Jess’s Guidebook to Our SF Cottage
Sightseeing, Culture, & Art
Explore the historic 1898 Ferry Building with its iconic clock tower and local eateries, bakery, bookstore, and weekend farmer's market with local produce and handmade crafts. It's a foodie's paradise! And it's 2 miles away, which makes it a nice 40-minute walk, 20-minute jog, or 9-minute drive away from the cottage.
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Ferry Building station
Explore the historic 1898 Ferry Building with its iconic clock tower and local eateries, bakery, bookstore, and weekend farmer's market with local produce and handmade crafts. It's a foodie's paradise! And it's 2 miles away, which makes it a nice 40-minute walk, 20-minute jog, or 9-minute drive away from the cottage.
If you love baseball, walk down to Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, which is a 15-minute walk or 4-minute drive from our cottage. There is also a nice view of the Bay behind the park, and plenty of statues of famous baseball players around the park.
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Parque Oracle
24 Willie Mays PlazaIf you love baseball, walk down to Oracle Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, which is a 15-minute walk or 4-minute drive from our cottage. There is also a nice view of the Bay behind the park, and plenty of statues of famous baseball players around the park.
Just past Oracle Park, you'll begin walking on the paved Embarcadero the eastern waterfront and roadway, along San Francisco Bay and under the Bay Bridge that leads to the historic Ferry Building with its iconic clock tower. A series of piers offers ferries to Alcatraz Island, science exhibits at the Exploratorium, restaurants and Bay Bridge views. If you're a jogger or a runner, its 1.5 miles from our cottage past the Ballpark to the Bay Bridge, so it makes a nice 3-mile morning jog to the bridge and back home.
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Embarcadero
Just past Oracle Park, you'll begin walking on the paved Embarcadero the eastern waterfront and roadway, along San Francisco Bay and under the Bay Bridge that leads to the historic Ferry Building with its iconic clock tower. A series of piers offers ferries to Alcatraz Island, science exhibits at the Exploratorium, restaurants and Bay Bridge views. If you're a jogger or a runner, its 1.5 miles from our cottage past the Ballpark to the Bay Bridge, so it makes a nice 3-mile morning jog to the bridge and back home.
The Chase Center is a 22-minute walk or 6-minute drive from our cottage. It's a huge a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment arena, home to the Golden State Warriors and nearly 200 events per year, including large concerts and music tours.
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Chase Center
1 Warriors WayThe Chase Center is a 22-minute walk or 6-minute drive from our cottage. It's a huge a state-of-the-art sports and entertainment arena, home to the Golden State Warriors and nearly 200 events per year, including large concerts and music tours.
A 22-minute walk south from our cottage to Mission Bay, directly in front of the Chase Center Arena (1 Warriors Way, San Francisco), is a cool, free outdoor public art display called “Seeing Spheres," created by famous Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
It's an array of five 15-feet tall shiny mirrored spheres in a central space in front of the building. You can go and see your reflection multiplied in them and have fun and take some cool photos and videos. It's kind of like funhouse mirrors!
The affect is kind of like the experience of "The Bean" (aka Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor) in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Together they produce a surprising environment of multilayered, reflected spaces in which the same people and settings appear again and again, visible from various unexpected angles.
“Seeing spheres is a public space that contains you and contains multitudes,” said Eliasson in a comment on Instagram. “We often think of public space as empty, negative space in the city, viewed from a car or crossed on the way to somewhere else. Seeing spheres offers a place to pause, where you see yourself from outside, as a participant in society.”
Seeing Spheres
A 22-minute walk south from our cottage to Mission Bay, directly in front of the Chase Center Arena (1 Warriors Way, San Francisco), is a cool, free outdoor public art display called “Seeing Spheres," created by famous Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
It's an array of five 15-feet tall shiny mirrored spheres in a central space in front of the building. You can go and see your reflection multiplied in them and have fun and take some cool photos and videos. It's kind of like funhouse mirrors!
The affect is kind of like the experience of "The Bean" (aka Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor) in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Together they produce a surprising environment of multilayered, reflected spaces in which the same people and settings appear again and again, visible from various unexpected angles.
“Seeing spheres is a public space that contains you and contains multitudes,” said Eliasson in a comment on Instagram. “We often think of public space as empty, negative space in the city, viewed from a car or crossed on the way to somewhere else. Seeing spheres offers a place to pause, where you see yourself from outside, as a participant in society.”
Just a 23-minute walk from the cottage is a sandy beach on the Bay at Crane Cove Park. San Francisco recently transformed this area of industrial shoreline into a stunning 7-acre park with a sandy beach and a gorgeous vista of the Bay. Plenty of cool historic plaques describe what the area was used for historically with famous giant ships. Crane Cove is named for its two iconic cranes, affectionately named by the community Nick and Nora, which define the identity and skyline of this area. No longer in use but protected by historic designation, the Port seeks to rehabilitate the cranes as visual reminders of the area’s past. Super fun to check out alone on a sunny day, or with friends, fam, and doggos. There's a kids' play area and a dog run area. It's between the Mission Bay and Dogpatch neighborhoods.
