Angler SF

Perched along the Embarcadero, Angler feels like a hunter’s cabin gone Nordic-chic. All eyes eventually drift to the gorgeous kitchen, where the cooks tend to a live fire. The touch of those embers can be felt everywhere, starting with embered oysters with smoked chili butter as well as a radicchio salad so formidable that it calls for a bib and a steak knife. Mains could include aged black cod, flanked by Parker House rolls with seaweed butter or potatoes with taleggio. There are no wrong choices. For dessert, end with a soft-serve sundae bathed in warm salted caramel and stuffed with cocoa nibs. The wine list is not to be ignored either.