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10. POTRERO HILL
At one time this usually sunny SoMa hill was set to become the next big thing. But
somehow its isolation kept that from ever happening, cut off from the rest of the city,
as it is, by freeways on three sides and its own precipitous inclines. Consequently,
it has remained a quiet, pleasant neighborhood with spectacular views. To be sure,
a few more upmarket concerns are located here, and there are restaurants and bars
as well as many design stores, but mostly it is thoroughly residential. One tourist
sight of note here is the Anchor Brewing Company. It's worth a visit, especially as the
45-minute walking tour and tasting session are free. There are only two tours each
weekday; you must phone to book.
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Anchor
Brewing
Co.
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1705
Mariposa
St
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415
863
8350
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A Gay City
After the free-love movement of the 1960s (for further details see
Flower
Power
), homosexuals realized that they, too, had rights to stand up for, and star-
ted moving into the Castro in the 1970s. In no time the neighborhood was a non-
stop - and unstoppable - party of freewheeling sexual excess. Suddenly gays
were “out” in legions, which brought with it political clout. San Francisco is still
one of the easiest places in the world to live out an openly gay identity.
A Walk Around the Castro District
Begin at the city's gay mecca, the Church Street Muni Station on Upper Market.
Decades ago, this corner developed a gay identity as the beginning point of the
Castro neighborhood, but it is on the next block, between Sanchez and Noe, that
the gay shops and venues really begin to proliferate. The
Moby Dick
is a popular
spot that attracts a crowd of regulars. Stop to shoot some pool or pinball while
enjoying the retro tunes from the 1980s. Towards the corner of Castro is
The
