Guidebook for Los Altos

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Guidebook for Los Altos

Food Scene

Chef-Chu's Chinese chicken salad has been enjoyed by Presidents and Elvis Presley. The food is great, and the celebrity photos are beyond amazing.
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Chef Chu's
1067 N San Antonio Rd
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Chef-Chu's Chinese chicken salad has been enjoyed by Presidents and Elvis Presley. The food is great, and the celebrity photos are beyond amazing.
Reservations are a must the most popular restaurant in Los Altos. Always jumping, super professional, great for date night, special dinner, or deal-making. Non-stop action at the bar. Great food.
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Los Altos Grill
233 3rd St
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Reservations are a must the most popular restaurant in Los Altos. Always jumping, super professional, great for date night, special dinner, or deal-making. Non-stop action at the bar. Great food.
Choose your own crust from gluten free to extra thin, and build from there. Order ahead to go or eat in. Really delicious. Veggie Grill is next door for your kale-eating date.
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Pizza Studio
565 San Antonio Road
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Choose your own crust from gluten free to extra thin, and build from there. Order ahead to go or eat in. Really delicious. Veggie Grill is next door for your kale-eating date.
Refreshing Boba and shave ice next door to Pho Vi Hoa. Lots of hipster kids, you'll fit right in.
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Teaspoon Los Altos
4546 El Camino Real
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Refreshing Boba and shave ice next door to Pho Vi Hoa. Lots of hipster kids, you'll fit right in.
Great Vietnamese restaurant. Quick and reasonable with easy parking--walking distance. Pho and spring rolls are favorites. Great soup in the winter. Loud and crowded but wait is short.Low calories.
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Pho Vi Hoa
4546 El Camino Real
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Great Vietnamese restaurant. Quick and reasonable with easy parking--walking distance. Pho and spring rolls are favorites. Great soup in the winter. Loud and crowded but wait is short.Low calories.
Great fish restaurant.
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The Fish Market - Palo Alto
3150 El Camino Real
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Great fish restaurant.
Walking distance. Near the corner of San Antonio and El Camino Real, next to Chef Chu's. The Main Street location is where the bicycle teams, VC's and realtors hang.
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Peet's Coffee
22350 Homestead Rd
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Walking distance. Near the corner of San Antonio and El Camino Real, next to Chef Chu's. The Main Street location is where the bicycle teams, VC's and realtors hang.
Good restaurant. Happy hour daily. Steaks and more. Mondays enjoy $50.00 meal for two which includes a bottle of wine.
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Paul Martin's American Grill
101 Hillsdale Shopping Center
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Good restaurant. Happy hour daily. Steaks and more. Mondays enjoy $50.00 meal for two which includes a bottle of wine.
High-end modernist seafood and meats. Spectacular bar with seasonal, gorgeous cocktails. Alone? Eat at the bar. Pricey? Yes, but sure is pretty.
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The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse
4269 W El Camino Real
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High-end modernist seafood and meats. Spectacular bar with seasonal, gorgeous cocktails. Alone? Eat at the bar. Pricey? Yes, but sure is pretty.
Truly beautiful pastries and delights, this popular bakery and coffee house is a great spot to pick up a gift treat. Located in the middle of your Main Street stroll.
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Satura Cakes
200 Main St
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Truly beautiful pastries and delights, this popular bakery and coffee house is a great spot to pick up a gift treat. Located in the middle of your Main Street stroll.
Enjoy a little bit of Paris in downtown Los Altos at this elegant new hotel with a light dinner and glass of wine. Live music Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Enchanté Boutique Hotel
1 Main St
Enjoy a little bit of Paris in downtown Los Altos at this elegant new hotel with a light dinner and glass of wine. Live music Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
Spectacular Franco-Japanese bakery with delicious pastries, breads, light fare, and coffee. WiFi, beautiful space to hang out, take a meeting, or watch pounds of butter and flour manipulated into art
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Voyageur du Temps
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Spectacular Franco-Japanese bakery with delicious pastries, breads, light fare, and coffee. WiFi, beautiful space to hang out, take a meeting, or watch pounds of butter and flour manipulated into art
Enter this semi-secret downtown spot for delicious Karaage and other Japanese specialties. Closed Mondays. Check hours for the goodness.
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Sumika
236 Plaza Central
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Enter this semi-secret downtown spot for delicious Karaage and other Japanese specialties. Closed Mondays. Check hours for the goodness.
The newest addition to the local fine dining scene.
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Cetrella
160 Main St
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The newest addition to the local fine dining scene.
Casual Turkish? You'll enjoy delicious Mediterranean style specialties, like Moussaka and kebabs, but there are also light, delicious options.
Urfa Bistro
233 State St
Casual Turkish? You'll enjoy delicious Mediterranean style specialties, like Moussaka and kebabs, but there are also light, delicious options.
Super casual Mexican take-out or dine in. Delicious food, awesome salsa bar...and... now serving alcohol!
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LuLu's on Main Street
163 Main St
