"When you want to spend a night getting wine-drunk without spending the equivalent of six months of AMC A-List on a “barnyard-forward” bottle, go to Cafe Meuse. Their pretty conventional three-pour flights will run you $19-21, and anything by the glass falls within the $10-16 range. The string light-adorned space is situated on a Nob Hill corner where you can watch the cable cars roll by, which really adds to the San Francisco-ness of it all. Cafe Meuse is also home to the best apple crisp in town—it arrives warm and melty with a big scoop of ice cream, and you won’t want to share. " - julia chen 1, patrick wong, lani conway