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- ETM0
If you like walking and weather permits (as well as footwear) then walk. It's pretty compact.
My wife and I spent an entire day walking from our hotel at Union Square down Market Street to Haight-Ashbury. Checked out Amoeba Music, walked most of the Golden Gate Park to be disappointed by the bison. When back down Fulton and up to Geary for lunch at a Cafe. Up Veteran's to the Golden Gate bridge, but only walked 2/3 across because we got worried for time. Down along the beach and made it back to Fisherman's Wharf before we grabbed a bus the rest of the way back because it was getting dark and our feet killed us. But it was the best day there. You only get a feel for a city when you walk, I find. We saw tourist spots, regular neighborhoods (shady ones too.).
- For those that live/lived in SF, the Richmond area north of Golden Gate Park, what type of area is that?ETM
- It was hard to pin down walking through it. Good, shady, average?ETM
- depends on the block. Inner (Arguello–15th) is nice. Central (15th–35th) is dull, suburban. Outer (35th–Beach) is windy, surfer land with some rich Russian enclaves. Why do you ask?
JonWilliams - It's residential.i_monk
- I know it's residential, I was looking curious about the caliber of the area. Good, bad, safe etc.ETM
- @JonWilliams
I agree dull. Stark even. Lots of concrete, few trees.ETM - not much over there. and it takes forever to get to downtown because no BART. the weather is usually shit as well.lvl_13
- @ETM It's definitely safe. I've lived on 9th, now on 47th, and actually enjoy it. Love being by the beach and the park and still 20 mins commute to SOMA.
JonWilliams - Cheers. We didn't feel unsafe or anything. Just curious, as like I said, I just couldn't get a feel of the area one way or the other.ETM
- Me and the Mrs did a different route but same idea. I totally agree with taking a long walk and seeing the unplanned!ShaneHolley
- moldero0
Shimos sushi on 25th/Clement the fuckin best hands down if you like true traditional Japanese sushi, not cheap though, shimo (the owner) a cool dude too, ask him for his recommendations, he will make you stuff thats not on the menu and its the BOMB, if you stay late and get your server drunk, shimo will most likely drink with you and perhaps even read your girlfriends palm. great conversations to be had with that guy.
and if you like Robin Williams he eats there almost every Monday evening, seen Chris Issak eats there at random too, dude pulled out his guitar and started playing once.- I used to eat there every week. Lived a block away.cannonball1978
- I love that place!moldero
- instrmntl0
Burger-wise:
Umami in Cow Hollow
Sam's on Broadway in North Beach (get a double cheese!)
Gott's at the Ferry Building
In and Out near Fisherman's Warf
- pig0
- i_monk0
The Curiosity Shoppe (mentioned in one of the maps up-thread) is closed. Anything else like it? From the description I could tell my bf would have liked checking it out.
- Is that the spot on valencia? The name has left me but I seem to recall more than one "curiosity shoppes" on that strip in Mission.dorkKn1ght
- Google Maps only turns up one in the city, on Valencia, and says it's closed/relocated.i_monk
- lvl_130
it was a neat little shop. had a bunch of stuff that i liked, but it was a bit like expensive knick-knacks.
Actually the place that took the old space is somewhat like it. kind of arty, some jewelry, art mags and some clothes. i overheard the girl in there talking about how the old curiosity shoppe people totally helped them move in and they are all friends. you can tell it's not the same shop, but almost more of an evolution.
i can only image the rent has to be astronomical for the location...even though the space is tiny. i hope they can survive.
- i_monk0
Heading over Thursday night for a week, anything else in the Mission worth checking out/eating at?
- i_monk0
Alright:
We flew in on Thursday night, and on the plane sat next to someone who lives in the Mission. We picked her brain for the last hour or so and got all sorts of recommendations for places to eat in the area. (And then left the list on the plane, but whatever, still ended up having a good time.)
One she recommended was Tacqueria Can Cun (Mission at 19th), which we remembered and stumbled across in time for lunch. Good and cheap.
We met up with our new friend for dinner at Limón Rottisserie (21st and South Van Ness) and had a blast. It's a Peruvian place, not sure if it's supposed to be like tapas (the plates/portions are bigger than that) but we treated it that way. It took a long time for them to come and take our order, and their sangria is basically red wine with a little bit of fruit chopped up and tossed in, but we'll go back the next time we're in town.
McSweeney's on Valencia has closed/moved, as far as I can tell. The website still says it's there, but the store front is for some sort of scholarship match program for students. Muy disappointed by that.
- grymes0
Is the Tenderloin as crazy as people make it out to be? We'll be staying there with a friend in a month very near to City Hall.
- It's pretty shabby and you have to watch for crazies, but it isn't as bad as people think.i_monk
- the most tolerant and diverse sq. milage of people working together to smoke to crack.wagshaft
- Please refer to my map: I've highlighted the crazy triangle for reference. http://goo.gl/maps/y…wagshaft
- i lived there for 3 years. it's fine.colin_s
- colin_s0
the tenderloin isn't the worst. don't walk down turk at 3 am. i lived in it for 3 years and it's actually the only part of san francisco i really like anymore. the rest is all gentrification and rich people. i had better conversations with crackheads and drunks at edinburgh castle than i ever had with some techie nonsense douche in the mission.
i did, however, witness one murder and hear someone get beat half to death outside my window, so there's always a downside.
- albums0
↑ This makes me remember the time we were trapped in our place at Golden Gate and Baker for about 6 hours while they investigated a murder and attempted to clean the blood from the sidewalk. It was creepy walking by that stain on the way to Albertson's for the next few weeks. o_O
- shapeaspect0
Just got back from 11 days in SF and ate out once at this dodgy looking vietnamese place in the Tenderloin. Serious vomiting and diarrhea. Other than that, amazing city. Lots of great things to see and do.