Spruce Up Your Dinner

Restaurants typically flail for a week or two right after opening their doors. But Spruce, San Francisco's latest high-end foodie haven, is collecting raves for its first few days in business. The menu features starters like foie gras and heirloom tomato gazpacho to be paired with meaty entrees like charred pork tenderloin and turmeric rubbed chicken. Try the Caesar salad (one of the best in the city), enjoy the befuddlement that comes with a long and comprehensive wine list, order some perfectly-prepared lobster, and get dessert. If caloric considerations usually prompt you to share your treats - don't. You'll be spearing your dining companions in the back of the hand with your fork if they come within sniffing distance of your creme and hazelnut cake.

Simple but worthy of your favorite cocktail dress, the decor sports ostrich print leather, chocolate mohair walls, and a skylight that spills the waning sunlight onto your buttery lobster. If you don't like lobster and you don't want to pull out your silk Miu Miu, there's a Carrera marble bar where you can order a tasty cheeseburger and crispy fries after planting your denim clad backside on the (unusually comfortable) bar stools.