Location: 470 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: + 1 415 775 8500
www.quincerestaurant.com
This is a beautiful and sophisticated restaurant. Modern French and Italian food is the specialty here, with fresh home made pasta daily. PERFECTLY Al Dente! An evening at Quince is truly a dining experience.
Quince has impeccable service. Their staff is hospitable, warm, inviting, and of course - knowledgeable. The atmosphere is older professional, experienced, probably worldly and well traveled. Beautiful jazz quietly emanates from the ceilings throughout the restaurant, and a large, subdued, dark blue oil painting provides a calming effect as you enter into the dining area from the hustle and bustle of downtown San Francisco. Warm amber lighting, dark hues of blue and black, and colors of toned down sky blue lighten up the beautiful bar area. Quince might be new favorite bar in town...
I can't say that I perused the menu much that night. Uncle Henry Chan (of the famed Yank Sing Dim Sum Restaurant) ordered the Chef's tasting menu for the four of us, including his special request of the Foie Gras Pasta (yes it is more than you could ever imagine it to be). A combination of rich, yet light, yet savory, yet delicate flavors seeking their way through every salivary gland in your mouth. One perfectly designed tasting dish came after the other, every single one a surprise and delight for both the eyes and palate! Mostly I am a discerning patron and study the menu from top to bottom; other times, when dining in good hands (as is the case when dining with Uncle Henry and his wife), I am so content to just sit and watch in awe as dinner is fluidly orchestrated by him and the restaurant staff (who always know him).
I immediately noticed the fine stemware Quince uses. I believe it is by Schott Zwiesel. Longer than usual stems - extremely sophisticated. I was afraid the stems would break when I performed my customary tilt of the wine glass to examine its character and color. Not a chance. :)
Four hours later, we were comfortably satiated and happily imbibed (white wines, red wines, fine vodka). Being with close friends, engaged in conversation about world food and travels, while experiencing very finely done Italian pasta - makes for a calm and perfect evening. I felt fortunate and blessed.
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