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Lucky Penny, 2670 Geary Blvd., best 3 am pork chops and scrambled eggs.
If you’re like Mister SF, you know where you can find the perfect burritto – you know, the cylantro is just right and onions so sweet. But how will you ever replace the dry cleaner that knew how to fold stuff exactly your way before it closed (on YOU) after 20 years? There are a million “best of” lists, but the only one that matters is your own. Heart of the City celebrates all the local businesses that help make San Francisco’s neighborhoods what they are. Continue to the Local Joints Classics…
The San Francisco SPCA was the new kid on the block in 1868! Heart of the City celebrates San Francisco’s venerable institutions alongside the new and notable. Continue to Classic Galleries…

1085 Sutter Street
RIP Tappe’s Sutter Street Bar and Grill, 1085 Sutter Street; closed in 2006 after 53 years in the Tenderloin, including a stint as one of the first fern bars. Jeff and I clogged our arteries there every Sunday for years and were fortunate to capture the last breakfast on camera. Heart of the City celebrates all the beloved favorites that go too soon, along with those that lingered. Continue to Classic Galleries…
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