text: My husband and I are rather unfamiliar with the area around the Opera House in San Francisco After walking a few blocks around the area we came across Maxs Opera Cafe Having arrived hours prior to the show a holiday matinee of the Nutcracker we thought we may have arrived too early It turned out to be perfect because an hour into our lunch the line to get in extended outside the restaurant I do not know if it was because of the holiday but the restaurant had a great energy and was very festive I had a salmon caesar salad which was perfectly cooked and was delicious Service was excellent It is also definitely family friendly We will definitely return