SFist

We're all going to need to drink a lot to get through this winter. And then some. And what better way to start your weekend, or any morning really, than with a stiff Bloody Mary.

There are always going to be occasions for brunch. How about going somewhere where you won't have to wait hangry and hungover for 45 minutes before sitting down? Nobody needs that. It's just brunch.

It's important to keep track of and celebrate all those local dives and restaurants that have kept up the good fight and held onto the old fashioned record or CD-based machines.

There are the classic SF foods we can definitely call our own — and then there are the newer classics, signature menu items that make up the current SF foods. Below we bring you our favorites.

Below, our picks for the city's finest in al fresco imbibing venues, many of which also serve food.

Bookstores may be becoming things of the past in parts of the world, but San Francisco is still home to wonderful, stalwart neighborhood bookshops that are thriving and serving a loyal readership.