With Valentine’s Day coming up it’s easy to be thinking about relationships a lot. If you’re not planning Valentine’s Day with your partner, you may have first dates in your mind (it is the cuffing season, after all). If you need some inspiration for a good first date, we’ve got you covered. We asked our readers what their ideal first date in SF would be, and the answers range from budget-friendly to high-end.
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Strolling & sampling through the Ferry Building & Farmer’s Market.
Be a tourist in your own town! One of the best first dates I ever had involved cable cars and Pier 39.
Dandelion chocolate, sampling chocolate then walking around the Mission. Or Ferry building
Matterhorn restaurant on Van Ness for fondue! Who doesn’t swoon over fondue?
Dinner at Fisherman’s wharf then ghirardelli and then to the romantic place Palace of Fine Arts. If you have more time drive to Golden Gate Bridge and go to the Vista overlooking downtown.
A patio restaurant in North Beach
Legion of honor … then dinner afterwards at Bix in Jackson square
Legion of Honor’s Rococo Gallery. Courtesy of FAMSF.
The Buena Vista. Window seat, Irish Coffee with desert, people watch.
Tony’s Pizza Napoletana
SFJazz…A little Chris Botti night. Dinner close by. Maybe Absinthe.
Museum of modern art. Then off to swan for sea food.! Night cap at pier 23. Little music a blast.