"Sometimes the best strategy is to get your date (or enemy) to underestimate you. For that, take them to Eiji in the Castro for sushi. This place is pretty small, so the action from the kitchen spills over into the dining room, but once you sit down, you’ll be able to hear each other fine and you won’t be bumping into anyone next to you. The menu is pretty simple, but the nigiri is amazing, they make their own tofu, and it’s impossible not like their mochi-covered strawberries." - Will Kamensky