Things To Do In San Francisco / Bay Area

1601 Bar & Kitchen: S.F.'s First Sri Lankan Restaurant Focuses on Small Plates

The opening of San Francisco's first Sri Lankan restaurant sent a delicious shiver of anticipation down the spines of those who get excited about such things. Sri Lanka,... More »

Rice Paper Scissors: Vietnamese Food Pops Up on Divisadero

The first thing you'll notice at Rice Paper Scissors at Mojo Bicycle Cafe is the parklet and the proliferation of red stools thereabouts. That might be the precursor to... More »

Amawele's South African Kitchen: Expand Your Lunch Horizons

Spicy and sour is a seductively simply combination that couldn't be more alien to what we think of as typical American food. Its dominance in the food at Amawele's South... More »

With its free popcorn, abundant lesbians, and tail-wagging regulars, the Stray Bar is a quintessential Bernal Heights experience. It's good any night for miscellaneous sports watching, pool, Pac-man, and Bloody Marys alongside your canine companion (who will receive a cookie). But... More »

There was a healthy amount of debate over whether Chris Daly the politician adequately served the people. But there's no argument whatsoever that Daly the publican is doing just that. The tempestuous former supervisor's tavern is certainly the best place in this city to bump into your... More »

While the future of the Tonga Room remains in question (at least in its current location in the Fairmont Hotel), the 2-year-old and comparatively nondescript Smuggler's Cove offers a more potent alternative to the Tonga's tipples. The Top-Notch Volcano blends pineapple, lime, and... More »

In the heart of a neighborhood desperately clinging to faint strands of its past, Club Deluxe in the Haight-Ashbury is the unequivocal real deal. Besides Milk Bar (which is waaaay over by Whole Foods), this the only locale in the historic neighborhood where you can witness live music... More »

Located deep in SOMA, just off from the Transbay Terminal, Harlot has always seemed detached from the rest of the city. Make the trip, head inside, and you'll see a club with a unique design aesthetic that its website describes as "ostentatious modern-Goth." And while it was originally... More »

The field of competition for this category is broad and deep, but the Swedish-American Hall wins because there's nothing else like it in the city. From the outside, it appears to be a smallish, chalet-quaint multi-purpose structure. Downstairs is the basement level Cafe Du Nord,... More »