Bix

Bix
56 Gold Street – San Francisco
415-433-6300

Nestled away in a tiny alley between bawdy Broadway and the majesty of the Transamerica pyramid is one of San Francisco’s classiest restaurants run by one of our best restaurant owner operators ever to grace the scene hereabouts, Doug Biederbeck. He’s a descendent of the late Bix Biederbeck of the world of Jazz and it shows in the design, décor, distilled spirits menu and the music that fills the elegant dining rooms and bar when its open. In addition to being a really great full service, white linen restaurant, Bix serves up a classic burger that rivals the best to be found at 21 in New York and at the celebrity chef places that dot Las Vegas like fleas on an old dog. Biederbeck is a maestro at everything connected to his restaurants and is always fine tuning and seeking perfection in every aspect of this place. The burger is a large, hand formed hunk of premium ground sirloin that is mesquite gilled to perfection and served on a lightly toasted custom burger roll with excellent lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle as well as the best condiments money can buy. Great hand cut, blanched Idaho russet potatoes are cooked to perfection in a high grade heart healthy oil and what is delivered is about as it gets.

Other sandwiches are offered including a great steak sandwich and they’ll gladly produce a vegetarian or poultry burger to customer specifications. The fries are first rate and come in a copious portion. One of the great and tasty appetizers here are the mini lamb burgers that are addictive and delicious. They’re like sliders and can make a perfect meal in themselves with a side of their great fries. Bix offers a continental menu with a lot of contemporary California and is overall pretty good, but it is the atmosphere most people keep coming back for time and again.