Best Crepe Places

Inspired by a conversation that came up in Best Restaurants. I decided to make a list of the best crepe places in SF. Here they are so far:

1. Sophie's Crepes - Japantown Center, upper floor. Mostly dessert crepes and open late night. If you are looking for dessert, look no farther.
2. Ti Couz Creperie- 16th and Valencia in the Mission. Offers both savory and sweet, plus cocktails. Indoor and outdoor seating. Authentic french-style crepes. You will not be disappointed.
3. Crepevine - a local chain where there are several of these around the city. One on Fillmore, Church St (Mission), Irving St (inner sunset), Oakland, Berkeley. Yummy breakfast options.
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StephSF 2yrs+
Thank you, @Tracypie. Much necessary. For some reason, Palo Alto and Menlo Park seem to have an abundance of French-themed restaurants. Here are a few to add:

1. Crepes Cafe, Menlo Park. Galette-style (buckwheat, savory) and sweet (white flour) crepes alike. Both are delicious. The only downfall to the food is that they do not properly flambe the crepe suzette (the alcohol doesn't burn off in the way that it should), but it doesn't affect the taste too aversely. Indoor and outdoor seating, although it always seems to be windy there for some reason - gotta love the Bay Area microclimates. Kid-friendly, outdoor seating can double as a play area, train is right across the street. Park wherever you can. http://www.crepescafe.com/

2. Coupa Cafe, Palo Alto. Venezuelan restaurant with French influences. Haven't had the crepes personally, but all of the other pastries are fantastic. Somewhat high-end for such a crowded place with over-the-counter order. Some outdoor seating, indoor seating with couches in the back and tables in the front. Downtown Palo Alto means that parking is a nightmare. Great coffee, free wifi. http://www.coupacafe.com/

Also, this doesn't necessarily need its own category, but downtown Palo Alto also has a Crepevine (parking there is even more disastrous given that it is located right on University Avenue, the main drag). The crepes aren't quite as good but the portions are beyond generous and the outdoor seating is certainly a nice option.

[On a small side note, I grew up in a French household with a first-generation immigrant father who made the best crepes on the planet - not that I'm biased - so this is one genre of food in which I consider myself a little bit of a connoisseur. If it's not good, I won't post it.)
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@StephSF: I came one class shy of minoring in French in college. Did you ever have a crepe in France?

Here's my addition: Chez Maman in Potrero Hill--they have salmon crepes which I hear are delicious, though I only had a left-over French hamburger (my wife met a friend there a few weeks ago). Ze Burger was good, even the morning after. Even better if you say it like Steve Martin in the Pink Panther.

Check out the menu here: It looks pretty nice:

http://chezmamansf.com/menu.html
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StephSF 2yrs+
YES! Crepe places in France are incredible. I went to Rennes, which is in Bretagne (the crepe capital of the world) and when I came back, I couldn't eat a restaurant-ordered crepe in the U.S. for months. I know, I'm a bit of a snob, but they really are in a league of their own, even compared to Paris or other cities in France.
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There's nothing snobby about that. I used to spend summers in Brazil as a kid and the changes between cuisines and even smells would take me a while getting used to---rice and beans in Brazil versus in the US for example has no comparison.
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Tracypie 2yrs+
Agree with @NightOwInOrinda - nothing snobby about that. Speaking of crepe places. Have either of you tried the Crepe House on Gough (in Hayes Valley)? I was just curious. It's been there a long time, but I've never stopped. Too many other good choices in Hayes Valley.
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FlowerGirl 2yrs+
@Tracypie: I went to a place called the Crepe House in the Mission? Maybe its a chain? I don't know.

I though it was just okay, but I was alittle under the weather that that day. Had something called the Liousiana Crepe--I didn't finsih it. But my friend from the city loves it.
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StephSF 2yrs+
Hmm, that all sounds great. To be honest, even despite my snobbery, I don't think that there is such thing as a bad crepe place. Just good and less good. Some of the stands are whatever but pretty much any restaurant is going to serve up at least something decent.
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Tracypie 2yrs+
@NightOwlnOrinda I am definitely going to check out ChezMaMa in Potrero as I have a lot of friends that live over there. They say it's good too. And @StephSF, I agree, it's hard to screw up a crepe to where it's inedible. But there are good and then there are GREAT. ;-)
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@Tracypie: You will definitely not regret ChezMaman. I've been noticing a lot of really good places right around Potrero Hill--is it still a popular place to live like it was about ten years ago? A lot of that movie 40 days and 40 nights was set there.
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Tracypie 2yrs+
@NightOwlnOrinda - yes, still popular. Zynga (makers of Farmville game) are headquartered there so it's still popular. Not as cheap as it was 10 years ago. OH yeah, saw that movie - Josh Harnett - right? That would be good for the post of movies set in SF. ;-)
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FlowerGirl 2yrs+
Excuse the off-topic comment, but the great thing about Potrero and that area of the city is that you actually get to see the sun a good portion of the day. If I were going to live in the city again, with a boyfriend, and the whole deal, I think that would be a great place to live. It's more a a couples neighborhood though, isn't it? I mean there are singles neigbhorhoods, like North Beach and then their are quieter more family friendly neighborhoods for young couples like Potrero Hill and Noe Valley.

Here's one more crepe place that I just remembered: Genki's Crepes--north of the Panhandle--I'm not sure what neigbhorhood that is--Richmond maybe. Its got salmon crepes and okay ice cream too.
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StephSF 2yrs+
Yeah, Potrero is a good spot - not only do you get sunshine, but the views of the SF skyline are incredible at night. It's sort of like Empire State Building (or Eiffel Tower) syndrome - when you are on top of the building, you can see the entire skyline, EXCEPT for the most iconic building in the entire city. When you are removed from it, you can see the whole thing. Potrero kind of has that effect on me.
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