Kid-Friendly Dinner Out at Scoma's Fisherman's Wharf

When visiting San Francisco, we never go to Fisherman's Wharf or Ghirardelli Square. We avoid the places packed with tourists. When we show off the city to out of town visitors its the Ferry Building, Golden Gate Park, Union Square, the Marina, the Fillmore, the Height, and Ocean Beach. We take them to places where you get a taste of the architecture, and the vibe of the city neighborhoods. But inevitably, we succumb to their need to be tourists.

Recently, it was a visit to Scoma's Restaurant Fisherman Wharf. But we got a pleasant surprise. The kids menu is great! Of course it was standard kid's menu fare: spaghetti, burgers, chicken tenders, fish and chips ... but everything was fresh and well prepared.

In the heart of tourist central it was unexpected. I can't believe the number of restaurants that "phone in" the obligatory kids menu with frozen chicken tenders, poorly prepared spaghetti and macaroni and cheese from Kraft.

We won't be rushing out to Fisherman's Wharf anytime soon, but it is good to know that we have options the next time we succumb to our visitors tourist needs.