While you'll find a handful of fine restaurants neighboring this Embarcadero park, you might prefer to opt for a bagged lunch. This grassy knoll is the perfect spot for a midday picnic. It's a well-kept facility featuring apartments and businesses,...

An engineering masterpiece, this bridge, built in 1937, towers with sturdy grace over the Golden Gate. Stretching over 4,200 feet, it is every bit as awesome an accomplishment in suspension-bridge engineering today as it was over half a century ago....

Appealing to the more discerning after-work and late night San Francisco crowd, Harlot provides a unique social experience in an ostentatious modern-Goth setting unequaled in the city....

Mr. Smith's is the ideal place for party animals. This is an obvious favorite among students, especially on Saturdays. Choose from the huge bar and spacious dance floor to spend your evening at this club. The DJs play a mixture of hip-hop, classic...

Pull up a chair at the counter of Swan Oyster Depot and enjoy some of the best Boston Clam Chowder you will ever taste. Besides Clam Chowder, most of the offerings on the menu board are served raw, cocktail-style. The Depot is also a fish market. You...

Nob Hill is located between some of San Francisco's most popular tourist spots such as Union Square, Cable Car Museum and Fisherman's Wharf. Historically, Nob Hill played a significant role in the city as powerful businessmen of the 19th century...

Beach Blanket Babylon started 30 years ago, springing from the creative mind of impresario Steve Silver, as a rag-tag collection of bizarrely costumed street theater performers. It is a fairy tale for adults, wherein Snow White takes a fast-paced...

And who, you might well ask, are those four referred to in the name of this award-winning restaurant? Those would be C.P. Huntington, Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford and Mark Hopkins, whose mansions made Nob Hill the literal and figurative pinnacle...

Liberty Cafe is a comfortable and comforting restaurant serves some of the best American style food in the city. The focus here is simple tradition, on food that mom might have made if she ever had the time. So enjoy. Start with a Caesar Salad, they...

Once the most popular from of public transportation for early San Franciscans, the cable cars have become a major tourist attraction. It's still a reliable and scenic way to travel around parts of the city. There are three lines : Powell- Hyde...

If you want to know how a cable car works, Cable Car Museum is the place to learn. The world's first cable car rests here and with it a concise explanation of how those little cable cars go halfway to the stars. In an underground viewing area, you...

A popular breakfast and brunch spot located in the Tenderloin district that serves up large portions of breakfast favorites and a signature spicy corn bread....

The Good Luck Cafe and Deli is a great place to try if you're looking for good food at reasonable prices. Popular dishes here include their sandwiches and some salads....

Get close to your favorite sea creatures and also some of the deadliest snakes. This aquarium in the revamped Academy of Sciences showcases piranhas, pythons, pipefish, penguins, moray eels and snakes. The Philippine Coral Reef Exhibit will have you...

This is a great place for an inquiring mind. The wonders of the natural world are on display in the Steinhart Aquarium, complete with a penguin colony; the Morrison Planetarium, offers a sky show; and a natural history museum with a hunk of jade the...

Using fresh seasonal ingredients from California, Campton Place takes the best elements of French cuisine and puts an American spin on them to create a truly spectacular and unique menu....

Mums at Hotel Tomo is a popular dining spot in Japantown. The interior boasts dark wood, handpainted murals and contrasting tones, giving it the perfect Japanese ambiance. The house special is the Shabu-Shabu, which is an blend of steak with noodles...

Constructed as a temporary attraction for the 1915 Pan-Pacific International Exhibition, this Grecian temple of a monument continues to enchant and enhance the city. The original plaster, which made up the monuments exterior, has been gradually...

This impressive neo-Gothic structure crowning Nob Hill was built on the site of the Crocker Mansion after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The interior features stained glass windows in celestial blues and vibrant reds and yellows. There are also...

As much a trademark of The City's skyline as the Golden Gate Bridge, this 853-foot high masterpiece, the tallest office tower in The City, is headquarters to some of San Francisco's most powerful companies. Unfortunately, the elevator, which ascends...

If you want to know how a cable car works, Cable Car Museum is the place to learn. The world's first cable car rests here and with it a concise explanation of how those little cable cars go halfway to the stars. In an underground viewing area, you...

Sears Fine Food is a good option for breakfast till 3pm everyday for all the sleepyheads and also for the sheer joy of digging into Swedish pancakes with maple syrup and fresh whipped butter. If you are going there for breakfast, be prepared to queue...

This bright, airy and lush restaurant features a breakfast buffet with enough food to satisfy even the hungriest of appetites. It is open throughout the day and features an enjoyable afternoon tea menu for all the ladies in your quilting circle and...

Ferry Building Marketplace is a must-see for San Francisco visitors. This multi-million dollar development has an abundance of activities for the entire family. Take a tour of the historical Ferry Building, browse through antique shops (Culinaire),...

The stunning views of San Francisco compete with an imaginative menu at Silks an Asian-inspired favorite of Financial District movers and shakers in the Mandarin Oriental. The Pacific Rim fare includes succulent roast chicken spiked with a sweet and...

This impressive neo-Gothic structure crowning Nob Hill was built on the site of the Crocker Mansion after the 1906 earthquake and fire. The interior features stained glass windows in celestial blues and vibrant reds and yellows. There are also...

Located on the top five floors of the San Francisco Shopping Centre, Nordstrom is one of the city's favorite department stores. The upscale store features a concierge, a pub and the ultimate pampering station, Spa Nordstrom, which offers massages,...

If you want to know how a cable car works, Cable Car Museum is the place to learn. The world's first cable car rests here and with it a concise explanation of how those little cable cars go halfway to the stars. In an underground viewing area, you...

Park Grill is popular with Financial District types looking for a low-key spot to grab a power lunch, brunch or sup. The food is California classic, heavy on fresh local ingredients whipped up into seasonal delights such as grilled catch of the day,...

In the heart of the Theater District, The Grand Cafe enjoys a bit of theatrics itself. The interior is pure drama with soaring ceilings, arched doorways, wall-size murals and antique furnishings that evoke the Paris in 1900. Food is chopped and...

Despite the popular misconception, Joe DiMaggio did not marry Marilyn Monroe in this opulent church (that was at City Hall). He did, however, marry his first wife, starlet Dorothy Arnold, here and it was this church that celebrated his funeral mass....

Located on the fourth floor of the St. Regis Hotel, San Francisco, Vitrine offers a full breakfast and lunch menu based on the highest quality ingredients, with many of the herbs and vegetables coming from the hotel's organic terrace garden. Chef...

Conventional wisdom holds that this monument is shaped like a fire-hose nozzle. It is not, at least not by design. The tower is the gift of Lilly Hitchcock Coit, an eccentric heiress who managed to stand out in a city full of them. Lilly's particular...

Aquarium of the Bay is a great way to discover the San Francisco Bay. Explore the wonders the Bay as you walk through crystal clear tunnels surrounded by sharks, eels, octopi and thousands of marine animals indigenous to its waters. This is your...

This North Beach cafe, Caffe Puccini is named after legendary Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Tosca, Madame Butterfly) who shares the same Italian hometown, Lucca, with the cafe's owner, Graziano Lucchese. The decor reflects the owner's...