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Crane Cove Park
Illinois StreetJust a 23-minute walk from the cottage is a sandy beach on the Bay at Crane Cove Park. San Francisco recently transformed this area of industrial shoreline into a stunning 7-acre park with a sandy beach and a gorgeous vista of the Bay. Plenty of cool historic plaques describe what the area was used for historically with famous giant ships. Crane Cove is named for its two iconic cranes, affectionately named by the community Nick and Nora, which define the identity and skyline of this area. No longer in use but protected by historic designation, the Port seeks to rehabilitate the cranes as visual reminders of the area’s past. Super fun to check out alone on a sunny day, or with friends, fam, and doggos. There's a kids' play area and a dog run area. It's between the Mission Bay and Dogpatch neighborhoods.
Only 1 mile away from our cottage, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (or "SF MoMa," as it's most often referred to is a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute car or Uber ride away from our place. With more than 30,000 works of modern and contemporary art created in the years after 1900, you can spend hours checking out pieces from renowned artists like Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Frieda Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keefe, and many, many more more.
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Museo de Arte Moderno de San Francisco
151 3rd StOnly 1 mile away from our cottage, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (or "SF MoMa," as it's most often referred to is a 20-minute walk or a 5-minute car or Uber ride away from our place. With more than 30,000 works of modern and contemporary art created in the years after 1900, you can spend hours checking out pieces from renowned artists like Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Frieda Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Georgia O'Keefe, and many, many more more.
Three miles away from our cottage, Pier 39 is about a 20-minute car ride or about a 1 hour walk from our cottage. Pier 39 has a number of attractions to check out including the famous huge group of California Sea Lions that laze about outdoors on the docks, as well as Aquarium of the Bay, and a few different rides and "virtual reality" type experiences. If you want to see all the major sights in San Francisco in a very fun way in just 15 minutes, get yourself a $14 ticket for the virtual reality seated experience called The Flyer. It has motion seats, live-action, and cinematic special effects to make it feel like you are flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, and the Redwood Forest, as well as zooming through Lombard St. and Chinatown.
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Muelle 39
The EmbarcaderoThree miles away from our cottage, Pier 39 is about a 20-minute car ride or about a 1 hour walk from our cottage. Pier 39 has a number of attractions to check out including the famous huge group of California Sea Lions that laze about outdoors on the docks, as well as Aquarium of the Bay, and a few different rides and "virtual reality" type experiences. If you want to see all the major sights in San Francisco in a very fun way in just 15 minutes, get yourself a $14 ticket for the virtual reality seated experience called The Flyer. It has motion seats, live-action, and cinematic special effects to make it feel like you are flying over the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, and the Redwood Forest, as well as zooming through Lombard St. and Chinatown.
If you love classic arcade games or the feel of a cool arcade bar, check out Thriller Social Club. It's a half-mile from our cottage, a 10-minute walk or a 4-minute car ride. They serve craft cocktails and smashburgers, pizza, lobster rolls and they have tons of arcade games, including all your old faves like Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2, and many, many more. They also have a state-of-the-art $85,000 golf simulator, an eight-lane Skee-Ball set-up, and endless carnival games too.
Thriller Social Club
If you love classic arcade games or the feel of a cool arcade bar, check out Thriller Social Club. It's a half-mile from our cottage, a 10-minute walk or a 4-minute car ride. They serve craft cocktails and smashburgers, pizza, lobster rolls and they have tons of arcade games, including all your old faves like Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2, and many, many more. They also have a state-of-the-art $85,000 golf simulator, an eight-lane Skee-Ball set-up, and endless carnival games too.
Neighborhoods
South of Market (aka SoMa) is a vibrant centrally-located San Francisco neighborhood, with artists, tech workers, cafes, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and plenty of loft living.
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SoMa
South of Market (aka SoMa) is a vibrant centrally-located San Francisco neighborhood, with artists, tech workers, cafes, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and plenty of loft living.
Mission Bay is a newer neighborhood with a bike path, restaurants, small businesses, Gus's Grocery Market, and Spark Social SF (a food truck park, with outdoor seating, a beer & sangria garden, outdoor, mini golf course, and event space)
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Mission Bay
Mission Bay is a newer neighborhood with a bike path, restaurants, small businesses, Gus's Grocery Market, and Spark Social SF (a food truck park, with outdoor seating, a beer & sangria garden, outdoor, mini golf course, and event space)
Potrero Hill is an often-sunny, hilly area with bay and skyline views and a mix of condos and classic Victorians, plus parks with sports facilities. 18th Street has eateries and shops. On the neighborhood's eastern edge, industrial-cool Dogpatch, with hip bars and eateries, runs along the waterfront.
