Guidebook for San Francisco

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Guidebook for San Francisco

Food Scene

Yummy modern bakery with good teas and coffee. Their pastries are works of art. Serves quiches, sandwiches and salads for lunch. Cult favorite is their Rebel Within bacon and cheese muffin with a soft boiled egg inside. The runny yolk when you cut open the muffin is total food porn.
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Craftsman and Wolves
746 Valencia St
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Yummy modern bakery with good teas and coffee. Their pastries are works of art. Serves quiches, sandwiches and salads for lunch. Cult favorite is their Rebel Within bacon and cheese muffin with a soft boiled egg inside. The runny yolk when you cut open the muffin is total food porn.
One of the best bakeries in SF. The breads are so good as are their pastries and sandwiches. Have their own cook book. Once caveat...lines but moves ok.
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Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero St
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One of the best bakeries in SF. The breads are so good as are their pastries and sandwiches. Have their own cook book. Once caveat...lines but moves ok.
Good and close French bakery for breakfast and lunch
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La Boulangerie de San Francisco
1000 Cole St
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Good and close French bakery for breakfast and lunch
In addition to breads and pastries, their daily pizza is what you want. Their gluten free carrot muffin is a fav.
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Arizmendi Bakery
1331 9th Ave
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In addition to breads and pastries, their daily pizza is what you want. Their gluten free carrot muffin is a fav.
Good artisan coffee. Load of people camp out with their laptops and work here during the day.
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Ritual Coffee Roasters
1026 Valencia St
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Good artisan coffee. Load of people camp out with their laptops and work here during the day.
Tea! and some easy food items like avocado toast.
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Samovar Teahouse Cafe
411 Valencia St
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Tea! and some easy food items like avocado toast.
Solid coffee that's fast and close.
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Martha & Brothers Coffee Company
3868 24th St
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Solid coffee that's fast and close.
Not in the 'hood but known for their pricey toasts. Good breads. Their adventure bread made with nuts and seeds is keto and paleo friendly.
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The Mill
736 Divisadero St
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Not in the 'hood but known for their pricey toasts. Good breads. Their adventure bread made with nuts and seeds is keto and paleo friendly.
Not in the 'hood but cult fav for their donuts and pastries. Think they invented the croissant-muffin.
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Mr. Holmes Bakehouse
1042 Larkin St
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Not in the 'hood but cult fav for their donuts and pastries. Think they invented the croissant-muffin.
Hipster donut window. Fun flavors like spiced chocolate, maple bacon apple and chocolate star anise. Gluten free donuts also available. A welcomed treat to bring for breakfast meetings.
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Dynamo Donut and Coffee
2760 24th St
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Hipster donut window. Fun flavors like spiced chocolate, maple bacon apple and chocolate star anise. Gluten free donuts also available. A welcomed treat to bring for breakfast meetings.
Tea not coffee. It's good but basically dessert disguised as tea. I still like it. There is often a line.
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Boba Guys Mission
3491 19th St
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Tea not coffee. It's good but basically dessert disguised as tea. I still like it. There is often a line.
Fast casual greek food. Good healthy salads for and the soft serve isn't bad.
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Souvla
517 Hayes St
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Fast casual greek food. Good healthy salads for and the soft serve isn't bad.
Come here for the bagel. Go to Martha & Bros for the coffee.
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Noe Bagel
3933 24th St
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Come here for the bagel. Go to Martha & Bros for the coffee.
Good bagels and nosh (salmon, latkes, white fish salad, pastrami) for breakfast and lunch. They serve dinner too though I've never been.
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Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen
3150 24th St
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Good bagels and nosh (salmon, latkes, white fish salad, pastrami) for breakfast and lunch. They serve dinner too though I've never been.
Good neighborhood bakery perfect for bread when you don't want to deal with the lines at Tartine.
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Noe Valley Bakery
4073 24th St
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Good neighborhood bakery perfect for bread when you don't want to deal with the lines at Tartine.
Also serves some food...oatmeal, smoothie bowl and GF waffles. I like their smoothie bowl.
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Project Juice
790 Valencia St
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Also serves some food...oatmeal, smoothie bowl and GF waffles. I like their smoothie bowl.
Small juice window off Valencia
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Sidewalk Juice
3287 21st St
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Small juice window off Valencia
Total hippy juice bar with golden milk, smoothie bowl and everything for your adaptogenic needs. You are loved.
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Beloved Natural Cafe & Organic Juicery
3338 24th St
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Total hippy juice bar with golden milk, smoothie bowl and everything for your adaptogenic needs. You are loved.
Health food restaurant and juice bar. Better for take out.
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Urban Remedy
3870 24th St
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Health food restaurant and juice bar. Better for take out.
Great juice and cleanse option but not organic.
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Pressed
3901 24th St
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Great juice and cleanse option but not organic.
Awesome ice cream. Salted caramel and malted vanilla. Yummmmm
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Bi-Rite Creamery
3692 18th St
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Awesome ice cream. Salted caramel and malted vanilla. Yummmmm
My favorite ice cream shop. Exotic Hawaiian flavors and dairy free option (coconut milk). LOVE
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Garden Creamery
3566 20th St
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My favorite ice cream shop. Exotic Hawaiian flavors and dairy free option (coconut milk). LOVE
Chocolate heaven. Stop by for a bar or eat in the cafe.
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Dandelion Chocolate
740 Valencia St
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Chocolate heaven. Stop by for a bar or eat in the cafe.
Ice cream shop known for quirky flavors like Secret Breakfast which contains corn flakes and bourbon.
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Humphry Slocombe
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Ice cream shop known for quirky flavors like Secret Breakfast which contains corn flakes and bourbon.
