The Best of San Francisco: Fourth Edition [Paperback]

Don Martin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Best of San Francisco | Publication Date: March 1, 1997

Chronicle's best-selling guidebook for more than ten years is completely revised and updated in this brand-new fourth edition. An insider's guide to exploring the delights of the City by the Bay, this witty and opinionated collection of over fifty "Ten Best" lists leads readers to the city's best-loved restaurants, cafés, festivals, bike rides, and more, with a new section on sites of interest to the gay community. Great for visitors, newcomers, and even longtime residents looking for fresh flavors, overlooked outings, and secret spots, The Best of San Francisco points the way to good times and marvelous new discoveries.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A city of 4,000 restaurants can be a bit overwhelming when it comes to choosing a place to eat, for locals and tourists alike. And the same goes for enjoying Victorians, shopping, and bars. So Don and Betty Martin have done a great service to mankind by narrowing the choices to manageable, listing what are, in their opinion, the 10 best: seafood restaurants, takeouts, places to dance your socks off, handsome Victorians, architectural uglies, places to snuggle, the 10 best reasons to get out of town--plus 47 other categories that encourage you to partake of the finest San Francisco has to offer.

Review

-- Bon Appétit, December 1994
Finally, a guidebook that tells you what the locals know, and even some things that they don't want to know. The Best of San Francisco has the really important information -- like where you're least likely to get a parking ticket, the addresses of the ugliest buildings in the city and where to buy salt and pepper shakers in the shapes of Alcatraz convicts. There are also more prosaic sections, such as ones that give you the scoop on the ten best breakfasts and the ten best festivals. And to ensure that you don't horrify any natives, the authors -- Don and Betty Martin -- remind you never, never to call the city Frisco.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; 4 edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811815714
• ISBN-13: 978-0811815710
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,655,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)