Bernal Heights

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History Links:

• Gold in Bernal?

• Earthquake Shacks

• Development of St. Mary’s Park Area

• llegal Soapbox Derby

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Parks and Arts:

• Bernal Hill

• Bernal Rock

• Holly Park

• Precita Park

• Bernal Chess Club

• St. Mary’s Playground and Park (great dog park, rec center, and tennis courts)

• Esmeralda Slide Park

• Cuvier Commons

• Bernal Cut

• Amos Goldbaum mural on Pinhole Coffee and Virginia St. Stairs

• College Hill Learning Garden

• Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema - 21 years old!

• Better in Bernal - Bernal Business and Arts Alliance (BBAA)

• Precita Eyes Studio

• Inclusions Gallery

• 12 Small Things

• Pinckney Clay

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Grocery:

• Good Life Grocery - opened 1991, original store in Potrero Hill opened in 1974 Alemany Farmers Market - Saturdays since 1943, Sunday Flea Market

• Harvest Hills Market

• Andi’s Market

• Epicurean Trader - 1st store, now there are quite a few (maybe 5). Highly curated and easy to spend way too much money

• Avedano’s Meats - amazing Heritage turkeys at Thanksgiving time

• Healthy Spirits - great beer and liquor selections

• San Francisco Tequila Shop - wow, so much liquor! Just opened June 2022

 

Shops:

• Chloe’s Closet - been there forever and bought everything I needed for my son when he was little

• New Electric Wheel Bikes - opened in 2012 appropriate with the hills. Amazing customer service

• Bernal Beast

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Restaurants:

• 3rd Cousin

• Go Duck Yourself

• Vega Pizzeria

• Piqueos

• Moki’s Sushi and Pacific Grill

• Seafood Station

• El Jacal

• Tacos Los Altos

• Shokudou (Japanese - looks amazing, never been there)

• United Dumplings

• Los Yaquis (Precita Park area)

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Coffee Shops/Bakeries:

• Pinhole Coffee

• Progressive Grounds - Bernal Chess club meets every Saturday out back from 3-6pm.

• I've had some amazing food from Aziz Benerafa, former co-owner of progressive grounds who has now branched off on his own and now you can get his delicious food through his catering business, Couscous Bowl (Click here to see menu) - call 415-218-9252

• Martha & Brothers

• Bernal Bakery - usually at farmer’s markets and started in the pandemic but now has a brick and mortar called Bernal Basket on the 500 block of Cortland

• Black Jet Bakery

• Charlie’s Cafe (Precita Park area)

• Precita Park Cafe (Precita Park area)
   

Bars/Brewery:

• Barebottle Brewery

• Holy Water

• Wild Side West - Since 1962 - started in Oakland was then in North Beach and finally Bernal Heights, the longest running lesbian bar. Around since before women were allowed to bartend (1971). Moved to Bernal in 1976. In 2013 names a legacy bar by the SF Architectural Heritage Organization

• The Lucky Horseshoe - “dedicated dive bar” - has live music

• Vino Rosso - Italian wines and some good nibbles

 

Schools:

• Little Angels Nursery School

• Junipero Serra (elementary)

• Paul Revere (K-8)

• Leonard Flynn (elementary) Precita Park area

• St. Anthony Immaculate Conception Precita Park area

• Donum Dei Classical Academy Precut Park area

 

Bernal Events: https://bernalconnect.com/bernal-heights-calendar/. Tons of events throughout the year! Great community.

 

Weather: One of the sunnier areas of San Francisco and relatively protected from the fog

 

Transportation: Not fast from top of the hill

• 67 Bernal Heights - get to 24th and Mission St. BART

• 24 Divisadero - to get to Noe Valley/Castro/Marina and Bayview

• Mission St. busses - 14 Mission, 49 S. Van Ness to get downtown

• Freeways are close - 101 and 280

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Guest:
Todd Lappin, creator of the very popular Bernalwood Blog, circa 2010 (now a Facebook group) and editor at Wired and Time, Inc. magazine for 15 years

 

Created the Subdistricts of Bernal Heights map, Hoodline contributor, owner of a very cool tiny Japanese fire truck named Kiri