Headed to SF next week, Giants game?
 

I will be in the SF area next Tues-Fri (morn) for training and was wondering where all of you locals suggest I should visit, dine, etc. while I am there.
I will be traveling with one of my chemists so I was thinking about taking him to the Giants game Tuesday night.

Ive never been to bay area yet (staying in Burlingame) so your suggestions of must do's/sees are welcome, even if they are "touristy."

Thanks as always, Jeremy

PS and if you are a Giants ticket holder and have a pair youd like to get rid of, let me know.

San Francisco is one of the great American cities to visit for a few days. Plenty to see and do there regardless of the weather. The choices are vast so it really depends on your interests. If you like seafood you can get it fresh here everywhere, Italian food, Chinese, and great Cali wines. A stop at the Buena Vista for a real Irish coffee is a must.


By the way... The Giants SUCK! :D

If you like baseball, that is a great place for a game. Be prepared to wait in line for quite a while for garlic fries, but they are worth it. I see the Brew Crew may have beaten the Giants tonight...

As for other activities, what may make the most sense depends on how much free time you will have and when you will have it. Plus of course your general interests.

With this information, some suggestions can be made.

- Mike
(Originally from Milwaukee)

Hi jcc911, here is a few Momo's near the ball park is a popular location and Scoma's at Fishman's Wharf is a S.F. tradition, another one, is Tadich Grill a seafood restaurant located in the financial district and is known as a traditional, authentic S.F. restaurant.

It might be hard to get tickets for the Giants. They've sold out every game for the last couple of years. So don't just show up at the ticket booth and expect to get in.

As for other things to do:
Irish coffee at Buena Vista, as someone else suggested.
Pier 49 (touristy, but then, you are a tourist)
Golden Gate Bridge
Lombard Street (the curvy street)
Filbert Street, east of Hyde (Steepest street in SF)
Coit Tower and Filbert Street steps
Golden Gate Park (area around Japanese Tea Garden)
Alcatraz
North Beach for Italian food
China Town
Twin Peaks (great views)
Cocktails at the Top of the Mark (The Mark Hopkins Hotel - a true SF local experience)
Cars Dawydiak (cool Porsches for sale)
ride a cable car
If you have time, check out the coast around Half Moon Bay - eat at Sam's Chowder House

Seeing a Giant's game at AT&T park is a great idea and will be fun. It's probably the most beautiful MLB park in the land right now. Homers go *splash*. You can always find a ticket, especially a single.

I fell in love with a restaurant last summer when I was up there for a spell, can't remember it but just texted my friends in SF and will post it when I get it. Sort of near the ballpark, as well.

Awesome suggestions. Thanks guys.
Yes I am quite the base ball fan, and was huge giants ( and 49ers) fan as a kid, besides my hometown teams which i loved first. Will Clark was my idol then (don't judge), so it would be great to catch a giants game.

Which are the better seats and which ones to avoid?

There really are no seats to avoid at this special field in China Basin. I believe that you said that you are in town next week and we are expecting warm weather so even the View seats at the top of the stadium will be fine. The bleachers are also a blast but make sure that you have the right cap on (just joking! :)

That said, I would recommend spending some part of the game walking throughout the stadium because the vantage points from different places are special and accessible.

You also may want to consider walking the GG Bridge at night and/or taking in the City from the Marin Headlands just north of the bridge.

+1 for Tadich Grill and many other suggestions! If you want hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese food, try Cordon Bleu on CA and Polk right on the CA cable car line. :)

HAVE FUN!!!

Again thanks. I certainly will as I was planning on buying a hat there, unlike when I go to Wrigley and cheer on the other team. Yeah so after liking them so much in my childhood, I stopped following for many years and jumped back on the band wagon last year. But still hoping for the Crew to sweep today.
I may just do the bleachers and plan on touring the facility.

Well if the Brewers win today I'd say that it would be ok to wear a cap with a "M" on it because your guys surely have the Giants number...at least at this early stage of the long season!

Next Thursday is a full moon; watching it rise from the Marin Headlands or on the GGB will be very special...

Tickets scored from stub hub. Lb131 for 20 ea. not bad.

Besides garlic fries are there any other park traditions? For example like a dodger dog? (Sorry if I offended ;-)

A few Gordon Biersch brews should wash the garlic stank down nicely :D

Don't miss the Alcatraz tour...get your tickets early. Check out the Musee Mecanique and tour the WWII submarine USS Pampanito...both down near Fisherman's Wharf. Try riding the Cable Cars too...the POWELL-HYDE line has the best views and the CALIFORNIA line is the least crowded. The Cable Car Museum is really interesting too. Head up to Twin Peaks for a fantastic 360° view of the City. Have a drink at the Top of the Mark on Nob Hill. The Disney Museum in the Presideo is pretty cool. It's not just about Disneyland but more about Walt's life, career and the pursuit of his vision. For a little culture, check out the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park. The Exploritorium is big fun for kids of all ages. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Driving around SF is a total PITA and trying to park a car in the downtown area is nearly impossible...use public transit if you can. And bring some warm clothes...spring weather in SF can still be quite chilly, especially in the evenings.

Have a great trip!

Hellooooo SF!

Welcome to the Bay Area!

I expect that if the Giants continue playing as they have during the last couple of games, you will enjoy the show...although I prefer that the late game heroics occur a bit earlier in the game and a bit more frequently! :)

If ya need a 911 fix and find yourself lost in the North Bay, give me a holler...

