WHERE TO EAT The best Cioppino in the world (according to food experts)

"Of course, the cioppino is unmissable as this signature item turns deadly when paired with delicious and buttery garlic bread."

"The undisputed specialty here is the cioppino, a pleasant enough seafood and tomato stew."

"What makes this cioppino so good is the broth. It’s rich with bright, sweet tomato flavor, given depth with a hearty pour of wine, and laced with enough garlic for a good bite."

"Locals and tourists alike laud these old-school family favorites that keep the quality up via top-notch Italian-style seafood, from wonderful crab to must-try cioppino."

"Where to find the best cioppino in the San Francisco Bay Area: Woodhouse Fish Company - This restaurant features a lot of East Coast influences with such things as the fried Ipswich clams and the Maine lobster rolls, but they bring it home with an excellent cioppino, where the tomato broth is more savory than some of the sweeter versions you often find."

"I could eat that everyday."

"Once you've had your fill, be sure to sample the other aquatic offerings: a hefty bowl of cioppino loaded with prawns, clams, mussels, and squid. Throw in the expansive Bay views from the patio and dining room, and those lines come as no surprise."

"I was there for the cioppino, a seafood stew I crave whenever the temperature dips below tolerable, partly to warm my hands in the steam rising off of it."

"Since opening in 1978, Atlantic Fish has been a favorite of both locals and tourists alike, offering classics from award-winning New England Clam Chowder to more adventurous items such as San Francisco Cioppino."

"Seafood is something special, including big servings of Dungeness crab cioppino starting in the fall, calamari, sea scallops and oysters baked in puddles of garlic butter."