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WELCOME TO BEST OF THE BAY 2025

Thousands voted, and the results are in! See who was voted best in dozens of categories, from Best Burrito and Best Bike Shop to Best Drag Show and Best Date Restaurant … Click here to see the winners!
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Enterprise Brewery

Local beer vets Jesse Hayter and Cameron MacDonald's SoMa taproom is a welcome neighborhood watering hole.
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Welcome to Best of the Bay 2025!

Our 51st annual Readers' Poll celebrates everything that's Best about the Bay Area—chosen by the people who live here.
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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
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Best of the Bay 2025: Food & Drink Winners

Best Burrito, Best Pizza, Best Dive Bar, Best Date Restaurant, Best Sports Bar, Best Cafe, more
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Best of the Bay 2025: Arts & Nightlife Winners

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Best Cinema, Best Live Music Venue, Best Drag Show, Best Strip Club, Best Karaoke, Best Comedy Club, more
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Best of the Bay 2025: Shopping Winners

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Best Bookstore, Best Bike Store, Best Cannabis Dispensary, Best Flea Market, Best Thrift Store, Best Shoe Store, more
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Popscene

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30 years and an astonishing array or SF debuts later, the club night is still presenting the hottest-to-be live bands on the planet.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: The Post Room

Tamara Palmer -
In the former Francis Drake Hotel (now Beacon Grand), a small tea room oasis keeps a lovely tradition alive.
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Best of the Bay Editor’s Pick 2025: Stonestown

Tamara Palmer -
Stunning transformation from mall food court to dining destination points a way forward for brick and mortar behemoths.
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Best of the Bay voting extended through October 3!

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You've got until the end of the week to tell us what you love in our 51st annual Readers' Poll.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Fantastic Negrito

Lou Fancher -
Oakland-raised singer-songwriter refuses to rest on laurels, turning in a painfully introspective album with 'Son of a Broken Man.'
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Z Space

Charles Lewis III -
A blessedly versatile former can factory has become a well-established gem of a stage complex—and party place.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Double Cross Trail

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A 14-plus-mile trek from Fort Funston to Pier 23 provides a chance to 'get away'—while reveling in hometown beauty.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Dani Offline

John-Paul Shiver -
No wonder she's been featured at Noise Pop—this nouveau hip-hop vibe merchant isn't faking a thing.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Studio Fallout

Dorothy O'Donnell -
A quiet North Beach alley leads down to the basement retail lair of a punk-surrealist stalwart and his talented friends.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective

Nicole Gluckstern -
Group's guerrilla seating makes solid statement about accessibility and humane public infrastructure.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Lou Fancher -
Napa institution made major moves with opening of free-entry Incorrect Museum—plus creative strategy to brave era's financial woes.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Corgi Con

Nicole Gluckstern -
The beloved celebration of the sturdy little spuds waddles into a blessedly bigger venue this year.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: 540 Bar

John-Paul Shiver -
This retro Inner Richmond watering hole attracts gleeful happy hour goers and tight-knit creative community.
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Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

Charles Lewis III -
The city thought it would never see itself done right onstage after 'Beach Blanket Babylon.' Then this long-running show came along.
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