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8
Mamacita
$$
MEXICAN
One of the city's best for sit-down Mexican makes everything from scratch - tortillas, ta-
males and two dozen fresh-daily sauces for wide-ranging dishes, from spit-roasted goat to
duck
carnitas.
The knockout cocktail menu lists 60 tequilas, which explains the room's
deafening roar. Make reservations.
(
415-346-8494;
www.mamacitasf.com
; 2317 Chestnut St; dishes
$10-18;
5:30pm-late Mon-Thu, 5pm-late Fri-Sun;
30)
9
Warming Hut
$
When the fog rolls over the Golden Gate Bridge, warm up with a fair-trade coffee, organic
pastries and organic hot dogs at this eco-shack insulated with recycled denim. Browse an
excellent selection of field guides and sample honey made by Presidio honeybees while
you wait - all purchases support Crissy Field's ongoing conversion from army airstrip to
wildlife preserve.
(
CAFE, SANDWICHES
415-561-3040; 983 Marine Dr, Presidio; dishes $4-6;
9am-5pm;
;
PresidiGo Shuttle - Crissy Field Rte)
Local Life
Off the Grid at Fort Mason
On Friday evenings at
Fort Mason
(
OFFLINE MAP
, H2; 415-345-7500;
www.fortmason.org
; cnr Marina Blvd & Laguna St; ; 22,
28, 30) - a former shipyard that was the embarkation point for WWII Pacific troops - up to 30 trucks gather for
Off the Grid
(
www.offthegridsf.com
; dishes $5-10; 5-10pm Fri) , SF's mobile-gourmet hootenanny. Arrive
before 6:30pm or expect 20-minute waits for Chairman Bao's roast duck buns, Roli Roti free-range roast chicken,
and dessert from the Créme Brûlée Man.
Fort Mason is also home to experimental entertainment: dockside
Herbst Pavilion
hosts art fairs and wine-
tastings and warehouses are home to Magic Theatre (
Click here
)
, BATS (
Click here
)
and the
Long Now
Foundation
(
http://longnow.org
;
Bldg A, Fort Mason Center;
10:30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat & Sun)
, a nonprofit sponsoring four-dimensional (time-based) artworks.
