4 Mint Plaza (414 Jessie St.) (off Fifth Street, between Market and Mission)
San Francisco
Tel. (415) 546-4134
With a new chef, Steven Rojas, this Mint Plaza restaurant has a contemporary French flare with prices to match.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, until 3 p.m. Saturday; dinner 5:30-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, until 11 p.m. Saturday.
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