Kyla Wazana

DESTINATION: SF RESTAURANTS
For five nights, restaurants around the Bay will be pairing up with local nonprofits to host Slow Dinners, aiming to raise funds and strengthen the connection between food and community. August 28–September 1

Sure, everyone's flocking to Waterbar and Epic.  But venture off the water's edge to find some of San Francisco's oldest streets and world-class restaurants.  Shhhh, don't tell anyone.

While most neighborhoods trot out their secret selves at night, the Embarcadero holds a surprise around every corner, scattered among its landmarks. Every day at lunchtime, suited types emerge from SF's tallest buildings into the courtyards of the Embarcadero Center. Home to familiar favorites such as Banana Republic and Jos. A. Bank—

Call us psychic, but we'd bet that in a game of word association about San Francisco music history, the following progression would ensue: A mention of the Summer of Love would lead to the Grateful Dead, then to frontman Jerry Garcia. And, provided the name of a certain Ben & Jerry's ice-cream flavor doesn't slip in, Bob Weir's should pop up next.