Guidebook for San Francisco

Gary
Guidebook for San Francisco

Essentials

This market is excellent for sandwiches and prepared food in their deli section. They have a good selection of locally sourced produce and their wines and cheeses cannot be beat!
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Bi-Rite Market
3639 18th St
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This market is excellent for sandwiches and prepared food in their deli section. They have a good selection of locally sourced produce and their wines and cheeses cannot be beat!
If you are looking for general grocery store items, this is the place to go.
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Safeway
2020 Market St
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If you are looking for general grocery store items, this is the place to go.
For drugstore/toiletry items.
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Walgreens
4645 Mission St
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For drugstore/toiletry items.
Gary's gym...very convenient to walk to from our place.
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Fitness SF Castro
2301 Market St
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Gary's gym...very convenient to walk to from our place.
Good deli and prepared foods section. Salad Bar is awesome!
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Whole Foods Market
3950 24th St
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Good deli and prepared foods section. Salad Bar is awesome!
Drugstore that is about five blocks from our place...right up 18th St. at Castro St.
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Walgreens Pharmacy
4129 18th St
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Drugstore that is about five blocks from our place...right up 18th St. at Castro St.

Food Scene

Note: It's easy to get confused between Delfina and Pizzeria Delphina which is right next door. Delphina is a high end restaurant. If you are here on an expense account, make a reservation and go here - otherwise go to their very reasonably priced Pizzeria right next door to this.
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Pizzeria Delfina
3621 18th St
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Note: It's easy to get confused between Delfina and Pizzeria Delphina which is right next door. Delphina is a high end restaurant. If you are here on an expense account, make a reservation and go here - otherwise go to their very reasonably priced Pizzeria right next door to this.
Very popular for their bread and pastries. If you want to avoid the line, go there right before they open at 7:30 a.m. If you get there about 4:15 p.m. in the afternoon, they start selling the bread made fresh that day at 4:30 pm. In any case, the line moves fairly fast (good stuff, but we hate to stand in their line).
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Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero St
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Very popular for their bread and pastries. If you want to avoid the line, go there right before they open at 7:30 a.m. If you get there about 4:15 p.m. in the afternoon, they start selling the bread made fresh that day at 4:30 pm. In any case, the line moves fairly fast (good stuff, but we hate to stand in their line).
We get sandwiches here all the time. Great for breakfast or lunch...outdoor eating. This place is literally a minute away from us.
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Precita Park Cafe & Grill
500 Precita Avenue
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We get sandwiches here all the time. Great for breakfast or lunch...outdoor eating. This place is literally a minute away from us.
This place is a trip! Very small and one of kind place...these three Burmese ladies have counter seating only for their special menu...go early so you don't have to wait in line.
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Yamo
3406 18th St
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This place is a trip! Very small and one of kind place...these three Burmese ladies have counter seating only for their special menu...go early so you don't have to wait in line.
Latino Nuevo. A culinary adventure. They grow much of what they cook on their own farm. Vegetarian.
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Gracias Madre
2211 Mission St
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Latino Nuevo. A culinary adventure. They grow much of what they cook on their own farm. Vegetarian.
Jefferson's favorite breakfast/lunch place...it's a soda fountain started in 1918. They make great shakes and malteds...and they have vegan options.
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St. Francis Fountain
2801 24th St
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Jefferson's favorite breakfast/lunch place...it's a soda fountain started in 1918. They make great shakes and malteds...and they have vegan options.
Great Chinese with vegan options...nice ambiance and also good for take-out.
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Big Lantern
3170 16th St
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Great Chinese with vegan options...nice ambiance and also good for take-out.
A Berkeley, CA-based coffee house chain - it's more local than Starbuck's but less fun than Philz.
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Peet's Coffee
2080 Chestnut St
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A Berkeley, CA-based coffee house chain - it's more local than Starbuck's but less fun than Philz.
If you want to people watch on the Castro and have an easy meal before going to see a movie at the Castro, this is your place.
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Pauline's Pizza
260 Valencia St
