The Big Cheap 2018: 100 Things to Eat, Do + See in SF Under $20

Whether you're looking to buy a home or simply grabbing a bite in the Mission, life in the city can be a bitch on a budget.

Which is why we've come up with 100 things to do in San Francisco for under $20. Go on, live a little.

1. Take Western Addition art walk. // FREE, (Western Addition)
2. Get the Lion's share. Fatted Calf Butcher's Happy Hour Demonstration // FREE, (Hayes Valley)
3. Walk from Bay to Breakers. SF City Guides // FREE, (Embarcadero)
4. View cherry blossoms. Japanese Tea Gardens // $6 (Golden Gate Park)
5. Take a tour of Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco. San Francisco City Guides // FREE (Mission)
6. Beat the Sunday scaries. SoMa StrEAT Food Park // FREE (SoMa)
7. Bring cash. The Saloon // $6 (North Beach)
8. Drink your brunch. Bloody Mary hot spots // $3 to $9 (Citywide)
9. Buy DIY. Urban Air Market // FREE, (Hayes Valley)
10. Take a soundbath. Last Thursdays at Halcyon. // $20 advance, (SoMa)
11. #Matchamonday. Matcha Tea Hubs in San Francisco // $3 to $6 (Citywide)
12. Be weird. How Weird Street Faire // FREE, (SoMa)
13. Snug a pug. Pug Sunday, Alta Plaza Park // FREE, (Pacific Heights)
14. Stock up on the classics. Friends of the San Francisco Public Library Book Sale // Free, (Fort Mason)
15. Cool off. Hamilton Pool. // $3 to $6 (Pacific Heights)
16. Free Waffle Wednesday. Capital One Lounge // FREE (FiDi)
17. Expand your horizons. The Roxie // $12, (Mission)
18. Get a slice of the Big Eat. Pizzetta 211. // $15, (Outer Richmond)
19. Get your game on. The Emporium. // (Fim)
20. Shout "Bingo!" The Knockout // FREE, (Bernal Heights)
21. Shuck your own oysters. El Rio // FREE, (Mission)
22. Play all 18 holes. Urban Putt // $12, (Mission)
23. Hock your CDs. Amoeba SF // FREE, (Haight)
24. Wear a leotard. Alonzo King Lines Ballet // $15, (Civic Center)
25. Unearth the next big appraisal. Treasure Island Flea Market // $11, (Treasure Island)
26. Go on a safari. San Francisco Zoo // $17, (Lake Merced)
27. Hear dueling banjos. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass // FREE, (Golden Gate Park)
28. Hang with Mickey. Walt Disney Museum // $20 for students, (Presidio)
29. Listen to a sonnet. Shakespeare in the park // FREE, (Golden Gate Park)
30. Stalk writers. Lit Crawl // FREE, (Mission)
31. Find Nemo. Aquarium of the Bay // $10 to $20 (Embarcadero)
32. See a Keith Haring triptych. Grace Cathedral // FREE, (Nob Hill)
33. Broaden your horizons. Exploratorium. // FREE Community Days (Embarcadero)
34. Caffeinate after 10 p.m. Revolution Café // $1.50-$4 (Mission)
35. Get sum. China Live // $9 (Chinatown)
36. Buy vintage by the pound. Clothes Contact // $10 per pound, (Mission)
37. Jam with Kool & The Gang. Stern Grove Festival // FREE, (Stern Grove)
38. Dine on demand. Sprig. // $10-$18 (Lower Haight)
39. Witness Backroom operations. Adobe Books // FREE, (Mission)
40. Go off the Grid. Off the Grid // FREE, (Fort Mason)
41. Beyoncé-worthy lemonade. Dirty Habit // $5 (South of Market)
42. Purr-fect cup of tea. KitTea // $3-$5, (Fillmore District)
43. March for equality. SF Pride Parade // FREE, (Embarcadero)
44. Conquer Billy Goat Hill. // FREE (Noe Valley)
45. Eat fish & chips on Treasure Island. Mersea // $15 (Treasure Island)
46. Do a Doubtfire driveby. 2640 Steiner Street // FREE, (Pac Heights)
