From the restaurant's website:
"Frances is the new restaurant venture by chef/owner Melissa Perello. Frances dishes out modern California cuisine in a relaxed neighborhood setting."
Beer and wine available. Serving dinner Tue–Sun. Closed Mon.
James Beard Foundation: Best New Restaurant nominee (national), 2010
Bon Appetit: Top 10 Best New Restaurants, 2010
Esquire: 20 Best New Restaurants of 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Top 100 Bay Area Restaurant, 2011
Michelin Guide 2011: * (a very good restaurant in its category)
"Melissa Perello meticulously crafts her dishes to accentuate the freshness of the ingredients, whether the silken fennel and parsnip soup refined by a dollop of cumin-scented diced Sierra Beauty apples, or the crab salad with sweet, briny seafood boosted by seasonal citrus, a scattering of newly picked peppery greens and a smoothing dash of rich creme fraiche."
— Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 31, 2010 (three stars)
From the restaurant's website:
"Frances is the new restaurant venture by chef/owner Melissa Perello. Frances dishes out modern California cuisine in a relaxed neighborhood setting."
Beer and wine available. Serving dinner Tue–Sun. Closed Mon.
James Beard Foundation: Best New Restaurant nominee (national), 2010
Bon Appetit: Top 10 Best New Restaurants, 2010
Esquire: 20 Best New Restaurants of 2010
San Francisco Chronicle: Top 100 Bay Area Restaurant, 2011
Michelin Guide 2011: * (a very good restaurant in its category)
"Melissa Perello meticulously crafts her dishes to accentuate the freshness of the ingredients, whether the silken fennel and parsnip soup refined by a dollop of cumin-scented diced Sierra Beauty apples, or the crab salad with sweet, briny seafood boosted by seasonal citrus, a scattering of newly picked peppery greens and a smoothing dash of rich creme fraiche."
— Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 31, 2010 (three stars)