Tours of the Tales


Tales of the City

Aquatic Park:
Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Macondray Lane):
Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Havens):
Tour #1

The Barracks (The Bloodhound):
Tour #9

Beach Blanket Babylon/Club Fugazi:
Tour #2

Beach Chalet: 
Tour #12

Bohemian Club:
Tour #6

Buena Vista Bar:
Tour #1

Buzzby’s (Fashion Exchange):
Tour #10

Club Baths (The Sanctuary): 
Tour #9

Come Clean Center (Urban Outfitter):
Tour #11

Connie’s Apartment:
Tour #11

Cow Hollow Inn:
Tour #11

Dance Your Ass Off (Cobb’s Comedy Club):
Tour #1

Day’s apartment (Malloch Apartments):
Tour #4

The End Up:
Tour #9

Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill:
Tour #4

Gateway Cinema (Eureka Theater):
Tour #3

Geary and Powell (intersection):
Tour #7

Ghirardelli Square/Ghirardelli Cinema:
Tour #1

Glibb Memorial Church (Glide Memorial Church):
Tour #6

Green Plant Store on Hyde (1898 Hyde):
Tour #1

Hamburger Mary’s (Mercury Lounge):
Tour #9

Holiday Inn – Fisherman’s Wharf:
Tour #1

Holiday Inn San Francisco – Golden Gate (Van Ness):
Tour #10

Hoover Gallery (710 Sansome):
Tour #3

Hostess Twinkie Bakery/Wonder Bread (U-Haul): 
Tour #9

International House of Pancakes/IHOP:
Tour #11

Jackson Square Historic District:
Tour #3

Jon Fielding’s Office (Medical Arts Building):
Tour #7

La Remise du Soleil (Primitive Logic):
Tour #3

Louis Vuitton: 
Tour #7

Lumiere Theater (Marine Layer Workshop):
Tour #10

Marcel et Henri (Zarzuela Tapas Restaurant):
Tour #1

Marina Green:
Tour #11

Marina Safeway:
Tour #11

Mark Hopkins/Top of the Mark:
Tour #6

Mama’s on Washington Square:
Tour #2

Municipal Pier:
Tour #1

Napier Lane:
Tour #4

The Noble Frankfurter (Bell Tower Restaurant):
Tour #10

Noe Valley:
Tour #8

Pacific Union Club (Flood Mansion):
Tour #6

Pavilion (Leopold’s):
Tour #10

Perry’s: 
Tour #11

La Remise du Soleil (Primitive Logic):
Tour #3

The Royal Exchange:
Tour #6

Safeway Foods (Marina Safeway):
Tour #11

Safeway Foods (Upper Market):
Tour #8

Sam Wo:
Tour #6

San Francisco War Memorial Opera House:
Tour #10

Savoy-Tivoli:
Tour #2

Searchlight Market:
Tour #1

Slater Hawkins (Sabroso):
Tour #11

Speedy’s (301 Union):
Tour #4

Stanford Court:
Tour #6

The Stud (Holy Cow):
Tour #9

The Summit:
Tour #1

Sport Café/Caffé Sport:
Tour #2

Swensen’s Ice Cream:
Tour #1

Thomas Lord’s (Café des Amis):
Tour #11

Toad Hall (482 Castro):
Tour #8

Transamerica Pyramid:
Tour #3

Twin Peaks (the bar):
Tour #8

University Club:
Tour #6

Vanessi’s (Horizon’s Restaurant and Lounge):
Tour #2

Washington Square:
Tour #2

Washington Square Bar and Grill (The Square):
Tour #2

Wilkes Bashford:
Tour #7

Zim’s (Starbuck’s):
Tour #1



More Tales of the City

Associated Press/AP (Fox Plaza): 
Tour #10

Barbary Lane (Macondray Lane):
Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Havens):
Tour #1

Broadway Tunnel:
Tour #2

Coit Tower:
Tour #4

The Days' apartment (Malloch Apartments):
Tour #4

Doggie Diner (Opera Plaza):
Tour #10

Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill:
Tour #4

Greyhound Bus Station (San Francisco Federal Building):
Tour #10

Huntington Park:
Tour #6

Lefty O’Doule’s: 
Tour #7

Mabuhay Gardens (Recess):
Tour #2

MacArthur Park (607 Front):
Tour #3

Malvina's (Acquolina):
Tour #2

Marina Green:
Tour #11

Molinari’s Deli:
Tour #2

Perry’s: 
Tour #11

San Francisco Flower Mart: 
Tour #9

Savoy-Tivoli:
Tour #2

Searchlight Market:
Tour #1

“Superman Building” (Bellaire Tower):
Tour #1

Trattoria Contadina:
Tour #2

Union Square:
Tour #7

Washington Square:
Tour #2

 

Further Tales of the City

Bank of America (on Columbus Ave): Tour #2

Barbary Lane (Macondray Lane):
Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Havens):
Tour #1

Bermuda Triangle:
Tour #11

Castro and 18th Street (intersection):
Tour #8

Dartmouth Social Club (Sobroso): Tour #11

Eddie Bauer (North Face): Tour #7

Grace Cathedral: Tour #6

Gardener’s Shed/Luke’s Shack:  Tour #12

Golden Gate Park:  Tour #12

L’Etoile (Nob Hill Spa): Tour #6

The Lily Pond:  Tour #12

Louis Vuitton:  Tour #7

Luke’s Shack/Gardener’s Shed:  Tour #12

Marina Green: Tour #11

Mama’s at Gramercy Towers:  Tour #6

Molinari’s Deli: Tour #2

Moscone Play Ground/Recreation Center: Tour #11

Perry’s:  Tour #11

Samadhi Center:  Tour #10

Steinhart Aquarium:  Tour #12

Tree Ferns:  Tour #12

Twin Peaks (the bar): Tour #8

Washington Square: Tour #2

 

