Index:
Do
Unique San Francisco activities
Outside
- Alamo Square Park, grab cold brew from the truck
- Ferry Building, catch the Saturday Farmer’s Market
- Picnic at the Presidio, food trucks and bay views
- Get lost in the Presidio, walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
Live Music
- Catch a show at a small local venue:
The Fillmore, The Independent, or Great American Music Hall - Order a Greyhound and watch Jazz at Club Deluxe
- Madrone’s Art Bar, live events throughout the week
Get Learned
- The Exploratorium, especially “After Dark”
- California Academy of Sciences, especially “Night Life”
- SFMOMA
- SF Botanical Gardens
- The Commonwealth Club
Eat
Get hungry.
Breakfast & Brunch
- Zazie, Cole Valley
- Wooden Spoon, Castro (Upper Market)
- Pork Store Cafe, The Mission (16th St.)
- Brenda’s Meat & Three, Divisadero
Coffee:
- Philz (Especially the 24th Street location)
- Cento, SOMA
- Sightglass Coffee, Divisadero
- Cafe Trieste, North Beach
- Verve Coffee, Castro (Upper Market)
- Four Barrel Coffee, The Mission (Valencia)
- Stanza Coffee, The Mission (16th St.)
Lunch/Casual Dinner
- Mama Ji, Castro
- Beit Rima, Cole Valley
- Pakwan, The Mission (16th St.)
- Marnee, Inner Sunset
- Burma Superstar, Inner Richmond
- Iza Ramen, Lower Haight
- Balompie, The Mission
- Pancho Villa, The Mission
- La Taqueria, The Mission
Good Dinner
- Tomaso’s, North Beach
- Shizen, The Mission (14th St.)
- Lolinda, The Mission
- Trestle, North Beach
- Foreign Cinema, The Mission
- State Bird Provision, The Fillmore
- Al’s Place, The Mission (Valencia)
- Octavia, Pacific Heights
- Rich Table, Hayes Valley
Drink
My favorite watering holes.
Iconic:
- Vesuvio, North Beach
- Spec’s Twelve Adler, North Beach
- Top of the Mark, Nob Hill
- The Big Four, Nob Hill
Dive:
- The Page, Divisadero
- The Sycamore, The Mission
- Zeitgeist, The Mission
- Bloodhound Bar, SOMA
Date night:
- Hardwater, Embarcadero
- Lone Palm, The Mission
- The Linden Room, Hayes Valley
- Benjamin Cooper, Union Square
- 15 Romulo, North Beach
- Absinthe Brasserie, Hayes Valley
- Churchill, Castro (Upper Market)
- Elixir, The Mission
- ABV, The Mission
Party:
- Madrone’s, Divisadero
- Butter, SOMA
Unique:
- The Interval SF, Fort Mason
- Latin America Club, The Mission
- Last Rites, Castro (Upper Market)
Beer:
- Monk’s Kettle, The Mission
- Toranado, Lower Haight
- Standard Deviant, The Mission