San Francisco Trip

There's several threads on San Fran so do a search and see what folks said.

Alcatraz is worth the time, a must do IMO. The Italian section of town and little China both have some really good authentic restaurants. The wharf area is too touristy but near Alcatraz if you want to check it out. It's a great city.

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Check out the Ferry Building Marketplace. There are some good restaurants for lunch and dinner in there and a cool place to look around.

What's wrong with doing a tour?

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What's wrong with doing a tour?

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Not a thing. Especially if it's your first time visiting a place.

Alcatraz is absolutely worth it, as another guy said ferry building is a great spot for breakfast or light lunch.

Sens is a great spot for happy hour during the week that's right across from the ferry building.

San Fran is awesome, just enjoy the weather while you're there.

There are plenty of places in the world where admission is only allowed as a part of a tour...including Alcatraz. So categorically avoiding tours means you can't see lots of things. The night tours of Alcatraz are especially atmospheric.

Alcatraz is amazing, Coit Tower is worth a trip too. So many places in and around. Must go see the Redwoods

Penang Garden on Washington with their Spicy Crab was simply one of the best meals I've had all time

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Tadich grill in the financial district. Scomas at the wharf.

5 days? Nice....check out a Giants game if you can, as was said earlier. Check out Haight/Ashbury one day....go walk around Dolores Park in the Castro one day. There will be kids with nitrous tanks that will give you a hit or two off it if you give them a beer. You could spend an entire day in Golden Gate Park. Bring some unsalted peanuts with you to feed the squirrels. It's really amusing. Tour around the bars. It should be warm in October....they have the late onset summer that most west coast cities get. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge....Alcatraz is cool, but I never did it despite living nearby for 30 years. If you want to do something cheesy, eat at the Taco Bell on the beach in Pacifica....eh...I guess I would't recommend it if you're just visiting. Muir Woods across the GG Bridge are very cool. Food is so plentiful and great....just walk around or yelp search it. I would definitely recommend Asian food at least once. You can go Japanese, Chinese, Thai, or Vietnamese.....

One of things I had to do was eat at an authentic Chinese place in Chinatown. Got some good recs and was one of maybe 4 white people in the restaurant, so that's a great sign.

Whole menu was in Chinese. Told the waitress to bring whatever the hell she wanted and thought was good


Some of the best food I've ever eaten, but good god it was spicy. I didn't shite right for a week. Lol