Get in line early: Baker Chad Robertson (and co-owner Elisabeth Prueitt) take the bread out of the oven around 5:00PM, Wed-Sun. Can't get to the bakery? Pick up their amazing new book, Tartine Bread. Read more.
The best clam chowder in a sourdough bowl in San Francisco. Sit outside on a sunny day and enjoy the beautiful ocean view or watch the bakers make the bread fresh with their open concept kitchen.
Order the schweinshaxe. No one does it like Schroeder's. If you call ahead, you can special order pumpernickel bread, which comes directly from Germany. Read more.
This is a wonderful place. I come more than once when in San Francisco. Go for dinner, jazz every night starting at 7.30pm
SF: A real biker bar with heart. It’s the last bastion of the pre dot-com rebel/artist. Park benches on a dirt lot; it's like drinking in a junkyard and is one of SF's most loved hangouts. -IFC Staff
Bohemian bar next to City Lights Bookstore. Good place to see some of San Francisco's finest characters. -Laurine Wickett, Top Chef
Now that you have seen what Alcatraz looks like from the inside, click the link to see what it looks like from 220 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station using an 800mm camera lens. Read more.
If you are lucky enough to attend a program in Goldman Hall, look up. Those aren't random artsy lines decorating the celing, but an interpretation of an old map of Jerusalem.
