Where to eat, stay and visit in San Francisco
San Francisco works best as short district days: SoMa and downtown for tasting rooms, Grant Avenue for Chinatown retail, Hayes Valley for independent fashion, and Golden Gate Park when the de Young Museum is on the diary. The Banquet tables worth locking early include Benu, Californios, Restaurant Naides and Sorrel; shopping stops include KIM+ONO and Modern Appealing Clothing when the day is retail-led. Ride-hailing covers hills after dinner; leave buffer for valet and long menus. Book tasting rooms as soon as calendars open, confirm museum tickets on famsf.org, and treat any Vogue World 2027 date as TBA until Vogue publishes venue and tickets.
Restaurants · 4
- BenuTable notes →
Three-Michelin-star tasting-menu restaurant by chef Corey Lee at 22 Hawthorne Street in SoMa, opened in 2010. Dinner typically runs Wednesday–Saturday; published tasting-menu pricing has been listed around USD…
- CaliforniosTable notes →
Mexican tasting-menu restaurant in SoMa led by chef-owner Val M. Cantú, with interiors by his partner Carolyn Cantú. Opened January 2015 in the Mission, closed during the pandemic…
- Restaurant NaidesTable notes →
Filipino tasting-menu counter in Nob Hill opened December 2025 by chef Patrick Gabon and partner Celine Wuu in the former Sons & Daughters space. About 10 to 12…
- SorrelTable notes →
One-Michelin-star tasting room on Sacramento Street in Pacific Heights, opened April 2018 by chef-owner Alex Hong after 135 pop-up services that began in 2012 with a $25 menu…
Museums · 1
- de Young MuseumVisit notes →
The de Young Museum sits in Golden Gate Park at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive and anchors the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco costume and textile holdings…
Shops · 2
- KIM+ONOShopping notes →
KIM+ONO is a Chinatown flagship at 729 Grant Avenue for handcrafted silk and washable-silk kimono robes designed by sisters Renee and Tiffany Tam, who opened the airy boutique…
- Modern Appealing ClothingShopping notes →
Modern Appealing Clothing (MAC) is the Hayes Valley boutique at 387 Grove Street founded in 1980 by siblings Ben and Chris Ospital with their mother, Jeri, and still…