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Best
For Kids
San Francisco has fewer kids per capita than any US city, and according to
SFSPCA data, about 32,000 more dogs than children live here. Yet many locals
make a living entertaining kids - from Pixar animators to video-game designers
- and this town brims with childish delights.
Junior Foodies
Discerning young diners may prefer tea parties at
Crown & Crumpet
(
415-771-4252;
www.crownandcrumpet.com
;
1746 Post St; dishes $9-11, afternoon tea $22; 11am-6pm daily; ; 2, 3, 22, 38)
or food-truck gourmet options at Off the Grid (
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. For foodie prodigies, 18
Reasons (
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offers classes on pickles and stinky cheeses, Humphry Slocombe (
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)
has freaky ice-cream flavors, and the Ferry Building (
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)
lets kids
graze farm-fresh, top-chef fare. For other kid-friendly meals, look for the symbol.
Exploratorium
Dare you to try these mad-scientist experiments for yourself... (
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Cable cars
Look mom, no seat belt! (
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Musée Mécanique
Saloon brawls, public executions, Pac-Man and other vintage arcade
games. (
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Alcatraz
Spooky sunset tours of the island prison keep kids on best behavior for weeks. (
Dolores Park
Slide down a Mayan pyramid to your picnic table. (
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La Raza Skatepark
Even
Thrasher
pros yield to little ones in kneepads…awww. (
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