Casablanca in the 'Loin

Moroccan fare that's simply delicious.

On a Tenderloin street lined with Indian dives, Tajine has cheery tangerine walls and just six rickety tables. But you’re here for the Moroccan fare, which is simply delicious: Zaalouk, a chilled salad of baked eggplant, tomatoes, garlic and parsley, is peppery and refreshing, while the juicy dajaj mequali—saffron-and-parsley-coated baked chicken served with preserved lemons and olives—is wonderfully briny. Fez-wearing, Casablanca-born chef-owner Mohammed Ghaleb not only cooks most of the dishes himself in the itsy-bitsy open kitchen (barely big enough for two people) but also chats with customers, who all seem to know him by name.

Tajine 552 Jones St., 415-440-1718

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