Brunch\/lunch\u00a0<\/p>\n
$15<\/p>\n
Creative Ideas Caf\u00e9<\/a> in Bayview usually holds it down for the $15 brunch category; the Colombian and Mexican restaurant also has $25 and $35 brunch menus as well as $30 and $45 dinner menus, respectively, but hasn\u2019t posted what they are to the site as of this writing.<\/p>\n $25<\/p>\n Early to Rise<\/a> loves making everything possible from scratch and is offering a warm sugar donut with coffee and the choice of strawberry pancakes or eggs Benedict for SF Restaurant Week, so that\u2019s my $25 brunch suggestion.<\/p>\n Popular new spot Grand Lake Kitchen<\/a> has a good looking $25 lunch menu with a lot of options: half of a classic Caesar, an Oregon Bay shrimp salad, or mushroom arancini for an appetizer and the choice of pork saltimbocca, king salmon with zucchini cakes, potato gnocchi, and eggplant parm for an entr\u00e9e.<\/p>\n $35<\/p>\n Bombay Brasserie<\/a> in the former Campton Place space is such a beautiful and delicious restaurant, and you\u2019re probably not going to get out of there for this price point on any other occasion than for this brunch. There\u2019s a long list of 10 dishes\u2014choose two for $35. I\u2019d personally go for the carrot-halwa French toast and the potato masala dosa.<\/p>\n I\u2019d also probably be eyeing up a cute $35 outdoor lunch at Parasol<\/a> at Cafe Flore in the Castro, where the people-watching is on point. The menu hasn\u2019t been shared yet.<\/p>\n $45<\/p>\n The usual brunch at classy Filipino restaurant Abac\u00e0<\/a> has been a personal favorite for years, and the SF Restaurant Week brunch menu looks even better\u2014a sarap (snack sampler) and choice of five entr\u00e9es (the Wagyu silog is especially appealing). Dessert is a strong suit here, and there are three to consider for a supplement of $8 each. Coffee crunch cake with mango marmalade, honeycomb, and coffee buttercream is a Filipino riff on the San Francisco classic.<\/p>\n In the $45 lunch category, consider Casa Sofia<\/a>, the newest restaurant from Chef Carlos Altamirano that\u2019s named after his daughter. He\u2019s offering a three-course lunch with a number of choices and supplement possibilities. There probably aren\u2019t any wrong answers here, but he makes a mean burger \u2014 just saying.<\/p>\n Dinner<\/p>\n $30<\/p>\n Both locations of Cinderella Bakery<\/a>, including the brand new outpost in the Mission, are serving a two-course dinner. Entr\u00e9e options are beef Stroganoff, chicken cutlet, and grilled salmon, followed by a slice of honey cake or sour cream cake. Warning: it\u2019ll be tempting to buy some cookies and other sweets from the bakery case on the way out.<\/p>\n $45<\/p>\n The family-owned Le Soleil Stonestown<\/a> is truly fantastic, and it would be easy to spend way more than this for dinner on another occasion. Their SF Restaurant Week dinner menu consists of three courses. The baby lotus root salad is amazing (just had it again a couple weeks ago), as is the shaken beef. That\u2019s what I\u2019d order, with five spice sugar dusted mochi donut holes for dessert.<\/p>\n $60<\/p>\n Palette Tea House<\/a>, the Cantonese restaurant in Ghirardelli Square, impresses with two $60 multi-course menus for SF Restaurant Week consisting of salad\/appetizers, dim sum, entr\u00e9e, and dessert. One is omnivorous, the other vegetarian\u2014hello, black truffle morel chow mein!<\/p>\n $75<\/p>\n We\u2019re getting into the upper price categories, but Tony\u2019s Pizza Napoletana<\/a>, which was featured in last week\u2019s column<\/a>, is offering a $75 menu that feeds two people, with eight different pizza styles to ogle, plus a glass of Prosecco or wine, salad or antipasti, and dessert.\u00a0<\/p>\n $90<\/p>\n The exact menu hasn\u2019t been posted, but the beautiful Indian restaurant Copra<\/a> never disappoints. Despite the cavernous size of the room, it feels serene and intimate to eat there.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Early-to-Rise-819x1024.jpeg\")
Early to Rise in the Panhandle offers strawberry pancakes and warm sugar donuts<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Carlos-and-Sofia-Altamirano-1024x802.jpg\")
Chef Carlos Altamirano with daughter Sofia at Casa Sofia<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lotus-root-salad-Le-Soleil-Stonestown-photo-by-TP-1024x768.jpeg\")
Lotus root salad at Le Soleil Stonestown. Photo by Tamara Palmer<\/p>\n