Guidebook for San Francisco
Sightseeing
walk the boardwalk or dig your toes into the cold sands of ocean beach. Experienced surfers from around the world visit this beach, known for it's riptides and undertow, but also exceptional surf.
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Ocean Beach
La Playa Stwalk the boardwalk or dig your toes into the cold sands of ocean beach. Experienced surfers from around the world visit this beach, known for it's riptides and undertow, but also exceptional surf.
We are biking distance to this world class park, and near bus lines at take you to park entrances. From museums to gardens to the buffalo paddock, this park is a must-see city attraction.
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Taman Golden Gate
We are biking distance to this world class park, and near bus lines at take you to park entrances. From museums to gardens to the buffalo paddock, this park is a must-see city attraction.
There are two restored Dutch windmills in Golden Gate Park. This one has a tulip garden surrounding it.
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Dutch Windmill
1691 John F Kennedy DrThere are two restored Dutch windmills in Golden Gate Park. This one has a tulip garden surrounding it.
The iconic Golden Gate bridge is a relatively short, but scenic bus ride away, or quick drive.
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Jembatan Golden Gate
Golden Gate BridgeThe iconic Golden Gate bridge is a relatively short, but scenic bus ride away, or quick drive.
Even if you don't eat at the restaurant, stop by to see the camera obscura perched behind the building.
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Cliff House
1090 Point Lobos AveEven if you don't eat at the restaurant, stop by to see the camera obscura perched behind the building.
Entertainment & Activities
Kebun Binatang San Francisco
Upper Great HighwayCome see the animals!
Live music venue with great performers on a regular basis.
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Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell StLive music venue with great performers on a regular basis.
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th StPunk rock dive. Small. Great shows.
Cannabis delivery service. Get $20 in credit when you order through this link https://eaze.com/share/L/ICEBBSU
Eaze
Cannabis delivery service. Get $20 in credit when you order through this link https://eaze.com/share/L/ICEBBSU
Any trip to the tourist-center Fisherman's Wharf should include a visit to the free-entry arcade museum where you can play arcade games dating back over 100 years.
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Musée Mécanique
Fishermans WharfAny trip to the tourist-center Fisherman's Wharf should include a visit to the free-entry arcade museum where you can play arcade games dating back over 100 years.
Food Scene
This Chinese style restaurant operates under Koran rules. No pork on this menu! Hot pots for groups, or delicious entrees, all prepared traditionally in the Mandarin style. Uighurs rejoice!
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Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant
3132 Vicente StThis Chinese style restaurant operates under Koran rules. No pork on this menu! Hot pots for groups, or delicious entrees, all prepared traditionally in the Mandarin style. Uighurs rejoice!
Run by friends, this quaint and cozy restaurant makes for a lovely date or a nice sit-down lunch or dinner along the hipster Judah strip. Enjoy beer and wine, hot tea or Thai iced with your meal.
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Thai Cottage Restaurant
4041 Judah StRun by friends, this quaint and cozy restaurant makes for a lovely date or a nice sit-down lunch or dinner along the hipster Judah strip. Enjoy beer and wine, hot tea or Thai iced with your meal.
A staple of the outer sunset, java beach on Judah has been serving surfers and bachcombers coffee since 1993. The second location by the zoo offers the same local food and a variety of drinks.
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Java Beach Café
1396 La Playa StA staple of the outer sunset, java beach on Judah has been serving surfers and bachcombers coffee since 1993. The second location by the zoo offers the same local food and a variety of drinks.
This eclectic coffee bar may be small in size, but their coffee is big in flavor. Cinnamon toast and fresh coconut milk must-haves. People watch in the small parklet out front. http://bit.ly/1kNh0AY
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Trouble Coffee
4033 Judah StThis eclectic coffee bar may be small in size, but their coffee is big in flavor. Cinnamon toast and fresh coconut milk must-haves. People watch in the small parklet out front. http://bit.ly/1kNh0AY
Some of the best crab in the city! The garlic noodles are legendary. Valet parking service available, but this gem is within walking distance and on a bus line.
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Thanh Long Restaurant
4101 Judah StSome of the best crab in the city! The garlic noodles are legendary. Valet parking service available, but this gem is within walking distance and on a bus line.
Get beignets fried to-order every Sunday for $1 apiece, along with other amazing baked goods.
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Devil's Teeth Baking Company
3876 Noriega StGet beignets fried to-order every Sunday for $1 apiece, along with other amazing baked goods.
Good for a big brunch with upscale buffet and bottomless mimosas. Start your golden gate park visit here.
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Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant
1000 Great HwyGood for a big brunch with upscale buffet and bottomless mimosas. Start your golden gate park visit here.
The best and closest! Locally-owned by a brilliant barista! Unique roasts for a variety of brewing styles, scones, and some darn tasty breads to curb your hunger. Tell Mike char and rus sent you.
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Andytown Coffee Roasters
3655 Lawton StThe best and closest! Locally-owned by a brilliant barista! Unique roasts for a variety of brewing styles, scones, and some darn tasty breads to curb your hunger. Tell Mike char and rus sent you.
