Guidebook for San Francisco

Lucy
Guidebook for San Francisco

Food Scene

The fresh local oysters, fish tacos, crab louie salad are all so delicious and not too expensive but go early because it is very popular.
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Woodhouse Fish Co.
1914 Fillmore St
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The fresh local oysters, fish tacos, crab louie salad are all so delicious and not too expensive but go early because it is very popular.
Turkish food that is so inventive and special it's one of the best kept secrets on Fillmore Street.
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Troya Restaurant
2125 Fillmore St
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Turkish food that is so inventive and special it's one of the best kept secrets on Fillmore Street.
Indian food of the highest order. The place is large and still it gets booked so call ahead or go very early. It attracts young couples and adult families - the food can be quite spicy hot.
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DOSA on Fillmore
1700 Fillmore St
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Indian food of the highest order. The place is large and still it gets booked so call ahead or go very early. It attracts young couples and adult families - the food can be quite spicy hot.
Owner is same as Slanted Door in the Ferry Building downtown which was voted best restaurant in the world for 2013. Pricey but fabulous.
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OTD
2232 Bush St
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Owner is same as Slanted Door in the Ferry Building downtown which was voted best restaurant in the world for 2013. Pricey but fabulous.
Five spice chicken with substitution of satay sauce is beyond good. This is a lunch place. Check their hours.
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My Father's Kitchen
1655 Divisadero St
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Five spice chicken with substitution of satay sauce is beyond good. This is a lunch place. Check their hours.
The best bread in the city and that is saying something. I buy a loaf. But go for breakfast and have wonderful coffee and a thick slice of cinnamon toast - $3 a slice! or $6 a loaf to take home.
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The Mill
736 Divisadero St
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The best bread in the city and that is saying something. I buy a loaf. But go for breakfast and have wonderful coffee and a thick slice of cinnamon toast - $3 a slice! or $6 a loaf to take home.
The owner grows herbs in the garden out back, serves his divine American pork chops and wild nettles and swordfish food himself to the tables.
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Blue Plate
3218 Mission St
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The owner grows herbs in the garden out back, serves his divine American pork chops and wild nettles and swordfish food himself to the tables.
Zagat says this is the best restaurant in the Western Addition. Must make reservations weeks in advance. Very expensive but amazing American small plates.
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State Bird Provisions
1529 Fillmore St
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Zagat says this is the best restaurant in the Western Addition. Must make reservations weeks in advance. Very expensive but amazing American small plates.

Everything Else

A mother and daughter own the store and stock it with original gifts and books and linens. You will see stylists looking over the shop for ideas and sometimes magazine's photographing it.
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Nest
2300 Fillmore Street
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A mother and daughter own the store and stock it with original gifts and books and linens. You will see stylists looking over the shop for ideas and sometimes magazine's photographing it.
On Fri, Sat, Sun there is one seating at 6:00 p.m. in a space that holds three tables for a prix fixe meal of $20 (w/out wine) that is wonderful. Obviously gets filled easily. A local insiders pick.
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La Boulangerie de San Francisco
1000 Cole St
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On Fri, Sat, Sun there is one seating at 6:00 p.m. in a space that holds three tables for a prix fixe meal of $20 (w/out wine) that is wonderful. Obviously gets filled easily. A local insiders pick.
Go here for fresh pasta, world's best ice cream by the cone (stand in line) or container (in freezer), sous vide marinated meats and chicken, fresh bolognese sauces, home grown vegetables and fruits.
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Bi-Rite Market
3639 18th St
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Go here for fresh pasta, world's best ice cream by the cone (stand in line) or container (in freezer), sous vide marinated meats and chicken, fresh bolognese sauces, home grown vegetables and fruits.
Best, best, best local catch fish, local grown chicken, beef, lamb, vegetables, fruit, homemade soups.
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Bryan's
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Best, best, best local catch fish, local grown chicken, beef, lamb, vegetables, fruit, homemade soups.
Berkeley owned shop and local made sweaters. Fabulous!
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Margaret O'Leary
2400 Fillmore St
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Berkeley owned shop and local made sweaters. Fabulous!
Play on the tennis courts, exercise running up and down stairs, then sit on a bench and take in breathtaking city views. Or if you miss your dog just stroll around the park and meet lots of pets.
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Alta Plaza Park
Steiner Street
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Play on the tennis courts, exercise running up and down stairs, then sit on a bench and take in breathtaking city views. Or if you miss your dog just stroll around the park and meet lots of pets.
Play tennis, bring children to play in a fantasyland of swings and tunnels and merry-go-rounds. Recently renovated the flowers and grasses are beautiful as are the surrounding houses.
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Lafayette Park
Washington Street
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Play tennis, bring children to play in a fantasyland of swings and tunnels and merry-go-rounds. Recently renovated the flowers and grasses are beautiful as are the surrounding houses.
One block behind our apartment are two tennis courts, an indoor swimming pool and a library.
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Hamilton Recreation Center
1900 Geary Blvd
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One block behind our apartment are two tennis courts, an indoor swimming pool and a library.
A half a block from our apartment is a yoga studio. Enter around the corner on Pierce Street. Travellers with aching joints will find this puts you right again.
Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco
3245 Sutter St
A half a block from our apartment is a yoga studio. Enter around the corner on Pierce Street. Travellers with aching joints will find this puts you right again.

Shopping

If you're up for an outing, go to this section of Berkeley for great shopping. This store owner travels the world to find beautiful scarves, glassware,and commissions local artists. Great gifts.
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Tail of the Yak
2632 Ashby Ave
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If you're up for an outing, go to this section of Berkeley for great shopping. This store owner travels the world to find beautiful scarves, glassware,and commissions local artists. Great gifts.

Arts & Culture

Reserve ahead for a movie and choose your seat.
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AMC Kabuki 8
1881 Post St
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Reserve ahead for a movie and choose your seat.
Shows art house movies, foreign films, one screen in this theater that is one of the oldest in America.
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Landmark's Clay Theatre
2261 Fillmore St
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Shows art house movies, foreign films, one screen in this theater that is one of the oldest in America.
The newest jazz club in town. Very popular place to listen to jazz and watch traffic pass through glass walls along Franklin Street.
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SFJAZZ
201 Franklin St
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The newest jazz club in town. Very popular place to listen to jazz and watch traffic pass through glass walls along Franklin Street.

Drinks & Nightlife

If you love jazz this place has international headliners a few blocks from our door.
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Yoshi's Jazz Club
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If you love jazz this place has international headliners a few blocks from our door.