City Life

 Scroll down for attractions, activities, nightlife and dining, most all within easy walking distance of the hotel.  Worthwhile links at the very bottom, too.


What's Happening Now 

    

Jan 19 – Feb 4, Sketchfest

Various Venues .  This comedy festival includes improv, films, music, stand-up, storytelling and game shows and features a tribute to Robert Altman (led by Elliott Gould and Sally Kellerman), a Reggie Watts series and Drew Carey’s “Improv-A-Ganza.”

 

Feb 10, S.F. Beer Week Opening Celebration.

S.F. Design Center.  S.F. Beer Week is a week-long celebration of beer in the Bay Area.  Events include beer pairing dinners, rare beer tastings, tap takeovers, beer school and more.

 

Feb 11, Chinese New Year Festival & Parade

Chinatown.  Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by IFEA, the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated parades in the country.

 

Feb 14, Valentine’s Day Eternity Ball

Fort Mason Center.  San Francisco’s first annual Eternity Ball, a black tie gala that gives everyone, not just couples, a wonderful reason to celebrate Valentine's Day.

 

Feb 17, San Francisco Tamburitza Festival

Croatian American Cultural Center.  For the past decade the Croatian American Cultural Center has annually showcased the best tamburitza music in California  and presented nationally renowed tamburitza orchestras.

 

Feb 21, Mardi Gras San Francisco Style

West Bay Conference Center.  This year’s 6th Annual Mardi Gras San Francisco Style, Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore Fundraiser will once again bring the San Francisco Fillmore Music District alive with a masquerade ball, free concerts, street artists, performers, New Orleans processionals, along with food/drinks and other specials.

 

Feb 25 – 26, San Francisco Crystal Fair

Fort Mason Center.  It’s the 25th year of the San Francisco Crystal Fair and of course the crystals, the minerals, the beads, the jewelry, the metaphysical healing tools, all make this a wonderful event.


 

Nearby Attractions

Chinatown
Cable Cars
Fisherman's Wharf
Ghirardelli Square
Pier 39
UnderWater World
Transamerica Pyramid
Wells Fargo History Museum
Maritime Museum
Cable Car Museum
North Beach Neighborhood Guide
Coit Tower
City Lights Books
Chinese Culture Center
Flatiron Sentinel Building
The Beat Museum




Free Walking Tours

San Francisco City Guides
San Francisco Historical Society



North Beach Institutions

Beach Blanket Babylon, Club Fugazi, 678 Green, 421-4222
City Lights Books, 261 Columbus, 362-8193



Staff Restaurant & Club Recommendations
(in no particular order)

House, 1230 Grant Avenue, 986-8612 (Asian Fusion)

Pena Pachamama, 1630 Powell Street, 646-0018 (South American)

Soto Mare Restaurant, 552 Green Street , 398-3181 (Seafood)

L'Osteria del Forno, 519 Columbus, 982-1124 (Italian)

Rose Pistola, 532 Columbus, 399-0499 (Italian)

Colosseo Restaurant, 414 Columbus Ave , 398-1300 (Italian)

Trattoria Contadina, 1800 Union (at Mason), 982-5728 (Italian)

Ristorante Ideale, 1309 Grant Avenue, 391-4129 (Italian)

Mama's on Washington Square, 1701 Stockton, 362-6421 (American)

Caffe Greco, 423 Columbus, 397-6261 (Coffee house)

Cafe Roma, 526 Columbus, 296-7662 (Coffee house)

Cafe Puccini, 411 Columbus, 989-7033 (Coffee house)

Mario's Bohemian Cigar Store, 566 Columbus, 362-0536
(Coffee house & Italian food)

North Beach Pizza, 1462 Grant Avenue, 433-2509 

Stella Pastry, 446 Columbus, 986-2914 (Coffee house and bakery) 

O'Reilly's Irish Bar & Restaurant, 622 Green, 989-6222
Music Wednesday and Thursday Nights at 9:30 PM
Lunch and Early Dinner

Cafe Trieste, 601 Vallejo at Grant (Coffee house)
Breakfast and Lunch, Opera on
Saturday Afternoon



Three Famous Cafes That Don't Serve Food

Spec's Twelve Adler Museum Cafe, 12 Adler Way, 421-4112

Tosca Cafe, 242 Columbus, 391-1244

Vesuvio Cafe, 255 Columbus, 362-3370



Music and Bar Only

Bimbo's Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue at Chestnut Street, 474-0365
Tickets Required

La Rocca's, 957 Columbus Avenue, 674-1266
Music Sunday Only

Jazz at Pearl's, 256 Columbus Avenue, 291-8255

Grant & Green Blues Club, 1371 Grant Avenue, 693-9565

 




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