"The tasting menu format has gone in and out of fashion at different times in our recent food culture, but it is very much alive and well around San Francisco in 2025. Restaurants where your only option is a single, often fairly expensive fixed-price tasting menu remain somewhat prevalent around the Bay Area, where there are plenty of well-off people who seek out such experiences for more than just special occasions."
"But very often, the best way to experience a chef's vision at a restaurant with an a la carte menu is to opt for the "let us cook for you" tasting menu, which is an even more prevalent feature of menus around the Bay these days, giving diners both paths to choose from. Below, some of the best of these experiences you can find around the Bay right now."
Tasting menus are widely present across the San Francisco Bay Area in 2025, appearing as both exclusive fixed-price offerings and optional chef's menus at a la carte restaurants. Wealthier diners often seek these experiences beyond special occasions. Chef-driven tasting menus sometimes provide better value than ordering similar dishes a la carte. 7 Adams offers a five-course prix fixe for $87 and a seven-course upgrade for $40 including caviar, an extra protein, special spaghetti all'amatriciana, and a chocolate semifreddo with corn mousse and cara cara orange. Burdell in Oakland earned major praise for reinterpreting soul food.
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