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Civic Center & Tenderloin

San Francisco Proper Hotel

Boutique design hotel

Mid-Market landmark in a 1904 Beaux-Arts flatiron building, featuring 131 artfully designed rooms by Kelly Wearstler, Villon restaurant, and the rooftop Charmaine's bar.

45 McAllister St  ·  415-735-7777

Phoenix Hotel

Boutique motor lodge

Legendary Tenderloin rock-and-roll motor lodge that has hosted touring musicians from David Bowie to Kurt Cobain; under new ownership since early 2026 and committed to continuing its poolside concert traditions.

601 Eddy St  ·  415-776-1380

YOTEL San Francisco

Tech-forward boutique hotel

Mid-Market hotel in the historic Grant Building offering 203 cleverly designed cabins with self-check-in kiosks, 24-hour gym, and co-working public areas.

1095 Market St  ·  415-829-0000

Courtyard by Marriott San Francisco Downtown/Van Ness Ave

Business hotel

Full-service Marriott property on Van Ness Avenue in the Tenderloin, convenient to Civic Center, City Hall, and performing arts venues, with walkable restaurant access.

1050 Van Ness Ave  ·  415-441-5500

Tilden Hotel

Independent boutique hotel

Independently operated Tenderloin hotel on Taylor Street with a 24-hour gym, on-site restaurant and bar, and a welcoming staff noted by recent guests.

345 Taylor St  ·  415-673-2332

Niebla

Latino-owned bookstore and coffee shop

Brand-new Tenderloin hybrid bookstore and café specializing in Latin American literature — about 60% of titles in Spanish — alongside espresso drinks and pan dulce; officially opened September 17, 2026 with city Storefront Opportunity Grant support.

374 Golden Gate Ave

Readers Bookstore at the Main Library

Non-profit used bookstore

Beloved San Francisco Public Library gift shop and used bookstore inside the Main Library building, with a wide selection across subjects at accessible prices.

100 Larkin St (SF Main Library)  ·  415-557-4277

Sheba

Middle Eastern clothing and specialty goods shop

New Tenderloin shop opened September 18, 2026 via city Storefront Opportunity Grant, stocking Middle Eastern clothing and prepackaged specialty food items.

318 Turk St

SF Arts Commission Gallery

Public contemporary art gallery

Free City-run gallery at 401 Van Ness Ave supporting Bay Area visual artists through rotating curated exhibitions, with additional displays at City Hall and the Veterans Building café.

401 Van Ness Ave  ·  415-252-2560

Asian Art Museum

Major art museum

World-class museum in the historic Civic Center with more than 20,000 works spanning 6,000 years of Asian art; currently showing a Ha Chong-Hyun retrospective and Garuda in Bali through the fall.

200 Larkin St  ·  415-581-3500

SFJAZZ Center

Dedicated jazz performance center

The nation's first freestanding venue built for jazz, with the 700-seat Miner Auditorium and 100-seat Joe Henderson Lab; offering 350+ concerts this season including Hiromi and Lila Downs in October.

201 Franklin St  ·  415-788-7353

War Memorial Opera House

Opera and ballet house

Magnificent 1932 Beaux-Arts hall, home to the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet, and a Civic Center architectural landmark where the United Nations Charter was drafted in 1945.

301 Van Ness Ave  ·  415-621-6600

Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall

Symphony concert hall

Home of the San Francisco Symphony, the modern glass-and-steel hall seats 2,743 and anchors the Civic Center performing arts campus alongside the Opera House and Herbst Theatre.

201 Van Ness Ave  ·  415-864-6000

The Warfield

Historic mid-size concert hall

Beloved 2,300-capacity Market Street music hall presenting rock, pop, and indie acts in an ornate historic building at the center of a proposed Theater Arts District on Market Street.

982 Market St  ·  415-345-0900

Great American Music Hall

Historic concert hall

Ornate 1907 Tenderloin venue — with its original frescoes, columns, and balconies — presenting rock, folk, jazz, and indie acts for 700 guests; shows booked through November 2026.

859 O'Farrell St  ·  415-885-0750

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Large civic concert hall

Massive 8,500-capacity Civic Center venue hosting major concerts, events, and conventions in an early-twentieth-century Beaux-Arts building directly on Civic Center Plaza.

99 Grove St  ·  415-974-4060

Herbst Theatre

Intimate performance hall

Elegant 928-seat hall inside the War Memorial Veterans Building, hosting chamber concerts, lectures, and City Arts events in a space where the UN Charter was signed in 1945.

401 Van Ness Ave  ·  415-621-6600

Orpheum Theatre

Broadway touring house

Ornate 2,200-seat 1926 Market Street theater operated by SHN, presenting major Broadway touring productions year-round in the heart of the Theater District.

1192 Market St  ·  888-746-1799

Golden Gate Theatre

Broadway touring house

BroadwaySF's premier 2,300-seat Market Street venue presenting top-tier touring Broadway productions, sister house to the Orpheum.

1 Taylor St  ·  888-746-1799

American Conservatory Theater (ACT)

Resident professional theater company

Award-winning San Francisco theater institution operating the Geary Theater and The Strand, known for innovative productions and actor training programs.

415 Geary St  ·  415-749-2228

FITNESS SF – Mid-Market

Full-service gym

Largest gym in the Mid-Market area at 1 10th Street, with a private Performance Training Center featuring power racks and Olympic lifting platforms, plus a barnwood yoga studio and group fitness classes.

1 10th St  ·  415-863-1983

Orangetheory Fitness – Mid-Market

Heart-rate interval training studio

Science-backed group fitness studio near Civic Center offering treadmill, rowing, and weight-training interval classes, popular with neighborhood workers.

1 10th St, Suite 100  ·  415-795-2200

Federal Fitness Center

Government building gym

Well-equipped fitness center in the Civic Center federal building area, known for unlimited towels, friendly staff, and kettlebell classes — open to eligible members.

450 Golden Gate Ave  ·  415-436-6970

UN Plaza Fitness Court

Free outdoor fitness facility

SF Recreation and Park's free open-air Fitness Court at United Nations Plaza, featuring the 7-minute full-body workout system alongside free Zumba and yoga classes by Rae Studios.

United Nations Plaza, Market St & 7th St  ·  415-831-2700

Boeddeker Park

Neighborhood park

Renovated Tenderloin neighborhood park on Eddy Street featuring a children's play area, basketball courts, and a community garden, with periodic free outdoor concerts.

240 Eddy St  ·  415-831-2700

SunLight Yoga

Yoga studio

Small Civic Center yoga studio offering gentle and adaptive classes valued by beginners and practitioners of all fitness levels.

Civic Center

Alchemy Springs

Yoga, meditation, and dance studio

Post Street studio near the Tenderloin offering an eclectic mix of yoga, meditation, sound bath, and dance classes in a spiritually grounding environment.

939 Post St