SF
Guide

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

Neighborhoods

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The Mission District

The Mission is San Francisco's Latino cultural heart and sunniest neighborhood, known for taquerias, mural-lined alleys, and Mission…
The Sunset

The Sunset is San Francisco's largest neighborhood, a grid of pastel row houses south of Golden Gate Park…
The Richmond

The Richmond is a foggy residential grid between Golden Gate Park and the Presidio, with Clement Street's restaurants…
North Beach

North Beach is San Francisco's Little Italy and Beat Generation hub, with espresso bars, City Lights bookstore, and…

Where to Eat

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La Taqueria

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

The Mission District Mexican

Jane the Bakery

Great small bakery that grows their own grain.

Japantown Bakery

Foreign Cinema

Films from the 1960s and 1970s projected on the courtyard wall.

The Mission District California-Mediterranean

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

Conservatory of Flowers

Victorian wood-and-glass greenhouse that opened in April 1879, the oldest wood-and-glass conservatory in North America still open to the public. James Lick bought the kit materials in 1876 from Lord & Burnham in New York. Five galleries of tropical and aquatic plants; 16,800 window panes. 100 JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park; $12 adults, free first Tuesdays.
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Garden of Fragrance

A walled sensory garden designed in 1965 inside the SF Botanical Garden for visitors with visual impairments, with plants chosen for scent and texture and Braille labels on redwood blocks. Many of the walls are built from stones of a 12th-century Spanish monastery shipped to San Francisco by William Randolph Hearst. Included with garden admission (free for SF residents).
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Wave Organ

Wave-activated sound sculpture built in May 1986 by Peter Richards (Exploratorium) and stone mason George Gonzales, with 25 PVC and concrete pipes set into rocks salvaged from the demolished Laurel Hill Cemetery. Free, open 24 hours, on a jetty at 83 Marina Green Drive next to the St. Francis Yacht Club. Loudest at high tide; check NOAA before you go.