Fisherman’s Wharf

Cheryl Haines has had a long and successful career as a gallerist, but she's best known in her home city as a fierce advocate for public art—she's the visionary that brought Andy Goldsworthy's signature Spire in the Presidio. Most recently, she's gained critical acclaim for bringing a major site-specific work by Ai Wei Wei to Alcatraz (and dying her hair blue in the process). With artists like James Turrell on her roster, a visit to her gallery, which is a total hidden gem compared with the large public artworks she's better known for, is never a disappointment.

It's kind of a tourist attraction and we can't speak for the food, but this old-timey place claims to have brought Irish coffee to the States back in 1952. After sampling the boozy, piping hot, perfectly foamy drink we get what the fuss us about…simply put, this stuff is bomb—exactly what you want after a chilly walk around fisherman's wharf.

It's kind of a tourist attraction and we can't speak for the food, but this old-timey place claims to have brought Irish coffee to the States back in 1952. After sampling the boozy, piping hot, perfectly foamy drink we get what the fuss us about…simply put, this stuff is bomb—exactly what you want after a chilly walk around fisherman's wharf.