I moved to San Francisco from the East Coast in 2016, but I’d been coming to the city almost every year since 2006. I fell in love with its strange combination of sunshine and fog, and I enjoyed the food scene as I restaurant after restaurant. Uber brought me to the city, and as the weather permits, this is my compilation of my personal weekend food-and-walk list. It is my food and walk mission. I recommend taking 48 hours to eat your way through my recommendations one awesome bite at a time. My videos are in the order of the walk. In this three minute video, you’ll get a taste of San Francisco’s culinary offerings. Do you know what pairs as well with donuts as it does with a dive bar mimosa? Coffee! But if you want a fresh perspective on the donut, try Dynamo's. The tiny place is a perfect example of energizing San Francisco's food culture. The name Dynamo derives from 'an energetic person'. Sugar, stale coffee, and a donut are what you’ll get for a morning meal, but with a visit to Dynamo's, you'll have a much better start to your day. And if you have a dog?
Treat them to a donut for just a dollar! Oh, and if you like to indulge, get a Bacon Maple Apple Fritter, and the spiced chocolate will have you walking for miles with his warming rich chocolate and spicy finish. Dynamo is closed on Mondays, but I still recommend them. 110 Yacht Road, San Francisco, CA 94123. 415-920-1978 If you’re in San Francisco, I highly recommend checking out the outposts of celebrated local businesses at the Ferry Building. If you’re low on time but high on appetite, this will be a strategic stop. I love the mushroom and veggie empanada! Frog Hollow Farm uses organic ingredients from their own farm and produces all their jams and spreads in-house. 📍1 Ferry Building #46 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-445-0990 Ferry Building Marketplace Embarcadero Fax: 415-591-0951 Email: Website: This 65,000 sq ft marketplace is built around a central plaza and integrates the Bay Area produce with notable specialty-food vendors. It is open every day and has a full complement of restaurants and stores. Workers from the Ferry Building form a line during lunch for Vietnamese rice rolls and bánh mì. Out the Door is the more relaxed sister restaurant of The Slanted Door, one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in California. They were both at the Ferry Building where there is a view of the sun, water, and bridge, which makes for a wonderful setting. The Slanted Door is named after a prominent diagonal feature in the design and Out the Door refers to street food made for dining outside the restaurant. At $3 the buns and congee may remind anyone familiar with Chinese breakfast of something very similar. Out the Door 📍2232 Bush St San Francisco, CA 94115 415-923-9575 📍1 Ferry Building San Francisco, CA 94111 415-321-3740 Out the Door Humphry Slocombe has a name that is not easy to say, borrowed from the male and female leads of the British comedy Are You Being Served?
. It used to have venues at the Ferry Building and in the Mission and its ice cream is as thoughtfully orchestrated as its name. This ice cream shop has its own special craft. Offered ice cream flavors are the results of highly creative thinking.
America's top five ice creameries recently announced that they may be adding an ice cream truck to their operations.
On Instagram, you can find them under @humphryslocombe.
They have classic flavors of ice cream.
Secret Breakfast: has bourbon whiskey.
Blue Bottle Vietnamese Coffee: is said to be both cooling and energizing.
Humphry Slocombe
📍2790A Harrison St
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-550-6971
📍1 Ferry Building
San Francisco, CA 94111
415-550-6971
Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream
Bi-Rite has been a small market for 70 years. Most people know it for its ice cream: Bi-Rite Creamery has appeared on multiple best-of lists in the USA. The shop is small, but its ice cream is so rich that a line forms outside the door every day. More than just the scoops, everything is a reflection of an affection for the good life and an uncompromising standard for quality.
Bi-Rite Market
📍 550 Divisadero St
San Francisco, CA 94117
415-551-7900
📍 3639 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-241-9760
Bi-Rite Creamery
Eiji’s signature dish is its Oboro tofu, or 'cloud tofu'. Unlike ready-made options, this dish features an entire pot of tofu in soy milk along with a selection of seasonings, including: minced ginger, shiso leaves, chopped scallions, shredded The exterior of the handmade mochi looks rustic and its surprise interior is that the wrapper is thin and melts in your mouth. The mochi contains juicy strawberries. < /br> Eiji (closed Mondays)
📍317 Sanchez St
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-558-8149
Eiji
Blue Bottle was born in Oakland and is considered one of the first third wave independent coffees.
This Blue Bottle is deep within Mint Plaza, clean, and minimalist, providing a stark contrast to the limestone buildings. Look up and you will see its small square logo with blue trim. It is subtle but not anonymous and draws people in.
Many people are drawn in by the espresso machine, vaporizer, and well turned baristas.
Drinks include:
- New Orleans Iced Coffee
- Cold Brew
- Siphon Brew
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📍66 Mint Plaza
(at Jessie St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Blue Bottle Coffee (Mint Plaza)
The shop is known for its handmade equipment and siphon coffee style that is popular in Tokyo. The morel mushroom poached egg and European sandwiches are also very popular.
The Greek Sandwich is a wrap consisting of grilled meat slices or skewers, tomatoes, onions, fries, and tzatziki all in easy to take away pita bread.
Soma StrEat Food Park
📍428 11th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
SoMa Streat Food Park
Mama Ji's is a Chinese home-style restaurant that is not in Chinatown. The owner is from Sichuan, and many of the specialties reflect authentic Sichuan cooking. Her husband from Europe, who is into craft beer, and her take both of their backgrounds into the restaurant — hence the strange yet rational pairing of Sichuan cuisine and Austrian craft beers.
Mama Ji's
📍4416 18th Street St
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-626-4416
Mama Ji's
Sightglass Coffee, which was backed by a founder of Twitter, has become a design-led favorite for the employees of Airbnb and Pinterest because of its location and layout.
In the summer, the obvious choice is an affogato: a soft scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream with a shot of espresso. First, the sweetness of the ice cream melts, and then the slightly bitter, acidic taste of the coffee followed by a dessert that combines both hot and cold elements.
Illustrated coffee cups showing the steps of espresso making.
Vanilla affogato.
Sightglass Coffee
📍270 7th St
(btwn Howard &
Folsom St)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Sightglass Coffee
Namu Gaji serves modern Korean cuisine, run by three owners from different backgrounds a chef an engineer and a musician. Their Korean-style okonomiyaki is extraordinarily delightful, with a crisp and fragrant layer of bonito flakes and seaweed beneath a sea of mayonnaise.
Namu Gaji (closed Mondays)
📍499 Dolores St
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-431-6268
Namu Gaji
All pizzas are traditionally Italian including Margherita with tomato, mozzarella, and basil, and Four Formaggi. What is most impressive is the crust: thin, and crisp, yet also pleasantly chewy. Another special detail is a soft-centered fried egg in the middle of the pizza.
Pizzeria Delfina
📍3611 18th St
(btwn Guerrero St &
Oakwood St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Pizzeria Delfina - San Francisco
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