Chef
Freedom Rains

San Francisco

About Freedom Rains

Freedom Rains (Flour + Water, Incanto and Belga, among other notable SF restaurants) is the Executive Chef of A Mano. He has crafted a menu of hand-made pastas and other traditional Italian dishes--all made fresh, by hand, daily... Having worked with some of the Bay Area’s most talented chefs and in many popular San Francisco restaurants for the past 14 years, he draws from his superb education when creating delicious and well executed dishes at A Mano.

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My Venues

a Mano
450 Hayes St
San Francisco, CA

Where I Go Out

Porchetta taco, fennel, salsa verde, pickled peppers.

Tacolicious

$$, Happy Hour, Outdoor Seating, Mexican, Full Bar, Tacos, Bar, Mission Dolores

Negitoro, blue fin fatty tuna, scallion, uni, ikura

Pabu Boston

$$, Sushi, Downtown

"Family date night @itsronjonbon"

$$, Reservations, Full Bar, Spanish, Bar, North Of The Panhandle

A5 wagyu, foie snow, lemon soy, HMB wasabi nigiri

Robin

$$, Sushi, Japanese, Reservations, Modern, Fillmore

"A5 wagyu, foie snow, lemon soy, HMB wasabi @#datenight"

$$, Happy Hour, Full Bar, Steakhouse, Argentinian, Mission

"It's everything you want in a tartare. The horseradish aioli is refreshing and adds a nice zip, and the bread is special in its own right—charred perfectly, which gives it a nice texture and a hint of smoky flavor."

$$$, Reservations, Modern, Full Bar, Hawaiian, Lower Nob Hill

"The softly cooked beef tongue has a really nice texture without being overpowering, and it gets a nice acidity from the kimchi and cucumber garnish. And the sesame steam bun is elegant."

Chef

Freedom Rains

A Mano

At My Venues

Duck liver mousse, kumquat mostarda

a Mano

$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, Italian, Hayes Valley

"Delicious well balanced and memorable."

$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, Italian, Hayes Valley

"Rainy days call for pizza, pasta & beer. . . . . . . 🥣: pasta campanelle, broccoli di cicco pesto & pine nuts. pizza salsiccia, tomato, provolone piccante, olives, red onion (not pictured, already in belly) 🍺: @amanosf #foodie"

Chef, Sommelier

Roman Valdez

Patata, speck, leeks, fontal

a Mano

$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, Italian, Hayes Valley

"Patata, speck, leeks, fontal @#speck"

$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, Italian, Hayes Valley

"Delicious little fried night smelt!"

$$, Outdoor Seating, Full Bar, Italian, Hayes Valley

"more restaurants like this please. more chefs like @freedom_rains please. more tripe that tastes as if it was bathed in the most exquisite butter for one million years please."