You can capture EXCELLENT photos of the city from the hill (like the one I have posted above) on the corner of Wisconsin St. & 20th.
What to put into GMaps (click link to open in Maps): Wisconsin St & 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
You can also try the nearby corner of Texas and 19th Streets, for a slightly different, awesome city view
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Potrero Hill
Potrero Hill is an often-sunny, hilly area with bay and skyline views and a mix of condos and classic Victorians, plus parks with sports facilities. 18th Street has eateries and shops. On the neighborhood's eastern edge, industrial-cool Dogpatch, with hip bars and eateries, runs along the waterfront.
You can capture EXCELLENT photos of the city from the hill (like the one I have posted above) on the corner of Wisconsin St. & 20th.
What to put into GMaps (click link to open in Maps): Wisconsin St & 20th St, San Francisco, CA 94107
You can also try the nearby corner of Texas and 19th Streets, for a slightly different, awesome city view
Food scene
A unique outdoor food truck park, with outdoor seating, a beer & sangria garden, outdoor mini golf course, and event space with bungalows.
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Spark Social SF
601 Mission Bay Boulevard North A unique outdoor food truck park, with outdoor seating, a beer & sangria garden, outdoor mini golf course, and event space with bungalows.
Incredible spendy multi-course fine dining restaurant that got two MICHELIN stars in the 2021 MICHELIN Guide. Unforgettable meal with wine pairing!
Birdsong
1085 Mission StIncredible spendy multi-course fine dining restaurant that got two MICHELIN stars in the 2021 MICHELIN Guide. Unforgettable meal with wine pairing!
Thai food restaurant with dishes from central Thailand. The fresh rolls, salmon rolls, and curries are all excellent. The chef (Chef Tee) also makes Japanese ramen that's quite good! This restaurant is great for dine-in or takeout, and it's a 10-minute walk from our cottage.
Sun and Moon
415 Brannan StThai food restaurant with dishes from central Thailand. The fresh rolls, salmon rolls, and curries are all excellent. The chef (Chef Tee) also makes Japanese ramen that's quite good! This restaurant is great for dine-in or takeout, and it's a 10-minute walk from our cottage.
This small Japanese cafe at 236 Townsend St is a 15-minute walk or 4-minute drive from the cottage that is a local fave! They serve delicious fresh lunch or brunch bento boxes, poached egg bowls, Chicken Katsu Sando Donburi, Curry Rice, Salads, Matcha & Hojicha Lattes, Espresso, Green Tea, and beer and wine as well as Kombucha.
Cafe Okawari
236 Townsend StreetThis small Japanese cafe at 236 Townsend St is a 15-minute walk or 4-minute drive from the cottage that is a local fave! They serve delicious fresh lunch or brunch bento boxes, poached egg bowls, Chicken Katsu Sando Donburi, Curry Rice, Salads, Matcha & Hojicha Lattes, Espresso, Green Tea, and beer and wine as well as Kombucha.
Fantastic sushi, Izakaya restaurant with both tables and sushi bar seating. It's one of our fave sushi spots and a 9-minute walk or 2-minute drive from the cottage (less than half mile away).
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Okane
669 Townsend StFantastic sushi, Izakaya restaurant with both tables and sushi bar seating. It's one of our fave sushi spots and a 9-minute walk or 2-minute drive from the cottage (less than half mile away).
This place is on an alley in the Tenderloin. The neighborhood can be a bit rough over that way, but this pinseria is incredible Roman pizza in an authentic Italian restaurant. Definitely worth the jaunt.
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MONTESACRO Pinseria SF
510 Stevenson StThis place is on an alley in the Tenderloin. The neighborhood can be a bit rough over that way, but this pinseria is incredible Roman pizza in an authentic Italian restaurant. Definitely worth the jaunt.
Tasty Spanish tapas for dinner, a short walk from the cottage.
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Bellota
888 Brannan StTasty Spanish tapas for dinner, a short walk from the cottage.
One of our favorite neighborhood spots for tasty farm-to-table new-American cuisine and an excellent craft cocktail bar just a 10-minute walk from our cottage. We eat here about once a week!
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Marlowe
500 Brannan StOne of our favorite neighborhood spots for tasty farm-to-table new-American cuisine and an excellent craft cocktail bar just a 10-minute walk from our cottage. We eat here about once a week!
The Social Cafe is a 4-minute walk from our cottage on Bryant Street in SoMan. It's a Cuban sandwich shop, bakery, and cafe that makes a great stop for a quick lunch or to grab some pastries. They have delicious, authentic Cuban sandwiches, salads, pastries, croquettes, cookies, and specialty coffee.
Social Cafe
The Social Cafe is a 4-minute walk from our cottage on Bryant Street in SoMan. It's a Cuban sandwich shop, bakery, and cafe that makes a great stop for a quick lunch or to grab some pastries. They have delicious, authentic Cuban sandwiches, salads, pastries, croquettes, cookies, and specialty coffee.
