Pat Gallagher, President of San Francisco Giants

Pat Gallagher

What’s San Francisco’s best-kept secret?

Here are a few of the thousands:   The Buena Vista is famous for their Irish Coffee, but they make a great breakfast and you can watch the waterfront wake up…..Victor’s on Townsend near 3rd St makes great burritos at lunch Monday thru Friday and lady of the house calls everyone “guapo”….at Jones and O’Farrell there is a bonafide speakeasy, undetectable from the street called Bourbon & Branch that you need to know a password to get in…..the shoeshine guy at the Westin St Francis Hotel not only gives the best shine but always makes you feel good….best old time City bar Washington Square Bar and Grill refuses to stay dead and has just reopened with Michael McCourt behind the bar…you can actually rent a kayak at City kayak and paddle into McCovey Cove during Giants games to wait for a home run ball to splash into the bay.

What’s something that every visitor should do?

Have coffee early in the morning on Columbus Avenue in North Beach

What’s your favorite “Only in San Francisco” experience?

Walking across the Golden Gate Bridge

What’s your favorite neighborhood?

North Beach

What’s your favorite spot in San Francisco to:

• Eat: Perry’s on Union Street
• Shop: Amoeba Records on Haight
• Celebrate: Boulevard (corner of Mission and Steuart)
• Take in the view: Coit Tower
• People-watch: Grant Avenue in Chinatown
• Lose yourself: Crissy Field
• Rejuvenate: Sailing on the Bay
• Sleep: Argonaut Hotel at the Wharf