San Francisco area for 7 days: Recommendations?

FYI this weekend is going to be crazy as it's Fleet Week, Hardly Strickly Bluegrass, the Italian Heritage Parade, the Castro Street Festival, Giants playoff game and a slew of other things. If you plan to drive into or around the City forget about it and do yourself a favor and use public transportation. 🙂.

My recommendation for those East Coasters is to get a Mission style burrito (in the Mission District of course - El Toro, El Faralito, Paplote or La Taqueria - can't go wrong with any of these). Also grab a tortilla at Tacolicious or better yet get a cheap but excellent tortilla from Vallarta on 24th St. also in the Mission.

Another good place and a must try is to grab a Rosamunde sausage in Lower Haight, take it to Toronado next door for a few craft beers and enjoy.

There's plenty of places to eat as we have an embarrassment of riches here for every budget.
 
As my landlord said to me recently, it's easier to find a job in SF than an apartment 🙂

I agree on Oakland Steve, it's also happening. I just never manage to get off the island to find out as much as I should.
 
filmfan said:
Nice, good to know.
I like all food, but let's just throw something out there to get things going-- Asian cuisine.
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Check out Mission Chinese Food, located at Lung Shan on Mission between 18th and 19th Streets, in deepest Frisco. 21st century Chinese-American eats in a hipster-dive. Tiger salad*, chicken wings with explosive chilis, kung pao pastrami. Really. Then walk it off through the heart of the Mission to Humphry Slocombe at Harrison and 24th, and have a scoop of their Secret Breakfast ice cream (bourbon and corn flakes, no kidding). Call 911.

*made with real tigers, just like girl scout cookies are made with real girl scouts.
 
PMCC said:
Check out Mission Chinese Food, located at Lung Shan on Mission between 18th and 19th Streets, in deepest Frisco. 21st century Chinese-American eats in a hipster-dive. Tiger salad*, chicken wings with explosive chilis, kung pao pastrami. Really. Then walk it off through the heart of the Mission to Humphry Slocombe at Harrison and 24th, and have a scoop of their Secret Breakfast ice cream (bourbon and corn flakes, no kidding). Call 911.

*made with real tigers, just like girl scout cookies are made with real girl scouts.
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This man knows whereof he speaks.🙂
 
E__WOK said:
I'm a local and say both of those terms...
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Yah, Frisco (so sue me) rocks. LA sux.

It was a dead guy from Sacramento named Herb Caen who made Frisco a four letter word. No rhyme or reason, really, except for his hate on LA (justified). If he were alive today, he'd be 200 years old. Frightening thought.
 
PMCC said:
Yah, Frisco (so sue me) rocks. LA sux.

It was a dead guy from Sacramento named Herb Caen who made Frisco a four letter word. No rhyme or reason, really, except for his hate on LA (justified). If he were alive today, he'd be 200 years old. Frightening thought.
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The thing I hate when I ask people where they are from and say the city. My response is which city?

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Many of these are not asian but are excellent spots regardless.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-slanted-door-san-francisco
Vietnamese fusion inside the Ferry building.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-and-mrs-miscellaneous-san-francisco
My favorite ice cream shop in the city. Family owned, unique flavors.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/andalu-san-francisco
Good tapas place. $1 tortilla Tuesdays.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/brendas-french-soul-food-san-francisco
Everything is good here.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/dynamo-donuts-and-coffee-san-francisco
Maple bacon donuts is all you need to know.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/golden-gate-bakery-san-francisco
Do you like egg custard tarts?

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ino-sushi-san-francisco
My favorite traditional sushi spot.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/tadich-grill-san-francisco
All I get is the cioppino.
 
PMCC said:
Yah, Frisco (so sue me) rocks. LA sux.

It was a dead guy from Sacramento named Herb Caen who made Frisco a four letter word. No rhyme or reason, really, except for his hate on LA (justified). If he were alive today, he'd be 200 years old. Frightening thought.
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I grew up on Herb Caen, the "'Sackamenna kid," and absorbed his dislike of the term "Frisco." I greatly prefer "The City." If you have to ask "which city," you must be from LA....
 
Point Reyes

Absolutely beautiful, great hiking, camping if you like, great food in Pt Reyes Station. And so many picture taking opportunities.

Wonderful this time of year!
 
Bingley said:
I grew up on Herb Caen, the "'Sackamenna kid," and absorbed his dislike of the term "Frisco." I greatly prefer "The City." If you have to ask "which city," you must be from LA....
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Steve - No problem here with The City -- just thought that Herb Caen made it too much of an insider thing by going on ad nauseam about how only rubes and hayseeds called it Frisco. A little like taking cheap shots at freezing tourists for not knowing better than to wear shorts and sandals on the cable cars in July. Some San Franciscans can be a bit too cool for their shoes.

Peter.
SF, CA

P.S. to E_WOK: In my first language -- as spoken on Dupont Street -- the informal name for SF translates to "great city," and the name for Sacramento is "second city". We all understood the references. Herb Caen, a columnist for the SF Comical, used a lot of in-crowd references and lots of "..." instead of writing in complete sentences. I'm guessing he may have been a bit before your time (if so, you didn't miss too much), although his influence lives on. Another term he used for SF was "Bagdad by the Bay," but that's one you don't hear much anymore. Go figure ...
 
Muir Woods, Point Reyes, Sausalito, the SF Ferry Terminal, the California Academy of Sciences & the DeYoung Museum across the street (both are in Golden Gate Park), Chinatown...
 
PMCC said:
Steve - No problem here with The City -- just thought that Herb Caen made it too much of an insider thing by going on ad nauseam about how only rubes and hayseeds called it Frisco. A little like taking cheap shots at freezing tourists for not knowing better than to wear shorts and sandals on the cable cars in July. Some San Franciscans can be a bit too cool for their shoes.

Peter.
SF, CA

P.S. to E_WOK: In my first language -- as spoken on Dupont Street -- the informal name for SF translates to "great city," and the name for Sacramento is "second city". We all understood the references. Herb Caen, a columnist for the SF Comical, used a lot of in-crowd references and lots of "..." instead of writing in complete sentences. I'm guessing he may have been a bit before your time (if so, you didn't miss too much), although his influence lives on. Another term he used for SF was "Bagdad by the Bay," but that's one you don't hear much anymore. Go figure ...
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I don't know but I enjoyed reading his column when I was a kid.
 
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