What to try in San Francisco

Naturally leavened bread associated with the city's long-running baking culture and often served as a loaf or bread bowl.

San Francisco Travel connects the city's sourdough tradition to continuous local commercial baking beginning in the Gold Rush era.

A large flour-tortilla burrito with rice and a combination of beans, meat, salsa, cheese, sour cream, or guacamole, usually wrapped in foil.

The official city guide identifies the Mission-style burrito as originating in San Francisco's Mission District and shaped by its Central American culture.

Also known as San Francisco-style burrito

An Italian-American seafood stew commonly combining shellfish or fish with tomato, wine, aromatics, and broth.

San Francisco Travel describes cioppino as an Italian-American seafood stew invented to make use of the local catch.

Hot coffee with Irish whiskey, sugar, and a cap of cream, strongly connected to the Buena Vista Cafe's service tradition.

The drink did not originate in San Francisco, but the city's official guide documents its local commercialization and enduring association with the Buena Vista Cafe.

Pacific Dungeness crab served steamed, cracked, roasted, or incorporated into local seafood dishes during its season.

San Francisco's official visitor guide includes Dungeness crab among the characteristic foods of the city's waterfront and seafood culture.