Another San Fran Thread

[pitargue]

Check, Please! Bay Area for restaurant reference.

[vash]

Caltrain. Uber.


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[dan88911]

As mentioned above, "Caltrans" & Bart to downtown Powell St. station. One possible loop from the Cable Car at Powell St. dowtown to Fishermans Warf from there "everything is in walking distance if you are good on foot. Otherwise you can string together cable cars, street cars, busses." You can go in one direction on Embarcadero to the Ferry bldg.(restaurants,shops, pier 39 great views etc.) or the other direction walk or rent a bike ride the path to the Marina all the way to the Golden gate bridge, and bike over and back.

The Ferry bldg. is a the foot of Market St. get at the (Bart runs under Market St. various stations along Market) from there short walk to Bart which you can ride back Caltrains.
Or you can do this same loop from Bart get off at this Embarcadero station which is the last one before Bart crosses under the bay. walk to Ferry Bldg. and go from there to Fishermans warf, walk/ride etc. and Cable car back to downtown Powell station and then Bart to Caltrains .

[varmint]

https://www.uber.com/cities/san-francisco

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

I do not want to rent a car. What is the easiest way to get from Menlo Park/ Palo Alto Area into SF?

As mentioned before, BART or CALTRAIN for the ride to SF from Palo Alto, then use UBER to get around the City.

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

As a woman and teenage son, are there any areas of town I should be cautious of or avoid all together?

I will strongly recommend that you stay out of the Mission district and the Tenderloin. Fisherman's Wharf is full of cheesy tourist traps but is also home to the Musee Mecanique and the WW2 submarine USS Pampanito, both of which I think your son would really like. The Wharf is also the jumping-off point for the boat ride out to Alcatraz...a great experience that both of you will thoroughly enjoy. Lines to ride the Cable cars will be very long and slow-moving...don't bother. The Cable Car Museum is well worth checking out though.

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

The choice of restaurants is overwhelming: Any in the Menlo Park/ Palo Alto area that are a must for dinner?

The main drag thru Palo Alto, University Ave., is full of interesting restaurants offering a wide variety of different cuisines. Instead of picking a place ahead of time, just stroll along the avenue and see what looks interesting.

Take something warm to wear in SF...it can be quite cool there in the summer, especially in the evenings. Enjoy your trip!

[vash]

No Bart to San Jose. Caltrain.


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[javadog]

Originally Posted by vash

No Bart to San Jose. Caltrain.


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That's why I suggested she hitch a ride to Freemont.

I still think staying in SF and having Mr. PorscheGAL commute south is the option I'd pick.

JR

[vash]

Originally Posted by javadog

That's why I suggested she hitch a ride to Freemont.



I still think staying in SF and having Mr. PorscheGAL commute south is the option I'd pick.



JR

Me too. I wonder if VTA gets to Fremont from San Jose?


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[Mahler9th]

Not sure what San Jose has to do with this thread.

I live 5 minutes from Fremont BART which is currently the southern end of the SF East Bay BART line. Takes about 55 minutes to ride from here to SF, depending on which SF station.

Very safe and clean and usually on time. Crowded cars during commute hours due to economic boom.

Menlo Park is on the other side of SF Bay (on the Peninsula). The distance and routing between Fremont BART and Menlo Park is well known to me as it was my commute route for years. In recent years it has been made even more congested due to Facebook, which has its campus at the foot of the Dumbarton Bridge. Those facilities used to belong to Sun, and before that Raytheon. I worked with one of the key Raytheon management team members that helped leads its creation.

Facebook is ever expanding, but I cannot help but think it too will someday yield that space like Raytheon and Sun did previously.

In any case, it would make little or no sense to go from Menlo Park to either SF or the South Bay via Fremont Bart.

By the end of this year, a new southernmost BART station is slated to open. South Fremont near where I store my race trailer. Lots of new housing is going up really, really fast. Property values will steeply rise I reckon. As will noise and congestion.

Progress.

[Mahler9th]

Oh yeah, plus 1 on being prepared for weather swings. A few years ago, my wife and I entertained her second cousin from Ireland.

Summer visit.

We picked them up in SF one day and it was misting and about 55 degrees. We drove north to Calistoga and it was 105.

We stopped at S Car Go so the cousin's husband and son could see some cool cars. My friends there were very gracious.

We have several world class Porsche businesses here... among them Sharkwerks (10 minutes from my house) and JWE (30 minutes from my house). Great people. Cool cars.

[aigel]

What MIKE said. Fremont is on the other side of the bay. Caltrain is right there in Menlo Park and faster to boot.

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[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Mahler9th

Not sure what San Jose has to do with this thread.

I live 5 minutes from Fremont BART which is currently the southern end of the SF East Bay BART line. Takes about 55 minutes to ride from here to SF, depending on which SF station.

Dang... 25-30 years ago I would stay at my brothers house in the hills above Santa Cruz (Felton) we would drive up to Fremont and catch the BART into SF...

Note that I haven't visited SF in decades... but if you absolutely must ride the cable car get there super early, get your tickets in advance, and get on at the roundabout down by the waterfront.

[Mahler9th]

Carlsen Porsche is the dealer right by Menlo Park (5-10 minutes from downtown Menlo Park). Long history of involvement with local PCA and locally-based pro and amateur Porsche racing efforts.

[vash]

Originally Posted by Mahler9th

Not sure what San Jose has to do with this thread.



Fs.

DUH!!! how did i get caught up in San Jose? sorry..i was typing from a CPR class in between demos..sorry again.

[vash]

Steph..

your son: does he eat anything? or is he a cheeseburger and pizza kid?

[ckissick]

One restaurant that quickly came to mind is MacArthur Park in Palo Alto. It's been there forever, so is a bit of a PA tradition. Good food, too. Sam's Chowder House on University Avenue is good, too. So is Left Bank in Menlo Park. There are many, many others.

When your son starts clamoring for pizza, Applewood in MP is good. And the very first Round Table Pizza is in MP on El Camino Real.

[Don Ro]

"Applewood in MP is good."
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Indeed!

[vash]

if the kid wants pizza, it may as well come with some local color.

Blondies downtown SF. or if you are in NorthBeach..i have a cool fun time at Golden Boy Pizza.

Burgers..oh boy..

[gprsh924]

If you find yourself in North Beach, here are some great local food spots:

Tony's Pizza -for pizza
Don Pistos for Mexican
Chubby Noode for ramen and amazing fried chicken