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The South of Market neighborhood (a.k.a. “SoMa”) is stacked with major institutions on and close to Market and Mission streets. HOW TO GET HERE Streetcar lines, including the J, K, L, M, N and T lines, as well as the 9R, 14, 14R, 27 and 45 buses all serve this area. THINGS TO SEE & DO Here you’ll find The Moscone Center, the city’s major convention venue, alongside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Yerba Buena Gardens. Clustered near The Moscone Center are cutting-edge museums like the Museum of the African Diaspora, Contemporary Jewish Museum, California Historical Society Museum, American Bookbinders Museum and the recently expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). WHERE TO EAT First-rate food is available at Michelin-starred Luce in the InterContinental, Barcha, which offers a modern twist on Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors, or Twenty Five Lusk, where you’ll find creative Californian cuisine. It’s always tea time at Samovar Tea Lounge overlooking Yerba Buena Gardens. For something more casual, head to 21st Amendment Brewery or ThirstyBear Brewing Company. You can drink Napa Valley wines at Press Club. Farther south in the new creative nexus Dogpatch, you can sip and sup at local cafés. WHERE TO EAT The Four Seasons, W, St. Regis, InterContinental and Marriott all have locations in this neighborhood. MUST SEES YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ybca.org MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA moadsf.org CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM californiahistoricalsociety.org SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART sfmoma.org AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM bookbindersmuseum.org MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND DESIGN sfmcd.org
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