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Supper Clubs
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Coconut Grove Supper Club
$$. This lavishly appointed venue is under new management, and has accordingly lowered its prices and relaxed its dress code in an effort to bring '40s elegance to the Gap and Dockers generation. The venue features nightly piano, "Fat Tuesday" with complimentary jambalaya and $2 martinis, and blues, jazz, swing or big band music Fri-Sat. 1415 Van Ness Ave. (415/776-1616). Open Tue-Sun 5:30pm-2am. (H.E.)
Cypress Club
$$$. There's no dancing or stage -- people come for the opulent California cuisine. Appetizers include grilled beef tenderloins on nan bread and pesto shrimp salad with heirloom tomatoes. The main menu features lobster, truffles, foie gras and venison prepared with Asian and Indian influences. 500 Jackson St. (415/296-8555). Bar opens 4:30pm. Dinner Sun-Thur 5:30-10:00pm, Fri- Sat 5:30-11:00pm. Music from 8:00pm Mon-Fri, 9:00pm Sat, and 7:00pm Sun. Wed is Martini Night at $2 a pop, 4:30-7:30pm. (H.E.)
Eleven, a.k.a. "11"
$$. The food is good, but if you aren't here for the music, don't bother, because it'll be the main thing you notice. 374 11th Street in SoMa (415/431-3337). (P.A.)
Essex Club
$$$. It's a whole lot in one building--and you only have to park once. Executive Chef David Lawrence has created an eclectic menu of French-inspired California cuisine. 847 Montgomery St. (415/397-3215). Tues-Sun 5:30pm-2:00am, dinner served until 11:30pm (10:30pm weekends), after-hours supper menu available. Cocktail attire recommended, jackets required for dinner. Cover charge $10 weeknights, $15 weekends, waived with dinner. (I.S.)
Fizz Supper Club
$$. A brand-new kid in the 'hood, run by a guy with a good record (Cafe Macaroni, Little City, Trams, etc., etc., etc.), Fizz offers indoor tables and an all-weather courtyard with fountain, bar and cypress trees. Live jazz is played every night. At lunch the menu leans toward sandwiches, but at lunch or dinner, look for stuffed mussel soup; couscous and rabbit timbale served with harissa sauce; roasted chicken ravioli with marscapone and a mustard green peppercorn sauce; and andouille-stuffed quail with saffron risotto cake and braised escarole. Don't overlook the well-priced 91-item wine list. 471 Pine St. above Montgomery (415/415/421-3499). Lunch Mon-Fri, dinner Mon-Sat. Cocktails. (H.H.)
Harry Denton's Starlight Rooms
$$$. Not so much a restaurant as a nightclub with a small cafe menu, this venue offers wonderful twilight and evening views along with the requisite live band and dancing (and cover charge) to whet the appetite for dishes such as a plate of smoked salmon, trout and scallops; scampi-style baked shrimp; or smoked and chilled tenderloin with sweet onion confit. Live music from the house band holds sway Tue-Sat, while DJs keep the dance floor moving Sun and Mon. Oh, and be sure to dress for the occasion--and that doesn't mean ironing the creases on that denim jacket. Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Powell St. (415/415/395-8595). Open 4:30pm-2am nightly. $$. No cover Sun-Tue, $5 Wed-Thu, $10 Fri-Sat. Cocktails. (H.E.)
Julie Ring's Heart and Soul
$$. The music--jump jive, retro, jazz and swing--is from the '30s and '40s. Cocktails are poured from 5pm and include martinis ($3 on Thursdays), manhattans and sidecars in generous glasses. Dance music starts at 8:30pm (9:30pm weekends). Dinner is old-fashioned American-style fish, pork chops, sirloin steak, roast chicken and daily specials. Desserts include a mouth-watering peach cobbler. 1695 Polk St. (415/415/673-7100). Open 5pm Tue-Sat dinner and cocktails, Sun cocktails only. No cover before 8pm. (H.E.)
Julie's Supper Club
$$. When you're south of Market and you're feeling retro, Julie's is the place. Even for lunch. Food is bar/fusion. Live jazz, soul, etc. 1123 Folsom in SoMa (415/861-0707). (P.A.)
Miss Pearl's Jam House
$$. Miss Pearl's introduces a bit of the Caribbean into an urban motel (popular with touring musicians.) The live reggae some nights carries you away. Squint your eyes a bit and the swimming pool does look like ... aw, no way! But the food could be coming out of a beach-side shack, albeit one with a really good chef: yucca-dough turnover filled with chicken, beef, pork, olives and raisins on a spicy tomato sauce; pan-fried catfish spiced with ginger and garlic on a ginger-and-rice pancake; and red snapper on a bed of baby green beans, garnished with avocado relish and drizzled with a spicy papaya vinaigrette. 601 Eddy St at Larkin in the Phoenix Hotel (415/775-5267SoMa Dinner Tue-Sun, late dining Fri-Sat, brunch Sun. Cocktails. (H.H.)
Rasselas
$$. Ethiopian, with jazz nightly. The food couldn't be better, although the combination of loud jazz and canvas-draped ceilings can be a little disorienting on a full stomach. 2801 California in the Western Addition (415/567-5010). (P.A.)
Storyville
$$. New Orleans favorites like crab bisque, jambalaya, gumbo, catfish and chicken fingers are mixed with American standards like roast chicken. There are two rooms: The Lounge is up-front, where the house band plays from 5 to 8pm. The nonsmoking showroom in the back of the club offers dining and shows. 1751 Fulton St. (415/441-1751). Dinner and cocktails Tue-Sun 5pm-midnight, Sun brunch 11:30am-3pm. No cover most nights. (H.E.)

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