Guidebook for San Francisco

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Guidebook for San Francisco

Essentials

Healthful Produce, etc.
282 locals recommend
The Good Life Grocery
448 Cortland Ave
282 locals recommend
Healthful Produce, etc.
Dan, the owner, is a jewel and will do everything to help you with spot removal/pressing/alterations! She can help in an emergency repair needed for your clothes! She will also be happy to speak chinese to you or our guests and help you navigate the neighborhood!
11 locals recommend
Danny's Cleaners
746 Douglass St
11 locals recommend
Dan, the owner, is a jewel and will do everything to help you with spot removal/pressing/alterations! She can help in an emergency repair needed for your clothes! She will also be happy to speak chinese to you or our guests and help you navigate the neighborhood!
Try to drop in for a class there! 3 minute walk from our Garden!
26 locals recommend
Bernal Yoga
908 Cortland Ave
26 locals recommend
Try to drop in for a class there! 3 minute walk from our Garden!
Stop in and see if you can pay for a session there! 3 minute walk from our Garden!
6 locals recommend
fit BERNAL fit
908 Cortland Ave
6 locals recommend
Stop in and see if you can pay for a session there! 3 minute walk from our Garden!

Food Scene

Delicious Hummus, Owner operated! Wonderful Cafe!
108 locals recommend
Progressive Grounds Coffee shop and Eatery
400 Cortland Ave
108 locals recommend
Delicious Hummus, Owner operated! Wonderful Cafe!
Fantastic brisket sandwiches and delicious dill pickles. 331 Cortland Ave Mall. Owners are awesome and adorable, too!!! Food to go!
8 locals recommend
Paulie's Pickling
331 Cortland Ave
8 locals recommend
Fantastic brisket sandwiches and delicious dill pickles. 331 Cortland Ave Mall. Owners are awesome and adorable, too!!! Food to go!
Very delicious Peruvian Food! 2 minute walk from our Home! a Must!
69 locals recommend
Piqueo's
830 Cortland Ave
69 locals recommend
Very delicious Peruvian Food! 2 minute walk from our Home! a Must!
Gourmet Hawaiian: used to be a popup at 903 Cortland! Marvelous!
15 locals recommend
'āina
900 22nd Street
15 locals recommend
Gourmet Hawaiian: used to be a popup at 903 Cortland! Marvelous!
112 locals recommend
Chloe's Cafe
1399 Church Street
112 locals recommend
Garden Court Gorgeous Brunch on Sundays! Expensive but worth it. Plan on 3-4 hours, champagne or flowing of delicious coffee along with awesome Buffet!
13 locals recommend
Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco
2 New Montgomery St
13 locals recommend
Garden Court Gorgeous Brunch on Sundays! Expensive but worth it. Plan on 3-4 hours, champagne or flowing of delicious coffee along with awesome Buffet!
Eighth floor of Neiman Marcus is home to the Rotunda! Lunch or tea and very special! Takes reservations and ask for a table at the window overlooking Union Square (if you arent afraid of heights)! Enter thru the Store (Neiman) or the private entrance on the Side Street! Wonderful Views! Tea & Pastry, divine! Steak Salad, super! Take someone there for a Birthday Lunch!
10 locals recommend
Neiman-Marcus
150 Stockton St
10 locals recommend
Eighth floor of Neiman Marcus is home to the Rotunda! Lunch or tea and very special! Takes reservations and ask for a table at the window overlooking Union Square (if you arent afraid of heights)! Enter thru the Store (Neiman) or the private entrance on the Side Street! Wonderful Views! Tea & Pastry, divine! Steak Salad, super! Take someone there for a Birthday Lunch!
At the Ocean, at the end of Golden Gate Park. Wonderful place to end the Day! At the Windmill (1000 Great Highway); open 8 AM to 11 PM.
236 locals recommend
Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant
1000 Great Hwy
236 locals recommend
At the Ocean, at the end of Golden Gate Park. Wonderful place to end the Day! At the Windmill (1000 Great Highway); open 8 AM to 11 PM.
Wonderful restaurant "perched on the headland above the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach"....great spot, romantic!
285 locals recommend
Cliff House
1090 Point Lobos Ave
285 locals recommend
Wonderful restaurant "perched on the headland above the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach"....great spot, romantic!
Fish and Fish and more Fish...but I see that you can also get a marvelous Burger there too! Their seared Tuna, fabulous; their oyster bar, yes, too! Very delicious and super interesting menu! In the very heart of Bernal! The Heritage of that location is also awesome as the Barking Bassett restaurant used to be housed there, before our Chef Wayne M. decided to retire! The Red Hill Station does the Room proud! Many congratulations & this is a Must Visit Spot! you can email them your reservation:redhillstationsf@gmail.com Awesome!!!! open 11 AM-10 PM
