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Scoma's Frommer's Highly Recommended


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Cuisine Seafood
Hours Sun-Thurs 11:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am-10:30pm. Bar opens 30 min. prior to lunch daily
Location Pier 47 and Al Scoma Way (between Jefferson and Jones sts.), Fisherman's Wharf
Transportation Bus: 10 or 47. Streetcar: F
Reservations Reservations not accepted
Phone 800/644-5852, 415/771-4383
Web site www.scomas.com
Prices Most main courses $16-$36
Credit Cards AE,DC,DISC,MC,V
Other Free valet parking

Scoma's Review

A throwback to the dining of yesteryear, Scoma's eschews trendier trout preparations and fancy digs for good old-fashioned seafood served in huge portions with lots of sauce and a windowed waterfront setting. If your idea of heaven is straightforward seafood classics -- fried calamari, raw oysters, pesto pasta with rock shrimp, crab cioppino, lobster thermidor -- served with a generous portion of old-time hospitality, then Scoma's is as good as it gets. Unfortunately, a taste of tradition will cost you big time. Prices are as steep as those at some of the finest restaurants in town. Personally, I'd rather splurge at Gary Danko, but many of my out-of-town guests insist we meet at Scoma's -- which is fine by me, since it's a change of pace from today's über-chic spots, and the parking's free.

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