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If you want to people watch on the Castro and have an easy meal before going to see a movie at the Castro, this is your place.
This is an institution in the Castro...I can't tell you how many people have told me about their fond memories of this old Italian food joint.
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The Sausage Factory
517 Castro St
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This is an institution in the Castro...I can't tell you how many people have told me about their fond memories of this old Italian food joint.
It's the Ice cream place around the corner from us that always has lines when the weather is good (and even when it's bad). To avoid the line for made to order cones, go to the soft serve window (they also sell cake, pie and cookies there), or you can bypass the line if you want to buy pints or ice cream sandwiches from their freezer...just walk in to the right of the line.
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Bi-Rite Creamery
3692 18th St
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It's the Ice cream place around the corner from us that always has lines when the weather is good (and even when it's bad). To avoid the line for made to order cones, go to the soft serve window (they also sell cake, pie and cookies there), or you can bypass the line if you want to buy pints or ice cream sandwiches from their freezer...just walk in to the right of the line.
Their pizza is delicious and reasonably priced. We order pizza to go from here all the time...it take two minutes to walk there!
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Pizzeria Delfina
3621 18th St
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Their pizza is delicious and reasonably priced. We order pizza to go from here all the time...it take two minutes to walk there!
This higher end Vegetarian/Vegan restaurant is in the Marina and overlooks Golden Gate Bridge. The food is delicious. For Vegan date-night!
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Greens
2 Marina Blvd
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This higher end Vegetarian/Vegan restaurant is in the Marina and overlooks Golden Gate Bridge. The food is delicious. For Vegan date-night!
New Burger Joint with little bitty Tiki-bar to the side. The owner Wes is real nice, the food is good - what's not to love?
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WesBurger n' More
2240 Mission St
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New Burger Joint with little bitty Tiki-bar to the side. The owner Wes is real nice, the food is good - what's not to love?
Fun outdoor Mexican restaurant at the top of this building with views of the Mission district. Affiliated restaurant Lolinda is on the ground floor. Food is good, best for lunch or late afternoons - a hassle for dinner.
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El Techo
2516 Mission St
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Fun outdoor Mexican restaurant at the top of this building with views of the Mission district. Affiliated restaurant Lolinda is on the ground floor. Food is good, best for lunch or late afternoons - a hassle for dinner.
This is around the corner and serves good coffee...everyone in the neighborhood goes here + you can rent DVD's!
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Fayes
3614 18th St
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This is around the corner and serves good coffee...everyone in the neighborhood goes here + you can rent DVD's!
Bar none, Gary's favorite restaurant in SF. Owner Francesco is Gary's friend, service is impeccable and back patio is open air and charming. Southern Italian comfort food.
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Poesia
4072 18th St
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Bar none, Gary's favorite restaurant in SF. Owner Francesco is Gary's friend, service is impeccable and back patio is open air and charming. Southern Italian comfort food.
Comfort food and it's open late!
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Orphan Andy's
3991 17th St
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Comfort food and it's open late!

Parks & Nature

This is right across the street from us. Always a wonderful place to sit outside and enjoy the sun. The park was recently renovated and it's better than ever...go to the very top of the park to see the view of the city.
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Mission Dolores Park
19th Street
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This is right across the street from us. Always a wonderful place to sit outside and enjoy the sun. The park was recently renovated and it's better than ever...go to the very top of the park to see the view of the city.
Wonderful place to spend the day. The de Young Museum, The Academy of Science, The Conservatory of Flowers and the San Francisco Arboretum are all located within the Park.
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Golden Gate Park
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Wonderful place to spend the day. The de Young Museum, The Academy of Science, The Conservatory of Flowers and the San Francisco Arboretum are all located within the Park.
A place to see tropical plants up close - within Golden Gate Park.
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Virágkonzervatórium
100 John F Kennedy Dr
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A place to see tropical plants up close - within Golden Gate Park.
A nice walk from our place...this park is the gateway to a sweet restaurant/shopping district on Hayes St. (Hayes Valley).
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Patricia’s Green In Hayes Valley
50 Oak St
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A nice walk from our place...this park is the gateway to a sweet restaurant/shopping district on Hayes St. (Hayes Valley).

