Dinner at Burritt Tavern, Mystic Hotel, San Francisco
Posted on Feb 21, 2013 under Archives, San Francisco | No Comment
Mystic Hotel
Located in the heart of San Francisco, The Mystic Hotel offers a modern and comfortable boutique experience in a historic location close to Union Square, Chinatown and the Financial District. Formally the Crescent Hotel, The Mystic houses 81 guest rooms and suites. I stayed in one of the hotel’s studio suite’s recently and was impressed with the large queen bed, luxury linens, open floor plan including a nice lounge space, and flat screen TV.
Mystic Hotel
Above the lobby is the Burritt Tavern and Room, inspired by Burritt Alley from a scene in The Maltese Falcon. Chef Charlie Palmer’s lounge offers handcrafted cocktails and the 100 seat restaurant serves up tasty contemporary American cuisine. I dined there as part of Dine San Francisco week. My friend Chris and I were seated in one of six velvet curtained booths with nice views of the exposed brick wall and chandeliers. Here is what we tasted:
caesar
We started with a nice Caesar salad and a bowl of granny smith apple and fennel soup with dungeness crab and preserved meyer lemon.
apple and fennel soup
Our main courses were a nice grilled marinated skirt steak steak with a roasted wine forest mushroom salad, and pickeled sunchoke puree and the cinnamon dusted sea of cortez scallops with a wine forest chanterelle risotto, duck prosciutto and smoked pistachios.
steak salad
scallops and risotto
Our desserts included a nice bread pudding and a chocolate hazelnut mousse with salted caramel ice cream.
bread pudding
chocolate hazelnut mousse
The Mystic Hotel offers a peaceful, modern and affordable retreat in the heart of San Francisco as well as a great lounge and restaurant. For reservations call 415/400-0500. Located at 417 Stockton Street.