Nothing is safe from a whole roasted garlic clove at The Stinking Rose—not bread, not beef, not the window display, not even dessert. A true dining mystery, it remains a regular on the tourist and 21st birthday party circuits.

Is it the vegetarian herb-cream gravy? The wrap-around patio? The "hip urban" crowd? Whatever it is, nothing can keep the long lines from finding Boogaloo's, even though they've been shuttered for vermin infestation, and even though they serve vegetarian herb-cream gravy.

Food industry mega-star Chris Cosentino is the draw at Incanto, the overrated restaurant inductee receiving the most votes among Eater readers.

There's no question that Alice Waters has achieved miracles for the farm-to-table movement, but Chez Panisse has become more of a tourist mecca than anything else in recent years.

One reader summed up the sentiment of many, calling Ton Kiang dim sum "white people-y." Also: the lines seem to be growing in inverse proportion to the quality of the food.

Originally made popular by the Yelp community, Burma Superstar gets attention for its hard-to-find-in-SF dishes like tea leaf salad and samusa soup, but in most instances the quality of food doesn't live up to the enormous lines and waits on a nightly basis.

Although Erik Adkins' cocktails are among some of the most underrated in the city, many of the dishes on Charles Phan's menu here can be found for a third of the price at other Vietnamese restaurants around town. Still, Charles Phan's mothership is always, always packed. A reader adds: "It was so much better when it was a hole in the wall on Valencia."