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Best of the Bay 2025: City Living Winners

Best Street Fair, Best Night Market, Best Tattoo Parlor, Best Yoga Studio, Best Gym, Best Hotel, more

48 Hills is proud to host the 51st edition of the Bay Guardian Best of the Bay! Congratulations to all the winners of this years Readers’ Poll, and thank you to the thousands of readers who voted this year. See more winners’ categories hereAnd join us to celebrate the city and independent media on Wednesday, October 22 at our 12th Anniversary 48 Hills Gala and Best of the Bay Winners’ Celebration!

BEST STREET FAIR
FOLSOM STREET FAIR
www.folsomstreetevents.org
Runners Up: Castro Street Fair, North Beach Festival

Best Night Market: Bhangra & Beats Night Market

BEST NIGHT MARKET
BHANGRA & BEATS
www.bhangraandbeats.com
Runners Up: Castro Night Market, Chinatown Night Market

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION
FERRY BUILDING
www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com
Runners Up: Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz

BEST HOTEL
PHOENIX HOTEL
www.phoenixsf.com
Runners Up: Fairmont San Francisco, Hotel Kabuki

BEST TOUR
BLANDINA FARLEY’S FABULOUS TOURS
www.blandinatours.com
Runners Up: SF Ghost Hunt, Emperor Norton’s Time Machine

BEST LOCAL WEBSITE
MISSION LOCAL
www.missionlocal.org
Runners Up: Broke-Ass Stuart, Eddie’s List

BEST PODCAST
STORIED: SAN FRANCISCO
www.storiedsf.com
Runners Up: Diva Dudes, Sad Francisco

BEST RADIO STATION
BFF.FM
BFF.FM
Runners Up: KPOO, KALW

Best Animal rescue: Rocket Dog Rescue

BEST ANIMAL RESCUE
ROCKET DOG RESCUE
www.rocketdogrescue.org
Runners Up: Muttville, SFSPCA

BEST BICYCLE REPAIR
VALENCIA CYCLERY
www.valenciacyclery.com
Runners Up: Box Dog Bikes, American Cyclery

BEST SALON
GLAMARAMA
www.glamarama.com
Runners Up: Ginger Rubio, Vierra & Friends

BEST DOG GROOMERS
VIRGINIA’S PROFESSIONAL PET GROOMING
1800 San Jose Avenue, SF.
(415) 860-0720
Runners Up: Kosita’s Pet Grooming, Mudpuppy’s

Best Tattoo Parlor: Idle Hand Tattoo

BEST TATTOO PARLOR
IDLE HAND
www.idlehandsf.com
Runners Up: Mom’s, One Shot

BEST GYM
FITNESS SF
www.fitnesssf.com
Runners Up: Sunset Gym, Mission Cliffs

BEST YOGA STUDIO
NEW MISSION YOGA
www.newmissionyoga.com
Runners Up: Folk Yoga, HAUM Studio

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

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