"The city has no shortage of buttoned-up seafood places and institutions that are older than your Victorian apartment. Popi’s Oysterette in the Marina is a happy medium between the two. The menu has seafood classics you’d find at an old-school joint, like loaded Louie salads and bacon-filled clam chowders, plus revamped takes—don’t miss the fantastic green cioppino, made with tomatillos and overflowing with squid, clams, mussels, and crab legs. Nautical accents and sea-blue tiles keep the oceanic theme going strong (but not in a fake-portholes-everywhere kind of way)." - lani conway, julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong