Ferry Building

California | San Francisco | United States

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Originally the transport terminus for ferries from across the bay, it now still has some cruises leaving from its pier but is predominantly an artisan food hall. Wander up and down the hall where vendors offer mushrooms, cheese, olive oil, ice cream, coffee, and much more as well as artisan craftwork. A center of sustainable food, the building also offers an array of eateries. Grab a grilled cheese at Cowgirl Creamery, sit down at the Imperial Tea Court for fantastic tea, soup, and noodles, or slurp down oysters at Hog Island Oyster Company. Every day artisan booths are set up directly across the street from the main entrance (cross the cable car tracks) and on the Saturdays a farmers market spills from the ferry building onto the wide pedestrian walkway outside. Inside you’ll also find one of San Francisco’s best restaurants, the Slanted Door.