Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Live Music
The Chapel (
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)
Getting There
BART
stations at 16th and 24th Sts.
Bus
14 runs through SoMa to the Mission; 33 links to the Castro; 22 connects to the Haight.
Streetcar
The J Church heads from Downtown past Dolores Park.
The Sights in a Day
Walk 24th St past mural- covered bodegas to
Balmy Alley
(
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;
pic-
tured left), where the 1970s Mission muralist movement began. Get a 'secret
breakfast' (bourbon and cornflake) ice-cream sundae at
Humphry Slocombe
(
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), then window-shop up Valencia to browse pirate supplies and watch ichthyoid antics in
the fish theater at
826 Valencia
(
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)
.
Duck into
Clarion Alley
(
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)
to see the Mission's ongoing outdoor
graffiti-art show. Pass muraled
Women's Building
(
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)
on your way to
Pizzeria Delfina
(
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)
for lunch, or enjoy
Bi-Rite
(
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)
picnics with
Downtown panoramas on the slopes of
Dolores Park
(
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)
. See San Francisco's
first building, Spanish adobe
Mission Dolores
(
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)
, alongside the memorial to
its native Ohlone and Miwok builders.
Check out art shows at
Needles & Pens
(
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)
and
Creativity Explored
(
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)
, before burritos at
Pancho Villa
(
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)
. Catch an indie
movie at the
Roxie
(
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)
, then discuss over organic cocktails at
Elixir
(
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).
For a local's day in the Mission,
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.
