Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#1

Post by fratlas » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 2:24 AM UTC

Travelling to SF for an interview - I'll be staying around Soma/Hayes. What are some cafes/restaurants/sights/weird shit to check out while I'm there? Trying to get a sense of what it would be like to live there

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#2

Post by jgritty » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 2:32 AM UTC

Get a burrito in the mission, try to avoid stepping in human shit.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#3

Post by slater » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

Neptune Society Columbarium. Look it up!

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#4

Post by nedwin » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 3:57 AM UTC

Catch the BART out to Lake Merritt in East Bay, wonder around and head to one of the many great bars / restaurants on 19th / Telegraph.

Go to North Beach, check out Spectacles + City Lights bookstore. Grab a pizza at Tonys (sit at the bar), then walk it off up to Coit Tower.

Bart to 24th in the Mission, wander down 24th St and grab a coffee at Haus on corner of Folsom. Find a taco joint for $1 tacos. Climb up Bernal Heights then drop down into Courtland Avenue for a beer.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#5

Post by posix_compliant » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 5:55 AM UTC

nedwin wrote: post #4

Catch the BART out to Lake Merritt in East Bay, wonder around and head to one of the many great bars / restaurants on 19th / Telegraph. Go to North Beach, check out Spectacles + City Lights bookstore. Grab a pizza at Tonys (sit at the bar), then walk it off up to Coit Tower. Bart to 24th in the Mission, wander down 24th St and grab a coffee at Haus on corner of Folsom. Find a taco joint for $1 tacos. Climb up Bernal…

As a data point, I agree with this itinerary. Especially visit haus coffee, when I first moved to the Bay Area, it served well as a home away from home

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by whatyoucantsay » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 5:56 AM UTC

> "What are some cafes/restaurants/sights/weird shit to check out while I'm there?

You will find your weird shit in the Tenderloin. SF is perhaps the most depressingly Dickensian city in the world. Before seeing it I'd never imagined a city with so many billionaires would let its residents suffer so.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#7

Post by amorphid » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:48 AM UTC

Go to an event at PianoFight.

https://www.pianofight.com

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#8

Post by dnautics » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:51 AM UTC

amorphid wrote: post #7

Go to an event at PianoFight. https://www.pianofight.com

Their tinder disrupt series are pretty funny.

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#9

Post by dnautics » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 6:52 AM UTC

slater wrote: post #3

Neptune Society Columbarium. Look it up!

Ironically, The building overlooking it is a gerontology inpatient clinic...

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

#10

Post by zormino » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 7:14 AM UTC

Check out Haight Ashbury, it's where the whole hippie thing started and honestly it never stopped there. there's also a ton of cool, weird stores along the road.