Lark Creek Steak

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Parking: Valet through Bloomingdale's or the Westfield and Lark Creek will validate your parking to a "reduced" fee of $15.

The Extras: Give a friend the gift of meat with a Lark Creek certificate, good for any of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group properties, including One Market.

The traditional, upscale steak restaurant gets a Northern California makeover at this stylish enclave from Bradley Ogden and Michael Dellar, matching first-rate meat preparations with artisanal, farm-fresh starters and sides. Booths fill the roomy space, muted with ochre hues and natural woods; a long, glass sculpture of waving grass and hazy paintings of wheat fields pay artistic nods to the...

A "surprise" in SoMa's Westfield Centre, this stylish steakhouse supplies both "meat magic" and "a bit of calm after shopping" (although it's in a shopping center, it "doesn't have a mall ambiance"); regulars report it's "fun sitting at the counter" and watching the chefs in action in its "exhibition kitchen."

The hurdle in attaining urban respectability here? The heavily trafficked mall location. But blond wood, elegant track lighting and an exhibition kitchen bordered by stone tile strike a balance;...

Contemporary steak, chop and seafood house.