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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Euro transplants love Café Claude, a crowded and lively restaurant tucked into a narrow (and very European feeling) side street near Union Square. Seemingly everything -- every table, spoon, saltshaker, and waiter -- is imported from France. With prices topping out at about $22 on the menu featuring classics like steak tartare; steamed mussels; duck confit; escargot; steak with spinach gratin and crisp potatoes; and quail stuffed with pine nuts, sausage, and wild rice, Café Claude offers an affordable slice of Paris without leaving the city. But beware: On my last visit the service was rather . . . er . . . French as well. There's live jazz on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7:30 to 10:30pm, and atmospheric sidewalk seating is available when the weather permits.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's San Francisco 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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