Groove Merchant Records
A Lower Haight vinyl shop opened in 1990, now owned by Chris Veltri. Specializes in rare grooves: jazz, soul, rock, blues, disco, international, hip hop, and avant garde.
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Relic Vintage
A vintage shop at Haight and Ashbury with clothing from the 1920s through the 1980s and deeper inventory in the 40s and 50s. Open daily.
Indigo Vintage Cooperative
A multi-vendor vintage cooperative with locations on Haight Street and Chestnut Street in the Marina. Clothing, accessories, and home goods from independent sellers.
The Booksmith
An independent bookstore on Haight Street since 1976 (San Francisco Legacy Business since 2016). New books across literary fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and politics, plus regular author events and silent reading parties.
Fuzz & Sway
A vintage shop on Haight Street with wearable pieces rather than collectible-only stock. Open Thursday through Sunday.
Decades of Fashion
A Haight Street vintage shop carrying clothing and accessories from the 1900s through the 1980s, with a deep hat selection and a formal wear section by period.
Blue Bin Vintage
A sustainability-focused vintage shop on Haight Street, heavy on 90s and 2000s clothing plus vintage sports attire. Two locations: Haight and the Embarcadero.
Amoeba Music
An independent record store on Haight Street since 1997, in a converted 24,000-square-foot bowling alley. Vinyl in every genre and an active buy-sell-trade counter.
Hippie Hill
A grassy slope in the southeast corner of Golden Gate Park, gathering spot for the Haight-Ashbury counterculture since the late 1960s. Sunday drum circle, picnics, and 4/20 traditions.
Alvord Lake Bridge
The first reinforced concrete bridge built in the United States, completed in 1889 and shaped to look like rough stone. Fake stalactites hang from the arch at the Haight Street entrance to Golden Gate Park.
Buena Vista Park Tombstones
San Francisco’s oldest park has 19th-century cemetery headstones built into its footpaths. Fragments of names and dates visible in the stone borders, repurposed when the city moved its dead to Colma.
Legs of Haight Street
Giant fishnet-stocking legs in red high heels jut from a second-story window above Piedmont Boutique on Haight Street. The legs have been there since 1995. A 30-second photo stop.
Jack’s Record Cellar
A record shop at 254 Scott Street that opens only on Saturdays from 2 to 7 PM. Founded in 1951, specializes in 78s and 45s, run by Wade Wright since 1961.
Free Gold Watch
A screen printing shop on Waller Street that also runs a pinball arcade in the back. About 60 machines, 50 cents to $1 a game, one block south of Haight Street.
Club Deluxe
A cocktail bar at Haight and Ashbury with live jazz several nights a week. No cover. Open from 1989 until 2023; a revival, The DeLuxe, is slated to reopen in 2026.
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