# Sears Fine Food, San Francisco CA: Lunch Prices & Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sears-fine-food-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/sears-fine-food-san-francisco-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Sears Fine Food is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 439 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 7 AM to 3 PM |
| Phone | (415) 986-0700 |
| Rating | 4.3 across 3,983 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Lunch |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 439 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Local institution serving Swedish pancakes & classic diner standards amid nostalgic surroundings. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Sears Fine Food | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 986-0700 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Available from sears fine food | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Call 415 986 0700 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Classic diner food | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Executive chef | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Get social | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lunch | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Online food delivery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Photo gallery | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Sears fine food since 1938 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Swedish pancakes | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/searsfinefood | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | http://www.searsfinefood.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 8 services Sears Fine Food offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lunch |  |  |  | From their website |
| Get social |  |  |  | From their website |
| Call 415 986 0700 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Online food delivery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Photo gallery |  |  |  | From their website |
| Available from sears fine food |  |  |  | From their website |
| Sears fine food since 1938 |  |  |  | From their website |
| Executive chef |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Lunch: 20% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting Sears Fine Food

Address: 439 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA. Phone: (415) 986-0700. Hours: Mon to Sun 7 AM to 3 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Local institution serving Swedish pancakes & classic diner standards amid nostalgic surroundings."


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Golden Gate Tap Room | Sports bar | 1 min walk |
| Impark - Sir Francis Drake Hotel Lot 304 | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| The Post Room | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Powell St & Sutter St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Sutter St & Powell St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| Fanoos Grills | Shawarma restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.3 average across 3,983 reviews: Google 3,983. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While the restaurant boasts a historic charm and famous pancakes, inconsistent service and food quality leave many customers disappointed. (AI guess, from 3,983 reviews.)


### What people like

- Famous 18 Swedish pancakes with lingonberries
- Delicious omelettes
- Historic diner atmosphere


### What people do not like

- Service is often slow and unresponsive
- Food quality inconsistent and overpriced
- Communication issues with reservations


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### where does this place post updates


### rough idea what Sears Fine Food costs?


### best american restaurant in San Francisco


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Sears Fine Food?


### Whereabouts is this place?


### What american restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### walk in at Sears Fine Food in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### Worth the hype at Sears Fine Food?


### points or member pricing here, worth signing up?


### opening hours here, what are they these days?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### how much is a first visit around here


### anywhere cheaper than Sears Fine Food in San Francisco that is still good?


### killing time on Powell, any ideas


### is there a common complaint here


### any last minute tables here?


### the good stuff about Sears Fine Food, what is it?


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## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco american restaurants run 24 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Sears Fine Food scores 34, above the San Francisco average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Sears Fine Food |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 25 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 6 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 78 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 59 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an american restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Sears Fine Food |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sears Fine Food | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.searsfinefood.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Sears Fine Food is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best american restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/american-restaurant
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJlW39lY6AhYAR-kYSJfvNY6A (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] searsfinefood.com, https://www.searsfinefood.com/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] searsfinefood.com, https://www.searsfinefood.com/executive-chef (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] searsfinefood.com, https://www.searsfinefood.com/menu/lunch (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] searsfinefood.com, https://www.searsfinefood.com/photo-gallery (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 31, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 31, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] searsfinefood.com, http://www.searsfinefood.com/ (accessed Oct 12, 2026)