"Tadich Grill is the longest continuously running restaurant in California (they opened back in 1849), which is pretty damn cool. But history alone isn’t the draw. Come for meaty crab cakes, free hunks of sourdough, and an old-school setting complete with servers in white jackets and a bar so long you can barely see the end. Regulars come in weekly for a cioppino and martinis at the bar, puffy-vested finance bros take clients out for a power lunch, and seafood-hungry families visit the city for the first time." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway