The Best Cioppino In San Francisco – San Francisco

Cioppino is as classic SF as it gets. As local legend has it, cioppino was invented over a hundred years ago when fishermen on the Wharf would throw oceanic miscellany into a pot at the end of a long day—and since then it’s transformed into one of the city’s most iconic dishes. Sure, you’re probably not taking down a vat of tomato broth and crab legs every day. But there’s still something special about tying on a plastic bib, picking up a shell cracker, and getting wrist deep in a steaming vat of seafood. So when that mood for cioppino does strike, here are the best places to go.