How is Fare Play restaurant rated?

Name: Fare Play
Address: 167 11th street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103
Telephone: (408) 883-1494
Price range: $50 and over
Rating: 4.9

Fare Play

4.9 (25)

$50 and over

Farm-to-table

167 11th street, San Francisco, CA 94103

About this restaurant

Vegetarian-friendly
Charming
Innovative

Fare Play is a pop-up restaurant created by Chef Brenden Blaine Darby, a San Fanfrisco chef, farmer, and artist with a diverse background of culinary collaborations with NOMA, Manresa, Martin Berasategui, and Yoshi's SF. The menu of Fare Play is inspired by Brenden's grandmothers while also showcasing hyper-local and their time working at Michelin-starred restaurants as well as jungles, deserts, and regenerative farms across the globe.

Our atmosphere strives to be a new third place for SF Locals with a unique service style reminiscent of eating with family.

Definition:
Fare (/fer/) -noun
A range of food of a particular type.

Play (/plā/) -verb
-engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

Our menu features local produce from queer farmers across the Bay Area from roots, stems, seeds, and flowers.

Come with an open mind and leave with a full heart.

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Additional information

Dining style
Casual Dining
Price
$50 and over
Cuisines
Farm-to-table, Californian, Vegetarian
Hours of operation
Thu–Sat 4:30 pm–9:30 pm
Phone number
(408) 883-1494
Website
http://www.fareplaysf.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Dress code
Business Casual
Executive chef
Brenden Blaine Darby

Location
167 11th street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Neighborhood
SOMA
Parking details
Street Parking
Additional
Beer, Counter Seating, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Wine

Warm Nuts$5.00
A selection of seasonally grown farmers market nuts toasted, salted, and toasted in caramelized wild honey
Sour Pickels$6.00
Our famous live ferment skinless sour pickles.
The Farmers Freshest Fruits$7.00
A selection of the farmers freshes fruits lightly charred with Fluer Du Sel and wild honey

Sharing Plates

Grandmas Soupage$14.00
A two day slow cooked soup with over ten heirloom bean varieties from farms across the bay area
Scrappy Ceasar$16.00
A colorful Cesar of blanched vegetable shavings and local root vegetables with local caught anchovies and Parmesan shavings
Mushroom Bread Pudding$18.00
8 varieties of locally grown slow sautéed mushrooms slow baked in a savory custard and Tartine bread with brown butter.
Cast Iron Caramelized Onions and Turnips$14.00
Whole Cipolline Onions slow cooked for 8 hours with butter basted turnip spirals and lemon cashew creme
Smoked Carrots$12.00
Heirloom fermented carrots, smoked and smothered in a mother sauce of the day.

What 25 people are saying

Fare Play reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

Overall ratings and reviews

4.9

4.9 based on all time ratings

4.9Food
5.0Service
4.9Ambience
4.7Value

Noise • Moderate

25 Reviews

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Tapbirds VIP
San Francisco Bay Area82 reviews
4.0
Dined on June 9, 2024
1. Overall 4
2. Food 4
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
The decor was fun, and the chef was personable and gracious.
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area3 reviews
5.0
Dined on June 1, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
I LOVE this place!!! The chefs, food and ambience are so lovely.
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Jona VIP
Washington, D.C. Area8 reviews
3.0
Dined on June 1, 2024
1. Overall 3
2. Food 3
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
I think the flavors were refined, but could use some more accentuated or stronger flavors.
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SvenM VIP
California Central Coast1 review
5.0
Dined on May 26, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Outstanding food and service! Check it out while it’s still open!!
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OpenTable Diner
San Diego1 review
5.0
Dined on May 25, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Such a cool concept. I loved the food and the vibe. The waitress was the sweetest, I felt so cared for.
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KatrinaS VIP
San Francisco Bay Area11 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 28, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
What a fun dinner! I loved the elevated dinner party vibe and each and every dish was exploding with flavor. Wonderful to have a vegetarian spot to get excited about! We did the tasting menu which was SO much food- it could've fed four. The staff boxed up our leftovers making this a really great value. Hope this popup stays around!
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OpenTable Diner VIP
San Francisco Bay Area6 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 20, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Amazing food, amazing staff. It was all delightful and delicious and that’s before we get to the incredible venue.
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Cesar
Mexico City1 review
5.0
Dined on April 14, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Incredible food, incredible staff, incredible ambiance. They had a short but well thought wine list, each item in the menu showed that a lot of work had gone into every detail. Sergio was delightful from the moment we walked in till we left. It was honestly a crime not all tables were full. Definitely pricey, we paid close to $400 for 4 people after tip, with a bottle of wine, but well worth it. Its a shame they are not here permanently, but I will definitely make an effort to go back while the pop up lasts.
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JohnG VIP
San Francisco Bay Area14 reviews
5.0
Dined on April 13, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Fantastic experience and food! Well executed and perfect proportions. Go!
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OpenTable Diner
San Francisco Bay Area1 review
5.0
Dined on April 12, 2024
1. Overall 5
2. Food 5
3. Service 5
4. Ambience 5
Incredible vegetarian fare. The blooming salad and buttery pasta dish with English peas were my favorites. We’re gonna go back soon.
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Fare Play is rated 4.9 stars by 25 OpenTable diners.

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167 11th street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Additional information

Neighborhood
SOMA
Hours of operation
Thu–Sat 4:30 pm–9:30 pm
Price
$50 and over
Cuisines
Farm-to-table, Californian, Vegetarian
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Business Casual
Parking details
Street Parking
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Executive chef
Brenden Blaine Darby
Additional
Beer, Counter Seating, Gender Neutral Restroom, Non-Smoking, Wine

Website
http://www.fareplaysf.com/
Phone number
(408) 883-1494

Fare Play

About this restaurant

Not available on OpenTable

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Additional information

Menu

Amuse Bouche

Warm Nuts$5.00

Sour Pickels$6.00

The Farmers Freshest Fruits$7.00

Sharing Plates

Grandmas Soupage$14.00

Scrappy Ceasar$16.00

Mushroom Bread Pudding$18.00

Cast Iron Caramelized Onions and Turnips$14.00

Smoked Carrots$12.00

What 25 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

FAQs

How is Fare Play restaurant rated?

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