IMO:
Tapas: Bocadillos (Financial District/North Beach) or Zarzuela (Russian Hill).
Mexican: La Cumbre Taqueria (the Mission)
Sushi: Sushi Zone (the Mission) or Koo (near the Pan Handle)
Breakfast: Mamas near Washington Square Park in North Beach (but get there early!). In the alternative, try Cafe Divine in the same area.
Cool Places: La Trappe (single page menu but a beer menu that requires an index by country/type/alphabetical - North Beach); Zeitgeist (just burgers and simple food but a backyard beer garden in the Mission); Toranado (German sausages next door but an incredible beer selection); Giordanos - a couple of brothers brought out Pittsburgh roots and serve the French Fries IN the burger... plus, Mark Giordano strongly approves; just up the street from Giordanos is a place called Vesuvios - I sat 2 seats down from Johnny Depp one day and a friend of mine has had a beer with Owen Wilson & Kate Hudson (back in the day) - a neighborhood icon where the beatneck writers made home.
Italian: anywhere along Columbus St. in North Beach - Calzone's, Cafe DeLucchi, etc. - get there at a good hour and get a 2-seat table along the sidewalk, grab a bottle of wine, etc.
Pizza - it's not Chicago or New York, but there's a lot of transplants. Little Star has a pretty awesome quasi-Chicago pizza.
Honestly, Fisherman's Wharf is the last place you want to go for a good SF experience. But, just to give you some places close to where you're staying - Joe's Crab Shack (sounds like a joke, but good seafood, great beer and a pretty good time/price); places near Pier 39/41 have decent seafood, but you can do much better getting inland and out of the tourist trap.
Anything more specific - a specific genre - if you happen to be traveling out of SF or if you want other things to see/do/eat/drink, PM me.
SF is home and a wonderful home.
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