Japan Center Beauty Clinic
Neighborhood: Japantown, Pacific Heights

1730 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94115

Yelena G. writes: My mother is a professional stylist, so naturally she's the only one that's ever touched my hair.  She's the only one I ever trusted, never had to have given direction to, she just did amazing things with my hair constantly. The best look for me was…

Healthy Spirits
Neighborhood: Castro

2299 15th St
San Francisco, CA 94114

elbo l. writes: the most incredible corner store you ever saw.

delicious homemade hummuses and sandwiches, and the biggest selection of belgian beers i've ever seen.  the owner and the lady that i think is his lady are 100% class..  very warm and sweet, and eager to…

San Francisco Hardware
Neighborhood: Western Addition/NOPA

512 Divisadero St
San Francisco, CA 94117

Autumn K. writes: A few possibly useful, not really cool, and definitely not funny pieces of advice:
1. Do not go here with a hangover. The sheer quantity and variety of products, crammed from floor to ceiling in this broom-closet sized store will have your head…

AIDS Walk San Francisco
Neighborhood: SOMA

121 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Skunky G. writes: I learned a very important lesson yesterday.

You can set your alarm for 7 45, hit snooze a couple times, get in a good morning dry hump, and STILL get to AIDS Walk on time.

Next year I'm SO checking in at 10 30. Fuck it.

Go charity and a piece of…

Pilgrim Kitchen

311 El Camino Real
Belmont, CA 94002

Heather C. writes: 7/3/07 update...  Thanks for the love people.  Means a lot!

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Damn my sweet tooth!!!

This place is awesome.  My generous slice of boysenberry pie had a flaky crust and sweet/tart berry filling.  Pretty telling was the weight of the take-out box -…

Irving Cafe & Deli
Neighborhood: Outer Sunset

2146 Irving St
San Francisco, CA 94122

hen a. writes: true hole-in-the-wall..vietnam ese food slangin' behind the counter..take-out meal tossin'....room sized...run down joint....menu on the wall....mini dine-in stool counter for four max...ghetto.......mmmm.. ...get the picture?.....

dinner?....closing…

FTW Tattoo Parlor
Neighborhood: North Oakland, Rockridge

6536 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609

Cheese S. writes: Awesome, friendly staff! I just got my second tattoo there moments ago!  It looks awesome.  The guys were super perfectionist about getting it at exactly the right spot.  I just walked in and they did it right away no waiting although I they also…

Peerless Coffee Co

260 Oak St
Oakland, CA 94607

phil h. writes: Great coffee and extremely friendly customer service.  They also are known for their hot roasted nuts although I've yet to try them (get your mind out of the gutter)

Bean Street Coffee

359 S B St
San Mateo, CA 94401

Sara M. writes: Cozy interior, extensive menu, friendly service, good prices, and yummy breakfast sandwiches. Free Wi-Fi too! A relaxing place to sit and work on a laptop for a few hours. The iced coffee is exceptional, and the mochas are sweet but not too sweet.…

Berkeley Art Museum
Neighborhood: UC Campus Area

2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720

Gourmet G. writes: Founded in 1963, the museum includes eleven galleries, a sculpture garden, and the Pacific Film Archive, a 234-seat theater that highlights rare movies you won't find at Blockbuster or an AMC multiplex. The museum's diverse collections embrace…

San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation

San Francisco, CA 94101

Gourmet G. writes: The free film screenings in the city's parks are merely the icing on the cake . . . the primary function of this worthy organization is to preserve and maintain independent neighborhood theaters, like the Balboa and Castro, so that the movie-going…

All Season Sushi
Neighborhood: Castro

524 Castro St
San Francisco, CA 94114

Jessica V. writes: When I first started eating sushi, I would order the fluffy rolls.  You know, like Dancing Dragon Roll or Tune In Tokyo Roll, with all of the amateur fishes and avocado and some sweet chili spooge.  Not anymore.  Sure, I still just eat the amateur…

Alioto's Garage
Neighborhood: Mission

1835 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94103

B.K. W. writes: I got my car back from Alioto's Garage today.  It was gone from Monday through Friday because some bully of an SUV punched a big dent in my poor little car's side and bumper about two weeks ago.  Initially, Alioto's estimated that it would take about…

The Cake Gallery
Neighborhood: SOMA

290 9th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Nish N. writes: Who knew breasts could taste so good? Creamy mounds, I could almost lick them. And let's not even get into the strawberry and custard filling. One star off because they didn't have any melon-flavoring.

