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.
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.

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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- Address
- 1499 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
- Phone
- (415) 416-6136
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- TastyPals score
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- Google rating
- 4.5 (1,012 reviews)
- Cuisine
- californian restaurant
- Neighborhood
- San Francisco
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