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Super casual Mexican take-out or dine in. Delicious food, awesome salsa bar...and... now serving alcohol!
Don't let "bakery" fool you. Bavarian breakfast--weisswurst and pretzel. Schnitzel for lunch or dinner. Pfannkuchen--German pancakes. Beer. All delicious. Casual, cute, close.
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Esther's German Bakery
987 N San Antonio Rd
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Don't let "bakery" fool you. Bavarian breakfast--weisswurst and pretzel. Schnitzel for lunch or dinner. Pfannkuchen--German pancakes. Beer. All delicious. Casual, cute, close.
Is an ice cream shop a restaurant, a bar, or sightseeing? Because you'll love ogling their delicious choices. Downtown Los Altos
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Tin Pot Creamery
855 El Camino Real
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Is an ice cream shop a restaurant, a bar, or sightseeing? Because you'll love ogling their delicious choices. Downtown Los Altos
Bakery and restaurant with casual soups, sandwiches, salad and all the most fabulous carbohydrates you crave from Sourdough loaves to Whole Wheat to holiday specialties. Hello Parker House rolls.
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Le Boulanger
650 Castro St
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Bakery and restaurant with casual soups, sandwiches, salad and all the most fabulous carbohydrates you crave from Sourdough loaves to Whole Wheat to holiday specialties. Hello Parker House rolls.
Fun indoor/outdoor hip food court featuring pizza to poke, bars, ice-cream truck in an airstream, excellent coffee, music programs, and a historic adobe.
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San Pedro Square Market
87 N San Pedro St
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Fun indoor/outdoor hip food court featuring pizza to poke, bars, ice-cream truck in an airstream, excellent coffee, music programs, and a historic adobe.
Can't get into Chez Panisse? Save your shekels and enjoy extraordinary pizza made by the collective owners of this hip spot--add the garlic oil, enjoy the jazz, soak up the crowd
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The Cheeseboard Pizza
1512 Shattuck Ave
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Can't get into Chez Panisse? Save your shekels and enjoy extraordinary pizza made by the collective owners of this hip spot--add the garlic oil, enjoy the jazz, soak up the crowd
Well, coffee and cats. The premiere cat-cuddling spot in Oakland. Call ahead to reserve your feline-frolics.
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Cat Town
2869 Broadway
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Well, coffee and cats. The premiere cat-cuddling spot in Oakland. Call ahead to reserve your feline-frolics.
Start off your day with the most delicious carbs on the Coast---Montreal-style bagels that do not disappoint. Hipster levels very high.
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Beauty's Bagel Shop
3838 Telegraph Ave
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Start off your day with the most delicious carbs on the Coast---Montreal-style bagels that do not disappoint. Hipster levels very high.
Enjoy the Tea Leaf salad (incredible) after a few rounds of pinball down the block. Arrive early to get your name on the list. Browse the bookshop across at the street while you wait.
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Burma Superstar
4721 Telegraph Ave
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Enjoy the Tea Leaf salad (incredible) after a few rounds of pinball down the block. Arrive early to get your name on the list. Browse the bookshop across at the street while you wait.
One of the few remaining Trader Vic's. Expensive and basic food, but after two Mai Tai's you won't mind.
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Trader Vic's Emeryville
9 Anchor Dr
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One of the few remaining Trader Vic's. Expensive and basic food, but after two Mai Tai's you won't mind.
Marvelous chocolate tasting room and coffee house with baked goods and lovely service. Yes, you can sample all the chocolate. Walk it off shopping the Mission Street hot zone.
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Dandelion Chocolate
740 Valencia St
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Marvelous chocolate tasting room and coffee house with baked goods and lovely service. Yes, you can sample all the chocolate. Walk it off shopping the Mission Street hot zone.
Reservation essential. This fun spot has proven longevity and is a lovely night out.
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Foreign Cinema
2534 Mission St
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Reservation essential. This fun spot has proven longevity and is a lovely night out.
Sophisticated, delicious and always packed--great for family, friends and business. Make a reservation.
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Evvia Estiatorio
420 Emerson St
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Sophisticated, delicious and always packed--great for family, friends and business. Make a reservation.
World's most delicious natural frozen yogurt--maybe have it topped with farmer's market fresh fruit compote or shaved Tcho chocolate? You might even spot Tim Cook.
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Fraiche Yogurt
200 Hamilton Ave
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World's most delicious natural frozen yogurt--maybe have it topped with farmer's market fresh fruit compote or shaved Tcho chocolate? You might even spot Tim Cook.
Very old-school (think small town) classic coffee shop with tuna salad sandwiches and malteds. Adorable, packed, not retro styled, but the real deal.
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Palo Alto Creamery
566 Emerson St
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Very old-school (think small town) classic coffee shop with tuna salad sandwiches and malteds. Adorable, packed, not retro styled, but the real deal.
Excellent seafood and cocktails. Enjoy a poke bowl or any fish specialty in an spacious, elegant setting.
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Pacific Catch
545 San Antonio Rd
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Excellent seafood and cocktails. Enjoy a poke bowl or any fish specialty in an spacious, elegant setting.