This tiny restaurant offers amazing dim sum. There is almost always a wait, a testimony to their delicious offerings. Grab take-out and enjoy it on our back patio if you don't want to endure the wait
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Kingdom Of Dumpling
1713 Taraval StThis tiny restaurant offers amazing dim sum. There is almost always a wait, a testimony to their delicious offerings. Grab take-out and enjoy it on our back patio if you don't want to endure the wait
Our favorite gelato in the city. Open fairly late. On the L-Taraval line.
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Marco Polo Italian Ice Cream
1447 Taraval StOur favorite gelato in the city. Open fairly late. On the L-Taraval line.
Margaritas if you need one. The food isn't the TexMex we long for, but it'll do in a pinch.
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Celia's by the Beach
4019 Judah StMargaritas if you need one. The food isn't the TexMex we long for, but it'll do in a pinch.
If you need a martini or a Manhattan. The food's not bad. Particularly for brunch.
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Parkside Tavern
1940 Taraval StIf you need a martini or a Manhattan. The food's not bad. Particularly for brunch.
Early bird breakfast specials. The couple who run this place are great. Solid diner breakfast.
New Taraval Cafe
1054 Taraval StEarly bird breakfast specials. The couple who run this place are great. Solid diner breakfast.
The second location for this lovely coffee roaster is even closer to us, with delicious snacks and delectable coffees. Try the Snowy Plover.
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Andytown Coffee Roasters
3655 Lawton StThe second location for this lovely coffee roaster is even closer to us, with delicious snacks and delectable coffees. Try the Snowy Plover.
Visit the place where the beans roast, and get a coffee. On weekends there is a pop-up ice cream stand.
Andytown Roastery, Training Lab, & Coffee Supply
3016 Taraval StVisit the place where the beans roast, and get a coffee. On weekends there is a pop-up ice cream stand.
Simple burgers and fries, grab a burger by the beach.
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Papa Mak's Burgers
3755 Noriega StSimple burgers and fries, grab a burger by the beach.
Airy, 2-story tavern for American menus & original beers in a modern space with booths & tables.
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Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company
1735 Noriega StAiry, 2-story tavern for American menus & original beers in a modern space with booths & tables.
Pizza and Indian dishes (I recommend the chicken tikka masala pizza). Delivery is coordinated through GrubHub as of 09/2019.
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Brothers Pizza
3627 Taraval StPizza and Indian dishes (I recommend the chicken tikka masala pizza). Delivery is coordinated through GrubHub as of 09/2019.
Best known for brunch and beer. Sometimes they offer live music - check the schedule http://www.parkchalet.com/live-music-calendar
Nestled at the edge of Golden Gate Park in the same building as Beach Chalet.
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Park Chalet Coastal Beer Garden
1000 Great HwyBest known for brunch and beer. Sometimes they offer live music - check the schedule http://www.parkchalet.com/live-music-calendar
Nestled at the edge of Golden Gate Park in the same building as Beach Chalet.
Shopping
Get a unique, handmade souvenir from your visit, or some vintage clothes or air plants or any number of quirky housewares. Make sure to visit the custom greenhouse in the back yard!
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GENERAL STORE
4035 Judah StGet a unique, handmade souvenir from your visit, or some vintage clothes or air plants or any number of quirky housewares. Make sure to visit the custom greenhouse in the back yard!
Close-by and brimming with the essentials you may have forgotten to bring along on your trip, this location is open late, and has an L-Taraval muni train stop out front.
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Walgreens
216 Westlake CenterClose-by and brimming with the essentials you may have forgotten to bring along on your trip, this location is open late, and has an L-Taraval muni train stop out front.
Japanese housewares, stationary, specialty foods (e.g. ramen, pocky) and personal care items. Cute cute cute, and inexpensive (less expensive than in Japan Town).
Ichiban-Kan
1931 Irving StJapanese housewares, stationary, specialty foods (e.g. ramen, pocky) and personal care items. Cute cute cute, and inexpensive (less expensive than in Japan Town).
Shops, restaurants, bakeries, and annual anime cosplay festival, and annual cherry blossom festival.
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Japan Town
Shops, restaurants, bakeries, and annual anime cosplay festival, and annual cherry blossom festival.
It has a Trader Joe's. Standard suburban mall.
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Stonestown Galleria
3251 20th AveIt has a Trader Joe's. Standard suburban mall.
Essentials
A little pricey, but the selection of organic and local products is the best in the outer sunset. They even have a good cheese and wine selection. Fresh fruit samples are a good excuse to stop in.
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Noriega Produce
3701 Noriega StA little pricey, but the selection of organic and local products is the best in the outer sunset. They even have a good cheese and wine selection. Fresh fruit samples are a good excuse to stop in.
it's the biggest, closest major chain grocery store. more expensive than the trader joe's or the lucky, but on the L line, and nearby. Wells Fargo ATM located inside.
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Safeway
730 Taraval Stit's the biggest, closest major chain grocery store. more expensive than the trader joe's or the lucky, but on the L line, and nearby. Wells Fargo ATM located inside.