Fresh dumplings and dim sum, just a 10-minute walk or 4 minute drive from the cottage for lunch or dinner. Check out the crispy gyoza filled with seafood, pork or chicken, pan-seared bao filled with chicken or pork, Xi’an boiled dumplings, and xiao long bao (XLB) soup dumplings, plus vegetable dishes and hand-cut noodles and craft cocktails, sake, beer, wine, and tea.
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Dumpling Time
11 Division StFresh dumplings and dim sum, just a 10-minute walk or 4 minute drive from the cottage for lunch or dinner. Check out the crispy gyoza filled with seafood, pork or chicken, pan-seared bao filled with chicken or pork, Xi’an boiled dumplings, and xiao long bao (XLB) soup dumplings, plus vegetable dishes and hand-cut noodles and craft cocktails, sake, beer, wine, and tea.
A 10-minute walk from the cottage, is an unforgettable exceptional, Michelin-star sushi spot for a spendy celebratory meal. Chef Yu using freshest, highest quality fish imported directly from the world-renowned Fish Market in Tokyo. Omakase offers one fixed price menu at $195 per person. Get reservations online. You won't regret it!
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Omakase
665 Townsend StA 10-minute walk from the cottage, is an unforgettable exceptional, Michelin-star sushi spot for a spendy celebratory meal. Chef Yu using freshest, highest quality fish imported directly from the world-renowned Fish Market in Tokyo. Omakase offers one fixed price menu at $195 per person. Get reservations online. You won't regret it!
A 12-minute walk from the cottage, this Japanese spot has sushi, sashimi, and specialty rolls. They have lunch specials Monday-Friday (11am-3pm) and do dinner 7 nights a week until 9:30pm.
Wabi-Sabi SF at Soma
A 12-minute walk from the cottage, this Japanese spot has sushi, sashimi, and specialty rolls. They have lunch specials Monday-Friday (11am-3pm) and do dinner 7 nights a week until 9:30pm.
This little place has AMAZING Korean-American food, just around the corner, a 3-minute walk from our cottage. It makes an excellent lunch spot. They're open daily until 2pm. Try the Kimcheese smashburger (like a Korean take on a cheeseburger with grilled onions and kimchi aoili), the kiss my fries (loaded fries topped with kimchi, bulgogi, salsa, and cheese), or Holy Bulgogi Cupbap (a large bowl filled with steamed purple rice, vegan gluten-free japchae noodles, steamed vegetables, and house-made bulgogi beef). For vegetarians, the Tofu Jorim Cupbap is a large bowl filled with steamed purple rice, vegan gluten-free japchae noodles, steamed vegetables, and house-made tofu, topped with your choice of sauce: soy glaze, kimchi aioli, or fire hot. It's garnished with scallions and sesame seeds, and it's delicious and filling! You can takeout the food or eat in the restaurant. It has a very cool SF mural inside on the wall of the City and SoMa neighborhood.
Kiss My Seoul
This little place has AMAZING Korean-American food, just around the corner, a 3-minute walk from our cottage. It makes an excellent lunch spot. They're open daily until 2pm. Try the Kimcheese smashburger (like a Korean take on a cheeseburger with grilled onions and kimchi aoili), the kiss my fries (loaded fries topped with kimchi, bulgogi, salsa, and cheese), or Holy Bulgogi Cupbap (a large bowl filled with steamed purple rice, vegan gluten-free japchae noodles, steamed vegetables, and house-made bulgogi beef). For vegetarians, the Tofu Jorim Cupbap is a large bowl filled with steamed purple rice, vegan gluten-free japchae noodles, steamed vegetables, and house-made tofu, topped with your choice of sauce: soy glaze, kimchi aioli, or fire hot. It's garnished with scallions and sesame seeds, and it's delicious and filling! You can takeout the food or eat in the restaurant. It has a very cool SF mural inside on the wall of the City and SoMa neighborhood.
Just a 3-minute walk around the corner from the cottage you'll find this cool, cute well-rated local Vietnamese sandwich shop with Banh Mi sandwiches on french baguettes, spring rolls, as well as a variety of tasty specialty drinks including Vietnamese Iced Coffee, Thai Iced Tea, Watermelon Litchi Smoothie, Mango Mint Smoothie, and Avocado Shake.
Dinosaurs Sandwiches
Just a 3-minute walk around the corner from the cottage you'll find this cool, cute well-rated local Vietnamese sandwich shop with Banh Mi sandwiches on french baguettes, spring rolls, as well as a variety of tasty specialty drinks including Vietnamese Iced Coffee, Thai Iced Tea, Watermelon Litchi Smoothie, Mango Mint Smoothie, and Avocado Shake.
