Guidebook for San Francisco

Ian
Guidebook for San Francisco

Sightseeing

A part of North Beach's and San Francisco's history, it was built to beautify SF. The murals inside are an interesting depiction of San Francisco in the early 20th century.
545 locals recommend
Coit Tower
545 locals recommend
A part of North Beach's and San Francisco's history, it was built to beautify SF. The murals inside are an interesting depiction of San Francisco in the early 20th century.
Lots of locals hang out in this green park doing everything from sunbathing to frisbee to soccer to juggling.
127 locals recommend
Mama's On Washington Square
1701 Stockton St
127 locals recommend
Lots of locals hang out in this green park doing everything from sunbathing to frisbee to soccer to juggling.
Iconic image of San Francisco.
49 locals recommend
Transamerica Pyramid
600 Montgomery St
49 locals recommend
Iconic image of San Francisco.
You can't experience SF once without checking out the variety of seafood restaurants in the famous Fisherman's Wharf. While it is a bit touristy there's plenty of fun to discover.
713 locals recommend
Fisherman's Wharf
2801 Leavenworth St
713 locals recommend
You can't experience SF once without checking out the variety of seafood restaurants in the famous Fisherman's Wharf. While it is a bit touristy there's plenty of fun to discover.
A San Francisco landmark and a great place to have lunch and shop for interesting food items. And they have a great farmers market: http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php
679 locals recommend
Ferry Building Marketplace
679 locals recommend
A San Francisco landmark and a great place to have lunch and shop for interesting food items. And they have a great farmers market: http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/farmers_market.php
Here you can actually see old ladies really folding fortune cookies and pick up a pack of chocolate or adult themed cookies to impress your friends. :)
32 locals recommend
Golden Gate Fortune Cookies Co
56 Ross Alley
32 locals recommend
Here you can actually see old ladies really folding fortune cookies and pick up a pack of chocolate or adult themed cookies to impress your friends. :)
Famous bookstore owned by the beatniks of the 60s and 70s.
86 locals recommend
City Lights Booksellers
261 Columbus Ave
86 locals recommend
Famous bookstore owned by the beatniks of the 60s and 70s.

Arts & Culture

An old-style arcade with 25 cent games ranging from the original pacman to self-playing pianos to mechanized peep shows. It'll be the best $4 you ever spend.
87 locals recommend
Musée Mécanique
Fishermans Wharf
87 locals recommend
An old-style arcade with 25 cent games ranging from the original pacman to self-playing pianos to mechanized peep shows. It'll be the best $4 you ever spend.

Shopping

Walgreens has all kinds of household items and snacks and medicine that you might need.
293 locals recommend
Walgreens
1333 Castro St
293 locals recommend
Walgreens has all kinds of household items and snacks and medicine that you might need.
The friendliest, best deal on amazing flower arrangements in San Francisco, in case you need it, haha. Mercedes is a sweetheart and you can tell her Ian sent you to get a discount.
Patricia's Gift & Flower's
571 Columbus Ave
The friendliest, best deal on amazing flower arrangements in San Francisco, in case you need it, haha. Mercedes is a sweetheart and you can tell her Ian sent you to get a discount.
Just a friendly place to buy your booze and smokes.
Coit Liquors
1657 Powell St
Just a friendly place to buy your booze and smokes.
A true Italian deli that'll make you a delicious sandwich on the spot.
32 locals recommend
Molinari Delicatessen
373 Columbus Ave
32 locals recommend
A true Italian deli that'll make you a delicious sandwich on the spot.

Essentials

Chain grocery store
46 locals recommend
Safeway
350 Bay St
46 locals recommend
Chain grocery store
Fresh food chain grocery store
395 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
401 Bay St
395 locals recommend
Fresh food chain grocery store
Great local grocery store just around the corner with super and fresh cheap vegetables. No meat though!
14 locals recommend
Union Street Produce Co
801 Union St
14 locals recommend
Great local grocery store just around the corner with super and fresh cheap vegetables. No meat though!
Small, organic grocery store with great smoothies.
20 locals recommend
The Nature Stop
1336 Grant Ave
20 locals recommend
Small, organic grocery store with great smoothies.