This is the closest minor-emergency center.
In a medical emergency dial 911.
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Dignity Health-GoHealth Urgent Care
199 W Portal AveThis is the closest minor-emergency center.
In a medical emergency dial 911.
Emergency Room open 24 hours.
at Fulton St in NoPa
Phone number (415) 750-5700
In a medical emergency dial 911.
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St. Mary’s Medical Center
450 Stanyan StEmergency Room open 24 hours.
at Fulton St in NoPa
Phone number (415) 750-5700
In a medical emergency dial 911.
A grocery store with fish market and Far East fare.
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Sunset Supermarket
2801 Vicente StA grocery store with fish market and Far East fare.
If you're looking for locally-sourced organic food, or want to refill your travel containers with Dr Bronners soap, phosphate-free shampoo or organic lotion, this is your place.
Borrow our reusable shopping bags!
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Other Avenues Grocery Cooperative
3930 Judah StIf you're looking for locally-sourced organic food, or want to refill your travel containers with Dr Bronners soap, phosphate-free shampoo or organic lotion, this is your place.
Borrow our reusable shopping bags!
Drinks & Nightlife
Pittsburgh's Pub
4207 Judah StDiviest dive bar in the 'hood. Get your PBR.
Marcello's
2100 Taraval StOld school Italian fare with a good wine selection.
Grandma's Saloon
1016 Taraval StMellow scene for a late night libation.
This locals bar built in 1941 boasted a tasty brew called the Riptide Red Ale, from Beach Chalet. Honky-tonk & a bit divey, it burned down in 2015, but reopened September 2016, and celebrated their 14th anniversary in 2017. This is our go-to neighborhood bar.
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The Riptide
3639 Taraval StThis locals bar built in 1941 boasted a tasty brew called the Riptide Red Ale, from Beach Chalet. Honky-tonk & a bit divey, it burned down in 2015, but reopened September 2016, and celebrated their 14th anniversary in 2017. This is our go-to neighborhood bar.
This is a fancy-schmancy response to The Riptide. Cocktails, craft beer & slushies served in cozy, sophisticated quarters with a surfer-cool vibe.
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White Cap
3608 Taraval StThis is a fancy-schmancy response to The Riptide. Cocktails, craft beer & slushies served in cozy, sophisticated quarters with a surfer-cool vibe.
Parks & Nature
A beautiful beach, with a clothing optional section, north of the parking areas. Views of the Golden Gate bridge.
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Pantai Baker
A beautiful beach, with a clothing optional section, north of the parking areas. Views of the Golden Gate bridge.
A beautiful drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, past Stinson Beach, great for camping and daytrips.
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Taman Nasional Point Reyes National Seashore
A beautiful drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, past Stinson Beach, great for camping and daytrips.
Just a short drive out of the city, over the Golden Gate Bridge, this beach offers slightly warmer temperatures than Ocean Beach or Baker Beach, and is a favorite weekend adventure.
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Stinson Beach
Just a short drive out of the city, over the Golden Gate Bridge, this beach offers slightly warmer temperatures than Ocean Beach or Baker Beach, and is a favorite weekend adventure.
Taman Teh Jepang San Francisco
75 Hagiwara Tea Garden DrIn Golden Gate Park. Beautiful.
Dunes Beach
A lovely beach for a walk.
Fort Funston is a stretch of coastal headlands and beaches with trails for hiking, biking, and walking dogs. With over 200 acres of beach and bluffs, Fort Funston is a perfect location for active people (and dogs) to explore in San Francisco.
A former harbor defense installation, it included several artillery batteries; The Fort Funston Nike Missile battery was designated SF-59, and you can visit the cement remains.
On windy days you will see hang gliders flying overhead along the coast, and may be able to meet some of the "Fellow Feathers" hang gliding club.
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Fort Funston
Fort Funston RoadFort Funston is a stretch of coastal headlands and beaches with trails for hiking, biking, and walking dogs. With over 200 acres of beach and bluffs, Fort Funston is a perfect location for active people (and dogs) to explore in San Francisco.
A former harbor defense installation, it included several artillery batteries; The Fort Funston Nike Missile battery was designated SF-59, and you can visit the cement remains.
On windy days you will see hang gliders flying overhead along the coast, and may be able to meet some of the "Fellow Feathers" hang gliding club.
614-acre park with a 4.5-mile paved recreational trail encircling a freshwater lake, popular for fishing & boating, surrounded on three sides by golf courses. Lovely walking and biking trails, piers and the home of the dragon boat practices. Come watch competitive and amateur rowers cut through the water like a knife.
https://sfrecpark.org/destination/lake-merced-park/
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Taman Danau Merced
614-acre park with a 4.5-mile paved recreational trail encircling a freshwater lake, popular for fishing & boating, surrounded on three sides by golf courses. Lovely walking and biking trails, piers and the home of the dragon boat practices. Come watch competitive and amateur rowers cut through the water like a knife.
https://sfrecpark.org/destination/lake-merced-park/