Guidebook for North Beach and Vicinity
Food Scene
Beautiful bar and interior design (BUT CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS)
95 locals recommend
Park Tavern
1652 Stockton St Beautiful bar and interior design (BUT CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS)
Caffe Greco
423 Columbus Ave Favorite morning place for coffee and people-watching
Although Mama’s is the more famous breakfast place, it will require you to stand in a line. Go to Mo’s and you’ll get food that is just as good and you will be seated more promptly!
19 locals recommend
Mo's Grill
1322 Grant AveAlthough Mama’s is the more famous breakfast place, it will require you to stand in a line. Go to Mo’s and you’ll get food that is just as good and you will be seated more promptly!
Buena Vista
2765 Hyde StFamous Irish Coffee
Tony's Pizza Napoletana
1570 Stockton StBest pizza
Caffe Trieste
601 Vallejo St.Iconic coffee shop, first to serve espresso in SF
Sodini's
510 Green St
Tosca
242 Columbus AveDrinks & Nightlife
This is the best and most fun bar in the neighborhood. The bartenders are all fantastic and will take care of you. Just go there and don’t ask further questions!
19 locals recommend
Tony Nik's
1534 Stockton StThis is the best and most fun bar in the neighborhood. The bartenders are all fantastic and will take care of you. Just go there and don’t ask further questions!
Belle Cora
565 Green St
Northstar Cafe
1560 Powell StThe Boardroom
1600 Powell StEverything Else
Club Fugazi
678 Green StSightseeing
Coit Tower
Lombard Street
Lombard Street
Chinatown
SS. Peter and Paul Church
666 Filbert StBeautiful church
The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi
610 Vallejo St.Beautiful church and see the small chapel on the side
Walking DOWN the Greenwich Steps or the Filbert Steps on the east side of Telegraph Hill is an experience not to be missed. Walking UP the steps is more strenuous but just as fun . . . perhaps go down one of them and up the other one.
Greenwich Steps
231 Greenwich StWalking DOWN the Greenwich Steps or the Filbert Steps on the east side of Telegraph Hill is an experience not to be missed. Walking UP the steps is more strenuous but just as fun . . . perhaps go down one of them and up the other one.
Entertainment & Activities
The Embarcadero & Stockton St station
Shopping
Most famous bookstore from the Kerouac/Ginsberg beat days, still owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the famous poet
86 locals recommend
City Lights Booksellers
261 Columbus AveMost famous bookstore from the Kerouac/Ginsberg beat days, still owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the famous poet
Parks & Nature
Washington Square