Everything Else

Go on-line and apply for a 1 week free pass.
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24 Hour Fitness
550 Showers Dr
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Go on-line and apply for a 1 week free pass.
Yoga and Pilates classes all day in small groups. $15 per class, no membership required. Walking distance, next to Whole Food market. Check website for daily schedule.
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Yoga and Pilates classes all day in small groups. $15 per class, no membership required. Walking distance, next to Whole Food market. Check website for daily schedule.
This is where locals go for yoga.
Yoga of Los Altos
377 1st St
This is where locals go for yoga.
Very reasonably priced. Typically same day appointments.
Massage Envy
4335 El Camino Real
Very reasonably priced. Typically same day appointments.
The great outdoors, indoors. Popular climbing spot about 20 minutes away (not during rush hour!)
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Planet Granite Sunnyvale
815 Stewart Dr
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The great outdoors, indoors. Popular climbing spot about 20 minutes away (not during rush hour!)

Essentials

The San Antonio location is open 24 hours, the 1st street location goes 5am to midnight.
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Safeway
160 1st St
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The San Antonio location is open 24 hours, the 1st street location goes 5am to midnight.
Large, high-end supermarket with high quality products. Good meat and fresh seafood. Ask if there is any pre-marinated Filet Mignon available (it is 1/3 price of what's in the case!)
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Draeger's Market
342 1st St
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Large, high-end supermarket with high quality products. Good meat and fresh seafood. Ask if there is any pre-marinated Filet Mignon available (it is 1/3 price of what's in the case!)
European style open-air market has great cheese, international favorites, and great prices. Fresh bread twice daily, 9am and 3pm. Hectic inside, but you can pick up foie gras and staple items!
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The Milk Pail Market
2560 Wyandotte Street
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European style open-air market has great cheese, international favorites, and great prices. Fresh bread twice daily, 9am and 3pm. Hectic inside, but you can pick up foie gras and staple items!
My favorite market. It is in the same shopping center as Safeway (around the back).
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Trader Joe's
590 Showers Dr
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My favorite market. It is in the same shopping center as Safeway (around the back).
Dittmer's offers awesome home-made sausages, smoked meats, fresh meats, and lunch meats. The shop carries 100's of specialty items. Grab a grilled sausage sandwich.Closed Sundays. Walking distance.
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Dittmer's Gourmet Meats & Wurst-Haus
4540 El Camino Real
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Dittmer's offers awesome home-made sausages, smoked meats, fresh meats, and lunch meats. The shop carries 100's of specialty items. Grab a grilled sausage sandwich.Closed Sundays. Walking distance.

