Alioto's: Five generations of seafood

It’s a safe bet you will talk to at least one Alioto while dining at Alioto’s, one of the oldest and best seafood restaurants at Fisherman’s Wharf. Ten members of the Alioto family work at the restaurant. But you may be too distracted enjoying one of San Francisco’s best restaurant views of the Golden Gate Bridge—and the straight-off-the-boat fresh seafood—to take names.

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Chinatown: A visit to China minus the jet lag

If it feels like you’re in China while navigating the crowds that spill onto the sidewalk from every produce market on Kearny Street, it’s because San Francisco’s Chinatown packs one of the largest Chinese communities outside Asia—about 20,000 Chinese and Chinese-Americans—into an three-by-eight-block rectangle. True, the souvenir shops and restaurants on Grant Avenue are filled with tourists. But the sidewalks on every other street and alley are the domain of the Chinese and Chinese-Americans.

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Press Club: No reporters, just fine wines

People have discovered the Press Club in a big way. Since opening in September 2008, it’s been packed on weekend nights with not only the after-work crowd, but later at night with singles who like its contempo vibe. Calling itself an “urban tasting room,” it’s comfortably and uniquely at the halfway point between a wine bar (too sedate) and a nightclub (too rowdy).

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