582 Sutter (at Mason)
San Francisco, CA.

Reservations: (415) 433-5525
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Persimmon's
San Francisco Bay Guardian "Persimmon's look is pleasantly eclectic: booths and tables, a plum- (or persimmon-) red color scheme, trellises mounted overhead for a faint al fresco effect, a small statue of a French chef near the door. It does not feel either of the Mediterranean – east or west – or of Muncie, or perhaps it feels a little of both, a haven so disjointedly and amiably cross-cultural that people of many cultures can feel at home there, a little, for a little while, even in the presence of the strange other, the tourist laying down with the local".

"It is not as if there is no excellence. Persimmon's finger-lickin'-good hummus ($4.50 for a plate with pita triangles, or included in either of the mezze combos, $11.50) could be the best in the city. The chickpea spread, flavored with garlic, lemon, and paprika, is the sort of dish you might as well order an extra one of because after a taste or two you will experience a craving and know that a single plate won't suffice. As to the fellow travelers on the mezze platter: We found the baba ghanoush to be lovely (silken, smoky), the tabbouleh decent, the spanakopita a bit flaccid. The only outright stumble among the appetizers was the four colors and pita ($4.50), a combination of tomato and cucumber slices, black olives, and feta cheese with mint and olive oil; the supermarket-in-winter tomatoes, the cubes of usually pungent-salty feta could have passed as tofu, and the stark presentation would have been well suited to a mise-en-place lesson at cooking school". Excerpt from San Francisco Bay Guardian, September 28th 2005

Cuisine: French/Mediteranean Cuisine
Dress Code: Casual/Dressy
Hours:
BREAKFAST
Sat/Sun 7 a.m -11 p.m

LUNCH
Monday - Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm

DINNER
Sunday -Thursday: 4.00p.m -10:00pm
Friday & Saturday: 4.00p.m -11:00pm