Though the Haight is known more as a shopping district than a dining destination, a few blocks (particularly in the Lower Haight) offer excellent, reasonably priced dining options, especially for the late-night set. Groovy.

EOS
901 Cole Street
(415) 566-3063
Dinner
A true leader in the crowded East-West fusion scene.

Axum
698 Haight Street
(415) 252-7912
Lunch, dinner
A neighborhood favorite, this cheery corner cafe serves up tasty, moderately priced Ethiopian food.

Cha Cha Cha
1801 Haight Street
(415) 386-5758
Lunch, dinner
Some regard this Haight Street institution as the best Caribbean cafe in the city.

Indian Oven
233 Fillmore Street
(415) 626-1628
Dinner
Tucked behind the hectic Haight-Fillmore intersection is one of the city's best Indian restaurants.

Kan Zaman
1793 Haight Street
(415) 751-9656
Lunch, dinner
Simple yet exotic, this dirt-cheap Middle Eastern oasis is batting a thousand.

Thep Phanom
400 Waller Street
(415) 431-2526
Dinner
San Francisco hosts several excellent Thai restaurants, but none is thought of more highly than Thep Phanom.

Ali Baba's Cave
531 Haight Street
(415) 255-7820
Lunch, dinner
The bare-bones interior and hot sauce are just the things to clear your mind before heading across the street to do battle at Mad Dog In The Fog.

Magnolia
1398 Haight Street
(415) 864-7468
Lunch, dinner
A pharmacy from the '30s through the '50s, this brewpub became infamous in the '60s as the Drugstore Cafe and later as Magnolia Thunderpussy's.

Pork Store Cafe
1451 Haight Street
(415) 864-6981
Breakfast, lunch
Sometimes all it takes is a great heaping plate of starchy food to soak up the excess alcohol from the night before.

Rosamunde Sausage Grill
545 Haight Street
(415) 437-6851
Lunch, dinner
Rosamunde approaches sausages with the same single-minded intensity of its neighbor Toronado.