We may not eat dinner and lunch out as much as people in other parts of the country, but we do brunch more. With just 7% of people nationally saying they go to brunch every weekend, 10% of Bay Area residents said they wouldn't miss the meal on the weekend, which may explain some of the long lines.

It also may not comes as a surprise that when we do make restaurant reservations, Bay Area residents are far more likely than others to make those reservations using the internet -- 68% of us reserve online and only 27% call the place directly, whereas nationally those numbers are 52% and 41%.

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We also considered it more acceptable to take photos of your food than people in the rest of the country. Only 9% (as opposed to 12%) think that's rude or inappropriate, or just weird, whereas 86% of us think it's ok or totally acceptable -- otherwise what are we supposed to Instagram?

When it comes to our feelings about the restaurants, man are we picky. 26% of Bay Area residents said their biggest pet peeve eating out was inattentive staff, 16% said slow service, 12% said inadequately trained staff and 10% said rude staff. People nationwide were a bit more understanding -- or else the restaurant staff nationwide is better.

52% of San Franciscans said they won't wait longer than 30 minutes at a place that doesn't take reservations and 6% said, forget it, I skip those places.

We did have the same general tastes as the rest of the nation, with Italian as our favorite type of food. But, we're more diverse in our preferences. Nationally, 25% of people said Italian was their favorite cuisine, with American next at 13%. But, here, Italian got just 22% of the vote, then French had 14%, Japanese 13%, American 9%, all the way down the list through Thai, Indian, Vegetarian, German -- although 11% of Bay Area residents had to be different and said that their favorite was something else entirely. Of course it was.

When asked what we wanted to see more of, 15% of us said French restaurants. Maybe next year?

The food at Gary Danko was rated the best in the Bay Area. Photo: Jared Goralnick/Flickr

The top 20-rated restaurants in the Bay Area. Restaurants are given points on a scale of 0-30 based on surveyor's ratings. These restaurants received ratings of 27, 28 and 29.

29:
Gary Danko
28:
Erna's Elderberry
French Laundry
Sierra Mar
Acquerello
Cafe Gibraltar
Kiss Seafood
Evvia
Kokkari Estiatorio
27:
Chez Panisse
Commis
Terra
La Foret
La Ciccia
Sushi Zone
Boulevard
Chez Panisse Cafe
Madrona Manor
Manresa
Cucina Paradiso

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2014 San Francisco Zagat Guide Surveys Restaurants, Residents' Eating Preferences