SF
Guide

Curated by a local tour guide.
What I recommend on tour, collected in one place.

Neighborhoods

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The Richmond

The Richmond is the residential grid west of Arguello and north of Golden Gate Park, running out to…
Japantown

Japantown is a small neighborhood in the Western Addition, centered on the Japan Center malls and the Peace…
The Castro

The Castro was farmland called Eureka Valley before becoming San Francisco's gay neighborhood in the late 1960s and…
The Tenderloin

The Tenderloin is one of the densest neighborhoods in San Francisco.

Where to Eat

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Marufuku Ramen

Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen in Japantown. So delicious.

Japantown Japanese

Hon’s Wun-Tun House

Hong Kong-style wonton noodle soup with hand-wrapped wontons and clean broth. So Tasty!

Chinatown Chinese

Tony’s Pizza Napoletana

From a 13-time World Pizza Champion. The wood-fired Margherita that won Naples is capped at 73 a day, so order it early.

North Beach Pizza

Burma Superstar

Tea leaf salad mixed tableside is the dish the restaurant is best known for.

The Richmond Burmese, Asian

Things to Do

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Mission Dolores Cemetery

The cemetery at Mission Dolores, the oldest in San Francisco. Hitchcock filmed Madeleine visiting Carlotta Valdes's grave here in Vertigo (1958); the prop headstone is gone, but the spot is unchanged.

The Mission DistrictHistoric Sites

Dear San Francisco

Created by Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider, two co-founders of Montreal's The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts), as a tribute to their hometown. A 90-minute circus show that opened October 12, 2021 at Club Fugazi, the North Beach theater that hosted Beach Blanket Babylon from 1975 to 2019. On Green Street; tickets from around $59.

North BeachArts & Culture

Transamerica Redwood Park

A half-acre redwood grove at the base of the Transamerica Pyramid. It's free too.

Financial DistrictParks & Outdoors