Shopping

Wonderful Bookstore in a great walking area of the Mission along 24th St.
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Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative
3130 24th St
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Wonderful Bookstore in a great walking area of the Mission along 24th St.
Oddities and Curiousities to capture your imagination
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Paxton Gate
824 Valencia St
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Oddities and Curiousities to capture your imagination
Fun Store to get your Pirate supplies at...check out the private seats to see the Aquarium
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826 Valencia Pirate Supply Store
826 Valencia St
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Fun Store to get your Pirate supplies at...check out the private seats to see the Aquarium

Entertainment & Activities

We LOVE this Movie Palace! They have a Pipe Organist that plays music before the evening shows - you always know that the movie is about to start when he plays "San Francisco."
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Castro Theatre
429 Castro St
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We LOVE this Movie Palace! They have a Pipe Organist that plays music before the evening shows - you always know that the movie is about to start when he plays "San Francisco."
Perfect date night option! This gorgeously remodeled old movie palace is fun and we go here at least once a month. Get the iphone app., choose your movie (5 screens), choose your seats and pay online. You want to get there about 30 minutes before the show, or earlier if you'd like stop into their beautiful bar for a cocktail first. You go early to watch the pre-show videos and vintage clips and to order your dinner and drinks before the show starts...you are served at your seats! $15 pizza's are awesome, beers at $4 are the best deal and they have kimchi flavored popcorn. Highly recommended!
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
2550 Mission St
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Perfect date night option! This gorgeously remodeled old movie palace is fun and we go here at least once a month. Get the iphone app., choose your movie (5 screens), choose your seats and pay online. You want to get there about 30 minutes before the show, or earlier if you'd like stop into their beautiful bar for a cocktail first. You go early to watch the pre-show videos and vintage clips and to order your dinner and drinks before the show starts...you are served at your seats! $15 pizza's are awesome, beers at $4 are the best deal and they have kimchi flavored popcorn. Highly recommended!
This is a wonderful venue to see creative drag shows and gay oriented theatrical shows. The best place for drag in SF!
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Oasis
298 11th St
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This is a wonderful venue to see creative drag shows and gay oriented theatrical shows. The best place for drag in SF!

Arts & Culture

This is our main local Museum in the middle of Golden Gate Park.
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de Young Múzeum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr
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This is our main local Museum in the middle of Golden Gate Park.
Mission Dolores was founded in 1776 by Father Junipero Serra and is the oldest building in San Francisco. The mission graveyard is where Kim Novak was in a trance during Hitchcock's "Vertigo."
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San Francisco de Asis-i misszió
3321 16th St
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Mission Dolores was founded in 1776 by Father Junipero Serra and is the oldest building in San Francisco. The mission graveyard is where Kim Novak was in a trance during Hitchcock's "Vertigo."
Newly opened, amazing, large spaces, restaurant with sculpture garden is great! Don't forget to find the Richard Serra sculptures on the first floor.
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San Francisco-i Modern Művészeti Múzeum
151 3rd St
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Newly opened, amazing, large spaces, restaurant with sculpture garden is great! Don't forget to find the Richard Serra sculptures on the first floor.
Science based Museum and it includes the amazing Steinhart Aquarium. Next to the de Young Museum.
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Kaliforniai Tudományos Akadémia
55 Music Concourse Dr
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Science based Museum and it includes the amazing Steinhart Aquarium. Next to the de Young Museum.
Late conceptual/installation artist David Ireland's home of 30 years was just opened after a two year preservation and restoration effort. Check it out online - our friends just went and it's still under the radar and great!
The David Ireland House
500 Capp St
Late conceptual/installation artist David Ireland's home of 30 years was just opened after a two year preservation and restoration effort. Check it out online - our friends just went and it's still under the radar and great!

Sightseeing

https://sfcityguides.org/about-us/faqs/ These are free walking tours of the City sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library
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San Francisco City Guides
100 Larkin St
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https://sfcityguides.org/about-us/faqs/ These are free walking tours of the City sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library