Friday
- Evening
State Bird Provisions
Dim sum-style new American · $$$ · FillmoreOpen the weekend here — Stuart Brioza's dim-sum carts of inventive small plates.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Fillmore — short walk from your other stops
Saturday
- MorningGolden Gate Bridge WalkOutdoors · Presidio
Walk or bike the 1.7-mile span — best from Crissy Field side.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Presidio — short walk from your other stops
- Lunch
Zuni Café
California / Mediterranean · $$$ · Hayes ValleyThe famous brick-oven roast chicken for two — a 1-hour ritual.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Strong lunch option, quick enough to keep the day moving
- ·Keeps you in Hayes Valley — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonMission MuralsCulture · Mission
Balmy Alley and Clarion Alley — decades of political street art.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Mission — short walk from your other stops
- Evening
Tartine Bakery
Bakery · $$ · MissionCountry bread + morning buns that started a city-wide craze.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Mission — short walk from your other stops
Sunday
- MorningGolden Gate ParkOutdoors · Sunset
1,000+ acres with bison, windmills, the de Young and free Sunday roads.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Sunset — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonAlcatraz IslandCulture · Bay
Ferry over for the famously eerie cell-house audio tour — book weeks ahead.
Why this pick- ·A first-time-in-town essential
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Bay — short walk from your other stops
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