San Francisco Shopping: 6 Best Local Food & Supplies Shops in San Francisco

What makes shopping in the city so unique is its local bent: there are so many art-orientated people making STUFF that sometimes the city seems nearly cluttered with it. They make from their heads, with no unifying theme, only an internal logic that one is hard pressed to find anywhere else. There are stores filled with butterfly’s pinned to walls, a store dedicated to taxidermy, a store which sells only owl-related accoutrements, and the list goes on. Additionally, there are some of the best cheap-fashion stores in the country, and no shortage of handmade trinkets and baubles.

Heart of The City Farmers Market

Food & Supplies 9 2

By Eldon

Funky Fresh Farmers Market

Heart of The City Farmers Market

Hearty of the City Farmers Market has a great selection of stalls, from seasonal produce to fresh seafood to prepared foods. Prices are affordable, it's totally unpretentious, and it's centrally located in Civic Center. San Francisco's only independent, farmer-operated non-profit farmers market since 1981.

by Eldon

Crocker Galleria

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By Camille

A chic mall with a rooftop garden

Crocker Galleria

Crocker Galleria is a hidden shopping center in financial district that features a beautiful skylight glass pavillion and atrium. This three floor levels gallery offers a great variety of restaurants, higher ends cafe, mini boutiques and pop-ups stores, open all day long.

by Camille

Ferry Building Marketplace

Food & Supplies 14 5

By Camille

Point of departure to Sausalito & beyond

Ferry Building Marketplace

Characterized by its 245-foot tall clock tower, Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel to Sausalito and across the bay, and also a food hall. It's always full of people shopping, departing or admiring the great nave with its arched arcades, inspired by XIXth century European covered galleries. It reminds me of Paris' passageways.

by Camille

Amoeba Music

Food & Supplies 7 2

By Camille

The best music store on the planet!

Amoeba Music

Amoeba Music is a Californian independent music chain with a worldwide reputation. The eclectic variety of music offered in its numerous stores makes it a local favorite. I've spent hours digging through the countless shelves of records in Amoeba's largest store in Haight-Ashbury.

by Camille

Clement Street Farmers Market

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By zubeyde

Organic Food and Vegetables Shops

Clement Street Farmers Market

It is a calm and relaxing place to hang out on Sunday mornings. Farmers bring their organic vegetables and fruits. Farmers Market also includes pastries, flowers, tea masala, Indian food and Mexican food. It's a great place for spending your Sunday morning outdoors. They play different music every week.

by zubeyde

The Fizzary

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By Hae Eun

A dizzying array of sodas & sweets

The Fizzary

Locals love The Fizzary because nowhere else in San Francisco can one indulge in one (or more) of their 700+ artisan soda varieties for only $2 or eat old-fashioned sweets that are truly reminiscent of childhood. They also brew their own soda varieties under the name “Taylor's Tonics”.

by Hae Eun