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First Time? Eat & Drink Neighborhoods This Week Day Trips

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Haight-Ashbury

The corner of Haight and Ashbury still draws pilgrims chasing the ghost of 1967, and while the Summer…

1 restaurants 17 things to do
North Beach

San Francisco's Italian quarter and birthplace of the Beat Generation. Historic cafes, legendary bookstores, and some of the…

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The Castro

Rainbow flags snap along Castro Street, and they have since the 1970s when this neighborhood became the beating…

2 restaurants 3 things to do
The Richmond

The Richmond stretches from Arguello to Ocean Beach, foggy and quiet, with some of the best food in…

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Tadich Grill

California's oldest restaurant since 1849. Order the sand dabs and a martini. Sit in a curtained booth upstairs. Walk-in lunch fills fast.

Seafood

City View Restaurant

No more carts since the 2023 move. You order from a menu now and the food comes out hotter. Har gow and green onion pancake are the standouts. Friday and Saturday dinner runs 5 to 8:30 PM and is much quieter than weekend dim sum lunch.

$$ Chinatown Chinese, Dim Sum

Delfina

Order the spaghetti with plum tomato. The dish that built the reputation. Reserve via Resy two to three weeks out. Pizzeria Delfina next door for shorter waits.

Italian

Anchor Oyster Bar

Walk in at the marble counter. Cioppino, crab Louie, and oysters since 1977. Lunch fills fast.

Seafood
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Things to Do

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Classic

Jack’s Record Cellar

Open Saturdays only, 2pm to 7pm. The owner knows every record in the place. On Haight Street. If you collect vinyl, plan your visit around this narrow window. More neighborhood ritual than retail.

free
Classic

Cable Car Museum

Free and takes about 30 minutes. The best part is the catwalk above the working machinery that pulls every cable car in the city. At the corner of Mason and Washington, one block from the Powell-Mason line.

free
Classic

Circus Center

Drop-in trapeze and aerial silks classes available with no experience needed. Book online ahead of time. On Frederick Street near Stanyan. Public performances in their small theater are inexpensive and fun.

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