16th St, Castro District

16th Street in the Mission is where you'll find tons of great shops and great places to eat, from Mexican to French. Like any downtown city, it's a little dirty. The people seem relatively friendly, but at night, it doesn't seem to safe. Some shady characters and just some characters walking around. 16th and Mission has a BART station. And of course there is always MUNI.

If you like old time movies, there's the Roxie movie theater. Plenty of restaurants around to grab a bite to eat at. Nothing too fancy, but all down right good.

This is one of the main streets in San Francisco, and passes through several quintessential neighborhoods. It starts at the Bay, runs through Potrero Hill, the Mission, the Castro, and ends just south of the Corona Heights Playground. For some reasons, 16th Street seems to hit many of the best parts of all of these neighborhoods. Potrero Square Shopping Center is home to many favorites, including Sports Basement and Nubi Frozen Yogurt. The Market Street entrance is just a block from the famous Castro/Market intersection.

Many of the Mission's ethnic restaurants reside on 16th Street, and it even runs through the UCSF campus (what little there is of it). The drawback to having a street that is this populated and this exciting is that it is also, quite often, a very busy street, and 16th Street is no exception. No matter where you visit, I would recommend parking on a side street and walking there.

Great stuff all around!