Waterfront Restaurant: fresh fish and splendid scenery

The Waterfront Restaurant opened in 1969, but nothing about it seems dated. That’s probably because Al Falchi, who opened the former longshoremen’s bar, has been careful to keep the restaurant and its menus as fresh as the seafood on your plate.

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California Academy of Sciences: Lions, tiger sharks and spiders (oh my!)

It took three years and a half-billion dollars, but the daily crowds that have filled the rebuilt California Academy of Sciences since it reopened in fall 2008 suggest it was worth it. Sure, they come to admire the stunning architecture by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, and the innovative, visually appealing and often interactive exhibits. But most of all--among the kids at least--they come to see live creatures big and small.

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Press Club: No reporters, just fine wines

People have discovered the Press Club in a big way. Since opening in September 2008, it’s been packed on weekend nights with not only the after-work crowd, but later at night with singles who like its contempo vibe. Calling itself an “urban tasting room,” it’s comfortably and uniquely at the halfway point between a wine bar (too sedate) and a nightclub (too rowdy).

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