The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Discover new favorite Californian vintages for under $25 at the distinctive wine boutique that won founder and Governor Gavin Newsom respect even from…
Must-see shopping in The Bay Area
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Local scent maker elizabethW supplies the tantalizing aromas of changing seasons without the sweaty brows or frozen toes. 'Te' smells like a Georgia porch…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Only in San Francisco would you find an S&M superstore, with such musts as suspension stirrups, latex hoods and, for that special someone, a chrome-plated…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
At a time when most SF dispensaries still feel like clinics and give off a buzz-killing, prescription-only vibe, this place feels decidedly recreational…
San Francisco
For vacation reading that matches the Castro scenery, head into Dog Eared for a wide selection of San Francisco literature, LGBTQ+ memoirs and novels…
San Francisco
If your morning jog leaves your feet or shins hurting, get your gait checked here before you hit Ocean Beach or Golden Gate Park trails. The pros will…
Oakland
Stranded is the kind of cool record store you wished you had worked at when you were younger (or maybe now). It only carries vinyl, and offers a…
San Francisco
Stagger out of this literary opium den while you still can, laden with remaindered art books, used cookbooks and just-released novels signed by local…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Part bookstore, part community center, with books in the front, and local art shows and art books in the back. Alley Cat is not a hush-hush place but an…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
This tidy Bernal Heights dispensary is tops for its 'farm-to-feeling' edibles, which include things like animal cookies, Black Ice and Pineapple Love…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Bring home gifts for the kids that you won't find anywhere else. The shop at the Exploratorium – the city's famous art and science museum – carries unique…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
The Union St outpost of this four-store SF-based chain showcases midrange designers, with a good mix of trendy and classic cuts in jeans, dresses, shirts,…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
The city's finest art-supply store carries a dizzying array of ink, paints, pigment, brushes, frames, pens, pencils, markers and glues, plus paper in…
San Francisco
Renew, recycle and rediscover your creativity with postindustrial arts and crafts materials from SCRAP. Take a workshop for inspiration and make your own…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
All the half-off bargains and none of the clawing dangers of a sample sale. Stocks constantly change but have included cloud-like Catherine Malandrino…
San Francisco
City-run Alemany is California's first farmers market, offering bargain-priced local and organic produce every Saturday year-round since 1943. There are…
Oakland
This excellent independent bookstore is a community fixture with a well curated selection of literature and nonfiction that reflects Oakland's lefty…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
For carnivores this is the highest-quality outlet in the Bay Area. Look no further for humanely raised, all-natural, dry-aged, grass-fed organic beef.
San Francisco
All the candy you dreamed about as a kid is here, with a twist: candy-cane malt balls, cookies-and-cream caramels, extra-sour chewy skulls, and an entire…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
In 2017 this upscale Italian menswear boutique slid into San Francisco's only Frank Lloyd Wright Building. Originally designed as a VC Morris gift shop in…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Barn doors on the front of Amnesia bar magically open to reveal the ultimate Mission hipster china cupboard. Mel Rice stocks these shelves with her…
Berkeley
If you've got kids and don't take them to Sweet Dreams, they may never forgive you. This independent toy store has a great range of well-curated goodness,…
San Francisco
Switch up your look without a major investment at the Castro branch of the fashion resale retailer – including SF's best-priced selection of men's…
San Francisco
Give the gift of sass with cheeky accessories for him and home from Kenneth Wingard, San Francisco designer to the stars. He works for Oprah and Martha,…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
For elusive only-in-SF souvenirs to remind you of this singular city, duck into this trove of locally designed and handcrafted finds. Lower Haight…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Get the look of an outdoorsy professor who invested early in Apple at this old-school men's store in the handsome 1908 Bank of Italy building. Visiting…
North Beach & Chinatown
Hepcats and slick chicks get their handmade threads at Al's, where vintage styles are reinvented in noir-novel twill, dandy high-sheen cotton and mid…
San Francisco
Anyone born in the wrong place or time to be a NorCal hippie architect can still look the part, thanks to General Store. Pine-lined walls showcase…
San Francisco
Looking good in leather since 1979, Johnson Leathers custom-tailors classic cuts to suit all styles and genders. The motorcycle gear is made with quality…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
San Francisco prides itself on innovation, but this one's Canadian: custom-blended lipstick, with food-grade essential oils and nontoxic, organic…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
America's most-wanted men's look is classic California outlaw – and nobody does it better than designer John Varvatos. Western jackets, waxed jeans and…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
The reception area looks more like a doctor's office than a Haight hippie den, because Sparc has been a medical marijuana pioneer since 1998 – and to be…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Hey bargain hunters: see those upscale design boutiques lining Fillmore St? You can probably score their recent designs for less at Crossroads, thanks to…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Action-packed shelves of novels and graphic novels keep Missionistas well read, and trusty staff picks ensure you don't miss out on key local authors and…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Keep those muscles warm and show local cyclist pride as you whip through downtown streets wearing San Francycle's California-bear-on-a-bicycle tee and SF…
San Francisco
Gifts come from the heart inside this front-parlor gift shop, packed with outer-avenues necessities: flax clothing, indigo beach totes and fisherman's…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Hang a left at Ruth Asawa's bronze Origami Fountains and discover worlds of possibility. Family-run since 1968, this paper-craft emporium is fueling a…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Seven floors of name brands spanning a city block and the historic marble I Magnin building offer charming old-school amenities – including actual powder…
San Francisco
Nob Hill socialites share a secret that's hiding in plain sight on Polk St: hot-off-the-runway high-end fashion for men and women, bought and sold on…
San Francisco
Popsicles, tide pools, stained glass: Tina Frey's hand-cast vessels light up rooms and fire up neurons with their hypnotic, translucent color. If the urge…
