a nice guide: near the office

Financial District, SOMA, South Beach, and everywhere (nice) in between.

I wanted to make a guide of all of my places near the office but then realized that they were spread across so many different & unique neighborhoods…. so we’re just gonna put them all together in here :)

CAFFEINE

• Coffee Bar

• ★ Sightglass - ugh I just went to this location for the first time and it was so gorgeous it would be the perfect place to work remote

• ★ Philz

• Blue bottle

• ★ Equator

• ★ Shoji

• ★ Paper Son - such good matcha

• Cafe Nagomi

• Outset Coffee

• Flywheel Coffee

• Andytown - one of their many locations; on the same level as Salesforce Tower

• ★ Golden Goat Coffee - my favorite cutie little shop

• Aura Tea

• Saint Frank

• Telescope

FOOD

casual & takeout

• Lou’s Sandwiches

• ★ Ebiko - my favorite to-go sushi spot (for the gluten free girlies, they have tamari); order ahead so you don’t have to wait in the line

• Turtle Tower

• Aji Kiji

• Il Canto - when I was still eating gluten they had the best hungover burrito

• Sajj Mediterranean

• ★ Boichik Bagels - my Berkeley heart <3

• ★ Square Pie Guys - they have a really good gf pizza

• Garaje

• Deli Board

• ★ Dragon Eats - I love their food, can order ahead as well

sit down

• ★ Wayfare Tavern - get their burger !!!

• ★ Tadich Grill

• ★ Leo’s Oyster Bar - used to be our happy hour spot; they had these salt & vinegar fries that were so insane

• Pabu

• The Vault

• ★ Hamburgesa Bar - I think we already know I love this place

• Birdsong

• Lao Table

• Shoji

• Saison

• Wabi-Sabi SF

• ★ Rooh - omg it’s so good lol

• Burma Love

• Taksim - Turkish food!

• Akikos

• Shelby’s Rooftop

• Perry’s

• Kaiyo - cute rooftop if that’s what you’re into

• Pawn Shop

DRINKS

• Pagan Idol

• Novela

• Natoma Cabana

• ★ Dawn Club - (jazz bar) ugh one of my favorite bars in sf <3 definitely pricy but they have this one drink that is like a Ghirardelli mint chocolate square

• ★ Marianne’s - speakeasy with a really cool rock and roll vibe

• Tempest

• ★ Jax Vineyards - ugh I love this place so much. My favorite place to go after the office; they have fire pits

• Kona’s Street Market - sister bar to PCH

• Butter - so fun lol

• Martuni’s

• Driftwood

• Bella - new! I still haven’t been but want to go

• Local Edition

SHOPPING

• ★ Fibers of Being - the vintage shop opened up a temporary location on market st!

• Gap

• Old Navy

• REI

• Black Scale

THINGS TO DO

• ★ SFMOMA - one of my favorite museums ever

• Cocoon Day Spa - I used to get a lash lift and tint here <3

• Audio

• Raven bar

• 1015 Folsom

• ★ Saint Joseph’s Art Society - another beautiful space

• ★ 111 Minna Gallery

• ★ Crown point press

• ★ Foundry - I love going to shows here <3

• Downtown first Thursdays - takes place every first Thursday of the month (obviously, lol) but there is a show and a ton of stands of vintage shops, food, and more!

A PERFECT AFTERNOON DOWNTOWN

• Pick up lunch from Ebiko (order ahead, my favorite things to order are the hamachi + green onion, and their omakase flight)

• Mid-afternoon pick me up from Paper Son (get the matcha + a pastry)

• Grab a glass after work at Jax Vineyards

• Chow a burger at Hamburgesa Bar (someone try the boozy milkshakes and let me know how they are)

★ = my favorites !!!

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Please let me know what I missed! Thanks for reading xoxo

Love Always,

Su