Guidebook for San Francisco

Karen
Guidebook for San Francisco

Food Scene

Great cafe with good coffee, food and atmosphere. I often work here during the day.
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Velo Rouge Cafe
798 Arguello Blvd
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Great cafe with good coffee, food and atmosphere. I often work here during the day.
The new parklet is great! We like going for breakfast and coffee.
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Cinderella Bakery & Cafe
436 Balboa St
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The new parklet is great! We like going for breakfast and coffee.
there are a few japanese places nearby but Yuubi has the best fish, and they have good yakitori too.
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Yuubi Japanese Restaurant
501 Balboa St
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there are a few japanese places nearby but Yuubi has the best fish, and they have good yakitori too.
Our go-to lunch spot with the kids - great bahn mi sandwiches, pho and vermicelli noodles. And then you can go next door to Toy Boat for dessert!
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Cafe Bunn Mi
417 Clement St
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Our go-to lunch spot with the kids - great bahn mi sandwiches, pho and vermicelli noodles. And then you can go next door to Toy Boat for dessert!
Charlie is from New Mexico - this place serves authentic green chile! Everything is delicious and one of our family favorites! After dinner, walk down the hill to Chile Pies for ice cream and pies.
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Green Chile Kitchen
1801 McAllister St
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Charlie is from New Mexico - this place serves authentic green chile! Everything is delicious and one of our family favorites! After dinner, walk down the hill to Chile Pies for ice cream and pies.
Another popular sushi place, a little different from Yuubi with more sushi roll selections but we think the raw fish at Yuubi is fresher.
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Sushi Bistro
452 Balboa St
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Another popular sushi place, a little different from Yuubi with more sushi roll selections but we think the raw fish at Yuubi is fresher.
delicious Burmese food. shorter lines than the more popular Burma Superstar but food is just as good! The Tea Leaf Salad and Mandalay special noodles are musts!
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Mandalay Restaurant
4348 California St
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delicious Burmese food. shorter lines than the more popular Burma Superstar but food is just as good! The Tea Leaf Salad and Mandalay special noodles are musts!
One of our favorite Chinese restaurants serving spicy Sichuanese food. A good place even if you don't like spicy food.
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Chili House SF
726 Clement St
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One of our favorite Chinese restaurants serving spicy Sichuanese food. A good place even if you don't like spicy food.
A great place to get a drink or a bite to eat after some time on the beach on a sunny day. Open seating on the lawn in the back.
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Park Chalet Coastal Beer Garden
1000 Great Hwy
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A great place to get a drink or a bite to eat after some time on the beach on a sunny day. Open seating on the lawn in the back.
must go if you like dumplings! you can buy frozen ones to cook at home as well.
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Kingdom Of Dumpling
1713 Taraval St
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must go if you like dumplings! you can buy frozen ones to cook at home as well.
Great beers and food!
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Magnolia Brewing - Haight
1398 Haight St
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Great beers and food!
You can go to the cafe without buying at ticket to the museum. A nice place for an outdoor lunch.
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de Young Café
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
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You can go to the cafe without buying at ticket to the museum. A nice place for an outdoor lunch.
Modern but casual Mexican food. There is also one on Broderick and Fell streets but this is a good spot to end your day in the park.
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Nopalito
306 Broderick St
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Modern but casual Mexican food. There is also one on Broderick and Fell streets but this is a good spot to end your day in the park.
Family-friendly seafood restaurant.
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Pacific Catch
1200 9th Ave
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Family-friendly seafood restaurant.
One of the best sushi restaurants in the city!
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Ebisu Restaurant
1283 9th Ave
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One of the best sushi restaurants in the city!
very popular northern Chinese restaurant famous for its dumplings and dry-fried chicken wings! Lines are long so go there early.
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San Tung
1031 Irving St
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very popular northern Chinese restaurant famous for its dumplings and dry-fried chicken wings! Lines are long so go there early.
GREAT restaurant and a good bar. A true San Francisco experience.
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Nopa
560 Divisadero St
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GREAT restaurant and a good bar. A true San Francisco experience.
You'd want to go here if you're a BBQ or meat lover!
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4505 Burgers & BBQ
705 Divisadero St
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You'd want to go here if you're a BBQ or meat lover!
Very interesting, inventive food. Quite hard to get a table but great spot for a special occasion or the foodie.
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Rich Table
199 Gough St
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Very interesting, inventive food. Quite hard to get a table but great spot for a special occasion or the foodie.
A burrito in the Mission is a must and this is one of the best places to go.
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Taqueria Cancun
2288 Mission Street
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A burrito in the Mission is a must and this is one of the best places to go.
One of the best Italian restaurants!