An authentic Ethiopian spot which is incredible for lunch or dinner (or takeout). Full vegetarian plate is excellent with all sorts of veggies and sauces over Injera bread, which is a spongy flatbread that goes well with the sauces. They will adjust the spiciness to your preference. Also chicken and lamb tibs, for meat eaters.
House of Tadu Ethiopian Kitchen
An authentic Ethiopian spot which is incredible for lunch or dinner (or takeout). Full vegetarian plate is excellent with all sorts of veggies and sauces over Injera bread, which is a spongy flatbread that goes well with the sauces. They will adjust the spiciness to your preference. Also chicken and lamb tibs, for meat eaters.
Plow is an excellent farm-to-table breakfast or brunch spot in Potrero Hill, about a 17-minute walk or 7-minute drive from the cottage. They are open Monday-Friday from 7AM to 2PM and on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays from 8AM to 2PM. Just be aware that they don't take reservations, and there is often a 20-45 minute wait to get in because it is sooo delicious. I highly recommend their lemon ricotta pancakes, fried egg sandwich, Annie's almond flour pancakes, the soft scramble
(three eggs, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, goat cheese), and The Plow breakfast (pictured above!) which comes with two eggs, two lemon ricotta pancakes + plow potatoes, choice of house made pork sausage patties, bacon, or chicken apple sausage.
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Plow
1299 18th StPlow is an excellent farm-to-table breakfast or brunch spot in Potrero Hill, about a 17-minute walk or 7-minute drive from the cottage. They are open Monday-Friday from 7AM to 2PM and on weekends, Saturdays and Sundays from 8AM to 2PM. Just be aware that they don't take reservations, and there is often a 20-45 minute wait to get in because it is sooo delicious. I highly recommend their lemon ricotta pancakes, fried egg sandwich, Annie's almond flour pancakes, the soft scramble
(three eggs, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, goat cheese), and The Plow breakfast (pictured above!) which comes with two eggs, two lemon ricotta pancakes + plow potatoes, choice of house made pork sausage patties, bacon, or chicken apple sausage.
Parker Potrero is a Potrero Hill restaurant, about a 22-minute walk or 8-minute drive from the cottage. They are great for lunch or dinner, Tuesday-Friday (until 8pm) and on weekends, they are open for brunch (9AM - 3PM) on both Saturdays and Sundays. They serve comfort foods with a healthy twist. I recommend the quinoa bowl, Asian chopped salad, and the smoked salmon on toast.
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PARKER Potrero
1399 18th StParker Potrero is a Potrero Hill restaurant, about a 22-minute walk or 8-minute drive from the cottage. They are great for lunch or dinner, Tuesday-Friday (until 8pm) and on weekends, they are open for brunch (9AM - 3PM) on both Saturdays and Sundays. They serve comfort foods with a healthy twist. I recommend the quinoa bowl, Asian chopped salad, and the smoked salmon on toast.
Located at 885 Brannan St. in the SOMA Design District, about a 10-minute walk from the cottage, Pizza Squared is the first pizza shop in San Francisco to serve delicious thick Detroit-style / Sicilian-style SQUARE-shapeed pizza by the slice! They also have salads and assorted drinks in their grab-n-go area. They're open Mondays - Thursdays: 11AM-7PM and Fridays and Saturdays: 11AM-9PM. They're closed on Sundays.
PIZZA SQUARED
885 Brannan StLocated at 885 Brannan St. in the SOMA Design District, about a 10-minute walk from the cottage, Pizza Squared is the first pizza shop in San Francisco to serve delicious thick Detroit-style / Sicilian-style SQUARE-shapeed pizza by the slice! They also have salads and assorted drinks in their grab-n-go area. They're open Mondays - Thursdays: 11AM-7PM and Fridays and Saturdays: 11AM-9PM. They're closed on Sundays.
A 20-minute walk from the cottage in Mission Bay, Casey's Pizza serves delicious East Coast-style, thin crust Neopolitan pizzas, along with fresh salads and beer and wine. Crispy, chewy round pies. I recommend the Margherita and the Arugula pizza. Happy Hour is 4:30-6PM everyday and 12-6pm on Saturdays.
Casey's Pizza
1170 4th StA 20-minute walk from the cottage in Mission Bay, Casey's Pizza serves delicious East Coast-style, thin crust Neopolitan pizzas, along with fresh salads and beer and wine. Crispy, chewy round pies. I recommend the Margherita and the Arugula pizza. Happy Hour is 4:30-6PM everyday and 12-6pm on Saturdays.
Supermarkets Nearby
Safeway is a large supermarket, a half mile from the cottage and a 10-minute walk or 5-min drive.
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Safeway
298 King StSafeway is a large supermarket, a half mile from the cottage and a 10-minute walk or 5-min drive.
This well-curated local favorite grocery store is about a .8-mile 14-min walk or 6-min drive. Lots of organic produce options and well-curated selection of groceries, sandwiches, etc.
