BUSINESS DIRECTORY (NORTH OF FERN) OPEN FOR BUSINESS FRANCISCO 1 First Cup Café 57 Van Ness Inn 2 Amro Market 58 Comfort Inn 1 3 Café Le 59 da Vinci Villa 2
4 60 Black Magic Voodoo Lounge Inn on Broadway CHESTNUT 3 57 5 61 Dim Sum Club (Inside da Vinci Villa) HOTELS Holiday Inn 74 6 The Silver Platter Liquor & Groceries 62 Calista Hotel 4 7 Helmand Palace 63 St. Clare Hotel 8 Ho’s Bootleg Tavern LOMBARD 58 84 9 Notes From Underground Café 10 The Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant 64 Alioto’s Garage 11 Van Ness Vallejo Grocery 65 Avenue Body Shop GREENWICH 12 Wasabi & Ginger 66 Toyota 13 Peter D’s Restaurant 67 Toyota Service Center AUTO 14 Oh La La Cake Creations 68 San Francisco Motors 15 Harris’ Restaurant 69 Chevron FILBERT 80 16 Happy Donut 70 Nissan Infiniti San Francisco 59
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FOOD + DRINK Subway 18 House of Prime Rib 6 19 Van Ness Liquors 71 Holy Trinity Cathedral UNION 20 Ruth’s Chris Steak House 72 Fo Guang Shan San Bao 47
21 Temple & Bookstore Starbucks Coffee 7 73 71 22 (Inside Holiday Inn) Old First Presbyterian Church
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23 GREEN Dolce Amore 9 8 CONNECT 76 24 Enoteca Vino Nostro 10 30 74 11 25 Marina Cleaners Sushi Bar Wayo 31 77 WITH 75 26 Peet’s Coffee & Tea Big Bubble Laundromat 32 76 VALLEJO 27 Starbucks Coffee Greeness Cleaners 12 33 34 VAN NESS 77 28 The Van Ness Food Company Launderette 13
LAUNDRY 78 35 29 Route 101 Bar Laundry Locker 60 79 Pacific French Cleaner BROADWAY 37 36
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Basecamp Fitness NESS VAN 15 31 Atlas Massage Center 48 16 81 32 Magnolia Wellness Center Cara Bella Skin Care Boutique PACIFIC 79 82 Crossfit Golden Gate 64 33 Alba Hair Design GYMS 85 83 Roark Gyms 40 65 34 Big Swingin’ Cycles 41 42 CITY 35 The Hot Tubs 17 JACKSON HALL 36 Signographics 82 84 Chase Bank 37 A Plus Television Repair 49 85 Sterling Bank & Trust 38 Diamond Club Tattoo 43 18 86 Citibank 39 Pearly Nails
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K-One Fitness BANKS 88 41 CVS Pharmacy Bank of America 89 Wells Fargo 42 Spotlight Promotions 86 83 CLAY 43 POLK Stretching from Civic Center Blinks and Brows 44 72
44 LARKIN Relax the Back GOUGH to the Bay, Van Ness Avenue 90 50 45 Miami Ad School Mattress Firm FRANKLIN connects you to the best 66 46 T-Mobile SCHOOLS SACRAMENTO dining, shopping, culture 87 73 P1 88 and nightlife San Francisco P1 Old First Garage 4051 67 has to offer. Whether you are P2 47 Holiday Inn 20 Luxury Pillows 45 Golden Gateway Parking in the mood for classics or the 48 Oxbridge Coins CALIFORNIA 89 PARKING P3 1399 Bush Street at Polk 68 cutting edge, Mom & Pops or 49 Blick Art Materials 21 P2 one-stop-shops, a casual 50 Staples Express 52 61 bite or an upscale night, 51 69 Guitar Center 22 isn’t it time that you 52 Audio Symphony PINE 23 53 Map continues on 53 46 connect with Van Ness? SHOPPING Mancini’s Sleepworld 24 AUSTIN other side! This 54 Mattress Firm 54 90 way to Sutter Street 25 26 55 Cali Kites 27 28 BUSH 55 56 Modani Furniture 70 62 P3 56 Supported By: 52 FERN 63
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THE ICONIC BUILDINGS OF VAN NESS BUSINESS DIRECTORY (SOUTH OF FERN) F N From the historic to the iconic, Van Ness is a 102 136 boulevard graced with many ecclectic styles 103 91 91 The Regency Ballroom 136 Cort Clearance Center and offerings that bring the unique taste of SUTTER 104 137 San Francisco architecture within a few short 105 Map continues on 92 AMC IMAX 137 CVS Pharmacy blocks of each other. 106 other side! This 93 Opera Plaza Cinema 138 Walgreens 127 P4 way to Bush Street 94 Italian Cultural Institute 139 Music Exchange 1000 Van Ness 128 152 Also known as the Don Lee P S 95 Herbst Theatre 140 Books Inc. Building, 1000 Van Ness was 96 141 one of the most elaborate auto War Memorial Opera House SHOPPING RoseBowl Florist & Wine showrooms on San Francisco’s 97 142 original Auto Row in the 1920s. Veterans Building Walgreens Despite changes to the interior, 98 Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall 143 A&M Carpets 1000 Van Ness still maintains its A 99 108 original historic façade dating 107 Nourse Theater ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT ARTS back to its creation in 1921. 100 144 New Conservatory Theatre Center
