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[TEMP] 10/5/13

1. Civic Center/UN Plaza BART Station

1150 Market St. (btwn Hyde & 7th), San Francisco, CA
Metro Station · 78 tips and reviews

Bobby M.Bobby M: The crazy violin man is always here! I think I saw him playing for the SF Symphony ;-)

2. Miette Patisserie

8.3
449 Octavia St (at Linden St), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Hayes Valley · 55 tips and reviews

Serious EatsSerious Eats: We love the Gingerbread Cupcake, made with molasses, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and dark stout beer, topped with a tangy-sweet cream cheese frosting. Read more.

Smitten Ice Cream is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

3. Smitten Ice Cream

432 Octavia St #1A (at Linden St), San Francisco, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Hayes Valley · 344 tips and reviews

Jessica @.Jessica @trufflefrites: The salted caramel is better than Bi-Rite! Watch them make your scoop as you wait..and be sure to get the cone! 75cents but totally worth it--tastes like a buttery fortune cookie :)

Taste Tea is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

4. Taste Tea

535 Octavia St (Hayes), San Francisco, CA
Tea Room · Hayes Valley · 15 tips and reviews

Stuart G.Stuart Griffiths: Thirsty? Get the cold brew.

5. Chantal Guillon Macarons & Tea

437 Hayes St (at Gough St), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Hayes Valley · 95 tips and reviews

The Bold ItalicThe Bold Italic: If you happen to find yourself in the throes of a sweet tooth takeover, and it's pretty likely you will— just go for it and get a box of 12 amazing, assorted flavors to take home. You won't regret it! Read more.

Straw is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

6. Straw

203 Octavia St (at Page St), San Francisco, CA
American Restaurant · Lower Haight · 118 tips and reviews

Vanessa K.Vanessa Kruze: Go for the Ring Master (Bacon Cheeseburger on a Krispy Kreme donut) and Chicken & Waffles!!

4505 Butcher Shop is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

7. 4505 Butcher Shop

1909 Mission St (15th Street), San Francisco, CA
Butcher · Mission District · 18 tips and reviews

Fabio R.Fabio Resende: If you go in there and don't buy AT LEAST a bag of chicharrones you're wasting your time.

Four Barrel Coffee is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

8. Four Barrel Coffee

9.1
375 Valencia St (btwn 14th St & 15th St), San Francisco, CA
Coffee Shop · Mission District · 507 tips and reviews

Peter D.Peter Dolan: get a donut, but not on a Monday. Mondays are sad no-donut days.

Bean Bag Cafe is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

9. Bean Bag Cafe

7.4
601 Divisadero St (at Hayes St.), San Francisco, CA
Café · Alamo Square · 102 tips and reviews

Cee . A.Cee . A: Sundried tomato smoked mozzarella cream cheese. Wow. Too bad their bagels aren't baked in-house. Still pretty good though. Cash only too.

10. The Mill

9.1
736 Divisadero St (btwn Grove St & Fulton St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Alamo Square · 378 tips and reviews

Amritha P.Amritha Prasad: GET the toast! It's the new hipster breakfast of the century.

11. Chile Pies Baking Co.

601 Baker St (at Fulton), San Francisco, CA
Pie Shop · Western Addition · 107 tips and reviews

Alexa (@ladylexy) A.Alexa (@ladylexy) Andrzejewski: Try the Pie Shake (Choose Any Pie!) - Search for chocolate cake shake equivalent led us to something even greater: Your choice of pie + your choice of Three Twins ice cream blended into a shake!?! (We

B. Patisserie is one of [TEMP] 10/5/13.

12. B. Patisserie

9.3
2821 California St (btwn Divisadero St & Broderick St), San Francisco, CA
Bakery · Lower Pacific Heights · 225 tips and reviews

esbeeesbee: The kouign amann is perfectly crisp and flakey on the outside, deliciously soft and delicate in the middle. Definitely get at least one!

13. Jane

8.7
2123 Fillmore St (btwn California & Sacramento St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Pacific Heights · 241 tips and reviews

S C.S C: Sit by the counter, observe the art of drip coffee (Four Barrel), & try the egg sandwich w/ homemade tomato chutney.

14. The Grove

2016 Fillmore St (at Pine St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Pacific Heights · 197 tips and reviews

Alex J.Alex Jenkins: Go to The Grove and get a breakfast burrito. The hash browns are inside it. Yes!

15. The Social Study

9.0
1795 Geary Blvd (at Fillmore St), San Francisco, CA
Lounge · Fillmore District · 88 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: They've got Chocolate Bacon. Need we say more? OK, we'll just say "Chocolate Bacon" again. Read more.

16. Sophie's Crepes

8.1
1581 Webster St Ste 275, San Francisco, CA
Creperie · Japantown · 69 tips and reviews

Jonathan L.Jonathan Long: Get the strawberry/chocolate crepes. You won't be disappointed

17. Nijiya Market

9.2
1737 Post St (at Webster St), San Francisco, CA
Grocery Store · Japantown · 73 tips and reviews

JoAnn P.JoAnn Peach: Get awesome sushi to go and eat it in the Jtown Peace Plaze OR (even better) get fresh sushi ingredients and try your hand at making sushi at home. Read more.

18. San Francisco Best Burrito

1035 Geary St (btwn Polk & Van Ness), San Francisco, CA
Burrito Restaurant · Lower Nob Hill · 4 tips and reviews

Peter H.Peter Hoang: Make sure you get that habenero sauce in your burrito.

19. Bravado, Italian Coffee Bar & Lounge

7.6
170 King St #109 (at 3rd St.), San Francisco, CA
Coffee Shop · South Beach · 31 tips and reviews

Anna P.Anna Pakman: Get the coffee with nutella, hazelnuts and whipped cream. I mean what could be better?

20. TenRen's Tea

949 Grant Ave (at Jackson St), San Francisco, CA
Tea Room · Chinatown · 25 tips and reviews

Nancy P.Nancy Pan: The fruity drinks are on the sweeter side, but the tapioca is great! I like the strawberry green tea for its fruit particles, but it's only for sweet- tooths (teeth)!

21. Montgomery St. BART Station

598 Market St (at 2nd St), San Francisco, CA
Metro Station · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 101 tips and reviews

SFBARTSFBART: Walk to Ferry Building Marketplace. Foodie heaven with gourmet shops for everything from mushrooms to chocolate, oysters to olive oils. Plus a farmers market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Read more.