Stan Horwitz wrote:

> A friend and I will be traveling from Philly to Las Vegas in Janary to
> attend the Consumer Electronics Show. After that, we're scheduled to
fly
> to San Francisco to attend the MacWorld Expo for a few days.
>
> A friend of mine who lives in Petaluma (sp?) near SFO offered to pick
us
> up at the airport when we arrive there on January 9th. We're going to
go
> to dinner after our flight arrives, which will hopefully be at the
> 5:45pm scheduled time. My friend who's going to pick us up does not
know
> any restaurants in the SFO area, so I figured maybe one of you RFC
folks
> might know that area and provide some ideas.
>
> We are looking for a casual place that's open on Monday evenings where
> we can sit and have a few drinks, eat dinner, and talk before we head
to
> our currently unknown hotel room on Union Square. I prefer a place
where
> we can get out for under $30 per person, not counting drinks. Ethic
> places are okay, but not Mexican or Indian (bleh)!
>
> I suppose we could eat somewhere in the Union Square area, but I
figured
> a restaurant near SFO might be a better idea so that we can allow the
> rush hour traffic to thin out before we venture into the city.
>
> Any suggestions will be welcome.


The Cliffhouse, if it's still there.

In Berkeley, Spengers is one of the best fish restaurants in the Bay
Area, imho.

For recreation, take the Larkspur ferry roundtrip from the pier to
Larkspur. It's a great bay ride. A hydrofoil, iirc. And of course, don't
forget to wave at the cons in "the yard" at San Quentin prison as you
glide by!!!

Andy