Easy cafe close by with good croissant sandwiches.
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Fiore Caffe
3599 24th St
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Easy cafe close by with good croissant sandwiches.
Easy park side cafe for a meeting or coffee.
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Precita Park Cafe & Grill
500 Precita Avenue
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Easy park side cafe for a meeting or coffee.
Cal Mex with bar. Serves Brunch. Tuna tacon and Taco Tropical are favs.
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Loló
974 Valencia St
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Cal Mex with bar. Serves Brunch. Tuna tacon and Taco Tropical are favs.
Casual Italian (Pizza) with a good bar.
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Beretta
1199 Valencia St
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Casual Italian (Pizza) with a good bar.
Upscale Indian
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DOSA on Valencia
995 Valencia St
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Upscale Indian
Casual Cal- Mex. Open all day with bar. Good outdoor area. Has Mosto bar right next door. Tacos and tuna tostada are yum. I also like their Marina Girl Salad with Chicken.
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Tacolicious
741 Valencia St
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Casual Cal- Mex. Open all day with bar. Good outdoor area. Has Mosto bar right next door. Tacos and tuna tostada are yum. I also like their Marina Girl Salad with Chicken.
Ramen!
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Orenchi Beyond
174 Valencia St
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Ramen!
American. Mission staple. Has a bar. Great for Brunch
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Foreign Cinema
2534 Mission St
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American. Mission staple. Has a bar. Great for Brunch
Casual neighborhood Italian.Open for lunch and dinner. Good pastas. GF pasta option.
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Barzotto
1270 Valencia St
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Casual neighborhood Italian.Open for lunch and dinner. Good pastas. GF pasta option.
Home of the Korean taco. Yummy kimchi fried rice.
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Commissary
59 9th St
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Home of the Korean taco. Yummy kimchi fried rice.
Californian. Relaxed michelin star restaurant with loads of veggie options
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AL's Place
1499 Valencia Street
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Californian. Relaxed michelin star restaurant with loads of veggie options
Californian. Nice neighborhood michelin star resto
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Aster
1001 Guerrero St
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Californian. Nice neighborhood michelin star resto
Tea leaf salad *love*
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Burma Love
211 Valencia St
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Tea leaf salad *love*
Eastern Mediterranean. Lots of good veg choices
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Tawla
206 Valencia Street
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Eastern Mediterranean. Lots of good veg choices
Open for lunch. Supposed to be really good but have not been yet.
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Saru Sushi Bar
3856 24th St
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Open for lunch. Supposed to be really good but have not been yet.
Upscale sushi. Omakase. Love chef Sasaki. He's meticulous and a michelin starred chef.
Sasaki
2400 Harrison St
Upscale sushi. Omakase. Love chef Sasaki. He's meticulous and a michelin starred chef.
Small sushi bar. I love their omakase. My casual sushi bar.
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ICHI Sushi
3369 Mission St
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Small sushi bar. I love their omakase. My casual sushi bar.
Not in the 'hood but one of my favorite omakase sushi places.
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KUSAKABE
584 Washington St
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Not in the 'hood but one of my favorite omakase sushi places.
Upscale Californian with Mex Influence. Michelin Star. Love this place. Set menu.
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Californios
355 11th Street
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Upscale Californian with Mex Influence. Michelin Star. Love this place. Set menu.
Californian. Michelin Star. One of the best restaurants in town. Uses a ticket system so no reservations or drop-in's. Craigslist is a good place to look for tickets last minute.
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Lazy Bear
3416 19th St
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Californian. Michelin Star. One of the best restaurants in town. Uses a ticket system so no reservations or drop-in's. Craigslist is a good place to look for tickets last minute.
Not in the 'hood but it's really good. Was named best restaurant of the year by either Food & Wine or Saveur Magazine.
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State Bird Provisions
1529 Fillmore St
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Not in the 'hood but it's really good. Was named best restaurant of the year by either Food & Wine or Saveur Magazine.
Lounge-y wine bar with good food
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20 Spot
3565 20th St
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Lounge-y wine bar with good food
Healthy Mexican. Fast casual. Great salsa. Open for lunch.
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Papalote Mexican Grill
1777 Fulton St
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Healthy Mexican. Fast casual. Great salsa. Open for lunch.
Casual sausage and burger joint that serves the yummy vegan Beyond sausage and burger. My fav is the hot italian sausage with hot peppers *yum*
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Rosamunde Sausage Grill
2832 Mission St
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Casual sausage and burger joint that serves the yummy vegan Beyond sausage and burger. My fav is the hot italian sausage with hot peppers *yum*
Fast casual Vietnamese. My go to for pho. Open for lunch & dinner. Closed Mondays.
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Mau
180 Valencia St
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Fast casual Vietnamese. My go to for pho. Open for lunch & dinner. Closed Mondays.
Peruvian. Good ceviche, roast chicken and lomo saltado.
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Limón Rotisserie
524 Valencia St
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Peruvian. Good ceviche, roast chicken and lomo saltado.
Nouveau dive Chinese food. Old favorites with a new spin.
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Mission Chinese Food
2234 Mission St
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Nouveau dive Chinese food. Old favorites with a new spin.
Vegan Mexican. Open for lunch & dinner.
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Gracias Madre
2211 Mission St
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Vegan Mexican. Open for lunch & dinner.
Organic Indian. GF naan option.
Lotus SF Indian Cuisine
2434 Mission Street
Organic Indian. GF naan option.
Vegan Vietnamese.
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Indochine Vegan
508 Valencia St
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Vegan Vietnamese.
Delicious vegan sushi/Japanese.
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Shizen Vegan Sushi Bar and Izakaya
370 14th Street
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Delicious vegan sushi/Japanese.
Vegan Japanese.
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Cha-Ya
762 Valencia St
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Vegan Japanese.

