The San Francisco Ferry Building

The San Francisco Ferry Building, the last time I was at the Ferry building, I wanted out as quickly as possible. That was about 15 years ago and the San Francisco Waterfront was basicly a failing down slum.

Over the last several years the San Francisco Waterfront has been reborn into a great collection of restruants, clubs, and theaters. Included in the rebirth is the San Francisco Ferry Building.

The place is now a food lover’s paradise, under one roof you have; Bread, Cheese, Coffee, Tea, Farm Fresh Produce, Meat, Poultry, Fish, Spices, Wine and Spirits. These are not just any shops, they all have very unique products that in most cases are hard to find (e.g. Organic Heirloom Tomatoes in winter).

The Ferry Building also has several restruants. My favorite is “Taylor’s Refresher”, this is their second location, the first one is in Saint Helena. Taylors is basicly the highest of the high end burger joints. The wine list (yes that’s right) has great wines from Opus One, Joseph Phelps, Dunn, Cakebread, and Grgich Hills to name a few.

http://www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com/

It is a great place to have lunch and shop for dinner.