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A16
2355 Chestnut St
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One of the best Italian restaurants!
Another interesting and inventive restaurant.
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Commonwealth
2224 Mission St
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Another interesting and inventive restaurant.
One of the first vegetarian restaurants in the city. It's on the water and the food is delicious.
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Greens
2 Marina Blvd
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One of the first vegetarian restaurants in the city. It's on the water and the food is delicious.
Karen is from Hong Kong and even her parents think it's one of the best Cantonese restaurants in the city, both for their dim sum and dinners. And it's walking distance from our place!
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Hong Kong Lounge
5322 Geary Blvd
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Karen is from Hong Kong and even her parents think it's one of the best Cantonese restaurants in the city, both for their dim sum and dinners. And it's walking distance from our place!
We haven't been but it's on the top of our list as we've only heard great things.
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Liholiho Yacht Club
871 Sutter Street
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We haven't been but it's on the top of our list as we've only heard great things.
A nice but casual french restaurant. The duck confit was tasty!
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Monsieur Benjamin
451 Gough St
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A nice but casual french restaurant. The duck confit was tasty!
One of the best kept Mission secrets. Not a hot new restaurant but consistently great food.
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Blue Plate
3218 Mission St
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One of the best kept Mission secrets. Not a hot new restaurant but consistently great food.
Another neighborhood gem. Great french bistro - good for brunch and dinner.
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Bistro Central Parc
560 Central Ave
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Another neighborhood gem. Great french bistro - good for brunch and dinner.
A recent discovery for our family - a bit of a hidden spot with good ramen and Japanese small bites.
Hisago
3226 Geary Boulevard
A recent discovery for our family - a bit of a hidden spot with good ramen and Japanese small bites.
A cafe + market that also serves a few yummy items for breakfast and lunch. The best breakfast sandwiches in town! The coffee is great.
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Village Market
4555 California Street
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A cafe + market that also serves a few yummy items for breakfast and lunch. The best breakfast sandwiches in town! The coffee is great.
cute little cafe with a pretty big breakfast and lunch menu for a cafe.
Ashley's Cafe
4454 California St
cute little cafe with a pretty big breakfast and lunch menu for a cafe.
This is the place to experience San Francisco coffee culture and the place to pay $3-5 for toast! But the coffee is very good and so are the toasts, and a nice place to hang out.
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The Mill
736 Divisadero St
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This is the place to experience San Francisco coffee culture and the place to pay $3-5 for toast! But the coffee is very good and so are the toasts, and a nice place to hang out.
One of the few breakfast spots in the Inner Richmond. But you have to get there before 8:30am to avoid the long wait.
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Eats
50 Clement St
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One of the few breakfast spots in the Inner Richmond. But you have to get there before 8:30am to avoid the long wait.
One of the best French restaurants!
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Chapeau!
126 Clement St
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One of the best French restaurants!
modern and tasty Korean. This used to be in our neighborhood, but they move to the Mission because of a nutty landlady.
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Commissary
59 9th St
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modern and tasty Korean. This used to be in our neighborhood, but they move to the Mission because of a nutty landlady.
Diner style breakfast!
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Pork Store Cafe
1451 Haight St
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Diner style breakfast!
Been around for a long time. Really good homemade corned beef hash!
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Kate's Kitchen
471 Haight Street
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Been around for a long time. Really good homemade corned beef hash!
you can feed a family of four for $12! good old school take out dim sum!
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Good Luck Dim Sum
736 Clement St
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you can feed a family of four for $12! good old school take out dim sum!
our favorite pizza place. The Little Star pizza is our favorite (deep dish with cornmeal crust - yum!).
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Little Star Pizza
846 Divisadero St
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our favorite pizza place. The Little Star pizza is our favorite (deep dish with cornmeal crust - yum!).
Great french bistro with a nice outdoor patio for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's most crowded for breakfast.
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Zazie
941 Cole St
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Great french bistro with a nice outdoor patio for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's most crowded for breakfast.
A good casual Mediterranean/Turkish restaurant walking distance from the apartment. They also serve brunch and lunch but we haven't tried.
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Kitchen Istanbul
349 Clement St
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A good casual Mediterranean/Turkish restaurant walking distance from the apartment. They also serve brunch and lunch but we haven't tried.
Californian healthy food! Great, big salads, smoothies, homemade everything. It's delicious healthy food!
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Nourish Cafe
189 6th Ave
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Californian healthy food! Great, big salads, smoothies, homemade everything. It's delicious healthy food!

