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AL's Place

AL's Place is one of the best californian restaurant restaurants in San Francisco for date night, especially if you want a strong option in San Francisco.

Aaron London's Mission restaurant has built a reputation around vegetable-centric California cooking that takes preserved and smoked preparations seriously. The kombu-cured beets and the smoked parsnip preparations demonstrate a kitchen that understands what patience does to an ingredient. One of San Francisco's most distinctive cooking voices.

Rating (Google) 4.5
1,012 reviews
San Francisco
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4.5
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Based on 1012 reviews
Best used for
date night
Price and pace
Moderate spend
Neighborhood
San Francisco · 1499 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Price
Moderate spend
Google rating
4.5 from 1,012 reviews
Phone
(415) 416-6136
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What makes AL's Place worth the move

AL's Place looks like a good night-out option in San Francisco in San Francisco because it reads polished without feeling overly formal. It also holds a 4.5 rating across 1,012 Google reviews.

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Public rating
4.5 from 1,012 Google reviews
Best used for
date night
Style
californian restaurant in San Francisco
Spend
Moderate spend

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Current business status: Closed Permanently
Google rating: 4.5 from 1,012 reviews
Price point: $$
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4.5 from 1,012 reviews
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Oct 1, 2025
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Aaron London's Mission restaurant has built a reputation around vegetable-centric California cooking that takes preserved and smoked preparations seriously. The kombu-cured beets and the smoked parsnip preparations demonstrate a kitchen that understands what patience does to an ingredient. One of San Francisco's most distinctive cooking voices.

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