San Francisco, CA

Information for San Francisco and the Bay Area

Eating

Cha Ya. Vegetarian Japanese.762 Valencia Street, between 18th and 19th.

Greens

Building A, Fort Mason Center, Marina Boulevard at Buchanan Street. Fancy, bayside vegetarian. 5:30-9, lunch Tues-Sat 11:45-2:30. Takeout with excellent options also Monday. http://www.greensrestaurant.com/

St. Francis Fountain

2801 24th Street, at York Street. 8am-10pm daily. A soda shoppe in the Mission. http://www.stfrancisfountainsf.com/

The Stinking Rose

Columbus. Garlic-centric.

Mission Pie

2901 Mission Street. Recommended by Robert Samet, especially banana cream pie. http://www.missionpie.com/

Events

North Beach Festival

June 18-19, 2011, 10AM-6PM. The 2011 event will feature over 125 arts and crafts booths, 20 gourmet food booths, three stages of live entertainment, Italian street painting, beverage gardens, a large children's activity area and the blessing of the animals. http://northbeachchamber.com/

Stern Grove Festival. Sundays in summer, free concerts. 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. http://www.sterngrove.org/

Destinations

Deyoung Museum

Closed Mondays. http://deyoung.famsf.org

Sanrio store

SF Museum of Modern Art

151 Third St. (between Mission and Howard). Closed Wednesday. http://www.sfmoma.org/

SF Public Library

Transportation

Many modes of transportation can be taken with a Clipper card, a near-field RFID debit card.

Ferries

Different companies run ferries to various destinations. Blue and Gold goes to Tiburon, but doesn't (as of 2011-06) take the Clipper card.