47. See Julian Schnabel's Symbols of Actual Life. Legion of Honor. // $15, (Sea Cliff)
48. Re-enact Full House. Painted Ladies // FREE, (Alamo Square)
49. Ask for sprinkles. Powder Shaved Snow. // $7, (Lower Haight)
50. Walk a Rainbow. // FREE (Castro)
51. Get garlic breath. Thanh Long // $9, (Outer Sunset)
52. Read up. City Lights Books. // FREE, (North Beach)
53. Travel across Fog Bridge. Pier 15 and 17 // FREE, (Embarcadero)
54. Steam your buns. The Chairman Truck // $3-$4, (Tenderloin)
55. Catch the light show. Bay Lights // FREE, (Embarcadero)
56. Explore a tide pool. // FREE
57. Read the rare prints. Prelinger Library //FREE, (SoMa)
58. Drink the Kool-Aid. LSD Museum // FREE, (Mission)
59. Ogle the Buns. Tartine Manufactory // FREE, (Embarcadero)
60. Feel the good vibrations. Antique Vibrator Museum // FREE, (Nob Hill)
61. Be sketchy. 111 Minna // $20, (SoMa)
62. Remember the good times. Harvey Milk Photo Center // FREE, (Lower Haight)
63. Pay your respects. Presidio Pet Cemetery. // FREE, (Presidio)
64. Elevate happy hour. Lord Stanley. // $15 (Nob Hill)
65. Listen to a primo uomo sing a bel canto. Maiden Lane // FREE (Union Square)
66. Might as well jump. House of Air // $18, (Presidio)
67. Sink 100. Skeeball Tour of SF // FREE, (San Francisco)
68. Hustle on rollers. Church of 8 Wheels // $10, (Lower Haight)
69. Recreate The Notebook. Stow Lake // $20, (Golden Gate Park)
70. Volunteer in exchange for lunch. Free Farm Stand // FREE, (Mission)
71. Rebel against breakfast norms. Craftsman and Wolves // $7, (Mission)
72. Get on the TL. Tenderloin Museum. // $10, (Tenderloin)
73. Slow dance. Makeout Room // FREE, (Mission)
74. Get in line. Burma Superstar // $11, (Richmond)
75. Measure romance. Musée Mécanique // FREE, (Embarcadero)
76. Get insider access. Detour App // FREE
77. Scramble on. Planet Granite// $20, (Presidio)
78. Find peace. SF Zen Center // FREE, (Lower Haight)
79. Learn to Lindy Hop. 920 Special // $9, weekly beginner drop-in (Pacific Heights)
80. Camp with a view. Kirby Cove Campground // $12.50 (Marin Headlands)
81. Plant something you can't kill. Succulence // $3-$20, (Bernal Heights)
82. Dunk it. Bob's Donuts // $0.95-$1.75, (Nob Hill)
83. Dip it. Fondue Cowboy // $20 for sweet fondues, (South of Market)
84. Snap a selfie. Slacker Hill // FREE, (Marin Headlands)
85. Enter the Sequence. SFMOMA. // FREE for members, (SoMa)
86. Save a rat. San Francisco SPCA // $20, (Pacific Heights)
87. Get groovy. DNA Lounge // $15, (Mission District)
88. Pre-roll with your homies. The Apothecarium // $7, (multiple locations)
89. Stream the movie adaptation. San Francisco Public Library // FREE (multiple locations)
90. Go ahead, order extra guac. El Tonayense // $2.50, (Mission)
91. Real-life Night at The Museum. Cal Academy Nightlife // $12-$15, (Golden Gate Park)
92. Know your status. San Francisco Aids Foundation // FREE, (South of Market)
93. Eat some crickets. Don Bugito // $6.50-$10.50, (Embarcadero)
94. RSVP. Muir Woods. // FREE (Marin)
95. Snap a killer IG. //Free (City Wide)
96. Blossom. Conservatory of Flowers. // $9 (Golden Gate Park)
97. Sushi meets burrito. Sushirrito SOMA // $9-$13, (South of Market)
98. Chill with your fur-child. Dog-friendly parks and beaches // FREE, (San Francisco)
99. Bike the Presidio. Presidio // FREE, (Presidio)
100. Make your voice heard. City Hall // FREE, (Civic Center)

This article was originally published in April 2018.