62 locals recommend
Red Hill Station
62 locals recommend
Fish and Fish and more Fish...but I see that you can also get a marvelous Burger there too! Their seared Tuna, fabulous; their oyster bar, yes, too! Very delicious and super interesting menu! In the very heart of Bernal! The Heritage of that location is also awesome as the Barking Bassett restaurant used to be housed there, before our Chef Wayne M. decided to retire! The Red Hill Station does the Room proud! Many congratulations & this is a Must Visit Spot! you can email them your reservation:redhillstationsf@gmail.com Awesome!!!! open 11 AM-10 PM
Very tasty food, highly recommend! Romantic setting. Chef Greg plates a beautiful meal! Exquisite service and amenities! Personal favorite of your Host as this restaurant's Logo is a Work of Art by Toby Klayman! Tell Chef Greg we sent you! American Farm to Table, exciting and delicious!
26 locals recommend
3rd Cousin
919 Cortland Ave
26 locals recommend
Very tasty food, highly recommend! Romantic setting. Chef Greg plates a beautiful meal! Exquisite service and amenities! Personal favorite of your Host as this restaurant's Logo is a Work of Art by Toby Klayman! Tell Chef Greg we sent you! American Farm to Table, exciting and delicious!
Yes you must! ! Neighborhood loves this place! They have fantastic Madeleine Cookies and peanutbutter/chocolate cookies! Wi fi friendly, coffee marvelous! 3 minute walk from our Garden. We will give you a walking map with no hills.
105 locals recommend
Martha & Bros. Coffee Co.
745 Cortland Ave
105 locals recommend
Yes you must! ! Neighborhood loves this place! They have fantastic Madeleine Cookies and peanutbutter/chocolate cookies! Wi fi friendly, coffee marvelous! 3 minute walk from our Garden. We will give you a walking map with no hills.
You have got to be kidding! Most awesome ribs in town! a heavenly experience! Go into their iconic spot in the Mission or have them deliver! You will never forget their ribs! Delicious!
43 locals recommend
Baby Blues BBQ
3149 Mission St
43 locals recommend
You have got to be kidding! Most awesome ribs in town! a heavenly experience! Go into their iconic spot in the Mission or have them deliver! You will never forget their ribs! Delicious!
Iconic restaurant used to be called Little Nepal and was on Cortland Avenue. They have just moved and had a name change but the Owner/Chef Prem Tamang still going full force to present a beautiful menu and his warm hospitality! A Must!
23 locals recommend
Cuisine of Nepal Restaurant
3486 Mission St
23 locals recommend
Iconic restaurant used to be called Little Nepal and was on Cortland Avenue. They have just moved and had a name change but the Owner/Chef Prem Tamang still going full force to present a beautiful menu and his warm hospitality! A Must!
Made the Front Page of our SF Chronicle on 9/11/2014 as it was named as having "best burrito in the U.S." They are at Mission and 25th Street!!! carnitas burritas prepared dorado style, which means it's crisped on the grill! awesome! 2889 Mission ST open 11-9 PM
348 locals recommend
La Taqueria
2889 Mission St
348 locals recommend
Made the Front Page of our SF Chronicle on 9/11/2014 as it was named as having "best burrito in the U.S." They are at Mission and 25th Street!!! carnitas burritas prepared dorado style, which means it's crisped on the grill! awesome! 2889 Mission ST open 11-9 PM
Burgers and Beer! Omelets excellent. New restaurant replace the Liberty Cafe! Wonderful ambiance!
138 locals recommend
Bernal Star
410 Cortland Ave
138 locals recommend
Burgers and Beer! Omelets excellent. New restaurant replace the Liberty Cafe! Wonderful ambiance!
Spaghetti Heaven!
115 locals recommend
Emmy's Spaghetti Shack
3230 Mission St
115 locals recommend
Spaghetti Heaven!
Favorite Cafe and Favorite Coffee! Plenty of room to work on your projects via wireless! Haven and hangout for techies! Must see shops also in the neighborhood! Awesome!
296 locals recommend
Ritual Coffee Roasters
1026 Valencia St
296 locals recommend
Favorite Cafe and Favorite Coffee! Plenty of room to work on your projects via wireless! Haven and hangout for techies! Must see shops also in the neighborhood! Awesome!
Wonderful! 3282 Mission st new address SF ca
115 locals recommend
ICHI Sushi
3369 Mission St
115 locals recommend
Wonderful! 3282 Mission st new address SF ca

