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Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by Hydraulix989 » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 8:46 AM UTC

posix_compliant wrote: post #5

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

Haus is starting to get pretty crowded now that more people are finding out about this hidden gem.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by Hydraulix989 » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 8:47 AM UTC

jgritty wrote: post #2

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

El Farolito right by the 24th Street and Mission BART station is worth the wait in line. Carne asada super burrito!

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by sutee » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 10:05 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…

Do you mean Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe? I couldn't find anything called Spectacles in N Beach. Thanks for the recommendations!

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by seattle_spring » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

zormino wrote: post #10

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.

I used to visit Haight / Ashbury with my stoner friends every time we visited SF. When I had the opportunity to move to SF for a job, I almost didn't take it because I thought the Upper Haight was representative of all of SF. I hate that area, and most of the people that bum around there totally suck.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by interatx » Sat, Apr 07, 2018, 9:26 PM UTC

> Trying to get a sense of what it would be like to live there

The past few times I went for an interview to a new location, I first went to a meetup / group. Asked folks (who have lived and have no stakes in your interview) what they like and don't like. Also, walked few blocks around interview spot in the evening and morning for as long as I could to get a better feel of the area.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by surrogatekey » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 7:33 AM UTC

Visit the Prelinger Library prelingerlibrary.org

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by gspyrou » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 7:57 PM UTC

Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley.

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by tomdre » Sun, Apr 08, 2018, 8:44 PM UTC

My recommendations:

Cafes: Caffe Trieste (North Beach)

Restaurants: The Ramp (Dogpatch), Sunday morning brunch at Thai Temple (Berkeley), Fish (Sausalito)

Sights: Twin Peaks, Coit Tower, Berkeley hills (Grizzly peak)

Weird shit: The Saloon (North Beach), Ruby Room (Oakland), parties at 20 Mission (Mission), Li Po Cocktail Lounge (Chinatown)

Re: Ask HN: What do/see in SF

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 09, 2018, 2:58 AM UTC

Hydraulix989 wrote: post #11

posix_compliant wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Haus is starting to get pretty crowded now that more people are finding out about this hidden gem.

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