Hayes Valley

Hayes Street, beginning at Van Ness, and one block from Market Street, is a five minute walk from the opera, ballet & symphony. There are many popular restaurants within the 3 block shopping district, You have to walk three blocks from Van Ness to hit the middle, around Gough Street. The restaurants include Suppenküche, German 'country style', Terra Brazilis, a Brazilian cuisine favorite, and Flipper's who serves large, succulent salads and sumptuous burgers on a sunny outside patio. But it is the Boutique scene that is truly amazing. Visiting the shops is an entry into installation art, no exaggeration, only you can buy the creations at reasonable prices. Handmade clothing and jewelry, antiques and ethnic art, including a superb Mexican art & antiquities gallery, Polanco. Neighborhood art galleries provide some really intelligent choices.

You'll love this small, chock-full-of-surprises neighborhood. Hayes Valley is a Pandora's Box you'll be glad you opened. Popular with worldwide travel groups. Ask your travel planner to put this in the 'must go to' part of the adventure in San Francisco. Oh yes, this is the place to find elegant and unusual Christmas stocking stuffers. For a superb cut or hair style, make a reservation at Oxenrose, a very sophisticated salon that can style you like Lana Turner if your into retro, or Brandi with purple hair, if the inspiration moves you. Tell them "Best of San Francisco" sent you! Most major credit cards accepted. Neighborhood parking. Want to stay a couple of days in a charming B&B? Click on the Hayes Valley Inn.