Orange Julius

66 Serramonte Ctr
Daly City, CA 94015

Drue C. writes: I sometimes do some pretty stupid things when I have had a drink or two.

I believed, until yesterday, that agreeing to get my ass up and out of bed the morning after my monthly pub crawl and go to Serramonte Mall for the sole purpose of purchasing an…

The Grocery Store
Neighborhood: Laurel Heights

3625 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94118

Dunzo S. writes: Too many labels to list and mostly obscure to the greater population. High edge. High fashion. Very approachable and casual but knowledgable customer service.

Just go.
5 stars.

Good Earth Cafe
Neighborhood: Financial District, Chinatown

835 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94108

Meave G. writes: Look, the soups here are GOOD. The noodles are fresh and tasty. They have vegetarian miso broth (!!!!!!), and give you lots of choices for your ingredients, which the counter lady adorably calls "toppings."

Lucky for me, one of my dearest friends…

A Piece of Peace
Neighborhood: Noe Valley

3819 23rd St
San Francisco, CA 94114

Katy D. writes: A Piece of Peace is a collective of experienced, compassionate massage therapists who specialize in advanced massage and reflexology techniques. The owner, Katy Dreyfuss, has 18 years of bodywork experience, is a certified yoga teacher, an easy going…

Red Hill Books
Neighborhood: Bernal Heights

401 Cortland Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110

Rosie W. writes: In a neighborhood where women push strollers in steel-toed boots... where it is rare to see a car without at least three indignant bumper stickers... where people wear the name of the neighborhood on their sweatshirts to assert that they BELONG...…

Hawaiian Drive Inn 28
Neighborhood: Excelsior

4827 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94112

Ed U. writes: "How many bullets left in thees gun, Cheeno? Enough to keel you?...or you?...or YOU?"

OK, I didn't really hear that at the Hawaiian Drive-In. That was actually Natalie Wood's last speech in "West Side Story", but it does seem a tad dicey on this…

Zindagi Salon
Neighborhood: Union Square, Civic Center/Tenderloin

55 Grant Avenue
3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

Mia L. writes: I agree with Macy B. on this one: I give Zindagi infinite stars.

Angie changed my hair and my life with thermal reconditioning.
I had had the process done before. Two years ago, an acquaintance of mine had referred me to another person to get my…

Arguello Pet Hospital
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

530 Arguello Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94118

Lauren S. writes: 2:00 pm:  text from roommate Pete...CALL HOME ASAP
2:05 pm: message from roommate Talia..."Lauren, I took the dogs for a walk, and Brody got stung by a bee.  He is at the Pet Hospital, and should be OK, but you should call home ASAP."
2:06 pm: my…

Golden Gate Fields Racetrack

1100 Eastshore Hwy
Berkeley, CA 94710

Peter M. writes: I'm kind of big deal.....people know me.  So much so that yesterday at Golden Gate Fields I had a horse running in the fourth race.  Well actually it was kind of my horse maybe two times removed as I'm dating the daughter of the owner.  A young…

Poppy Fabric
Neighborhood: North Oakland

5151 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94611

Joanna B. writes: As a quilter I'm always seeking out interesting cottons.  Poppy Fabric did have a collection of batik fabrics but something else stole the show.

Think bright & shimmery hidden behind a solid dark. Or, was it the other way around. I saw a shimmery…

Soul Patch
Neighborhood: Haight-Ashbury

1599 Haight St
San Francisco, CA 94117

George F. writes: So here's the deal...I've lived near this place for years before ever walking in. They advertise Henna tattoo, so I never took them seriously ...kinda thought they were set up for touristy crowd that takes over the Haight on the weekends. I've gotten…

Haight Street Market
Neighborhood: Haight-Ashbury

1530 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117

Joe C. writes: I've been buying my groceries here every day for like a decade.  I've watched the owners' son Bobby grow from a snotty adolescent into a snotty young man (just kidding, Bobby ;-).

