Alcohol-Free Date Ideas in San Francisco

Let’s go beyond, “Let’s grab drinks.” 🙌

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After our Rupa Health email on Why We Don’t Need to Drink Alcohol spread like wildfire, I got requests from tons of people on how to date sober in San Francisco. Here are my top ideas!

1. Places to Grab Tea.

• Samovar Tea in Yerba Buena Gardens: Open until 8PM or 9:30PM, depending on the day
• The Center: Open every day until 10PM
• David Rio Chai Bar: Open every day until 6:30PM
• Revolution Cafe: Open until Midnight on weekdays, 2AM on weekends. (tea & live jazz!)
• Kitava Kitchen: Open until 9PM (can get tea or bone broth!)
• Vital Tea Leaf : Open every day until 7PM (Free Tea Tastings in Chinatown)

2. Bar-like Places to Grab Non-Alcohol Drinks (where your date can grab a drink if he/she/they want!)

• Nopalito: cool modern ambiance, Mexican food
• The Interval at Fort Mason: lots of non alcoholic drinks
• Gracias Madre: Vegan Mexican & mocktails
• Rich Table: serves Seedlip non-alcohol drinks
• Devil’s Acre: they have non-alcohol selections!

2. Hippie-esque Places to Grab Non-Alcohol Drinks

• Beloved Cafe: Lots of teas, elixers, juices, and smoothies
• Kava Lounge: Kava, Kratom drinks, Cacao and more
• The Center: Tea lounge, floor seating
• Wu-Wei Tea Temple: Across the Golden Gate in Fairfax, has all kinds of elixers!

3. Casual Evening Bites

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• The Mill: PIZZA! by the slice.
• Arizmendi: Pizza! by the slice.

4. Free Activities

• Ferry Building farmers market on Saturdays
• Walk on Ocean Beach. Or bike through Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach
• Ferry Building Farmer’s Market on Saturday Morning / Afternoon
• Check out the Wave Organ
• Walk to Lands End
• Watch sunset from Hawk Hill / Point Bonita Lighthouse
• Vital Tea Leaf (Free Tea Tastings in Chinatown)

5. Exercise

• Bike Golden Gate Bridge. Grab bikes from near Fisherman’s Wharf area. They also come with a 40% off Sports Basement coupon so you can go explore after!
• Bike to Hawk Hill
• Evening yoga class
• Lululemon Run Club- The route varies but they leave Thursday mornings at 6:15am frmo. the Grant Avenue Store.

6. Experiences & Places

• Off The Grid Presidio Picnic on Sundays
• Giants Game
• Alcatraz night tour (Note: this books out weeks in advance)
• Improv show: BATS
• Cobbs Comedy Club
• Church of 8 wheels- rollerblading!
• Off the Grid in the Fort Mason (Friday 5–10pm) — food trucks
• Presidio Picnic — also Off The Grid food trucks (Sunday 11am-4pm)
• Explore the Apothecary — twisted thistle & scarlet sage are open until 7PM
• Walk up to Coit Tower in North Beach
• View from Hawk Hill
• Take a meditation or breathwork class
• Make something at Woodshop
• Bread making class at Tartine Manufactory or The Mill

7. Fun Museums/Galleries

• Exploratorium After Dark (Thursday nights)
• MoMa has extended hours on Thursdays and Saturdays in the summer
• Cal Academy of Sciences — in golden gate park
• De Young Museum — in golden gate park

8. Other Favorites

• Ride a little yellow GoCar
• Do a Big Bus tour (I get made fun of for this so much, but honestly SO FUN!)
• Cook at home :)

What do you think? Any other ideas? I’d love to hear them!

Love, Tara

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