Sightseeing

Great park with big lake. Hang out, hike, or picnic. Windsurfing, boating. For a lovely walk drive straight down San Antonio to the end--15 minutes--park, and walk the estuary (bikes allowed).
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Shoreline Lake Boathouse
3160 N Shoreline Blvd
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Great park with big lake. Hang out, hike, or picnic. Windsurfing, boating. For a lovely walk drive straight down San Antonio to the end--15 minutes--park, and walk the estuary (bikes allowed).
Fun to see Google.
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Google Building GWC1
2025 Garcia Ave
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Fun to see Google.
Facebook headquarters is 10 mins away. You're either headed in to work or joining the tourists "liking" the sign in their thumbs up photo shoots.
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Facebook
1 Hacker Way
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Facebook headquarters is 10 mins away. You're either headed in to work or joining the tourists "liking" the sign in their thumbs up photo shoots.
Great place to explore.
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Pier 39
The Embarcadero
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Great place to explore.
See the whole view of SF. Take the Filbert Stairs from the Embarcadero up Telegraph Hill -- if you can handle 600 steps. Newly restored Coit features amazing murals and history.
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Coit Tower
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See the whole view of SF. Take the Filbert Stairs from the Embarcadero up Telegraph Hill -- if you can handle 600 steps. Newly restored Coit features amazing murals and history.
Two of my favorite cites on the Bay north of SF. Sausalito's FISH offers fresh catch at a cute counter--then stroll to the glam Heath Ceramics showroom and dream. Le Garage is fancier and all locals.
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Tiburon
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Two of my favorite cites on the Bay north of SF. Sausalito's FISH offers fresh catch at a cute counter--then stroll to the glam Heath Ceramics showroom and dream. Le Garage is fancier and all locals.
Will you bike across, walk, hike to vantage points, drive across, or sail by? Grab a boat from SF Ferry Bldg. to Sausalito lunch, and warm with Blue Bottle coffee at the food hall when you return.
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Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
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Will you bike across, walk, hike to vantage points, drive across, or sail by? Grab a boat from SF Ferry Bldg. to Sausalito lunch, and warm with Blue Bottle coffee at the food hall when you return.
The spectacular campus boasts museums, sculpture gardens, museum cafe, and a chance to gaze upon the best and brightest. Check for guest lecturers and special sporting events--listen for the cheers.
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Stanford
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The spectacular campus boasts museums, sculpture gardens, museum cafe, and a chance to gaze upon the best and brightest. Check for guest lecturers and special sporting events--listen for the cheers.
4 miles of beaches: check famed Maverick's epic waves. Stroll Main Street and try Barbara's Fishtrap or Sam's Chowder House. Pasta Moon is our favorite. The hwy drive down is lovely. 45 mins North.
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Dunes Beach
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4 miles of beaches: check famed Maverick's epic waves. Stroll Main Street and try Barbara's Fishtrap or Sam's Chowder House. Pasta Moon is our favorite. The hwy drive down is lovely. 45 mins North.
Historic amusement park set on a mile-long stretch of beach. Enjoy fabulous coffee at Verve on 41st, paired with a scoop from The Penny Ice Creamery next door. Downtown SC is also jumping! 50 min.
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Santa Cruz
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Historic amusement park set on a mile-long stretch of beach. Enjoy fabulous coffee at Verve on 41st, paired with a scoop from The Penny Ice Creamery next door. Downtown SC is also jumping! 50 min.
This California treasure boasts extraordinary exhibitions on all manner of sea life. Set on the rocky coastline, the views and experience are world class.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row
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This California treasure boasts extraordinary exhibitions on all manner of sea life. Set on the rocky coastline, the views and experience are world class.
This international destination is home to magnificent art, nature drives, and beautiful beaches. The charming downtown is packed with shops and restaurants. Refuge Day spa is a popular retreat.
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Carmel ved havet
San Antonio Avenue
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This international destination is home to magnificent art, nature drives, and beautiful beaches. The charming downtown is packed with shops and restaurants. Refuge Day spa is a popular retreat.
45 mins North. This High-end oceanfront resort provide a spa, plus 2 golf courses & 3 restaurants. The one day get-away to get the ocean view lunch, do yoga and stroll around the town.
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The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Half Moon Bay
1 Miramontes Point Rd
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45 mins North. This High-end oceanfront resort provide a spa, plus 2 golf courses & 3 restaurants. The one day get-away to get the ocean view lunch, do yoga and stroll around the town.
Seaside town day trip: Harley Farms Goat Dairy, for tours of their cheese making, Duarte’s Tavern for artichoke specialties, Downtown Local shop + coffee, Pie Ranch, Pigeon Point lighthouse. 59 mins.
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Pescadero
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Seaside town day trip: Harley Farms Goat Dairy, for tours of their cheese making, Duarte’s Tavern for artichoke specialties, Downtown Local shop + coffee, Pie Ranch, Pigeon Point lighthouse. 59 mins.
Spectacular collections on the Stanford campus. Free admission. Delightful cafe on premises, or follow up the visit with lunch on University Avenue steps away.
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Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts
328 Lomita Dr
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Spectacular collections on the Stanford campus. Free admission. Delightful cafe on premises, or follow up the visit with lunch on University Avenue steps away.
Hundreds of vintage arcade games in a historical building overlooking the bay--play for a quarter! Tip: use the restrooms at Boudin--and enjoy some scrumptious carbs. Both true SF gems!
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Musée Mécanique
Fishermans Wharf
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Hundreds of vintage arcade games in a historical building overlooking the bay--play for a quarter! Tip: use the restrooms at Boudin--and enjoy some scrumptious carbs. Both true SF gems!
Wonderful installations and ice skating during wintertime. Why not? In the heart of San Jose.
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San Jose Museum of Art
110 S Market St
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Wonderful installations and ice skating during wintertime. Why not? In the heart of San Jose.
World class textile museum. Mind-boggling handwork in a lovely setting in downtown San Jose.
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San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 S First St
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World class textile museum. Mind-boggling handwork in a lovely setting in downtown San Jose.
The museum opened February 2016 with new architecture and rave reviews.
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Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2155 Center St
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The museum opened February 2016 with new architecture and rave reviews.
Enjoy hours of play for the price of admission on every type of Pinball Machine.
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Pacific Pinball Museum
1510 Webster St
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Enjoy hours of play for the price of admission on every type of Pinball Machine.
Lovely museum with interesting smaller exhibitions--and Wise Sons Jewish Deli downstairs. Beautiful pavilion out front for walking, adjacent to Union Square, soon-to open SFMoma, and much more.
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Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St
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Lovely museum with interesting smaller exhibitions--and Wise Sons Jewish Deli downstairs. Beautiful pavilion out front for walking, adjacent to Union Square, soon-to open SFMoma, and much more.