Things to know about my favorite grocery store:
(1) The produce…

Space Gallery
Neighborhood: Nob Hill

1141 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109

Starla D. writes: Not only are yelpers literate, but some also have artistic talent!  
Not only are yelpers drunks, but some are also great in the sack!
(Hi!! *waves*)

Space definitely does a great job at showcasing artistic talent.
The crowd was dignified and classy…

Taqueria Guadalajara
Neighborhood: Mission Terrace

4798 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94112

RJ A. writes: "Ampliar Me II" That's the name of the documentary that I'd like to start filming. It's about a guy who decides to exclusively eat carne asada burritos for 30 straight days. Basically I want to see what effect does the  thick, rich, gooey carne asada…

Dianda's Italian American Pastry
Neighborhood: Mission

2883 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94110

Connie C. writes: Before partaking in the most amazing St. Honore Cake you'll ever taste in the Bay Area, I recommend saying a short prayer to St. Honore, the patron saint of bakers, that goes like this:

"St. Honore, pray for me as I am about to inhale this incredibly…

Kryolan
Neighborhood: SOMA

132 9th St
San Francisco, CA 94103

Laura F. writes: THE spot for plain jane straight girls to come live out their tranny glam dreams.

Great staff, tons of false lashes and brush sets that are half as much as that crap from MAC!

Lo Coco's Authentic Italian Pizzeria

631 Del Ganado Rd
San Rafael, CA 94903

Lauren Q. writes: Let me start by saying I was RAISED on this pizza... and that when I was a kid, I got SO excited about the word "pizza" that my parents started having to spell it out when discussing it... being that I was a pretty sharp tack as a kid (I wonder what…

Salon Picasso
Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

1573 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA 94133

Kim S. writes: Wow! That's what I heard from an admirer as I walked out of here! So Now I attract strangers on the street and I suppose that's the start of something good.
I didn't have to wait long to get my hair done right and well, thanks Salon Picasso, thanks…

Lakeside Dental
Neighborhood: Lakeside

2645 Ocean Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132

Caroline C. writes: I seriously hate going to the dentist. Even getting a cleaning makes me break out into a sweat. My last dental experience, at some high-tech SOMA dentist, left MUCH to be desired. It put me off seeing the dentist for almost 2 years. So, I needed to…

Rusty Wells - Bhakti Urban Flow
Neighborhood: Mission

ABADA Capoeira
3221 22nd St
San Francisco, CA 94110

Sean S. writes: All Hail Rusty!
That said I am not a devotee, I mean he's nice enough and he's got a good shtick  but I am not one of these mission hipsters who is like "o Rusty! Look Rusty I tried that trick with my ekapranaprbhadajyothiasan a you recommended"…

All Muffler and Auto Services
Neighborhood: Mission

3420 18th St
San Francisco, CA 94110

andy r. writes: Brmmmmm*bump*...BWAAAAAAA HHH!!!!

The Bitchin' Saturn Wagon showed its age and midwestern provenance when the bolts holding together the exhaust rusted to the shape of spent birthday candles. It finally let loose on the whoop-de-doos of the big…

Carl Bricca, DO
Neighborhood: Western Addition/NOPA

1 Shrader St
San Francisco, CA 94117

Cassidy P. writes: I thought I'd never find a good doctor after going to three awful doctors in a row (Silverman, Smith, and Kimmerling).  None of them were open to discussing anything but very traditional treatment of my hypothyroidism.  Or discussing anything at all,…

Mimosa Cafe
Neighborhood: Grand Lake, Lower Hills

462 Santa Clara Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

Dandy D. writes: if i were rooted in the bay area long term, i'd probably seek to buy a home in oakland at some point, thanks to their friendly first time home buyer program & with all the money i'd save living across the bay, i'd probably eat at mimosa all the time.…

Zipcar
Neighborhood: SOMA

191 2nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Richard T. writes: Unbelievably Useful.

I sold my car about a month ago because I never drove it. Then I joined Zipcar because I still wanted access to a car just in case...

But WTF... I'm using ZipCar like 2-3 times a week! They have cars everywhere! And the vehicles…

Peanut Butter Sandwiches

The cupboard
San Francisco, CA 94103

Gourmet G. writes: I luf the way they thtick to the woof of my mouf.

Exchange Barber Shop
Neighborhood: Financial District

435 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94104

Brian B. writes: i've run the gamut as far as man hair grooming options go. i've had the megabuck designer 'haircut disguised as an expensive spa treatment' . i've had the supercuts 'anger management cut' where bitter asian women mangle your hair as they retrace…