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SCOMA’S
- SAN FRANCISCO
Best Seafood Restaurant Tradition at Fisherman’s Wharf
Scoma’s
at Fisherman’s Wharf is celebrating 45 years of being
the most popular seafood restaurant on the wharf. In 1965, brothers
Al and Joe Scoma took over a small coffee shop on the back docks of the
fishing piers serving the fishermen who plied the waters of the
San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean every day, for a wind down aftre
the catch. Using their Italian mother’s
collection of secret family recipes, the brothers turned the
modest dive café into a San Francisco tradition. The best views
of the bay are elsewhere on the wharf (see The
Franciscan) and other restaurants
are more visible, others more unique (see Forbes
Island Underwater), but Scoma’s is the secret at
the end of the waterfront docks. That’s part of its charm, feeling
like you’re down
among the real fisherman, the hideaway from the tourist central that
is the wharf - though hardly a secret.
Scoma’s
owns its own fish receiving port station where you can go down and
watch the daily catch of fresh fish and the bay’s famous
succulent Dungeness Crag come in and be prepared for the restaurant kitchen.
Scoma’s is probably best known for it Crab Cakes and Cioppino and
fresh daily catch. Scoma’s doesn’t take reservations. Seating
on first come first served basis, often making its cozy neighborhood
style bar a somewhat crowded cove of conversation with new intimate friendly
strangers. Casual attire is fine at Scoma’s but people do dress
up, too. With its reputation for the freshest seafood and friendly service,
Scoma’s is not a cheap restaurant, but upper moderate for San Francisco.
Entrée prices are from $23 to $70. They do have a three course
dinner menu deal for 39.95, starting from 5 pm.
Scoma’s
has been awarded a Wine Spectator award in 2010 for their cellar of
California and Italian wines - and for their anniversary year,
the wharf restaurant is offering their famous Seafood Cakes of Dungeness
Crab, Shrimp or Sockeye Salmon you can cook at home. Take them home with
you, or you can order online. Recipes to try at home are available from
their website. While Scoma’s has never tried to turn itself into
a chain, they have opened a new branch restaurant with the same family
style in Sausalito on
the other side of the bay.
Scoma’s is located at the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf on
Pier 47 where Jones and Jefferson Streets meet. Follow the Al Scoma Way
out through the pier docks, past the fishing boats bobbing in the bay
tide to the restaurant entrance. There is complimentary valet parking
if you’re driving. .The restaurant opens at 11:30 am everyday for
lunch, with the bar opening a half hour before. And open for dinner to
10:30 pm Sunday to Thursday and until 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. © Bargain
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