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Things You Didn’t Know Existed in the Bay Area                                                               [[thingsyoudidntknowexisted]] \> [[thingsyoudidntknowexistedinsf]]

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Table of Contents

[Misc:](#h.9j69sm2qc60y)

[Athletics/Outdoor/Physical:](#h.6y5pvt4cmp6l)

[Food](#h.au5avhm3qm96)

[“Every Day” Restaurants:](#h.u95bxbpe2cg7)

[Dessert](#h.r7hqv91klwti)

[Arts:](#h.4py5rmujmwap)

[Computer Science (CS):](#h.xyv3med9s7ol)

[Hacker Spaces:](#h.pok4jzg85sc3)

[Funds for Cool Projects and Other Such Things](#h.nclifuxd25hu)

[Events Calendars for SF, Palo Alto, Stanford, Berkeley, etc.](#h.40h49pr6rtio)

[People’s Tags/Emails/Homepages](#h.7ujmmr1038m9)

[Meta](#h.9tuayksec15b)

[Contributors](#h.5myfetytst4w)

[Discussion Box](#h.5z43th7vwx9a)

## Other Lists:

[Iski's Master List of Mostly Non Consumer Stuff To Do in the Bay Area](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pb-yPFm7b3j_C7FK1Tp-h40s3AWNbjBuTVZ5NjE7LdI/edit)

## Misc:

[Chocolate Lab](https://www.facebook.com/chocolatelabsf?ref=stream&viewer_id=602720022)

## Athletics/Outdoor/Physical:

### SF

[Good Parkour spot and giant playstructures \#playground old park near Noe Valley – George Christopher Playground](https://goo.gl/maps/yDHkkhccCvMf16mY8)

### Berkeley

Grizzly peak – can see entire sf bay on hill – really pretty at night

## Food

### “Every Day” Restaurants:

The Melt (everywhere) -- incredible breakfast

Bacon Bacon (Sf, Haight) -- bacon with everything. Awesome fries. Chocolate covered bacon

Drake’s Cafe (SF)

Cafe 320 (Palo Alto) -- ran into vinod khosla there

Saigon City (San Mateo) -- Amazing Pho

Tamrine (Palo Alto) -- Order Shakin Beef

Burma Star

[Dim sum carts are disappearing in the Bay Area. Here’s where you can still find them](https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/dim-sum-carts-bay-area-19525902.php)

Grand Dynasty 6164 Bollinger Road, San Jose. granddynastyseafood.com

Saigon Seafood Harbor 1135 Lawrence Expy., Sunnyvale; 3150 Pierce St., Richmond. saigonharbors.com

Yank Sing 101 Spear St. and 49 Stevenson St., San Francisco. yanksing.com

### Dessert

[Smitten](https://www.facebook.com/chocolatelabsf?ref=stream&viewer_id=602720022)[ (SF, in SOMA) --](https://www.facebook.com/chocolatelabsf?ref=stream&viewer_id=602720022) Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream made to Order

[Honey Berry](http://www.yelp.com/biz/honey-berry-san-mateo-2) (in San Mateo at least) -- Best green tea ice cream ever; “added a new taste to my flavor vocabulary”

[Chocolate Lab](https://www.facebook.com/chocolatelabsf?ref=stream&viewer_id=602720022)

Good places to ORDER food from:

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Bars:

Uncategorized Restaurants:

Mensho Ramen - japantown – line is long, sign up on waitlist, shop around while waiting to be called \#SF \#Ramen \#Casual

Tsuta \#Restaurant \#SF \#Ramen \#Fancy

#Restaurant \#SF \#California Rich Table

Tara Indian cuisine \#Restaurant \#SF \#Indian \#Castro

1608 bistro \#Restaurant \#sf \#filipino

Poc-chuc \#Restaurant \#sf \#Mayan  — great tortilla

Manrasu

Benu \#Restaurant Clancy

Omakasi \#sf \#Fancy

John Abbott

Rintaro \#Restaurant \#sf

Amber India \#Restaurant \#SF \#Indian

Rooh

Nojo ramen men’s ramen \#Restaurant \#SF \#Vegetarian

Rose Monday \#Restaurant \#SF \#Vegetarian sausage

vive  la tarte \#sf  \<\>Jackfruit we secroissants... \#Restaurant

Single thread \#Restaurant \#sf \#vegetarianfriendly

Al’s place

Juni \#Restaurant \#SF \#Sushi

Kokkari \#Restaurant \#Greek \#sf \#Good \#Best

+1 ~miyuki

#Restaurant \#dessert \#sf  food hall

discovered a great moroccan restaurant: khamsa! \#restaurant \#sf \<\>Mei zuo

Espetus \#Restaurant \#SF

#Cafe \#Restaurant \#SF newtree

Saison \#Restaurant \#SF \<\>Josh skenes \#taichimaster... \#Fancy

#MeditativeSpace \#Tea \#Restaurant \#SF The center \<\>#Meditation \#MeditativeSpace...

Lolinda \#Restaurant \#SF \#Steakhouse

#Restaurant \#sf skool seafood

Wairess Sasha

Soraya

Nute’s noodles \#Restaurant \#sf

Kitchen social 25 lusk \#Restaurant \#SF

Crossroads on Delancey \#sf \#Restaurant \#cafe

#Restaurant \#sf Taj Old Compton Place hotel

Croissant

Smoked salmon

Lobster frittata

#Restaurant \#sf blue pea

tacorea in nob hill

Naayl Kazmi

+1 on beit rima, hook fish co, and daeho

also halal dastarkhan (Uzbek!), rich table, the Tailor's Son, pearl 6101, aziza, prubechu, San ho won when it opens (they were doing takeout but recently stopped)

Beit Rima in Duboce or Cole Valley and Hook Fish Co. in the Outer Sunset

Zazie

Che fico / alimentari

Square pie guys

vegan sushi @ shizen! Order the Surprise Ending for spicy roulette.

## Arts:

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Arun Saigal

[Free SF Conservatory of Music recitals](https://sfcm.edu/performance-calendar?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuZDtBRDvARIsAPXFx3CYaOKRNtlNgzDTHvPz2sU9AIFITs2hmsrPXT6lsB2_5O1X4df6RsoaApaBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)

[SFAI Graduate Lecture Series](https://www.sfai.edu/exhibitions-public-events/graduate-lecture-series)

## Computer Science (CS):

[dot.tk](http://my.dot.tk/cgi-bin/index.taloha) -- .tk domains; completely free! - not directly mit-related :C

[minimalisthomepages.tk](http://minimalisthomepages.tk/) -- quick workflow to make a centerpoint for yourself on the web

### Hacker Spaces

[Hacker Dojo](http://www.hackerdojo.com/)

[Noisebridge](https://www.noisebridge.net/) -- hacker space open 24/7

## Funds for Cool Projects and Other Such Things

## Events Calendars for SF, Palo Alto, Stanford, Berkeley, etc.

## People’s Tags/Emails/Homepages

[mithomepages.tk](http://mithomepages.tk) -- not just MIT! Add yourself

[mitpeople.tk](http://mitpeople.tk) -- people’s keywords, their tags. Not just MIT! Add yourself

[minimalisthomepages.tk](http://minimalisthomepages.tk/) -- quick workflow to make a centerpoint for yourself on the web

## Meta

### Contributors

<jcole@mit.edu> (started), … and many others. Add your emails!

case@casesandberg.com

### Discussion Box

hey guys ;)

This is pretty freaking awesome!!

kusu

-YAAAAAAAY! ~jcole

Jacob can you start such a doc for NYC? -dbieber

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