SF
Guide

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

Neighborhoods

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The Embarcadero

The Embarcadero is San Francisco's waterfront promenade from Fisherman's Wharf to Oracle Park, anchored by the Ferry Building's…
Japantown

Japantown is one of three remaining in the United States, built around the Peace Pagoda, the Japan Center…
SoMa

SoMa, south of Market Street, holds SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Gardens, Oracle Park, and the Moscone Center across former…
The Sunset

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

Where to Eat

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Swan Oyster Depot

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

Nob Hill Seafood

Scoma’s

Seafood goes from dock to kitchen with no middleman.

Fisherman's Wharf Seafood

Burma Superstar

Tea leaf salad mixed tableside is the dish the restaurant is best known for.

The Richmond Burmese, Asian

Marufuku Ramen

Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen in Japantown. So delicious.

Japantown Japanese

Things to Do

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Classic

Balmy Alley

A one-block residential alley in the Mission covered in murals since 1972, with the modern tradition kicked off in 1985 when Ray Patlan organized 27 murals on indigenous Central American heritage and protest against US intervention. About 30 murals at any given time, between 24th and 25th Streets. Free, open 24 hours, easier to read in daylight.
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Dolores Park

On a warm day, there's no better place to experience San Francisco.
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Mission Dolores Cemetery

The cemetery beside the 1776 Mission Dolores basilica at 3321 16th Street, the oldest in San Francisco. Hitchcock filmed Madeleine visiting Carlotta Valdes's grave here in Vertigo (1958); the prop headstone is gone but the location is unchanged. $7 adults, daily 9am to 4:30pm.