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Gus's Community Market
1101 4th StThis well-curated local favorite grocery store is about a .8-mile 14-min walk or 6-min drive. Lots of organic produce options and well-curated selection of groceries, sandwiches, etc.
Whole Foods (Potrero Hill) on 450 Rhode Island Street is a .8-mile from the cottage. It's a spacious Whole Foods with a parking garage. It's a 16-min walk (with a hill) or a 5-minute drive from the cottage.
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Whole Foods Market
450 Rhode Island StWhole Foods (Potrero Hill) on 450 Rhode Island Street is a .8-mile from the cottage. It's a spacious Whole Foods with a parking garage. It's a 16-min walk (with a hill) or a 5-minute drive from the cottage.
Trader Joe's at 555 9th Street (Between Bryant St. and Brannon St) is a half-mile from the cottage and a 10-minute walk or 3-min drive. It has a parking lot for convenience.
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Trader Joe's
555 9th StTrader Joe's at 555 9th Street (Between Bryant St. and Brannon St) is a half-mile from the cottage and a 10-minute walk or 3-min drive. It has a parking lot for convenience.
Bars & Nightclubs Nearby
Mars Bar (corner of 7th and Brannon) is a local bar with outdoor seating, decent pub food, and live music and DJs on nights and weekends. It's a 4-minute walk from the cottage.
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Mars Bar & Restaurant
798 Brannan StMars Bar (corner of 7th and Brannon) is a local bar with outdoor seating, decent pub food, and live music and DJs on nights and weekends. It's a 4-minute walk from the cottage.
Check Yelp for Rooftop 25. This cocktail bar and rooftop restaurant has outdoor seating with views. Located on top of 25 Lusk St (between 4th and 3rd and Bryant and Brannon) a 15-min walk or 4-min drive, the roofdeck provides a casual setting with upbeat music and city views. Menu items include Wood Fired handcrafted Pizzas, Soft Pretzel Bites, Ahi Tuna Tartare, Bratwurst in a Pretzel bun, and Oak Wood Roasted Ribeye Steak to name a few! The bar serves up ice cold beer, wines by the glass / bottle and specialty cocktails such as their Spicy Passionfruit Margarita, SF Yacht Club, and Pimm's Cup. Full bar and fun spot.
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25 Lusk
25 Lusk StCheck Yelp for Rooftop 25. This cocktail bar and rooftop restaurant has outdoor seating with views. Located on top of 25 Lusk St (between 4th and 3rd and Bryant and Brannon) a 15-min walk or 4-min drive, the roofdeck provides a casual setting with upbeat music and city views. Menu items include Wood Fired handcrafted Pizzas, Soft Pretzel Bites, Ahi Tuna Tartare, Bratwurst in a Pretzel bun, and Oak Wood Roasted Ribeye Steak to name a few! The bar serves up ice cold beer, wines by the glass / bottle and specialty cocktails such as their Spicy Passionfruit Margarita, SF Yacht Club, and Pimm's Cup. Full bar and fun spot.
Alchemist Cocktail Garden is a 15-min walk or 4-min drive from the cottage. Sunny outdoor patio serves tasty food (such as deviled eggs, breakfast sandwiches, truffle fries, artichoke dip, tater tots, etc) and expertly crafted cocktails 7 days a week.
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Alchemist Bar & Lounge
679 3rd StAlchemist Cocktail Garden is a 15-min walk or 4-min drive from the cottage. Sunny outdoor patio serves tasty food (such as deviled eggs, breakfast sandwiches, truffle fries, artichoke dip, tater tots, etc) and expertly crafted cocktails 7 days a week.
If you’re into goth music or techno, DNA lounge can be a fun club to check out. Their “Bootie music” night can tend toward the more mainstream. Decent sound system. Bathrooms can be kinda cray.
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DNA Lounge
375 11th StIf you’re into goth music or techno, DNA lounge can be a fun club to check out. Their “Bootie music” night can tend toward the more mainstream. Decent sound system. Bathrooms can be kinda cray.
An iconic SF dance club and after hours club since 1973 in this location. During the late ‘90s and early 2000s it was the best after hours gay techno and disco in town. The 1999 film “Groove” about SF Raves has a final scene where they all go to The End Up after the share house party winds down. Those were the most fun times in SF. The End Up is still cool.
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Endup
401 6th StAn iconic SF dance club and after hours club since 1973 in this location. During the late ‘90s and early 2000s it was the best after hours gay techno and disco in town. The 1999 film “Groove” about SF Raves has a final scene where they all go to The End Up after the share house party winds down. Those were the most fun times in SF. The End Up is still cool.