Arts & Culture

Newly remodeled, our library branch at Bernalx Enjoy our recently renovated library. Can be quiet and peaceful time for you!
35 locals recommend
Bernal Heights Branch Library
500 Cortland Ave
35 locals recommend
Newly remodeled, our library branch at Bernalx Enjoy our recently renovated library. Can be quiet and peaceful time for you!
Our City is famous for this Museum and the Avery Brundage Asian Art Collection which began it! Exquisite Art! Take an Uber to and from if you need! Worth it!
286 locals recommend
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St
286 locals recommend
Our City is famous for this Museum and the Avery Brundage Asian Art Collection which began it! Exquisite Art! Take an Uber to and from if you need! Worth it!
Our ACT Theater has a matinee on Wednesday and Sunday everytime they have a performance running! They have a season each year with 6 or 7 wonderful Plays! Their last Play of the 2015 season starts on May 25 and runs to June 12th! If you are in town during their 2016-17 season, I would google them and see their 7 offerings and plan on seeing a Play or two when you are in SF! To tell you a secret, very often you can get a last minute ticket! Worth it!
29 locals recommend
A.C.T.'s Geary Theater
415 Geary St
29 locals recommend
Our ACT Theater has a matinee on Wednesday and Sunday everytime they have a performance running! They have a season each year with 6 or 7 wonderful Plays! Their last Play of the 2015 season starts on May 25 and runs to June 12th! If you are in town during their 2016-17 season, I would google them and see their 7 offerings and plan on seeing a Play or two when you are in SF! To tell you a secret, very often you can get a last minute ticket! Worth it!

Everything Else

Our closest Bank Branch
45 locals recommend
Bank of America ATM
433 Cortland Ave
45 locals recommend
Our closest Bank Branch
Wonderful notecards & prints of Bernal. Take home a souvenir Photo of Bernal Heights!
Kingmond Young Photography
416 Cortland Ave
Wonderful notecards & prints of Bernal. Take home a souvenir Photo of Bernal Heights!
Stacie Pierce, Chef/Owner Fantastic pastry, baked goods, Blue Bottle Coffee Former Pastry Chef at Chez Panisse!!!!
521 Cortland Ave
Stacie Pierce, Chef/Owner Fantastic pastry, baked goods, Blue Bottle Coffee Former Pastry Chef at Chez Panisse!!!!

Shopping

Fine Art Studios: Klaymanart.com and Branchcombart.com pastels prints paintings ceramics woodcutouts watercolours drawings monoprints serigraphs posters blockprints soft sculpture needlepoint designs & postcard sets! Wonderful to shop for inexpensive item to give as gift or bring home from your visit to our City! Special Artists' Studios considered legendary! Must call or email for appointment but worth it to visit! A Gift will be given to you, dont be surprised!
515 Prentiss St
515 Prentiss Street
Fine Art Studios: Klaymanart.com and Branchcombart.com pastels prints paintings ceramics woodcutouts watercolours drawings monoprints serigraphs posters blockprints soft sculpture needlepoint designs & postcard sets! Wonderful to shop for inexpensive item to give as gift or bring home from your visit to our City! Special Artists' Studios considered legendary! Must call or email for appointment but worth it to visit! A Gift will be given to you, dont be surprised!
They are open til 10 PM 7 days a week. They sell 7 day Bus Passes ($29); 3 day Bus Passes ($23) and $20 parking cards! They told us the Bus Passes are also good for the Cable Cars and SF MTA (Muni)!
820 Cortland Ave
They are open til 10 PM 7 days a week. They sell 7 day Bus Passes ($29); 3 day Bus Passes ($23) and $20 parking cards! They told us the Bus Passes are also good for the Cable Cars and SF MTA (Muni)!
Lovely place to buy little gift for your friends: small succulent in a glass bottle, etc. Charming store! Recently, I heard about a wonderful class they offer and you will leave with a living succulent planter or wall piece which you will learn to make yourself! I heard the class was $65 and fabulous! Check them out! Owner is Wonderful, by the way!
37 locals recommend
Succulence
402 Cortland Ave
37 locals recommend
Lovely place to buy little gift for your friends: small succulent in a glass bottle, etc. Charming store! Recently, I heard about a wonderful class they offer and you will leave with a living succulent planter or wall piece which you will learn to make yourself! I heard the class was $65 and fabulous! Check them out! Owner is Wonderful, by the way!
Marvelous silver and jacknives for men and ladies! Worth a visit!
Bernal Cutlery
766 Valencia St
Marvelous silver and jacknives for men and ladies! Worth a visit!
Marvelous Shop for tops and skirts, beautiful colours.Very favorite store, inexpensive and awesome separates! women's wonderful apparel! Must visit!
Cotton Basics
1301 Castro St
Marvelous Shop for tops and skirts, beautiful colours.Very favorite store, inexpensive and awesome separates! women's wonderful apparel! Must visit!
Electric Bikes for rent or for sale! Awesome shop; all kinds of bike wares! Family run and wonderful business! Highly recommend!
16 locals recommend
The New Wheel Electric Bikes
420 Cortland Ave
16 locals recommend
Electric Bikes for rent or for sale! Awesome shop; all kinds of bike wares! Family run and wonderful business! Highly recommend!

