Top 10 Dining Spots for Techies and Entrepreneurs
Advancing your career and achieving success is mainly about making the right connections. While you’re not always want to take your time off work to network, it can be a good idea to use lunch to meet with new people.
We’ve picked Allset’s top ten restaurants that are popular among the modern day working professionals, to help you take a break from your laptop and connect with tech people, entrepreneurs, and (if you’re lucky enough) investors.
Dirty Water — San Francisco
Located at the Twitter Building, Dirty Water is a bar-restaurant concept from Kristian Cosentino. A paleo-friendly restaurant, Dirty Water offers the wild game, the freshest fish and locally sourced, fresh vegetables. This restaurant also offers a diverse selection of beers and over 100 professionally selected wine from around the world. For the health conscious techie who wants to stay in SoMa, Dirty Water is a great choice. SEE MENU
Rosa Mexicano — San Francisco
Rosa Mexicano, located at San Francisco’s Financial District, is a Mexican restaurant that offers a fun vibe and award-winning dishes that incorporate both traditional flavors and innovation. Since it’s so close to FiDi and SoMa, you can easily meet tech elite and C level executives while enjoying tacos there. SEE MENU
The Lunchpad — San Francisco
The Lunchpad offers some of the most creative sandwiches in Hayes Valley of San Francisco. Their tasty sandwiches are made with local ingredients and made fresh each day. And if you’re vegetarian you can still enjoy their green sandwiches and salads. For a quick meeting and work lunch, The Lunchpad is the place to try out. SEE MENU
Cosme — New York City
Located in NYC’s Flatiron and Tumbler’s office building, Cosme is a lively, minimalist, and sleek restaurant offering Mexican plates with local ingredients, opened by chef Enrique Olvera. Cosme is an excellent and classy restaurant to explore Mexican street food, dine with investors, and mingle with your colleagues. SEE MENU
Bo’s Kitchen & Bar Room — New York City
Located in Flatiron, Bo’s Kitchen & Bar Room is an American restaurant inspired by New Orleans, New York, and Montauk, reflecting the culinary roots of their chef partners. Having won OpenTable’s Diner Choice Award in 2014, Bo’s Kitchen & Bar Room offers a comfortable, inviting, and relaxed atmosphere to network and meet new people. SEE MENU
Clinton Hall — New York City
Featuring 20 draught beers and ciders on rotation, Clinton Hall serves selected beers with the most advanced beer technology in the market, offering a gourmet spin on traditional beer hall cuisine. Many working professionals from the Financial District dine at this restaurant given its diverse beer selection and lively atmosphere. SEE MENU
Coffeemania — New York City
Incorporating classic French techniques with hints of Asian influence, Coffeemania is located in the heart of NYC’s Bryant Park. Using flavourful ingredients to create innovative dishes, Coffeemania offers warm hospitality and accessible pricing. Their specialty lattes are worth mentioning, and this is a great place for a business breakfast, brunch, and lunch. SEE MENU
Chelsea Ristorante — New York City
Located in Chelsea, NYC, Chelsea Ristorante is an inviting Italian restaurant serving antipasti, homemade pasta, and risotto, with their famous burning brick oven. Located next to the Google office, you can meet some of the top executives in tech dining at this restaurant. SEE MENU
Nue — Seattle
Nue is a go-to place for an internationally-inspired meal. The restaurant owners built Nue with the intention of allowing their staff and guests the opportunity to experiment with new flavors and hang out in an unassuming way. Nue is a great place to network with Seattle’s diverse people from tech in a casual and fun setting. SEE MENU
Forthright — Austin
Located in downtown Austin, Forthright is a newly established cafe with a simple but strong breakfast and lunch menu. From their selection of straightforward food to the skillful crafting of a comfortable and honest atmosphere, Forthright is a perfect hangout for tech people and entrepreneurs. SEE MENU
At Allset, we focus on maximizing efficiency and productivity for the modern day working professionals. Allset for Business helps companies provide their employees with an exclusive perk of everyday dining at nearby restaurants. Multiple research have proved that dining out can increase employee’s happiness, make them more productive, and potentially advance their career.
