Your SF Guide
Curated by a local tour guide. No ads, no fluff—just honest recommendations from someone who shows people around this city every day.
Neighborhoods
All 35 neighborhoods →Where to Eat
All restaurants →Arsicault Bakery
Get the plain croissant first. If it's your first visit, that's all you need to understand why this place won best bakery in America.
Marufuku Ramen
Get the Hakata Tonkotsu DX. Go on a weekday before noon or after 2pm to skip the worst of the line. The broth is the real thing.
Bob’s Donuts
The apple fritter is great
Sam’s Burgers
Order the cheeseburger and a side of fries. Late-night Broadway hunger has had the same answer here since 1966.
Things to Do
All activities →Beat Museum
Worth combining with a visit to City Lights half a block away. Two floors of original Beat manuscripts and memorabilia. Admission around $8. On Broadway between Columbus and Grant in North Beach.
Tunnel Records
Golden Fire Hydrant
At the corner of 20th and Church in the Mission. Painted gold and repainted every April 18th at 5:12 AM. A quick look on a neighborhood walk. The ceremony is the real event if you're in town mid-April.
Written by someone who actually does this every day
I've been a San Francisco tour guide for years. These aren't hot takes from a travel writer who flew in for a weekend—they're the answers I give people every single day.
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