Drinks & Nightlife

Mixologist bar with food
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ABV
3174 16th St
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Mixologist bar with food
Mixologist Bar. Good drinks. Serves food upstairs.
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Trick Dog
3010 20th St
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Mixologist Bar. Good drinks. Serves food upstairs.
Craft beer & nightly music
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Amnesia
853 Valencia St
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Craft beer & nightly music
Old school bar
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Lone Palm
3394 22nd St
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Old school bar

Parks & Nature

Setting up a picnic here on the weekends or a sunny day is a thing. Cute dogs too.
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Mission Dolores Park
19th Street
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Setting up a picnic here on the weekends or a sunny day is a thing. Cute dogs too.

Essentials

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Whole Foods Market
3950 24th St
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Closest corner store with all the basics and a pretty good alcohol selection.
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Mama's Market
3500 22nd St
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Closest corner store with all the basics and a pretty good alcohol selection.
Hipster next level corner store. Great for grabbing supplies for an afternoon at Dolores Park. Curated selection of alcohol, juices and snacks.
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Dolores Outpost
698 Guerrero St
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Hipster next level corner store. Great for grabbing supplies for an afternoon at Dolores Park. Curated selection of alcohol, juices and snacks.
The end all be all local market in the Mission. Awesome cooked food section, fresh produce, premium alcohol, house made ice cream...most of your grocery needs really. A bit pricey but it's a love.
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Bi-Rite Market
3639 18th St
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The end all be all local market in the Mission. Awesome cooked food section, fresh produce, premium alcohol, house made ice cream...most of your grocery needs really. A bit pricey but it's a love.
Not a bad market for produce and basic needs. They have fresh squeezed orange juice.
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Valencia Farmers Market
1299 Valencia St
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Not a bad market for produce and basic needs. They have fresh squeezed orange juice.
Closest cleaner to our place. Use this for convenience. I have yet to use it but reviews on Yelp are not bad.
Ming's Dry Cleaner
Closest cleaner to our place. Use this for convenience. I have yet to use it but reviews on Yelp are not bad.
My cleaner of choice. Super sweet couple run this place. They do a great job with cleaning and alterations.
Central Cleaners
1101 Guerrero St
My cleaner of choice. Super sweet couple run this place. They do a great job with cleaning and alterations.
Drugstore with photo and pharmacy.
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Walgreens
1333 Castro St
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Drugstore with photo and pharmacy.
Drugstore with photo and pharmacy.
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Walgreens Pharmacy
4129 18th St
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Drugstore with photo and pharmacy.
24 hour pharmacy
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Walgreens Pharmacy
4129 18th St
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24 hour pharmacy
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United States Postal Service
4083 24th St
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Entertainment & Activities

Neighborhood movie theatre with table service for food and booze. Assigned seating. Also has a separate bar for pre or post movie drinks.
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
2550 Mission St
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Neighborhood movie theatre with table service for food and booze. Assigned seating. Also has a separate bar for pre or post movie drinks.
Small bowling alley with 3 lanes with pretty good restaurant and bar.
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Mission Bowling Club
3176 17th St
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Small bowling alley with 3 lanes with pretty good restaurant and bar.
If you like mini golf, we have an indoor one in the 'hood with restaurant and bar. I wouldn't specifically go here for the food and drinks but it's serviceable if you are golfing.
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Urban Putt
1096 S Van Ness Ave
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If you like mini golf, we have an indoor one in the 'hood with restaurant and bar. I wouldn't specifically go here for the food and drinks but it's serviceable if you are golfing.

Getting Around

Bart
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24th St Mission station
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Bart