down on a particularly foggy San Francisco day. The space is a study in heavy, dark woods and white tablecloths—the long, wooden bar is the place to be, whether you’re indulging in an after-work cocktail or a full-on business lunch.