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If you're coming to San Francisco and don't visit this part of the city you’ve missed out. San Francisco has evolved over the last 15 years (or 6 months) but this is the heart of the city. It’s Little Italy, it’s where the Beats birthed ‘cool’ and it’s full of great cafés and shops to explore. Chinatown? . . . it’s the largest in North America and the largest Chinese community outside Asia. A place where its possible to forget where you are, eat the finest Chinese cuisine and if you’re lucky catch a festival. And if your fortune cookie says “I cannot help you, for I am just a cookie” don’t despair just ask for another.
William Stout Books
House of Nanking
Golden Flower
Hotaling Place
Réveille Coffee Co. Truck
Little Vine
Li Po
Goorin Brothers
The Saloon
San Francisco's best blues dive.
Molinari’s Deli
Cafe Zoetrope
Pier 23
One Jackson Place
Cotogna
BIX
Bocadillos
Washington Square
Hole in the Wall Coffee
Transamerica Redwood Park
Original Timber
Get wood and custom furniture.
AB Fits
Mr. Bings
Vallejo Steps
Bargain Bazaar
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Cafe Zoetrope
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- 916 Kearny Street
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Located on the ground floor of the anodized-copper Zoetrope building owned by film director Francis Ford Coopola, this cozy cafe/restaurant is the perfect place to have a nice glass of vino rosso with some pasta while checking out the classic movie posters that cover the walls. Many a famous filmmaker and writer have rented workspaces on the floors above, so you might sit next to one—or even Francis himself—if your timing is right. (Just don't ask him about the smell of napalm in the morning.)