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Grant Avenue and Jackson Street
San Francisco,
CA
94133
37.796
-122.4066
Neighborhoods: Chinatown, Northeast
What People Are Saying About Chinatown
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In Short – Start at Chinatown Gateway, a dragon-crowned portal located on the corner of Bush and Grant. Originally known as Dupont Street, the road was infamous for opium dens and gambling halls. Today, Grant Avenue is notorious for the number of shops selling jade jewelry, clay Buddha statues, electronics and kites. On Stockton Street, herbalist shops and fish and produce markets recall Shanghai, circa 1930. Dim sum, hot pot and more regional culinary delights are available at every turn.
12/02/06
chinatown review
by charlenav at Citysearch
ok, i have very mixed feelings about chinatown.
i doo all my grocery shopping here, mostly in the stockton markets. fruit and vegtibles are extremely cheap, think 1/4 the price of safeway. they also have live fish, which is coll, and live frogs and turtles which is not so cool. theren are also many cheap wonderful places to eat, as long as you stay from grant (where the tourists are).
on the bad side, chinatown is way overcrowded. people push and shove, and bump into you like its nothing. shopowners also often try to overchangre me, because i am obviously not chinese. there is also a lot of yelling which bothers some people.
finally, i am sorry but the stores all smell really, really bad.
so a great place for fresh cheap produce, but a slightly unpleasent social experience.
07/02/03
Shopping
by Kelstine at Citysearch
A great place to get some very cool things, but check around, the prices vary quite a bit from store to store. Have your camera ready, you never know when a dragon will be walking down the street!
- Pros: Cheap Shopping
- Cons: Crowded
04/07/03
History
by isundari at Citysearch
Though the history behind this area is interesting, I found it crowded and a bit dirty. It was nice to go through on the cable car but I didn't see anything that induced me to leave the car for further inspection. Lots of vegetable and tea markets.
- Pros: History, Different culture, On cable car route
- Cons: Crowded, Dirty
