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Nico's at Pier 38
Once a chef in one of the city's best-known fine-dining
restaurants, Lyon-born Nico Chaiz elected to create a place where he could work
the hours he likes and serve people like himself, who love good food at
reasonable prices. Where better than a few steps from the city's fish auction?
Though its chief clientele is rough-hewn dock workers and fishermen, the café
has received universal critical acclaim for its upscale plate lunches of
seaweed-crusted tuna steaks, and fish and egg breakfasts. Reservations not
accepted.