Essentials

I prefer going here instead of Safeway for quick shopping, and their turkey sandwiches are really good!!
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Arguello Market
782 Arguello Blvd
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I prefer going here instead of Safeway for quick shopping, and their turkey sandwiches are really good!!

Everything Else

Really nice activity for a nice Sunday afternoon. Off the Grid organizes food trucks all over the bay area. This one only runs in the summer on Sundays.
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Human Rights Campaign Action Center and Store
575 Castro St
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Really nice activity for a nice Sunday afternoon. Off the Grid organizes food trucks all over the bay area. This one only runs in the summer on Sundays.
Runs on Tues, Thurs and Sat. There are also great vendors inside the building and just a nice place to hang out. A SF must do! There is a smaller market on Clement btwn 2nd and 4th Ave on Sundays.
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Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market
1 Ferry Plaza
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Runs on Tues, Thurs and Sat. There are also great vendors inside the building and just a nice place to hang out. A SF must do! There is a smaller market on Clement btwn 2nd and 4th Ave on Sundays.
Fantastic co-op bakery that also serves a different pizza everyday.
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Arizmendi Bakery
1331 9th Ave
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Fantastic co-op bakery that also serves a different pizza everyday.
closest wine bar to our place. Always pretty mellow.
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Internos Wine Cafe
1110 Geary Blvd
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closest wine bar to our place. Always pretty mellow.
closest spot to our house for a nice picnic and relaxation!
Bunny Meadow
Conservatory Drive West
closest spot to our house for a nice picnic and relaxation!
so much to explore in here. we like going to the children's garden.
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San Francisco Botanical Garden
1199 9th Ave
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so much to explore in here. we like going to the children's garden.
our go to place for birthday cakes and good tiramisu!
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Schubert's Bakery
521 Clement St
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our go to place for birthday cakes and good tiramisu!

Shopping

Local chocolate maker - I am a chocoholic and this is my favorite! They serve different chocolate concoctions at the cafe.
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Dandelion Chocolate
740 Valencia St
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Local chocolate maker - I am a chocoholic and this is my favorite! They serve different chocolate concoctions at the cafe.
A really neat gift shop!
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Rare Device
600 Divisadero St
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A really neat gift shop!
We can spend hours at this new and used book store.
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Green Apple Books
506 Clement St
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We can spend hours at this new and used book store.

Drinks & Nightlife

Can't beat the view. The food at the restaurant is ok, but you can also get a drink and small bites at the bar area.
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Cliff House
1090 Point Lobos Ave
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Can't beat the view. The food at the restaurant is ok, but you can also get a drink and small bites at the bar area.
Good wine bar!
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InoVino
108-B Carl St
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Good wine bar!
A recent addition to Clement street - good beers and decent pub food.
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Richmond Republic Draught House
642 Clement St
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A recent addition to Clement street - good beers and decent pub food.
A true Irish bar! Annie is a character!
O'Keeffe's Bar
5th Avenue
A true Irish bar! Annie is a character!

Parks & Nature

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Spire by Andy Goldsworthy
Arguello Boulevard
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