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 a foggy residential grid between Golden Gate Park and the Presidio, with Clement Street's restaurants…

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Financial District

The Financial District is San Francisco's downtown core of office towers, from the Transamerica Pyramid to the old…

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Haight-Ashbury

Haight-Ashbury, the center of the 1967 Summer of Love, is eight blocks of Victorians, record stores, and vintage…

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Pacific Heights

Pacific Heights is the hilltop of mansions and bay views above the Marina, with Fillmore Street shopping and…

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Where to Eat

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House of Nanking

Two-time Chopped champion on Food Network. The family was the subject of the docuseries Chef Dynasty: House of Fang

Chinatown Shanghai Chinese

La Taqueria

Voted Best Burrito in USA. James Beard America's Classics Award winner.

The Mission District Mexican

Capital Restaurant

The salt and pepper chicken wings are some of the best in the city

Chinatown Chinese

R&G Lounge

Anthony Bourdain featured this Chinatown Cantonese restaurant on No Reservations.

Chinatown Chinese, Cantonese, Seafood

Things to Do

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Classic

Shakespeare Garden

A small walled garden in Golden Gate Park planted only with species mentioned in Shakespeare's works, each bed labeled with the relevant passage. The bronze bust at the back was cast from a 17th-century original in Stratford-upon-Avon and donated by the mayor of Shakespeare's hometown. Free, dawn to dusk, near the California Academy of Sciences.
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Chameleon Vintage

Japantown vintage shop inside the Japan Center carrying Japanese designer labels (Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake) alongside lower-priced American vintage (denim, band tees, workwear). 1581 Webster Street #200.
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Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

Fortune cookies folded by hand in Ross Alley since 1962, with the production line and customer counter in the same room. Workers slip a paper fortune into each hot disc and fold it in seconds before it hardens. At 56 Ross Alley between Washington and Jackson, small fee for photos, samples usually free.