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San Francisco

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Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

California doesn’t have the kind of architectural history you’ll find in Greece or Egypt, or, hell, even New England, but it has been around long enough to see its fair share of booms and busts, disappearing natural resources, and obsolete industries, all of which resulted in abandoned places that have fallen into ruin or decay due to the whims of nature and time.

The 12 Creepiest Abandoned Places in California

Sam's Chowder House

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Tech, traffic, Google buses, Stanford MBAs, and sleepy suburbs.

The Peninsula's 31 Best Restaurants

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Drink

There was a time when San Franciscans would only happen upon a Peninsula bar when their commuter van broke down on the way to Silicon Valley.

Drink at the Best Bars in the Peninsula

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From the guys behind The Corner Store and San Francisco Athletic Club comes Lord George, a newly knighted SoMa bar that quietly opened last month a couple blocks from AT&T Park, and has been doing a sort of cross between an oyster bar and a lite version of The Corner Store.

The Corner Store Guys Opened a Totally Great New SoMa Bar

When it comes to secret stuff in San Francisco, we’ve seen plenty of cool moves over the years -- from Secret Alley clubhouses to hidden caves to speakeasy bars inside AT&T Park.

PABU Has a Secret Japanese Cocktail Menu Hidden in a Bottle Behind the Bar

Rivalry Week 2015

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Lifestyle

Because there's nothing quite like a good old-fashioned fight, it's Rivalry Week.

13 Actual Facts That Indisputably Prove SF Is Better Than LA

Nation

Taste-Test

The new Guinness Nitro IPA is unfortunately not a forward-thinking collaboration with American Gladiators legend Nitro.

Should You Drink the New Guinness Nitro IPA? We Found Out.

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15 Secret SF Bars, and How to Get Into All of Them

Much like your deodorant stick, the San Francisco Peninsula is filled with Secret(s).

14 Peninsula Secrets You Had No Idea Existed

In case you missed it, living is San Francisco is REALLYF-INGEXPENSIVE.

10 SF Spots With Ridiculous Beer + Shot + Bite Deals

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Because you can't stay on a rooftop forever (wait... you can't, right?), the dudes behind *deep breath* Tonic, Bullitt, Mayhem, Cease & Desist, Wild Hare, Soda Popinski's, and Lightning Tavern are teaming up with Eye Heart SF to bring a bona fide country music festival to Fleet Week on Saturday, October 10th.

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