This is the MOST local bar, closest to the cottage. You need to ring the bell to get in, and then Jeremy the bartender can give you your own card that gets you in without ring the bell, (because you're a local when you stay at our cottage!) Decent cocktails and a great vibe. Try the Manhattan or Old Fashioned. They also serve American bar food and appetizers at lunchtime and early evening. Get the grilled cheese, which is excellent. Jeremy (the bartender/Host) has lived in SF for at least 30 years. He's an interesting guy with tons of local stories. They have an excellent jukebox that takes credit cards. Also, karaoke some nights and trivia nights as well. You can host your own private party there too.
Question Mark Bar
This is the MOST local bar, closest to the cottage. You need to ring the bell to get in, and then Jeremy the bartender can give you your own card that gets you in without ring the bell, (because you're a local when you stay at our cottage!) Decent cocktails and a great vibe. Try the Manhattan or Old Fashioned. They also serve American bar food and appetizers at lunchtime and early evening. Get the grilled cheese, which is excellent. Jeremy (the bartender/Host) has lived in SF for at least 30 years. He's an interesting guy with tons of local stories. They have an excellent jukebox that takes credit cards. Also, karaoke some nights and trivia nights as well. You can host your own private party there too.
Cafes nearby
Sightglass is an independent San Francisco coffee and roasting company. It's an excellent cafe for coffee lovers, that is a half-mile 9-min walk from the cottage or 4-min drive.
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Sightglass Coffee
270 7th StSightglass is an independent San Francisco coffee and roasting company. It's an excellent cafe for coffee lovers, that is a half-mile 9-min walk from the cottage or 4-min drive.
This Peets location at 555 9th St is a half mile from the cottage and a 9-minute walk or 3-min drive located right near Trader Joe's. Strong coffee and free parking in the private lot.
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Peet's Coffee
2080 Chestnut StThis Peets location at 555 9th St is a half mile from the cottage and a 9-minute walk or 3-min drive located right near Trader Joe's. Strong coffee and free parking in the private lot.
Just a 6-minute walk from our cottage, is this cute women-owned cafe that serves the most delicious and inventive coffee drinks, including a maple syrup latte, chai latte, rose latte, and a honeycomb latte which comes with large pieces of honeycomb sprinkled into the drink. They have tasty pastries and baked goods too. The cafe is a partnership between two childhood best friends, both born and raised in San Francisco.
Telescope Coffee
Just a 6-minute walk from our cottage, is this cute women-owned cafe that serves the most delicious and inventive coffee drinks, including a maple syrup latte, chai latte, rose latte, and a honeycomb latte which comes with large pieces of honeycomb sprinkled into the drink. They have tasty pastries and baked goods too. The cafe is a partnership between two childhood best friends, both born and raised in San Francisco.
Philz Coffee is a local fave (and they got shout-outs frequently on the show "Silicon Valley"). They make custom coffee blends and specialty drinks prepared one cup at a time. The cold brew and pour-over coffees are strong and tasty, and there are creative popular specialty drinks like iced mint mojito coffee (no alcohol) and gingerbread iced lattes. There are several Philz Coffee locations within walking distance of our cottage. The Philz location at 201 Berry St (at 4th St in the Mission Bay neighborhood) is open 7 days a week, so including weekends and it's a 15-minute walk or 5-minute drive from the cottage. Another Philz location in the Financial District is open Monday-Friday (not on weekends) and it is about a 17-minute walk from our cottage. That 2nd one is located at 425 Mission St Suite 100 (between 2nd and 1st at Minna St)
Philz Coffee
Philz Coffee is a local fave (and they got shout-outs frequently on the show "Silicon Valley"). They make custom coffee blends and specialty drinks prepared one cup at a time. The cold brew and pour-over coffees are strong and tasty, and there are creative popular specialty drinks like iced mint mojito coffee (no alcohol) and gingerbread iced lattes. There are several Philz Coffee locations within walking distance of our cottage. The Philz location at 201 Berry St (at 4th St in the Mission Bay neighborhood) is open 7 days a week, so including weekends and it's a 15-minute walk or 5-minute drive from the cottage. Another Philz location in the Financial District is open Monday-Friday (not on weekends) and it is about a 17-minute walk from our cottage. That 2nd one is located at 425 Mission St Suite 100 (between 2nd and 1st at Minna St)
SPRO is a specialty coffee and food truck located in the corner of the Spark Social SF lot in Mission Bay, about a 20-minute walk from our cottage. They offer tasty and unique menu options that include the most incredible coffee drinks and food items that are a good fusion of Californian cuisine and Asian (primarily Japanese) influence. They're open 7a.m.-4pm most days. I recommend their specialty coffees such as red velvet chocolate latte, or the cold brew coffee "Cold Fashioned" (which comes with a Luxardo cherry and orange bitters mixed in), Umami Bomb avocado toast, Almond Butter Toast (with strawberries and blueberries), Smash-Up (sous vid eggs on sourdough with mash potatoes and all sorts of deliciousness), and Japanese Blueberry Mochi Waffle.
