Looking for some of your suggestions on the better places to eat in downdown San Francisco. Near Powell, Union Square and close would be good. Prefer it to be under $35 per person and casual, nothing fancy. I don't know where to start.

 

you can actually get pretty far with $35 a person in union sq, what kinda food you lookin for?

 

Anything really, but she doesn't care for seafood too much.

Steaks, chicken, Chinese, Japanese... anything really. Would prefer something non-chain also.

 

McDonalds

 

lol

 

http://www.onlyinsanfrancisco.com/taste/dineabouttown/

 

Osha Thai!!!

 

are you from hollywood? haha j/k

$35 should get you a decent meal pretty much anywhere except for the obvious fancy shmancy places.

 

the house of prime ribs

 

Check out the restaurants along Belden Place. It's an alleyway that has about 6 or so restaurants, each specializing in a different region along the Mediterranean - Italian, Spanish, French, etc. Take your pick. I've yet to have bad food at any of the places.

http://www.belden-place.com/

 

Tu Lan at 6th and Market is probably the best Vietnamese food in the city--and it's dirt cheap.

 

king of thai noodles.
i think there are two in sf, one is small one but the one near metreon(i think) is really nice. i had a black russian and some salmon, came out to less than 20 w/o tip

 

i was also going to say that. anyways, try yelp.com. you can get some help there.

 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/cafe-claude-san-francisco

excellent onion soup, great atmosphere, open pretty late.

 

there are a lot of great places around North Beach! Mario's Cigar Bar on Columbus is good, $35 should get you dinner and a beer or two.