Guidebook for San Francisco
Essentials
Similar to Whole Foods but smaller (but quality selection). Get 5% off when you spend $50 and 10% when you spend 100.
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Harvest Urban Market
191 8th StSimilar to Whole Foods but smaller (but quality selection). Get 5% off when you spend $50 and 10% when you spend 100.
Whole Foods Market
450 Rhode Island StGreat salad and hot food bar.
Great selection of wine - from cheap to very expensive. They also do a tasting on Friday for $5 at 5pm.
The Wine Club
1555 Burke AvenueGreat selection of wine - from cheap to very expensive. They also do a tasting on Friday for $5 at 5pm.
Trader Joe's
555 9th StMy grocery store of choice - great prices and great service.
Food Scene
Some of the best coffee in SF, and owned by Jack Dorsey (of Twitter and Square fame).
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Sightglass Coffee
270 7th StSome of the best coffee in SF, and owned by Jack Dorsey (of Twitter and Square fame).
Triptych
1155 Folsom StreetGreat brunch until 3:30 pm on weekends. Dinner is also excellent.
While not the best ambiance, it's a great place to get a decent and fast omelette or scramble.
SoMa Inn Cafe
1082 Folsom StreetWhile not the best ambiance, it's a great place to get a decent and fast omelette or scramble.
Fondue Cowboy Restaurant
1052 Folsom StThey have a fondu happy hour!
Citizen's Band
1198 Folsom StreetGood comfort/ southern food. They also do brunch.
Popular after work happy hour spot. A little on the expensive side, but the food was great.
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AQ
1085 Mission StreetPopular after work happy hour spot. A little on the expensive side, but the food was great.
An experience for their amazing food, but also for the "cult" that runs it. Must try their "neatloaf" (vegetarian meatloaf).
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Ananda Fuara
1298 Market StAn experience for their amazing food, but also for the "cult" that runs it. Must try their "neatloaf" (vegetarian meatloaf).
El Metate
2406 Bryant StMy favorite burrito place. A bit of the beaten path, but you can BYOB.
Blue Bottle Coffee
315 Linden StSome of the best coffee (personal drip) in the city.
Amazing sandwiches just outside the front door. Try the Boca or check "The Board" for daily specials - http://www.deliboardsf.com/the-board/
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Deli Board
1058 Folsom StAmazing sandwiches just outside the front door. Try the Boca or check "The Board" for daily specials - http://www.deliboardsf.com/the-board/
Drinks & Nightlife
F8
1192 Folsom StreetWednesdays is Housepatality ngiht. Great house music and loose times.
Nightclub with some of the biggest acts - check to see what's playing, although you can often get tickets at the door.
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1015 Folsom
1015 Folsom StNightclub with some of the biggest acts - check to see what's playing, although you can often get tickets at the door.
One of my favorite music venues in the city. World famous acts in a smaller setting.
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Mezzanine
444 Jessie StOne of my favorite music venues in the city. World famous acts in a smaller setting.
OMG
43 6th StGreat little bar (although in kind of a seedy area). The chai martini pretty much blew my mind.
Bloodhound
1145 Folsom StDecent bar with places to lounge.
Showdown
10 6th StreetDive bar of choice before going to a show at one of the nearby venues.
Monarch
101 6th StLounge upstairs and intimate music venue downstairs.
Everything Else
Moscone miðstöðin
747 Howard StThe big convention center where most conferences are held.
Arts & Culture
The baseball park of the San Francisco Giants - get the cheap seats and enjoy the amazing view of the Bay.
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Oracle Park
24 Willie Mays PlazaThe baseball park of the San Francisco Giants - get the cheap seats and enjoy the amazing view of the Bay.
If it's a nice day, go to the park and watch the masses flock to the sunshine. Bring some cold beer, wine or read a book. It's a quintessential San Francisco experience.
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Mission Dolores Park
19th StreetIf it's a nice day, go to the park and watch the masses flock to the sunshine. Bring some cold beer, wine or read a book. It's a quintessential San Francisco experience.
Check out the latest exhibits! It's easy to spend a whole day here.
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 3rd StCheck out the latest exhibits! It's easy to spend a whole day here.
Shopping
Looking for shopping? All the big department stores and designers are around here. Macy's flagship store is pretty great.
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Union Square
333 Post StLooking for shopping? All the big department stores and designers are around here. Macy's flagship store is pretty great.
A Japanese clothing store. SF is their foray into the US market. Quality clothes for great prices - it's like a better version of H&M.
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UNIQLO Union Square
A Japanese clothing store. SF is their foray into the US market. Quality clothes for great prices - it's like a better version of H&M.
Sightseeing
Take the cable car up and check out the museum. And don't wait in line with the tourists and market and powell. Walk a few block up and hop on a car at one of the stops up the road.
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San Francisco Cable Car Museum
1201 Mason StTake the cable car up and check out the museum. And don't wait in line with the tourists and market and powell. Walk a few block up and hop on a car at one of the stops up the road.
One of my favorite hidden gems in the tourist-heavy Embarcadero. It's free and full of old arcade games - pinball and the fortune teller machines from Big.
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Musée Mécanique
Fishermans WharfOne of my favorite hidden gems in the tourist-heavy Embarcadero. It's free and full of old arcade games - pinball and the fortune teller machines from Big.