2 editor picks in San Francisco.
2 russian places in San Francisco we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Francisco | Russian across every city.
Russian and Eastern European influence in San Francisco shows up more in pastry and the cafe counter than in a full dining room. Swensen's Ice Cream on Hyde Street, the original parlor, and The Sentinel near downtown stand in for the category. They mark a small but present corner of the city's eating.
Swensen's Ice Cream in San Francisco is the 1948 Russian Hill original near the cable car turnaround, with hand-scooped cones in a small corner shop.
TipOpen Wed to Sun only; the chocolate fudge cone with rainbow sprinkles is the kid order, the rum raisin is the right adult.
The Sentinel in San Francisco is Dennis Leary's South of Market lunch window, serving a corned beef and Russian dressing sandwich to a long FiDi office line.
OrderCorned beef sandwich
TipOrder ahead via the website by 11:00; the window is a six-deep line from 12:15-13:30.
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