Must-see shopping in Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

  • Recchiuti Confections

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    No San Franciscan can resist award-winning Recchiuti: Pacific Heights parts with old money for its fleur de sel caramels; Noe Valley's foodie kids prefer…

  • William Stout Architectural Books

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    You can't fit SFMOMA into your pocket, but you can put it on your coffee table – California architectural obsessions begin at William Stout, with 1st…

  • Heath Ceramics

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Odds are your favorite SF meal was served on Heath Ceramics, Bay Area chefs' tableware of choice ever since Alice Waters started using Heath's modern,…

  • General Bead

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Wild beading ambitions strike suddenly within these walls lined with bulk beads, inducing visions of DIY drag and handmade holiday gifts like sparkling…

  • Hero Shop

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    On the cutting edge of the Tenderloin, Hero transforms casual browsers into SF fashionistas with statement pieces by rising-star local designers: Stevie…

  • Britex Fabrics

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Since 1952, runways can't compete with Britex' fashion drama. Designers bicker over dibs on caution-orange chiffon, glam rockers dig through velvet…

  • Mr S Leather

    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…

  • Barbary Coast Dispensary

    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…

  • Prather Ranch Meat Company

    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.

  • Isaia

    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…

  • Wingtip

    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…

  • John Varvatos

    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…

  • Macy's

    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…

  • The Magazine

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The mother lode of magazines since 1973. The Magazine's old wooden shelves barely contain all the 1940s pinup mags, 1950s Vogue, trippy 1960s underground…

  • Margaret O'Leary

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Ignorance of the fog is no excuse in San Francisco – but should you confuse SF for LA (the horror!) and neglect to pack the obligatory sweater, Margaret O…

  • Gallery Japonesque

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Wabi-sabi is the fine appreciation for imperfect, organic forms and materials, and the stock in trade of Gallery Japonesque. Owner Koichi Hara arranges…

  • Fog City News

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The perfect stop before a long flight, Fog City stocks a vast variety of domestic magazines and newspapers, plus 700 international titles from 25…

  • San Francisco Railway Museum Gift Shop

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The next best thing to taking an SF cable car home with you is getting a toy streetcar from this tiny, free Municipal Railway museum showcasing SF public…

  • Barneys

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The West Coast outpost of the high-end New York fashion landmark has similar signatures, including inspired window displays and up-to-70%-off sales. But…

  • Levi's Flagship Store

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    The flagship store in Levi Strauss' hometown sells classic jeans that fit without fail, plus limited-edition Japanese selvage pairs and remakes of Levi's…

  • Uniqlo

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Ever since Japanese retailer Uniqlo landed on the West Coast here, SF has been rocking pop-art tees, cashmere in rainbow colors and down jackets that…

  • McEvoy Ranch

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    In addition to its famous olive oils, this locally based marketplace inside the Ferry Building sells organic treats and all-natural body products.

  • Westfield San Francisco Centre

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    Wait, is this suburbia? Sure looks it inside this nine-level chain-store city, with Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and dozens more retailers, plus a cinema…

  • H&M

    Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

    What IKEA is to home furnishing, H&M is to fashion: suspiciously affordable, perpetually crowded, not really made for the long haul and perfect for…