Foreign Cinema

Fresh oysters on the half shell — a luxuriously briny celebration served nightly and during our bountiful weekend brunch 🥂🦪

It’s officially party season. Have you booked your group festivities yet? We have a variety of spaces and menus to help make the season extra bright for groups of all sizes. Visit the private dining section on our website to learn more and connect with our team.

Bright, cheery brunch, our weekend tradition worth adopting.

35mm movies play from dusk to close in our cozy heated dining courtyard. What’s playing, you ask? From now through November 13 is the classic, Singing in the Rain. You can always find out what movies are playing if you visit the film section on our website!

Our iconic entrance in the vibrant Mission in our spectacular city ... every night we aim for guests to leave a little of their San Francisco-loving heart with us.

Weekends are better with brunch! Come in Saturday or Sunday and you'll find all your favorites on the menu, plus new flavors to love.

We're still doing the can-can in our heads after last week's incredible Moulin Rouge-themed 25th anniversary gala. The house was packed with so many wonderful people and moments, including this one with Chef Gayle, her brother in law Bob Lehtox, and Mayor — thank you San Francisco💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

THIS THURSDAY! We have a few tickets left for the party of the year, our Moulin Rouge-themed 25th anniversary gala, complete with an opulent parade of food, drink, live music, and performance by the great —Join us for a night of seduction and spectacle on September 26th from 5-10 pm. 💃🕺⁠Link in bio or here:
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🎟️ Few tickets left: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foreign-cinemas-25th-anniversary-charity-gala-tickets-896583514427

📸Photos by William Murray and Hiromi Yoshida ❤️

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On September 26, these doors will become the gateway to our immersive, fantastical Moulin Rouge-themed 25th anniversary gala. Whatever you might imagine, it will be much more. A ticket grants you full access to a fantastical world of sights and sounds, delicious food, libations, music, and entertainment by and our collective gratitude and love for our vibrant city and community. All proceeds proudly go to ... there are a few tickets left. Link in bio ❤️

Soulful warmth for the sudden seasonal chill: five-spice duck breast with Parsi spiced potato hash, candy-striped figs, frilly mustards, and quacklins

Almost sold out! Trust us: you don't want to miss our 25th anniversary gala. (Can you believe it's been 25 years?) Thrown in our over-the-top, more-is-more fashion, it will be a fantastical, opulent Moulin Rouge-themed night of food, drink, entertainment, and revelry. All proceeds go to

Link in bio or here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foreign-cinemas-25th-anniversary-charity-gala-tickets-896583514427

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When you can't decide between
dulce de leche, white chocolate-passionfruit, and grand coffee bonbons accompanied by raspberry pâte de fruit and a strawberry macaron or a
Bartlett pear & huckleberry tartlet with brown butter filling, huckleberry sauce, and vanilla ice cream, the answer is both.

Halibut Crudo! With Santa Rosa plums, togarashi ponzu, Brokaw avocado, serrano chili, and jicama. Finished with radish.

It's a lazy brunch weekend. Honor Labor Day: let us do the cooking — our Saturday and Sunday brunch menu celebrates all the classics (house-made pop tarts with seasonally inspired fresh fillings included) plus new favorites. {SWIPE for more}

Make reservations on opentable.com, call 415-648-7600, or walk in. If we are booked, you can always enjoy the full menu at our adjoining bar, Laszlo.

Our madras curry sesame fried chicken is a house classic, reimagined regularly based on the freshest seasonal ingredients. Here it's drizzled with spiced honey, served atop housemade hummus, and accompanied by sweet 100 tomatoes and crisp cucumber accented with spring onion, za'atar, and Essex feta

Juicy Santa Rosa plums nestled in Castelfranco, Ostero Gold Cheese shards, Chervil, Champage & Cider Dressing -refresh and excite the palette…

What's underneath the crowning Early Girl tomato confit and flourish of golden breadcrumbs? Fresh hand-rolled cavatelli pasta with summer zucchini, fava beans, and black truffle!

Every night before service, our kitchen makes one of every dish on the night's daily-changing menu. This is the time for our chefs to review and make any final refinements and to provide our staff the opportunity to taste and get firsthand knowledge of each dish. If you've ever wondered why our staff can speak to the menu with genuine authority, this is the reason.

Why decide between crispy golden matchstick fries and seasonally sensational corn when you can have both with our succulent grilled heritage pork chop!

Our flavor bomb pineapple granita with mixed berry sorbet is ready for its closeup 🍍

When you can't decide on dessert ... our irresistible cupcake trio!
✨Chocolate with mocha buttercream
✨Red velvet with chèvre cream cheese frosting
✨Blackberry with Meyer lemon buttercream