San Francisco's guide shows 7,547 places, 5,382 of them restaurants. The rest include 199 quick service spots, 861 cafes and 954 bars. Bars (914), coffee shops and cafes (904) and Japanese (446) are the largest categories among the listed places.
Per ten thousand residents, San Francisco lists 91.2 places, well above the 41.8 median across all cities.
6,708 listings are independent; the chains that show up most are Starbucks (81), Subway (35), Peet's Coffee (20) and McDonald's (19).
In the Servestack Independent Restaurant Index, San Francisco ranks #1 of 332 large US cities for the share of places that are independent.
Food in San Francisco by cuisine
Bars in San Francisco
- Bar · 3200 16th St
- Bar · 1551 Dolores St #1553
- Bar · 4704 Mission St
- Bar · 500 4th St
- Bar · 2801 Geary Blvd
- Bar · 780 Mission St
Coffee shops and cafes in San Francisco
- Cafe · Chain · 3801 3rd St
- Cafe · Chain · 2165 Polk St
- Cafe · Chain · 299 Fremont St
- Cafe · Chain · 2300 16th St
- Cafe · 2798 Diamond St
- Cafe · 4495 Mission St
See all 904 coffee shops and cafes listings in San Francisco
Japanese in San Francisco
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3339 Steiner St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 360 W Portal Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 1395 Noriega St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 1737 Buchanan St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 132 Bush St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 1838 Union St
Chinese in San Francisco
- Restaurant · Chinese · 3259 Mission St
- Restaurant · Chinese · 101 Cyril Magnin St
- Restaurant · Chinese · 3508, 2537 24th St
- Restaurant · Chinese · 2578 Noriega St #207
- Restaurant · Chinese · 760 Clay St
- Restaurant · Chinese · 720 14th St
Bakeries and donuts in San Francisco
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 3321 20th St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 1263 Fell St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 673 Portola Dr
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 339 Judah St
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · Chain · 100 Bush St Ste 102
- Restaurant · Bakeries and donuts · 3458 Mission St
Mexican in San Francisco
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2731 Mission St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 3071 16th St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 755 Portola Dr
- Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 1607 Haight St
- Restaurant · Mexican · 255 W Portal Ave
- Restaurant · Mexican · 515 Valencia St
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