Food Scene

Just in case Starbucks is your favorite, there's one here.
512 locals recommend
Starbucks
2132 Chestnut St
512 locals recommend
Just in case Starbucks is your favorite, there's one here.
Amazing Italian restaurant across the street from the apartment. The food is fresh and the menu is written each day. Definitely try the gnocchi appetizer!
7 locals recommend
Da Flora
701 Columbus Ave
7 locals recommend
Amazing Italian restaurant across the street from the apartment. The food is fresh and the menu is written each day. Definitely try the gnocchi appetizer!
Mama's is one of those places people line up 3 hours for just to have breakfast. But if you live here, come on a weekday to get in quick and try their delicious benedicts!
127 locals recommend
Mama's On Washington Square
1701 Stockton St
127 locals recommend
Mama's is one of those places people line up 3 hours for just to have breakfast. But if you live here, come on a weekday to get in quick and try their delicious benedicts!
Hands-down the *best* pizza in San Francisco. Many many to choose from and available for pickup and delivery. My favorite is the spicy Picante!
177 locals recommend
Tony's Pizza Napoletana
1570 Stockton St
177 locals recommend
Hands-down the *best* pizza in San Francisco. Many many to choose from and available for pickup and delivery. My favorite is the spicy Picante!
If you want a simple slice of American pizza, you can show up here even at 12am and get a fresh slice of happiness.
30 locals recommend
North Beach Pizza
800 Stanyan St
30 locals recommend
If you want a simple slice of American pizza, you can show up here even at 12am and get a fresh slice of happiness.
Fantastic espresso, simple sandwiches and delicious home-made desserts. This place stands out among the many Italian coffee shops in the area.
10 locals recommend
Cavalli Cafe
1441 Stockton St
10 locals recommend
Fantastic espresso, simple sandwiches and delicious home-made desserts. This place stands out among the many Italian coffee shops in the area.
Upscale and swanky, the food and drinks cost a little more, but the taste makes it worth it. Truffle fries and speciality cocktails are great.
95 locals recommend
Park Tavern
1652 Stockton St
95 locals recommend
Upscale and swanky, the food and drinks cost a little more, but the taste makes it worth it. Truffle fries and speciality cocktails are great.
My favorite restaurant in North Beach. It's actually asian fusion instead of Italian and the rib-eye steak mouthwateringly delicious. They always have a variety of fresh, top quality specials.
68 locals recommend
The House
1230 Grant Ave
68 locals recommend
My favorite restaurant in North Beach. It's actually asian fusion instead of Italian and the rib-eye steak mouthwateringly delicious. They always have a variety of fresh, top quality specials.
This coffee shop also serves great paninis, but mostly I love to spend a morning or afternoon working there and drinking a Zebra Mocha. Free wifi.
901 Columbus
901 Columbus Ave
This coffee shop also serves great paninis, but mostly I love to spend a morning or afternoon working there and drinking a Zebra Mocha. Free wifi.
A more touristy coffee shop and a little expensive for the quality, but the people watching is great.
24 locals recommend
Caffe Greco
423 Columbus Ave
24 locals recommend
A more touristy coffee shop and a little expensive for the quality, but the people watching is great.
Amazing selection of beer and delicious appetizers to boot.
19 locals recommend
La Trappe
800 Greenwich St
19 locals recommend
Amazing selection of beer and delicious appetizers to boot.
Walk in, get your boba, gelato and frozen yogurt fixes all in one place, open late!
Tuttimelon
601 Broadway
Walk in, get your boba, gelato and frozen yogurt fixes all in one place, open late!
Great Indian food really close by, and they deliver late!
Tandoori Mahal Indian Restaurant
Great Indian food really close by, and they deliver late!
Really close, kitschy little dive bar with tasty SF dive bar food. Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather, has been known to eat here.
22 locals recommend
15 Romolo Pl
15 Romolo Place
22 locals recommend
Really close, kitschy little dive bar with tasty SF dive bar food. Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather, has been known to eat here.
This place is an institution in North Beach. They serve the worst-for-you-but-tastes-great-cheap-burger. Everyone from businessman to strippers pass through here.
14 locals recommend
Sam’s Pizza & Burgers
618 Broadway
14 locals recommend
This place is an institution in North Beach. They serve the worst-for-you-but-tastes-great-cheap-burger. Everyone from businessman to strippers pass through here.
Open late. BBQ chicken w/imperial rolls are awesome late night fare.
7 locals recommend
Vietnam Restaurant
7 locals recommend
Open late. BBQ chicken w/imperial rolls are awesome late night fare.
If you want great Pho and imperial rolls, they got it.
6 locals recommend
Golden Star Vietnamese Restaurant
11 Walter U Lum Pl
6 locals recommend
If you want great Pho and imperial rolls, they got it.
A block away from "tourist" Chinatown, this dimsum place serves great, decently priced small dishes from early morning to early afternoon, after many other places stop.
15 locals recommend
City View Restaurant
33 Commercial St
15 locals recommend
A block away from "tourist" Chinatown, this dimsum place serves great, decently priced small dishes from early morning to early afternoon, after many other places stop.
This brand new gastropub features a clean atmosphere, great drinks, great desserts and an up-and-coming yet feel good menu.
Bottle Cap Restaurant
1707 Powell Street
This brand new gastropub features a clean atmosphere, great drinks, great desserts and an up-and-coming yet feel good menu.
Heard of Tyler Florence? This is his restaurant... but skip the mains and order *all* the apps, and a drink or two. :)
26 locals recommend
Wayfare Tavern
558 Sacramento St
26 locals recommend
Heard of Tyler Florence? This is his restaurant... but skip the mains and order *all* the apps, and a drink or two. :)
Open late, cheesesteak, garlic fries, 8 kinds of cheese, 8 kinds of sauce - it's a perfect way to finish your night before you pass out, so you can actually wake up the next day.
Buster's Cheese Steak
366 Columbus Ave
Open late, cheesesteak, garlic fries, 8 kinds of cheese, 8 kinds of sauce - it's a perfect way to finish your night before you pass out, so you can actually wake up the next day.
This Chinatown classic has the most famous Egg Tarts in all of North America, and you'll probably see a line near the end of the day that proves it.
45 locals recommend
Golden Gate Bakery
1029 Grant Ave
45 locals recommend
This Chinatown classic has the most famous Egg Tarts in all of North America, and you'll probably see a line near the end of the day that proves it.
If you're looking for THE steak place in under a 15 minute walk, 5A5 has you covered. Great bar scene, classy through-and-through.
6 locals recommend
5A5 Steak Lounge
139 Jackson St
6 locals recommend
If you're looking for THE steak place in under a 15 minute walk, 5A5 has you covered. Great bar scene, classy through-and-through.
Decent coffee and pastries just across the street!
9 locals recommend
Victoria Pastry
700 Filbert St
9 locals recommend
Decent coffee and pastries just across the street!
This tiny sandwich shop is run by a super friendly Korean lady who makes fresh delicious sandwiches.
Petite Deli & Picnic
752 Columbus Ave
This tiny sandwich shop is run by a super friendly Korean lady who makes fresh delicious sandwiches.
Great sports bar that makes a really tasty sandwich with french fries in it!
Giordano Bros.
303 Columbus Avenue
Great sports bar that makes a really tasty sandwich with french fries in it!
Simple Thai food prepared quickly.
6 locals recommend
Tuk Tuk Thai Cafe
659 Union Street
6 locals recommend
Simple Thai food prepared quickly.

