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Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco
Philz Coffee is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

1. Philz Coffee

748 Van Ness Ave (at Turk Blvd), San Francisco, CA
Coffee Shop · Tenderloin · 184 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Hit Philz Coffee for an iced mint mojito or large Tesora. Note: the mint mojito, while delicious, doesn’t actually contain alcohol.

2. Brenda's French Soul Food

8.8
652 Polk St (btwn Eddy & Turk St), San Francisco, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · Tenderloin · 502 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: The Hangtown Fry may be the true breakfast of champions: A crispy oyster, bacon & scallion scramble with girts and a biscuit.

3. Miette Patisserie

8.5
1 Ferry Building Ste 10 (The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Dessert Shop · Financial District · 69 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Grabbing some macarons and catching some rays at the Ferry Building makes for a sweet pit stop.

Arlequin Cafe & Food To Go is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

4. Arlequin Cafe & Food To Go

384 Hayes St (at Gough St), San Francisco, CA
Café · Civic Center · 187 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: One of the most overlooked/underrated patios in all of SF, this Hayes Valley eat spot's back end is shaded by trees and lush green plants. Perfect for enjoying an iced tea. Or beer. Read more.

5. Bi-Rite Creamery

9.2
3692 18th St (at Dolores St), San Francisco, CA
Ice Cream Parlor · Mission Dolores · 688 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: We're fans of the salted carmel ice cream and Sam's Sundae--chocolate ice cream with bergamot olive oil, maldon sea salt and whipped cream.

Tacolicious is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

6. Tacolicious

8.7
741 Valencia St (btwn 18th & 19th St), San Francisco, CA
Taco Restaurant · Mission District · 288 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Grab a shot and a tall boy at Tacolicious, to go with their amazing carnitas tacos… the others are good, they just can’t compare. Read more.

Betabrand is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

7. Betabrand

6.2
3435 Cesar Chavez #224B (Mission St.), San Francisco, CA
Clothing Store · Bernal Heights · 5 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Try on clothes at Betabrand where they’ll actually post your awesomely posed model shot to the website.

Mission Bowling Club is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

8. Mission Bowling Club

8.5
3176 17th St (btwn S Van Ness & Shotwell), San Francisco, CA
Bowling Alley · Mission District · 137 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: In between knocking down pins, knock back some drafts of Russian River & the infamous Mission Burger (a 1/2-lb of beef that's hard-fried in beef fat w/ caramelized onion, Monterey jack & caper aioli). Read more.

The Mill is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

9. The Mill

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

ThrillistThrillist: Totally nuts about their homemade bread toasted with almond butter. Read more.

Lightning Tavern is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

10. Lightning Tavern

1875 Union St, San Francisco, CA
Bar · Union Street · 42 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Take advantage of the $5 apps, $3 well drinks (dranks), and $2 bottles, of which we will be on hand (probably wearing something silly and with girls in bikinis, maybe) to buy you a ton of. Read more.

Boxing Room is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

11. Boxing Room

399 Grove St (at Gough St), San Francisco, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · Civic Center · 185 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Score some delicious Southern food including honest-to-goodness fried gator. It’ll (cap’n) hook you. Read more.

Biergarten is one of Thrillist's Best Day of Your Life: San Francisco.

12. Biergarten

8.8
424 Octavia St (btwn Linden & Fell St), San Francisco, CA
Beer Garden · Hayes Valley · 157 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: An authentic outdoor German beer garden, serving 6 Germanic beers on tap by the liter and half-liter. Food'll include two bigger-than-at-Suppenkuche pretzel offerings. Read more.