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891 Beach St. (at Polk St.). &415/771-6800. www.anamandara.com. High chairs, boosters. Reservations recommended on weekends. Main courses lunch $14 $28, dinner $21 $40. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Mon Fri lunch 11:30am 2pm; Sun Thurs dinner 5:30 9:30pm; Fri Sat 5:30 10:30pm. Muni: No. 30-Stockton bus to Polk St., and then walk 1 block nor th, or P owell-Hyde cable car t o Beach St., and then walk 2 blocks west.