📍 NoPa, San Francisco

David Nayfeld's upstairs Divisadero dining room -- pink-and-green tiled, impossibly photogenic, and one of the hardest reservations in SF since the day it opened. Roman-style pizza...

North of the Panhandle's anchor restaurant: a former bank vault turned wood-fired gathering place where the daily-changing menu means the kitchen is always working. Organic, local,...

Chef Gonzalo Guzman's James Beard-nominated celebration of his mother's Veracruz kitchen, built on organic masa, house-made chorizo, and ingredients that wouldn't embarrass any taq...

Bakery and cafe on Divisadero near Alamo Square run as a partnership between Josey Baker Bread and Four Barrel Coffee. Whole-grain sourdough toast — cinnamon-sugar, cream cheese wi...

A 500-capacity room on Divisadero that opened in 2004 and quickly claimed its spot as the city's mid-size venue of choice. The Independent books touring indie, hip-hop, electronic,...

Bistro Gambrinus sits on the corner of Fulton and Masonic in NOPA, a European bistro built around Eastern European cooking alongside American bar-food staples, all backed by a beer...

Natural wine on Divisadero, poured by someone who actually wants to talk about it. Fool's Errand earns its name with low-intervention bottles and light snacks in a room small enoug...

An arcade bar carved into the hundred-year-old Harding Theater on Divisadero — four floors of pinball, arcade cabinets, pool, skee-ball and a whiskey-forward bar that does not pret...

Cocktail bar and small-plates restaurant on the Divisadero corridor pairing house-made-syrup cocktails like the California Cooler and Moonraker with a New American menu. Brunch run...

Rotating art on the walls, a small dance floor, DJs, and local live music on Divisadero Street — Madrone Art Bar wears its NoPa neighborhood identity like a badge. The room nods de...