1. Fillmore Street
Fillmore Street holds some of San Francisco’s most famous shops and restaurants. This street, filled with unique and delightful stores, restaurants and coffee shops stretches along Fillmore Street from Jackson Street to Geary Street.
Fillmore Street is mostly upscale but without any snobbery and with more of a friendly neighborhood feel to it. Most of the businesses are housed in Victorian buildings and there is a very multi-cultured flair in the goods and food offered on the street.
2. Union Street
Union Street in San Francisco offers a rich mix of shops, restaruants and point of interest not for from the extrance to the Golden Gate. There are many unique local desinger stores and mutishopes.
The main shopping area for Union Street lies between Gough and Steiner. There is also a strongly populated area of shops on Fillmore between Union Street and Lombard Street.
There are also shops located at each of the cross streets as you walk along Union Street that you won’t want to miss.
There are about 400 shops, restaurants and businesses up and down the Union Street shopping district, many are obscured from view and upstairs in the historic victorians.
3. Haight Street
Haight Ashbury was the epicenter of the hippy culture and it could be said, still is. Locals in that time included the Grateful Dead at 710 Ashbury, Janis Joplin at 122 Lyon Street and Jefferson Airplane at 2400 Fulton.
You can still experience the flavor of that era at many of the shops on haight. Mixed in between those shops of the ’60s up and down Haight, high-end vintage clothing stores and a number or exclusive boutiques and many hip restaurants have sprung up all with their own flavor and color.
4. Hayes Valley
Hayes Valley in San Francisco is a unique shopping district featuring: art and artifacts, bordeaux and beer, vintage wear and fresh dressings, resale and collectibles, cozy cafes and hip bars, souffles and sauerbraten, antique divans and modern chairs, fancy confections and cool housewares, handcrafted jewels and handmade frames. Located near the SF Symphony and Ballet, you can enjoy some culture while meeting friends for shopping or dining.
5. Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street is composed of an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, coffee houses and services. While sophisticated in nature, the street has a distinctive neighborhood feel. The street is usually bustling with people meeting for coffee, shopping for trendy clothes, running errands or meeting for lunch or dinner. If you live in the neighborhood you would find that you probably wouldn’t have to ever go off the street to do your shopping or find every service that you might require in your daily business.
