Amoeba Music in the Haight, although CDs and DVDs (and the neighborhood in general) may be archaic.
Ask HN: What to buy/visit when in SF?
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Re: Ask HN: What to buy/visit when in SF?
#12A taqueria! San Francisco is renowned for its outstanding burritos and other taqueria cuisine.
Fivethirtyeight.com’s exhaustive Burrito Bracket settled on La Taqueria on Mission at 25th Street as America’s best burrito.
However, I’d personally recommend heading a block north to El Farolito for their extraordinary Super Quesadilla Suiza al Pastor.
Better yet, try a variety!
Re: Ask HN: What to buy/visit when in SF?
#13Hi, I am not from there but: * Boudin's Bakery (Sourdough bread) We went to the one near Fishermans wharf. * The Ghirardelli factory is near there too (Chocolate). Touristy things: * the five sisters * Coit tower * Lombard Street * Chinatown * Streetcars * Goldengate Park * Goldengate Bridge * Alcatraz
Boudin is junk, no local would eat there. there are so many better local bakeries. Gharardelli, Pier 39/Fisherman's Wharf, and Union Square are touristy. There's nothing you can't buy there that you can't find online.
Do bring a jacket so you don't end up surprised by the weather.
Alcatraz and Chinatown and Golden Gate Park are interesting/pretty enough.
Better ideas... Eat some dim sum or a burrito. Rent a car and go to Muir Woods. or kayak and oysters in Pt Reyes. Or wander around Stanford/Cal campus. or drive to Yosemite or Tahoe. or go wine tasting and inner tubing in Guerneville. Or find a concert (jambase, songkick...) or baseball game. or take the ferry to sausalito or angel island. or Exploratorium or MoMA or other museum. or aquarium in Monterey and beach in Carmel. or go to the exploratorium. or try the Church of John Coltrane. or the Church of 8 Wheels. go sailing. lots of world-class dinner options. find random happenings on funcheapsf. etc.
Just don't go to those touristy places, yuk.
Source - am local yokel.
Re: Ask HN: What to buy/visit when in SF?
#14Hi, I am not from there but: * Boudin's Bakery (Sourdough bread) We went to the one near Fishermans wharf. * The Ghirardelli factory is near there too (Chocolate). Touristy things: * the five sisters * Coit tower * Lombard Street * Chinatown * Streetcars * Goldengate Park * Goldengate Bridge * Alcatraz
Boudin is junk, no local would eat there. there are so many better local bakeries. Gharardelli, Pier 39/Fisherman's Wharf, and Union Square are touristy. There's nothing you can't buy there that you can't find online. Do bring a jacket so you don't end up surprised by the weather. Alcatraz and Chinatown and Golden Gate Park are interesting/pretty enough. Better ideas... Eat some dim sum or a burrito. Rent a car and g…
Ah, thanks. Note to OP, most of these are outside the city proper. I am from the Vancouver area so the weather there never bothers me ;).