Game was fun. Too bad the dba*s pulled it out. Fries we definaty garlicky but good as was the beer. Sittin on the Caltrain for 25 min and then being moved to another and sitting for another 20 min post game wasn't fun.
Not sure how far I am from you, my hotel is in Burlingame. Gotta plan the events for the evening. Ironically, I'm actually pretty close to the porsche dealership here.

Glad you got to a game, here is the restaurant that I referred to above, (could not remember the name):

Marlowe - SoMa - San Francisco, CA

Brewers fan? :rolleyes: How's that cheater in left field doing? Has he slandered or ruined any innocent people lately to further his career? :p

SF has a great stadium with very good fans. Truly a "must see" for baseball fans. Did you get any pics?

And Putz tried to give it away. That's prob 4 games that starters pitched very well that the bullpen has lost.

Innocent until proven guilty.
;-) like to think so, but hard to believe with how things have been re peds, etc.
it just was an innocent jab. I am a baseball fan period. Yes some good pics will post later. I was impressed how the fans were still really in the game even being 4 down late in the game. I could not see the same comming from other teams fans.

And not sure I would have sent Sandoval that late with the game on the line that, but I like aggressive ball

I didn't realize that you attended last night's game; the D-Backs deserved the win but ya gotta love the way the Giants keep fighting back...they are definitely the same team as last year although I'd like to see Cain find his game (soon!).

Rector is very close to you and Carlsen is a but further down the Peninsula. I'm in the North Bay a few miles from Sonnen Porsche. Looks like Carlsen has a '07 GT3 that you may want to see if you can take a test drive out to Half Moon Bay :D

Best to PM me if you free up some time...

"I" did my first Angel game....life long Dodger guy. Angels jumped out early to a 4 run lead......then the staring pitcher ran outta gas.

EDIT: My Dadz just corrected me (Shut up Sid)......it seems I was a regular at the Angels games when they still in the PCL minor leagues....before moving to Spokane. Of course I was crapping my didees at the time....well, not long from now, I'll be likely repeating that....

Gave up three and Mike Scioscia left Vargas in too long....they lost 5-4.....

The crowd lustily booed A.J. Pierzynski....he waved to the crowd and seemed to enjoy it.

Jack in the Box is the food provider, crappy food with higher than haute cuisine prices....$3.50 for a taco? Bite me.....

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Joe you crack me up. Not sure how to post my pics from an I phone but took some nice ones too.
Looks like I may b headed to the wharf tonight.

Send them to me....I'll post them. See the PM for my email.

BTW....the DH sucks.....go National League....the rows around me were die hard BoSox fans. They were visitors from CT. They can't stand the Yankees.....works for me.

Hey joe. Email sent.

Did u by chance get to see j Hamilton take BP?

AS you noticed...the pics were during BP.

Got there at 5PM, start time 7PM....back in the day my Dadz (shut up Sid) always got us to Chavez Ravine by the 1-2 inning...always irked me......but WTF.....I was there, no complaints.

Anyways, for some reason the batting practice they all came with warm ups and no numbers.....it's freaking 70 degrees.....wankers.....no idea who was who......

I DID see a HR at the extreme corner of the straight away fence with a glove miss of a few inches and an other blast to left center that landed in the fake babbling brook that resembled the POS I had in the back of my house in Santa Barbara.

At Scomas

Be sure to hit Buena Vista - Irish Coffee was INVENTED there - and none is better the world over!!

enjoy the City!

td

Round or Square Irish Whiskey bottle?

Scoma's is all right

I like this place for the dough, never had a bad meal there, and I have eaten there a lot.

Home

Cliff House is nice at sunset, sutro baths, presidio, marin headlands, I can think of a lot of places to go. Botanical Gardens in GG Park is a pretty nice place for a picnic, on Sundays, they close a lot of the roads in the park, nice to rent a bike and go for a ride

Interesting coincidence, jcc... or are you gonna be putting some Giants memorabilia on ebay next week? :eek:
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Barry Bonds commemorative plaque missing from Giants' ballpark
By Chuck Schilken - April 24, 2013, 12:34 p.m.

Barry Bonds' home run record has been removed ... not from the record books, like many people have wished, but from the walls of the San Francisco Giants' ballpark in San Francisco.

The commemorative plaque honoring Bonds' record-setting 756th home run has disappeared from the right-center brick facade in AT&T Park, where it has hung since the start of the 2008 season.

No one seems to know exactly what happened to it. Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter said Tuesday night that the team is conducting an investigation as to where the hardware may be.

“We're not sure what happened," she said. "We're reviewing video, but haven't found anything yet.”

It kind of makes sense that a huge fan would love something like a large shield marking a historic moment in team history as a personal souvenir. Or that some huge Bonds detractor would take it upon himself to rid the stadium of that reminder of a milestone allegedly tainted by performance enhancing drugs (which Bonds has denied ever knowingly using).

:::snip:::

Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, who broke the news of the missing hardware, has another theory. He feels the Giants are trying to erase the memory of the controversial slugger, citing the facts that they have yet to retire his number or add him to their wall of fame.

But there's still a very visible glue outline of the shield on the wall beneath the flag court area of the park. You'd think if they were trying to remove Bonds from fans' memories, George Orwell-style, they would have scrubbed those bricks down a little better. Plaque? What plaque? We have no idea what you're talking about.

More: Barry Bonds commemorative plaque missing from Giants' ballpark - latimes.com

Lol. Wasn't me.

Scomas wasn't bad. We had a good time, scallops were ok, just ate them cause I was in "Rome". Glad to say I visited a SF institution/tradition.

Now, what to do this evening??

Checking out Ozone.

Ended up eating dinner at Epic.

Thanks Bay Area it was a nice visit. Thanks to all of your suggestions, they were helpful and greatly appreciated.