[Strangler Lewis]

I think I first had fava beans at Rose Pistola. With the caveat that I haven't been to either place in about six years, I say Moose's outswanks Rose Pistola on the North Beach scene as I remember it. Crowd's a little older, a little better dressed but just as hip, food and bar just as good. Zuni Cafe still tops our list for SF dining. Copper-topped bar, oysters, long wait between courses, chocolate cake so good they don't put it in their cookbook.