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The City By The Bay
Hula's Island Grill is one of The City By The Bay.

1. Hula's Island Grill

8.7
622 Lighthouse Ave (at Hoffman Ave), Monterey, CA
Restaurant · New Monterey · 119 tips and reviews
Bixby Creek Bridge is one of The City By The Bay.

2. Bixby Creek Bridge

27602 Highway 1 (at Old Coast Rd), Big Sur, CA
Bridge · 32 tips and reviews
Fog City is one of The City By The Bay.

3. Fog City

8.0
1300 Battery St (The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Northern Waterfront · 60 tips and reviews

Beth H.Beth Hamilton: The fries are redic.

Cliff House is one of The City By The Bay.

4. Cliff House

1090 Point Lobos (at Great Hwy), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · 140 tips and reviews

Daphne Y.Daphne Yu: Best place to have a cocktail and appetizer with a Pacific Ocean view.

Doc's Clock is one of The City By The Bay.

5. Doc's Clock

7.2
2417 Mission St (btwn 20th & 21st St), San Francisco, CA
Dive Bar · Mission District · 75 tips and reviews

AskMenAskMen: A shuffleboard, lots of cheap beers, & a crowd that some might call rowdy but that we'd call spirited (in a good way) make this one of the funnest bars on Mission Street. Be ready for a great time. Read more.

Tempest is one of The City By The Bay.

6. Tempest

8.1
431 Natoma St (btwn 5th & 6th St), San Francisco, CA
Dive Bar · 134 tips and reviews

Petko M.Petko Minkov: Can't say anything bad about this place. Beer is cheap and you look around and nobody is writing code on a laptop. Approved.

La Taqueria is one of The City By The Bay.

7. La Taqueria

9.3
2889 Mission St (at 25th St), San Francisco, CA
Burrito Restaurant · Mission District · 443 tips and reviews

BravoBravo: The best taqueria on the Mission. An inexpensive hole in the wall with great food. -Anita Lo, Top Chef Masters

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory 金門餅食公司 is one of The City By The Bay.

8. Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory 金門餅食公司

8.0
56 Ross Aly (at Jackson St.), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Chinatown · 90 tips and reviews

Michelin Travel & LifestyleMichelin Travel & Lifestyle: You can watch the cookies get baked in griddles and folded around fortunes, some regular and some risqué. Bags of 40 cookies are only $3. - Green Guide Editor

Golden Gate Bridge is one of The City By The Bay.

9. Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Brg S, San Francisco, CA
Bridge · 813 tips and reviews

HISTORYHISTORY: The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937, & has become an internationally recognized symbol of San Francisco and CA.

Homeroom is one of The City By The Bay.

10. Homeroom

8.7
400 40th St (at Shafter Ave), Oakland, CA
Mac and Cheese Joint · Temescal · 233 tips and reviews

AskMenAskMen: are 10 varieties of mac and cheese on the menu, including "Mexican mac," a spicy take on an old standby that goes great with the thick Lagunitas on tap. Read more.

ThirstyBear Brewing Company is one of The City By The Bay.

11. ThirstyBear Brewing Company

661 Howard St (btwn 2nd & 3rd), San Francisco, CA
Brewery · SoMa · 223 tips and reviews

Tara d.Tara de Guzman: Go to Thirsty Bear, and order the "Sample 9" they're little shots of each brewed beer at the restaurant. My favs: Meyer E.S.B., Howard Street I.P.A. and Kozlov Stout

Winchester Mystery House is one of The City By The Bay.

12. Winchester Mystery House

7.5
525 S Winchester Blvd (at Olsen Dr), San Jose, CA
Historic and Protected Site · 91 tips and reviews

HISTORYHISTORY: Sarah Winchester, a wealthy widow, built the 160-room Victorian Winchester mansion in 1884. It took over 38 years to build and had workers work on it year round until her death in 1922.

CREAM of Berkeley is one of The City By The Bay.

13. CREAM of Berkeley

8.2
2399 Telegraph Ave (at Channing Way), Berkeley, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Southside · 98 tips and reviews

Donna T.Donna T: $2.00 for a ice cream sandwich and the cookies are always warm.

4505 Burgers & BBQ is one of The City By The Bay.

14. 4505 Burgers & BBQ

9.1
705 Divisadero St (at Grove St), San Francisco, CA
BBQ Joint · Panhandle · 205 tips and reviews
Little Skillet is one of The City By The Bay.

15. Little Skillet

8.0
360 Ritch St (at Lusk St), San Francisco, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · SoMa · 171 tips and reviews
Sam's is one of The City By The Bay.

16. Sam's

8.6
618 Broadway, San Francisco, CA
Burger Joint · North Beach · 65 tips and reviews

Munch On MeMunch On Me: The paddy is grilled just the perfect medium, with the two cheese slices hitting you upfront, a load of beef, and riding the rest of the way down with the vegetable textures and the trail of mustard. Read more.

Li Po Cocktail Lounge is one of The City By The Bay.

17. Li Po Cocktail Lounge

8.0
916 Grant Ave (at Washington St), San Francisco, CA
Dive Bar · Chinatown · 112 tips and reviews
Dry Creek General Store is one of The City By The Bay.

18. Dry Creek General Store

8.8
3495 Dry Creek Rd (at Lambert Bridge Rd), Healdsburg, CA
Deli · 51 tips and reviews
21st Amendment Brewery is one of The City By The Bay.

19. 21st Amendment Brewery

8.5
2010 Williams St, San Leandro, CA
Brewery · 7 tips and reviews
Alamo Square is one of The City By The Bay.

20. Alamo Square

9.3
Steiner St (btwn Fulton & Hayes St), San Francisco, CA
Park · 168 tips and reviews
Bi-Rite Creamery is one of The City By The Bay.

21. Bi-Rite Creamery

9.2
3692 18th St (at Dolores St), San Francisco, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Mission Dolores · 688 tips and reviews
Ike’s Place is one of The City By The Bay.

22. Ike’s Place

3489 16th St (at Sanchez St), San Francisco, CA
Sandwich Spot · Mission Dolores · 251 tips and reviews
Zeitgeist is one of The City By The Bay.

23. Zeitgeist

8.9
199 Valencia St (at Duboce Ave), San Francisco, CA
Beer Garden · SoMa · 387 tips and reviews
Suppenküche is one of The City By The Bay.

24. Suppenküche

8.9
525 Laguna St (at Hayes St), San Francisco, CA
German Restaurant · Hayes Valley · 240 tips and reviews
Biergarten is one of The City By The Bay.

25. Biergarten

8.8
424 Octavia St (btwn Linden & Fell St), San Francisco, CA
Beer Garden · Hayes Valley · 157 tips and reviews
Palace of Fine Arts is one of The City By The Bay.

26. Palace of Fine Arts

9.5
3301 Lyon St (btwn Bay & Jefferson St), San Francisco, CA
Historic and Protected Site · Marina District · 206 tips and reviews

Justin S.Justin Sullivan: Beautiful night and day. The scale is massive. Everyone is dwarfed beneath the dome. The grounds surpass the interior, but the massive fireplaces that you see on the inside are really cool too.