Everything Else

It's here in case you need to mail something during your trip.
18 locals recommend
United States Postal Service
3245 Geary Blvd
18 locals recommend
It's here in case you need to mail something during your trip.

Drinks & Nightlife

Small, cheap bar that also features bacon-wrapped tater tots!
8 locals recommend
The Boardroom
1600 Powell St
8 locals recommend
Small, cheap bar that also features bacon-wrapped tater tots!
Local bar that also happens to have a great rotating beer selection.
23 locals recommend
Rogue Ales Public House
673 Union Street
23 locals recommend
Local bar that also happens to have a great rotating beer selection.
This is a very small, local bar with an air of quality and tasty drinks.
19 locals recommend
Tony Nik's
1534 Stockton St
19 locals recommend
This is a very small, local bar with an air of quality and tasty drinks.
Another great, local beer bar.
13 locals recommend
Church Key
1402 Grant Ave
13 locals recommend
Another great, local beer bar.
This little dive is famous for its patronage by Jack Kerouac.
57 locals recommend
Vesuvio Cafe
255 Columbus Ave
57 locals recommend
This little dive is famous for its patronage by Jack Kerouac.
My new favorite bar in SF! It's big, clean, not out of control and has decently priced drinks and an AMAZING burger!
16 locals recommend
Tupelo
1337 Grant Ave
16 locals recommend
My new favorite bar in SF! It's big, clean, not out of control and has decently priced drinks and an AMAZING burger!