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I live in SF and they are an endangered species here. I like that our people don’t have to work so late and can participate in other nighttime things. but sometimes you need snacks late at night, or you need to feel the presence of other humans and not have to talk to them. Diners and grocery stores are great for that and we gotta support them
Jan 28, 2024
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I don’t know if that technically still counts as touristy lol, but some of the food in San Francisco is just fantastic, especially Asian foods in the region. I highly recommend Palette Tea House if you enjoy Dim Sum (small plates of things like dumplings, noodles, etc. that you can order at will). Amazing service and food, also near the water and in Ghirardelli Square. I also enjoy Sutter Pub, really cute decor and restaurant front, great food, local beer. The Irish Bank is a really great tavern actually owned by an Irish man lol, great fish and chips. Posh Bagel and Home Coffee are right between the entrance to Chinatown and FiDi, my favorite morning spots when I’m in San Fran.
Jan 20, 2025
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Oh, the lure of San Francisco… I always dreamed I would end up living there as an adult because my parents lived there when they were young and hot in the 90s. I visited a lot growing up and was always enchanted. Ended up going to Berkeley for school and by then the vibe in SF… was already off. Expensive and full of tech bros wearing backpacks at bars and increasingly soulless. The housing crisis is devastating and visible on every street you walk down. I went last October for work and it felt so haunted.
But if you must…
🖤 Scoma’s (fancy lunch in fisherman’s wharf, get the Crab Louie and a martini)
🖤 Tommy’s Joynt (no fuss meat sandwiches & cheap cocktails)
🖤 Vesuvio (perfect bar, iSpy vibes in terms of decor)
🖤 Tommasso’s (best italian. Get the chilled broccoli and some sort of pizza with arugula on it)
🖤 Swensen’s (my favorite ice cream in the world. I miss it and dream of it. Get sticky chewy chocolate or banana)
🖤 House of Nanking (go when you’re starving for Hot Food! you may have to wait a little but it won’t be that long. Get the green beans and if they have congee, by god get that. Also ask for chili oil)
🖤 The East Bay!! (Go to Berkeley and Oakland. They’re better lol)
Aug 20, 2024
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and you are staying in the big hotels downtown
SF MOMA
Walk to Chinatown
Lunch at Ferry Building
White Horse
City Lights
not in downtown
Pearl Spa ( ladies only)
Foreign Cinema for dinner
Zeitgeist
And Stinson Beach if you are out Marin-ways.
Use cabs not Ubers. Sf union cab drivers are brilliant humans.
Mar 5, 2024
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this is now part of my personality and I can’t shake it. it’s a seal of pure approval. if you are a good egg being naughty you get to be a deviled egg LIKE SO
Jan 28, 2024
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all of this is made up anyway
Jan 31, 2024
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Egg Drop
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