SF
Guide

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

Neighborhoods

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The Tenderloin

The Tenderloin is one of the densest neighborhoods in San Francisco.
The Castro

The Castro was farmland called Eureka Valley before becoming San Francisco's gay neighborhood in the late 1960s and…
Financial District

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

SoMa stands for South of Market.

Where to Eat

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Foreign Cinema

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

The Mission District California-Mediterranean

The Pawn Shop

Speakeasy tapas restaurant hidden behind a pawn shop facade

SoMa Spanish

R&G Lounge

Anthony Bourdain featured this Chinatown Cantonese restaurant on No Reservations.

Chinatown Chinese, Cantonese, Seafood

Scoma’s

Seafood goes from dock to kitchen with no middleman.

Fisherman's Wharf Seafood

Things to Do

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Balmy Alley

Balmy Alley has held murals since 1972; the modern tradition took off in 1985, when Ray Patlan organized 27 murals honoring Central American indigenous heritage and protesting US intervention. About 30 murals line the alley between 24th and 25th Streets at any given time. Free, open around the clock, best visited in daylight.

The Mission DistrictArts & Culture

Dear San Francisco

Created by Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider, two co-founders of Montreal's The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts), as a tribute to their hometown. A 90-minute circus show that opened October 12, 2021 at Club Fugazi, the North Beach theater that hosted Beach Blanket Babylon from 1975 to 2019. On Green Street; tickets from around $59.

North BeachArts & Culture

Transamerica Redwood Park

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

Financial DistrictParks & Outdoors