Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, a converted chocolate factory, is a shopping center that houses retail stores, restaurants and wine shops. Ghirardelli Square also hosts numerous themed events throughout the year including a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, chocolate festival and wine festival. Before you head out to Ghirardelli Square, plan where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner to make the most of your shopping and dining time while you are there.
The Pub at Ghirardelli Square features home-style menu items served in a casual setting. The restaurant's lunch and dinner menu items include appetizers such as Buffalo chicken wings, bean and beef chili, meatloaf sliders, shaved brisket tacos and cheese quesadillas. The Pub's lunch and dinner entrees include Creole-style jambalaya, fried chicken, barbecue beef short ribs, grilled chicken sandwiches and half-pound hamburgers. The restaurant also serves weekend brunch with menu items such as breakfast burritos, french toast and vegetable omelets. The Pub at Ghirardelli Square also offers off-site catering and hosts on-site banquets for up to 150 guests.
The Pub at Ghirardelli Square
851 Beach Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-351-0500
thepubsf.com
Ana Mandara restaurant specializes in Vietnamese cuisine presented in a creative, artistic manner. The restaurant's dinner menu offerings include seared foie gras, Vietnamese-style crispy rolls, sweet Dungeness crab soup, seared ahi tuna, whole fried New Zealand snapper and seared day boat scallops. Ana Mandara's lunch menu items include bacon-wrapped shrimp with tamarind sauce, seared salmon, and sauteed beef with rice noodles. The restaurant also hosts a price-fixed lunch menu that includes an appetizer such as lobster ravioli, entree such as lemongrass curry chicken, and dessert such as house-made sorbet or ice cream. Ana Mandara also houses a private dining room that holds up to 36 seated guests and hosts weekly live music entertainment.
Ana Mandara
891 Beach St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-771-6800
anamandara.com
Specializing in classic American diner food, Lori's Diner at Ghirardelli Square features family-style breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The casual restaurant's breakfast menu items include chicken fried steak and eggs, Belgian waffles, buttermilk pancakes, eggs Benedict and french toast. Lori's lunch menu items include hamburgers, patty melts, french dip sandwiches, hot dogs and salmon burgers. The restaurant's dinner menu items include fish and chips, 10 oz. New York strip steaks, spinach lasagna, beef ravioli and Chinese chicken salads.
Lori's Diner at Ghirardelli Square
900 N. Point St.
San Francisco, CA 94128
415-409-1950
lorisdiner.com