Franciscan Crab Restaurant

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is a landing spot for many aspects of seafoods, but a glance at the big sign overlooking the parking lot (or at the smaller signs posted around the city pointing the way to the wharf) gives a clue to which is most important. Both signs feature the distinctive shape of Dungeness crab, one of the treasures of the West Coast fish market, and the symbol of the Golden Gate fishing industry. Most of the year, but especially in winter, the air around the wharf carries the scent of crabs boiling in huge outdoor pots, to be sold in walk-away crab cocktails.