Guidebook for San Francisco

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Guidebook for San Francisco

Food Scene

Beautiful Space. Great Coffee.
71 locals recommend
Saint Frank Coffee
2340 Polk St
71 locals recommend
Beautiful Space. Great Coffee.
Giant Salads!
66 locals recommend
Blue Barn
2237 Polk St
66 locals recommend
Giant Salads!
Breakfast, Burgers, Salads. Fast and easy family pleaser.
6 locals recommend
Split
560 Mission St
6 locals recommend
Breakfast, Burgers, Salads. Fast and easy family pleaser.
It's all in the name.
43 locals recommend
Cheese Plus
2001 Polk St
43 locals recommend
It's all in the name.
Pizza! On the fancy side and very tasty.
35 locals recommend
Gioia Pizzeria
2240 Polk Street
35 locals recommend
Pizza! On the fancy side and very tasty.
You climbed the hill. You deserve some ice cream. Grab a cone and listen to the cable cars roll by.
61 locals recommend
The First Swensen's Ice Cream Store
1999 Hyde St
61 locals recommend
You climbed the hill. You deserve some ice cream. Grab a cone and listen to the cable cars roll by.
If you order your salad "greek style" you get a handful of fries on top. Heaven.
196 locals recommend
Souvla
517 Hayes St
196 locals recommend
If you order your salad "greek style" you get a handful of fries on top. Heaven.
Tucked into the rear of Polk Street Market. Grab a rotisserie chicken for an easy dinner or one of their giant sandwiches to go.
The Boy's Deli
2222 Polk St
Tucked into the rear of Polk Street Market. Grab a rotisserie chicken for an easy dinner or one of their giant sandwiches to go.

Shopping

Italian Wine. Oh so much Italian wine. Super friendly staff.
7 locals recommend
Biondivino
1415 Green St
7 locals recommend
Italian Wine. Oh so much Italian wine. Super friendly staff.
Sunday Farmer's Market
30 locals recommend
Fort Mason Center Farmers' Market
Marina Boulevard
30 locals recommend
Sunday Farmer's Market
Great vintage finds.
6 locals recommend
ReLove
1815 Polk St
6 locals recommend
Great vintage finds.
Often pop in just to check the sale rack -- sometimes great prices on fancy lingerie.
Les Cent Culottes
2200 Polk St
Often pop in just to check the sale rack -- sometimes great prices on fancy lingerie.
St. Lightning
1813 Polk St
Hit Hayes Valley for great shopping at small local stores and be sure to make your way into Ver Unica.
Ver Unica
526 Hayes St
Hit Hayes Valley for great shopping at small local stores and be sure to make your way into Ver Unica.

Essentials

For those forgotten essentials and snacks.
Amro Market
2901 Van Ness Ave
For those forgotten essentials and snacks.
It's not a huge market, but will find most of what you need. Especially good for organic options. Butcher counter includes a good selection of seafood and meat, including house made sausages and ready to cook marinated meats.
51 locals recommend
Real Food Company
2140 Polk St
51 locals recommend
It's not a huge market, but will find most of what you need. Especially good for organic options. Butcher counter includes a good selection of seafood and meat, including house made sausages and ready to cook marinated meats.
Anjalee Thai Massage
1617 Polk St
Public outdoor fitness space.
75 locals recommend
Marina Green Triangle
75 locals recommend
Public outdoor fitness space.

Getting Around

Cable Car
SFMTA Hyde and Beach Public Transit Kiosk
2853 Hyde St
Cable Car

Parks & Nature

Head into the Presidio for beachside picnics, hiking, biking and running.
34 locals recommend
Crissy Field Center station
34 locals recommend
Head into the Presidio for beachside picnics, hiking, biking and running.
Public tennis and basketball courts with a billion dollar view! Dog run and terraced areas with benches for quiet sits on top of the city.
17 locals recommend
Alice Marble Tennis Courts
1200 Greenwich St
17 locals recommend
Public tennis and basketball courts with a billion dollar view! Dog run and terraced areas with benches for quiet sits on top of the city.
Bocce Courts (there's a set of balls in the front closet), a pier to walk out, and a little patch of beach. Just below Ghiradelli Square. Watch folks training for Annual swim from Alcatraz making their way through the cold waters. This is where 4th of July fireworks launch, too.
49 locals recommend
Aquatic Park
700-898 Beach St
49 locals recommend
Bocce Courts (there's a set of balls in the front closet), a pier to walk out, and a little patch of beach. Just below Ghiradelli Square. Watch folks training for Annual swim from Alcatraz making their way through the cold waters. This is where 4th of July fireworks launch, too.

Drinks & Nightlife

Not a bar scene but a great bar with outstanding cocktails AND great snacks, coffee, tea, and non-alcoholic drinks. Small and tucked away in Fort Mason. It is part of the Long Now Foundation, which is fascinating in and of itself.
25 locals recommend
The Interval at Long Now
2 Marina Blvd
25 locals recommend
Not a bar scene but a great bar with outstanding cocktails AND great snacks, coffee, tea, and non-alcoholic drinks. Small and tucked away in Fort Mason. It is part of the Long Now Foundation, which is fascinating in and of itself.
Amazingly broad selection of Mezcal.
10 locals recommend
Mezcalito
2323 Polk St
10 locals recommend
Amazingly broad selection of Mezcal.

Arts & Culture

San Francisco's local history includes the founding of The Gap. And the newly expanded SFMoMA houses the Gap founders' extensive modern collection -- it is a must go for modern art lovers.
813 locals recommend
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd St
813 locals recommend
San Francisco's local history includes the founding of The Gap. And the newly expanded SFMoMA houses the Gap founders' extensive modern collection -- it is a must go for modern art lovers.