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Financial District

Towers rise along Montgomery Street where the West built its financial empire, and while tech has shifted power…

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Russian Hill

Everyone comes for the crooked block of Lombard Street, but stay on Russian Hill and you discover hidden…

0 restaurants 1 things to do

The Mission District

Sunny-afternoon Mission. Burrito at La Taqueria, murals on Balmy Alley, park at Dolores, dinner on Valencia.

11 restaurants 21 things to do

The Sunset

The Sunset spreads west of Golden Gate Park in a foggy grid of pastel row houses that stretches…

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Bob’s Donuts

The apple fritter is great

$ Japantown Bakery

R&G Lounge

The salt and pepper crab is what to order. Bring four people so you can get it plus three or four other dishes family-style. The downstairs room has tablecloths, the upstairs has energy. Same kitchen.

$$$ Chinatown Chinese, Cantonese, Seafood

Zuni Café

Order the roast chicken for two the moment you sit down. It takes an hour to cook. Sit at the copper bar if you're walking in without a reservation. Tuesday and Wednesday nights are the easiest tables to get.

$$$ Hayes Valley California Italian

Tony’s Pizza Napoletana

Try the Margherita from the Napoletana menu and one from the New York coal-fired oven to compare. Walk-ins only for bar seats starting at 5 PM. The Cal Italia with seasonal toppings is worth ordering too.

$$ North Beach Pizza

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Things to Do

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Pearl Spa & Sauna

Book the body scrub. That's the experience. Everything else is a nice bonus, but the scrub is what people talk about. Arrive the full 30 minutes early or you risk losing your slot.

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Buena Vista Park Tombstones

Look at the stone borders of the footpaths as you hike through the park. Fragments of old cemetery headstones are built into the walkways. Buena Vista Park is at Haight and Lyon, uphill from the Lower Haight.

free

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Antique Vibrator Museum

Free

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