SF
Guide

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

Neighborhoods

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Haight-Ashbury

Haight-Ashbury grew as a streetcar suburb in the 1880s and 1890s. Its Victorian flats and cheap postwar rents…
Japantown

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

Pacific Heights developed as a wealthy residential district from the 1870s. Much of its early Victorian and Edwardian…
Financial District

The Financial District is built on the filled-in Yerba Buena Cove, with Gold Rush ships still buried beneath…

Where to Eat

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Liguria Bakery

Liguria Bakery makes one thing: focaccia bread since 1911.

North Beach Italian Bakery, Bakery

Swan Oyster Depot

Anthony Bourdain called this his favorite seafood spot in America on No Reservations.

Nob Hill Seafood

b. patisserie

James Beard Outstanding Baker award winner

Pacific Heights Bakery

Hon’s Wun-Tun House

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

Chinatown Chinese

Things to Do

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Transamerica Redwood Park

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

Financial DistrictParks & Outdoors

Tunnel Tops

A 14-acre park built on top of the Presidio Parkway tunnels, with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the bay, and the Marin Headlands. The Outpost Meadow expansion adds 1.5 acres, 19 picnic tables, BBQ grills, and seating for 240. Free entry, food trucks rotate through, and trails connect down to Crissy Field.

PresidioParks & Outdoors

Dolores Park

Stake out a patch of the sunny upper lawn, then grab Bi-Rite ice cream on 18th once the line dies down.

The Mission DistrictParks & Outdoors