153 101 SF Conservatory of Music 144 The Opal Hotel P5 HOTELS ’FA 92 Herbst Theater 145 1000 VAN NESS The Herbst Theater is the home to several of the Bay Area’s 102 Bevmo! 145 Tesla most prestigious cultural and 129 performing arts organizations, 146 130 103 Alborz Persian Cuisine 146 British Motor Car Distributors 109 presenting more than 200 104 147 S Village Pizzeria AUTO Mini of San Francisco shows every year. The interior 131 features murals painted by Frank 105 Kyoto Sushi 148 SF Honda Brangwyn for the 1915 Panama- 106 ABC Falafel Pacific International Exposition 110 112 and notably, the theater was the 107 113 Tommy’s Joynt site of the United Nations Charter 111 P 108 149 signing in 1945. 132 Mel’s Drive-In City Hall 147 A N 138 109 Van Ness Market 150 Central City Older Adults War Memorial Opera House 114 Designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., F AN N 115 110 Hinata Restaurant 151 The Wallace Alexander 139 the War Memorial Opera House 154 111 116 Burger King Gerbode Foundation opened in 1932. It was one of P6 COMMUNITY the last Beaux-Arts buildings built 112 117 158 93 133 94 Sushi Hana in the United States, combining 140 159 modern technology with the 118 113 Spiro Coffee OPERA PLAZA ambiance of an Old World theater 114 152 for a variety of events such as Philz Coffee 24 Hour Fitness 119 P7 134 120 141 opera, ballet performances, 115 Round Table Pizza 153 Studio Mix special presentations, lectures, N A GYMS 116 155 121 Stoner’s and concerts. FOOD + DRINK 117 Cool Cravings 154 East West Bank
Louise M. Davies NESS VAN 122 118 Peet’s Coffee & Tea 155 U.S. Bank 156 Symphony Hall 119 Max’s Opera Café 156 Chase Bank
Opened in 1980, Davies MCA S BANKS Symphony Hall serves as the 95 P8 120 RoseBowl Florist & Wine 157 Bank of America
official home of the San Francisco 121 Symphony. This venue is HERBST THEATER Rangoon Ruby designed to allow sound to rise to 122 August 1 Five the very top of its auditorium, and 96 features sweeping views of San F N 123 Corridor Restaurant & Café 158 Istituto Italiano Scuola Francisco City Hall and the 97 124 Subway 159 War Memorial Opera House. San Francisco Cooking School CITY HALL 125 Boston Café SCHOOLS 149 WAR MEMORIAL 126 P9 All Star Café Nourse Theater OPERA HOUSE V P4 This elegant theater, built in 1927 98 LAZ Parking in the heart of San Francisco’s P5 LAZ Parking performing arts district, was V restored in 2013 after being 127 Verizon Wireless P6 Ace Parking closed to the public for over 30 128 P7 DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL FedEx Office Opera Plaza Lot/Impark Parking years. The renovation included P10 new state of the art lighting, A S 129 P8 99 Sprint Civic Center Garage acoustics, curtains, sound systems, and seats. It is now 130 Metro PCS PARKING P9 Performing Arts Garage home to the widely broadcast N N 123 131 Dezign with a Z P10 City Arts and Lectures series on Impark Parking National Public Radio. 132 Copy Mill P11 California Parking NOURSE THEATER 124 SERVICES F 150 135 133 The UPS Store SF Conservatory of Music 151 125 An elite music school founded 134 P11 Opera Plaza Hair Design in 1917, the Conservatory’s Civic C 100 Center building was refurbished 142 MARKET 135 The UPS Store to feature state-of-the- art 101 performance halls and modern A 126 music production facilities. The 157 Conservatory moved to this location from its former site in the Outer Sunset neighborhood in 2006, and features free student and SF CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC faculty performances every week. PA 148 Supported By: City Hall M SS N The City Hall you see today was S CONNECT designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. and opened in 1915 following the destruction of original 1899 building, which was leveled during WITH
the 1906 earthquake. City Hall 143 serves as the heart of Civic Center. It features Beaux-Arts architecture and granite and white marble walls. VAN NESS In 1999, 220 color-changing LED lights were installed on its exterior to reflect events happening in the city and the world.