Must-do's: grab some ricotta salata from Monsieur Marcel, warm apple fritter at Bob's Donuts, hot sauce from Light My Fire, and old-fashioned candy from the farm stands. Read more.
There are plenty of reasons to visit the Getty's shining fortress on the hill: the garden, the views, live music, the restaurant. Less well known is its fantastic photography collection!~Lisa Horowitz Read more.
Everyone is here for Attari's sandwiches: lengths of toasted French bread dressed with fresh tomatoes, lettuce and a smattering of spiced, super-tart Iranian pickles. Read more.
In the heart of Hollywood, this Farmer's market not only has locally grown fruits & vegetables, but street musicians, exotic wares, flowers & great food vendors! Try the pupusas! Every Sunday, 8am-1pm Read more.
While you wait for your coffee, bother the baristas with coffee trivia, e.g., "does a cortado come in a ceramic cup or a glass?". Don't know the answer? Better get down to Sightglass.
It's only a few blocks from the 16th Mission BART Station. Great coffee AND tunes on vinyl - actual LPs on a record-playing machine, old-school! Read more.
Despite the Straus milk in the shakes and 100% Niman Ranch beef in the patties, what really matters is taste, and Super Duper burgers continue to rank among the best in the Bay Area. [Eater 38 Member]
You have to have the beer sausage with sauerkraut and grilled onions...it's #23 on 7x7's Big Eat SF 2010. Read more.
Haight Ashbury is the birthplace of the hippie movement, and it's continued to be a hipster's haunt for decades since. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.
With nearly 200 drool-inducing combos, Ike's Place in San Francisco's Castro district has become the home to what many are calling the Golden Gate City's best sandwich. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food Read more.
San Francisco Creamery’s “Kitchen Sink” is a monster sundae with 8 scoops of ice cream, 8 servings of whipped cream, and 8 different toppings. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food
Legend says La Cumbre invented the mission-style burrito – the 2-pound, fully customizable chow-down staple copied in restaurants and fast-food joints around the world. – Adam Richman, Man v. Food
Get things heated up and try the Spicy Ramen. Orochon Ramen has the most authentic Japanese fare in LA. Read more.
One of San Francisco's most popular tourist destinations, the Wharf consists of a long, coast-side row of restaurants, street vendors, souvenir stores and beautiful ocean scenery.
Originally settled by Italians, North Beach became a magnet for Beat Generation writers and poets in the 1950s. The cafés and shops on upper Grant Avenue still exude Beatnik funk.
Opening in 1898, The Marketplace provides a distinctive space for bringing together the greater Bay Area's agricultural wealth and renowned specialty food purveyors under one roof.
From 1908 to 1921, this eight story, Second Renaissance Revival structure in San Francisco's financial district served as headquarters for Bank of Italy (later renamed Bank of America).
Opened in 1918, the San Francisco waterfront piers played a crucial role in the Pacific theater during WWII. San Fran's waterfront became a military logistics center in support of the Pacific theater.
Lefty O'Doul hit .349 in an 11-year Major League career. This bridge bears his name, a testament of the impact he made on this community. O'Doul was born in San Francisco in 1897 and died here in 1969
Built in 1939, the park was a result of President Roosevelt's policy of providing jobs to architects & artists during the Great Depression & was featured in the 1971 Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry.
The Octagon House was built by William McElroy in 1861. His letter "To Future Ages" and newspapers accompanying it, which were discovered in a box under the stairs during restoration, are on display.
Silent film comic Fatty Arbuckle's career crashed down when a party he hosted at this hotel resulted in the death of young actress Virginia Rappe in 1921. President Ford was also shot at here in 1975.
Born in 1906, Philo Farnsworth demonstrated his first all-electric television system in the late 1920s & received the patent in 1930. Over his life he would earn more than 300 U.S. and foreign patents
In 1956 founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti published Alan Ginsberg's beatnik classic poem "Howl", and faced obscenity charges for it. In a landmark ruling, the poem was protected by the First Amendment.
Attempt the Hellfire Challenge; a dozen fiery wings. They’re so hot; they aren’t even on the menu! As seen on Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation.