SPRO Coffee Lab
601 Mission Bay Boulevard NorthSPRO is a specialty coffee and food truck located in the corner of the Spark Social SF lot in Mission Bay, about a 20-minute walk from our cottage. They offer tasty and unique menu options that include the most incredible coffee drinks and food items that are a good fusion of Californian cuisine and Asian (primarily Japanese) influence. They're open 7a.m.-4pm most days. I recommend their specialty coffees such as red velvet chocolate latte, or the cold brew coffee "Cold Fashioned" (which comes with a Luxardo cherry and orange bitters mixed in), Umami Bomb avocado toast, Almond Butter Toast (with strawberries and blueberries), Smash-Up (sous vid eggs on sourdough with mash potatoes and all sorts of deliciousness), and Japanese Blueberry Mochi Waffle.
Public Art, Murals, & Street Art Nearby
Knowledge is Golden.
This mural, just around the corner from our cottage in SoMa (you can see it from the corner of 7th street from the South corner of Brannon), looks like a faded ghost sign (i.e. newly-exposed remnants of an antiquated advertising campaign from olden times). However, this one was actually painted only about a decade ago in 2012 in the midst of the 2nd tech boom by the “1 AM” group (Roman Cesario, Jurne, Robert Gonzalez & Daniel Pan) on the corner of 7th & Brannon.
I shot this photo walking around the neighborhood earlier this year. I love walking around SoMa, Dogpatch, Mission Bay, and Potrero and looking at murals and street art.
Artist Daniel Pan spoke to Art & Architecture San Francisco in 2013 about the mural:
“For ‘Knowledge is Golden’ the inspiration was specific to the area which the mural was done.
“San Francisco is seeing its second gold rush with information and knowledge being the currency of today.
“SoMa, being slated to be developed as the new downtown of San Francisco with technology leading the transformation, is why we chose this location for our message.
“Gold miners have been replaced by tech innovators. Pickaxes & shovels have been replaced with laptops & desktops. Though the times have changed, the human thirst for chasing opportunity remains prevalent in these times.
603 7th St
603 7th StreetKnowledge is Golden.
This mural, just around the corner from our cottage in SoMa (you can see it from the corner of 7th street from the South corner of Brannon), looks like a faded ghost sign (i.e. newly-exposed remnants of an antiquated advertising campaign from olden times). However, this one was actually painted only about a decade ago in 2012 in the midst of the 2nd tech boom by the “1 AM” group (Roman Cesario, Jurne, Robert Gonzalez & Daniel Pan) on the corner of 7th & Brannon.
I shot this photo walking around the neighborhood earlier this year. I love walking around SoMa, Dogpatch, Mission Bay, and Potrero and looking at murals and street art.
Artist Daniel Pan spoke to Art & Architecture San Francisco in 2013 about the mural:
“For ‘Knowledge is Golden’ the inspiration was specific to the area which the mural was done.
“San Francisco is seeing its second gold rush with information and knowledge being the currency of today.
“SoMa, being slated to be developed as the new downtown of San Francisco with technology leading the transformation, is why we chose this location for our message.
“Gold miners have been replaced by tech innovators. Pickaxes & shovels have been replaced with laptops & desktops. Though the times have changed, the human thirst for chasing opportunity remains prevalent in these times.
A 22-minute walk south from our cottage to Mission Bay, directly in front of the Chase Center Arena, is a cool, free outdoor public art display called “Seeing Spheres," created by famous Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
It's an array of five 15-feet tall shiny mirrored spheres in a central space in front of the building. You can go and see your reflection multiplied in them and have fun and take some cool photos and videos. It's kind of like funhouse mirrors!
The affect is kind of like the experience of "The Bean" (aka Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor) in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Together they produce a surprising environment of multilayered, reflected spaces in which the same people and settings appear again and again, visible from various unexpected angles.
“Seeing spheres is a public space that contains you and contains multitudes,” said Eliasson in a comment on Instagram. “We often think of public space as empty, negative space in the city, viewed from a car or crossed on the way to somewhere else. Seeing spheres offers a place to pause, where you see yourself from outside, as a participant in society.”
Seeing Spheres
A 22-minute walk south from our cottage to Mission Bay, directly in front of the Chase Center Arena, is a cool, free outdoor public art display called “Seeing Spheres," created by famous Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
It's an array of five 15-feet tall shiny mirrored spheres in a central space in front of the building. You can go and see your reflection multiplied in them and have fun and take some cool photos and videos. It's kind of like funhouse mirrors!
The affect is kind of like the experience of "The Bean" (aka Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor) in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Together they produce a surprising environment of multilayered, reflected spaces in which the same people and settings appear again and again, visible from various unexpected angles.
“Seeing spheres is a public space that contains you and contains multitudes,” said Eliasson in a comment on Instagram. “We often think of public space as empty, negative space in the city, viewed from a car or crossed on the way to somewhere else. Seeing spheres offers a place to pause, where you see yourself from outside, as a participant in society.”