Shopping

All your pharmacy needs. Main store open 24 hrs.
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CVS
325 Sharon Park Dr
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All your pharmacy needs. Main store open 24 hrs.
Gorgeous brand new natural themed pharmacy and specialty store. On the corner of 1st and State. Helpful staff and loads of stuff that you want. Also gifts, candles, remedies, and much more.
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy
400 Main St
Gorgeous brand new natural themed pharmacy and specialty store. On the corner of 1st and State. Helpful staff and loads of stuff that you want. Also gifts, candles, remedies, and much more.
Adorable collective of small artisan shops. Great for gifts or browsing, and crowd-watching on weekends.
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Temescal Alley
Temescal Alley
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Adorable collective of small artisan shops. Great for gifts or browsing, and crowd-watching on weekends.

Drinks & Nightlife

The newest hot spot in Los Altos. Hipster lounge featuring wine, 10 types of champagne, and soon small bites.
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HONCHO
235 1st St
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The newest hot spot in Los Altos. Hipster lounge featuring wine, 10 types of champagne, and soon small bites.
Uber home or have a designated driver -- because you'll be coconuts for this exotic Oakland getaway.
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Forbidden Island
1304 Lincoln Ave
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Uber home or have a designated driver -- because you'll be coconuts for this exotic Oakland getaway.
A MUST-SEE for your visit to San Francisco! A tropical rainstorm will enchant you at this vintage get-away tucked into the basement of the venerable Fairmont Hotel.
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Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar
950 Mason St
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A MUST-SEE for your visit to San Francisco! A tropical rainstorm will enchant you at this vintage get-away tucked into the basement of the venerable Fairmont Hotel.