The Progress

We went to The Progress as our first dinner in SF. The location and the staff were very nice. The food was very good and the wine list had some interesting choice of natural wines. Even though the overall experience was very good, we were expecting more generous portions.

Inventive thoughtful preparations of every dish we tried. The duck is a do not miss item. Highly recommend! Beautiful space as well.

Extraordinary dishes to share in an airy modern environment. Remarkable small vegetable dishes. The artichoke frittata was an exquisite melding of flavors with lemon highlights. The wait staff were very knowledgeable. There were some remarkable unique wines.

Our waiter was very friendly and described the menu to us to help us decide what to choose. We decided to order 5 dishes as recommended. The first 2 dishes were excellent and the portions were big. My friend and I took our time to enjoy the food. Before our main dish arrived (half duck), a man came to our table and told us our main dish was on its way, but we had to hurry and eat fast because they had other guests waiting for our table. I could not believe this! I looked around and saw that the couple on our right, who arrived before us were not approached by the man and so did not the man on the left who was dining alone. I can't help but think we were being singled out as we were the only dark-skinned persons in the restaurant. The man later identified himself as Eric, the assistant manager of the restaurant. My friend and I who are both healthcare workers, have been looking forward to having this dinner for months and he just ruined it for us! The duck arrived, was very good, but we were not able to really enjoy it. We took most it to go and did not order dessert, although we would have loved to.
Having a Michelin Star is not just about the food, but it is about the whole experience and we had a BAD ONE!

Everything about my dinner there was exceptional. The food, friendly and helpful staff. It was a good thing we had an early reservation. As it got later it was very noisy.