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Welcome to San Francisco 2.0. Nearly a decade after the dot-com bust, the city is getting ready to unveil its upgrade. The astonishing slew of rising towers comes thanks to the latest in superflexible (read earthquake-friendly) materials. These sudden heights are complemented by inventive, headline-grabbing restaurants. But what feels newest is the city's sprightly pace - so much the better for taking it all in.

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5 Hotels 9 Restaurants 14 Activities

Destinations: San Francisco · Sausalito · Union Square · Theater District/Tenderloin/Civic Center · North Beach/Telegraph Hill · Nob Hill and Russian Hill · SoMa · Mission District · Pacific Heights · Richmond and Sunset Districts · Fisherman's Wharf · Japantown · Fillmore District · Hayes Valley · Presidio · Embarcadero · Alamo Square

Themes: Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping

Inspired by: San Francisco

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    Hotel Vertigo

    Nob Hill and Russian Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The York Hotel is being renamed Hotel Vertigo in honor of the 1958 thriller in which the building played a supporting role. Bolstering its new iden

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    InterContinental San Francisco

    SoMa | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The InterContinental San Francisco is a glistening 32-story translucent turquoise tower next to the Moscone Center. It boasts stunning city views a

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    Hotel Tomo

    Japantown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Hotel Tomo - between Lower and Upper Fillmore - is Japantown's groovy Best Western. The hotel boasts guest rooms with bright anime murals - Hello K

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    Cavallo Point—The Lodge at the Golden Gate

    Sausalito | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | Marin County

    Opened on June 23, 2008, with a primo location half a mile north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Cavallo Poi

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    Presidio Social Club

    Presidio | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The Presidio Social Club, once a 1903 barrack that slept buffalo soldiers, is now a restaurant with slow-twirling ceiling fans, life swing music, a

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    Warming Hut Bookstore & Café

    Presidio | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Warming Hut Bookstore & Café has Tuscan tuna with black olives and fennel that can't be missed. Or grab one of their just-picked peaches before tak

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    Conduit

    Mission District | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    At Conduit, the copper pipes winding through the dining room make you feel as if you've stepped inside the world's chicest computer. The food lives

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    Epic Roasthouse

    Embarcadero | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Epic Roasthouse, a Pat Kuleto restaurant, presents wood-fired turf -- and center-cup views of the Bay Bridge.

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    Waterbar

    Embarcadero | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Pat Kuleto's Waterbar does high-end surf.

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    Orson

    SoMa | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    At Orson, Elizabeth Falkner specializes in mind-bending dishes, such as Parmigiano pudding with pepper jam and cocoa nibs.

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    Blue Bottle Café

    SoMa | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The Blue Bottle Café's halogen-powered Japanese coffee siphon is the only one of its kind in North America.

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    Coi

    North Beach/Telegraph Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Coi's chef (and F&W Best New Chef 1997) Daniel Patterson combines his passions for local ingredients and avant-garde experimentation. With these se

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    SPQR

    Pacific Heights | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    A16’s sister restaurant, SPQR, opened in September 2007 and serves—as you might guess from its name, which refers to the seat of government in anc

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    Ecology Trail

    Presidio | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The Ecology Trail, a 1.4-mile-long sylvan footpath, is one of a multitude of hiking and walking trails in the Presidio. This one leads to Inspirati

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    SenSpa

    Presidio | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    SenSpa offers lofty rooms inflecting contemporary American style with Asian motifs to create a hushed haven of aromatherapy, acupuncture, and "well

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    Foggy Bridge Winery

    Presidio | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    The Foggy Bridge Winery overlooks the famous golden span. The summer of 2008 the winery popped its first cork with the opening of the Foggy Bridge

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    Bay City Bike

    Fisherman's Wharf | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Bay City Bike is the place to rent wheels before taking a scenic pedal along the Bay.

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    Le Club San Francisco

    Nob Hill and Russian Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Le Club's silk curtains and onyx-topped tables keep an old-school style that's not out of touch (check out the pool table with purple felt). Shoot

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    Vessel

    Union Square | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Subterranean club, Vessel, sports distressed-leather banquettes and low teak tables with built-in ice buckets for bottle service. It's as close to

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    March

    Pacific Heights | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    March, owned by two former Ralph Lauren designers, showcases new and vintage furniture and accessories, such as Scandinavian pottery and French 194

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    Carrots

    North Beach/Telegraph Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Sisters Melissa and Catie Grimm named their 4,000-square-foot Jackson Square fashion and housewares boutique Carrots after the family business, Gri

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    Harputs

    Fillmore District | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Harputs hawks Yohji Yamamoto clothing and several eras of Adida's kicks.

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    Yoshi's

    Alamo Square | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | California | San Francisco

    Yoshi's combines an intimate jazz club with an immense Japanese restaurant: Pat Metheny meets bluefin toro roulade.

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