Sightseeing

Must get on our beautiful Bay. Take a Ferry from San Francisco to Sausalito and back. Remember the return Ferry doesnt run evening hours! Enjoy lunch or tea there and then return! Nice little shops at waterfront area in Sausalito, too..and Ferry Building Shops are fun, too, here in SF!
85 locals recommend
Ferry Building
1 The Embarcadero
85 locals recommend
Must get on our beautiful Bay. Take a Ferry from San Francisco to Sausalito and back. Remember the return Ferry doesnt run evening hours! Enjoy lunch or tea there and then return! Nice little shops at waterfront area in Sausalito, too..and Ferry Building Shops are fun, too, here in SF!
You can see the Golden Gate Bridge in many ways: I have already suggested that you take a Ferry from the Ferry Building. But, you can walk across our Bridge. You can also take a bicycle across our Bridge! If you plan on going to the Muir Woods from SF you will be crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in your Car. Dont expect a teller at the Toll Booth. Our Tolls are automated now. Your car rental company will give you the Cost of the Toll or you will be sent an invoice for it,I think! There are several bicycle rental companies near Fisherman's Wharf where you can rent a regular or electric bicycle for your journey, if you decide to "bike it".
1321 locals recommend
Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
1321 locals recommend
You can see the Golden Gate Bridge in many ways: I have already suggested that you take a Ferry from the Ferry Building. But, you can walk across our Bridge. You can also take a bicycle across our Bridge! If you plan on going to the Muir Woods from SF you will be crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in your Car. Dont expect a teller at the Toll Booth. Our Tolls are automated now. Your car rental company will give you the Cost of the Toll or you will be sent an invoice for it,I think! There are several bicycle rental companies near Fisherman's Wharf where you can rent a regular or electric bicycle for your journey, if you decide to "bike it".

Parks & Nature

The redwoods so gorgeous and trunks so large: I went to a wedding inside one of the tree trunks! Must see. Wonderful walk and exquisite nature!
134 locals recommend
Muir Woods Visitor Center
1 Muir Woods Rd
134 locals recommend
The redwoods so gorgeous and trunks so large: I went to a wedding inside one of the tree trunks! Must see. Wonderful walk and exquisite nature!
You can start visiting the Park by entering at 9th Avenue and visiting the Botanical Gardens, first. You can also enter the Park by walking down Haight Street to the end! Lucky you, you also have the choice of parking inside the deYoung Museum parking Garage (enter on Fulton Street). Then you can have a light lunch at the Museum, go next door to the Japanese Tea Garden and then cross by foot over to the Academy of Science Museum! For those of you who want to see the Buffalos or the Shakespeare Garden, you will need to do some driving or hiking! Our Golden Gate Park is a Masterpiece!
1721 locals recommend
Golden Gate Park
1721 locals recommend
You can start visiting the Park by entering at 9th Avenue and visiting the Botanical Gardens, first. You can also enter the Park by walking down Haight Street to the end! Lucky you, you also have the choice of parking inside the deYoung Museum parking Garage (enter on Fulton Street). Then you can have a light lunch at the Museum, go next door to the Japanese Tea Garden and then cross by foot over to the Academy of Science Museum! For those of you who want to see the Buffalos or the Shakespeare Garden, you will need to do some driving or hiking! Our Golden Gate Park is a Masterpiece!
Our Conservatory, very much worth a visit! At the edge of our Golden Gate Park.
232 locals recommend
Conservatory of Flowers
100 John F Kennedy Dr
232 locals recommend
Our Conservatory, very much worth a visit! At the edge of our Golden Gate Park.
Spend an exquisite moment or hour taking a walk with a friend through our Botanical Garden, quiet, exquisite! (grows and conserves plants from around the world). Romantic, meditative and your experience will be memorable!
182 locals recommend
San Francisco Botanical Garden
1199 9th Ave
182 locals recommend
Spend an exquisite moment or hour taking a walk with a friend through our Botanical Garden, quiet, exquisite! (grows and conserves plants from around the world). Romantic, meditative and your experience will be memorable!