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S.F. Bay Area
San Francisco Attractions
Chinatown
Largest Chinatown on the West Coast
San Francisco's Chinatown is one of North America's oldest and largest — reportedly
the largest on the West Coast and the second largest in the nation,
after New York City's.
Pagoda Gates
You can't miss the entrance to Chinatown — look for the green
Pagoda Gates on Grant Street,
at Bush, near Union Square
(top photo).
Fun Destination
San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the most highly-visited Chinatowns
in North America — popular with tourists and locals
alike. You can easily spend hours here walking,
shopping,
people-watching
and
eating — Chinatown is loaded with fun restaurants and
dim-sum parlors.
Chinese New Year's Festival
and Parade
During the annual Chinese
New Year's Festival and Parade, hundreds of thousands of people
flock to Chinatown.
Chinese New Year's Street Fair
The Chinese Street Fair is on Grant Avenue (from California-Broadway)
— it's lined with little stalls and live entertainment and
the shops and
restaurants
are packed.
Traditional Chinese dance and music is performed on the main
stage and a Children's
Area features a petting zoo and
photo area.
Largest Parade outside Asia
San Francisco's Chinese New Year's Parade is the largest event of
its kind outside of Asia. The Parade usually starts at approximately
5:30pm at Market & Second
Streets, through Union Square and ends in Chinatown at Kearny & Columbus.
Enjoy decorated floats, Chinese acrobatics,
Lion Dancing, a Golden Dragon and fun festive activities. Free
admission.
Nearby Attractions
Walk through Chinatown to San Francisco's popular North
Beach neighborhood — it
has a distinct European feel and is filled with a variety of
Italian restaurants, outdoor cafés and coffee houses.
North
Beach & Little Italy Walking Tours and FUN Chinatown Walking Tours
Oakland's Chinatown
Fortune Cookie Factory Tours
Fortune
Cookie Factory Tours
Fun Events
Chinatown is a fun place to take your Team for a "Dim Sum" Lunch
or Dinner Banquet, followed by a Tour of Chinatown on board a Motorized
Cable Car.
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Fun Chinatown Walking Tours in
San Francisco
Chinatown
Walking Tours
San Francisco is an ideal
walking city — yes, even with the hills! Take a FUN
Walking Tour and see the cultural side of San Francisco where the
old world meets the new:
- Chinatown Walking Tour & Dinner
- San Francisco Chinatown Walking Tour
- Chinatown & North Beach Walking Tour
- Chinatown Ghost Walking Tour
Book
FUN Chinatown Walking Tours
Specialty Shops /
Chinese Markets
Chinatown's streets and alleyways are jam-packed with little shops, food markets,
antique stores, dim sum parlors and exotic Chinese restaurants. You can buy almost
anything here — from jade jewelry, silk products, antiques and souvenirs
to Buddhas, Southeast Asian artifacts, and fine Oriental art.
Chinatown Restaurants
Brandy
Ho's Hunan Restaurant
Empress of China
Far East
Cafe
Hunan Home's Restaurant
Gold Mountain Restaurant
Great Dim Sum!
Broadway at Grant
415-296-7733
Great Eastern
Top-rated Seafood/
Great Dim Sum
649 Jackson St
415-986-2500
Hang Ah Tea Room
Chinatown's Oldest Dim Sum Parlor 415-982-5686
House of Nanking
An SF Favorite!
919 Kearny St, near Broadway
415-421-1429
Jai Yun — 415-981-7438
Lotus Garden
— 415-397-0707
Pearl City — 415-398-8383
R & G Lounge
— 415-982-7877
Sam Wo's — 415-982-0596
An oldie, but goodie...famous Chinatown dive! Washington St.
Yuet Lee — 415-982-6020
More Info
San
Francisco Chinatown
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