Contigo Restaurant opened earlier this year in San Francisco, soon after we completed our San Francisco city guide. But we have recently discovered that this is our kind of place, a restaurant with something extra, something special. The extra special in this case is an environmentally-conscious approach to cooking and interior design, meaning food using products from local organic farmers and fishermen, and a space built from recycled materials. So the walls of the dining room were made from a century-old redwood salvaged during the building’s construction, and the water glasses are recycled versions of wine bottles.
The equally eco-friendly menu serves Spanish (or better yet, Catalan) cuisine, and as connoted by the name “Contigo” (meaning “with you” in Spanish), it evokes “connection,” “community,” or “conviviality.” It’s therefore a great choice for a group dinner in a hip but informal ambience, with seating available in the dining room, the open kitchen and bar counter, or in the covered back patio by the restaurant’s own vegetable garden. You can share small (“pica-pica”) dishes or go for the larger offers (“platillos”), all inspired by Barcelona but with the ingredients and the spirit of San Francisco.

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