Babycakes

The Ambush (Circle Community Acupuncture): Tour #9

Balboa Café: Tour #11

Barbary Lane (Macondray Lane): Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Havens): Tour #1

Castro and 18th Street (intersection): Tour #8

Castro Country Club: Tour #8

The Embarcadero: Tour #4

Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill: Tour #4

Grand Hyatt: Tour #7

Holiday Inn – Fisherman’s Wharf: Tour #1

Molinari’s Deli: Tour #2

Neiman Marcus: Tour #7

Olive Oyl's/Olive Oil's (Atwater Tavern): Tour #9

Perry’s:  Tour #11

Pier 50: Tour #9

St Francis Hotel: Tour #7

The Sausage Factory: Tour #8

Swensen’s Ice Cream: Tour #1

Trader Vic’s (Le Colonial): Tour #6

Twin Peaks (the bar): Tour #8

Washington Square: Tour #2

Welcome Home (Café Mystique): Tour #8

The locals in this list are sorted by book and then alphabetically.

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Significant Others

Alcatraz: Tour #5

Baybrick Inn/Clementina’s (The Cat Club): Tour #9

Barbary Lane (Macondray Lane): Tour #1

Barbary Lane (Havens): Tour #1

Castro and 18th Street (intersection): Tour #8

City Athletic Club (Zephyr Real Estate):  Tour #8

Department of Public Health – District Health Center #1 (Dimension’s Clinic): Tour #8

Fairmont Hotel: Tour #6

Noe and 21st Streets (intersection): Tour #8

Pacific Union Club (Flood Mansion): Tour #6

Russian Hill’s Steep Streets: Tour #1

Searchlight Market: Tour #1

The Summit: Tour #1

Wilkes Bashford: Tour #7

 

Sure of You

Cumberland Steps: Tour #8

D’orothea’s Grill/Jones and Sutter (intersection): Tour #6

Golden Gate Park:  Tour #12

Marina Green: Tour #11

Mel’s Drive Inn: Tour #11

Michael’s Home in the Castro (655½ Noe): Tour #8

Molinari’s Deli: Tour #2

Noe Hill Market: Tour #8

Pier 23 Café: Tour #4

Rawhide II: Tour #9

Russian Hill’s Steep Streets: Tour #1

Safeway Foods (Marina Safeway): Tour #11

Stanford Court: Tour #6

Stars (Empire Room): Tour #10

Strawberry Hill:  Tour #12

The Summit: Tour #1

Union and Octavia (intersection):  Tour #11

Wave Organ/Marina Green: Tour #11



Michael Tolliver Lives

Ben’s Furniture Workshop (Sterling Art Services):  Tour #9

Cliff’s Variety: Tour #8

Forbes Island: Tour #4

Four Seasons Hotel: Tour #7

Francine’s (The Edge):  Tour #8

Joe DiMaggio’s Italian Chophouse (Original Joe’s): Tour #2

The Lone Star Saloon: Tour #9

Lusty Lady Theater: Tour #2

Michael’s Home in the Castro (655½ Noe): Tour #8

Norfolk Street/Sterling Art Services: Tour #9

San Francisco City Hall: Tour #10

Sport Café/Caffé Sport: Tour #2

Washington Square: Tour #2

 

Mary Ann in Autumn

AIDS Memorial Grove:  Tour #12

Alice Marble Tennis Courts: Tour #1

Ben’s Furniture Workshop (Sterling Art Services):  Tour #9

Best in Show/Pet Boutique: Tour #8

Burger King: Tour #10

Café du Nord and the Swedish American Hall: Tour #8

Castro Theater: Tour #8

Circus Center:  Tour #12

Cumberland Steps: Tour #8

Davies Hall/San Francisco Symphony:  Tour #10

deYoung Museum (Hamon Education) Tower:  Tour #12

deYoung Museum Café:  Tour #12

DeLano’s IGA (Mollie Stone’s): Tour #8

Dog Park/Eureka Valley Recreation Center: Tour #8

Dolores Park: Tour #8

Dubose Triangle/Dubose Park: Tour #8

The Edge:  Tour #8

Four Seasons Hotel: Tour #7

Golden Gate Park:  Tour #12

“Jack Kerouac House”: Tour #1

Kezar Stadium:  Tour #12

Lefty’s – The Left Hand Store: Tour #4

Joseph L. Alioto Performing Arts Plaza: Tour #10

Michael’s Home in the Castro (655½ Noe): Tour #8

Mission Dolores Park:  Tour #8

Norfolk Street/Sterling Art Services: Tour #9

Orpheum Theater: Tour #10

Pier 23 Café: Tour #4

Pier 39: Tour #4

Pier Market Seafood Restaurant and Market: Tour #4

Rainbow Grocery: Tour #9

San Francisco Public Library: Tour #10

San Francisco Symphony/Davies Hall:  Tour #10

Searchlight Market: Tour #1

Swensen’s Ice Cream: Tour #1

Thai Chef: Tour #8

 

Days of Anna Madrigal

Golden Gate Park:  Tour #12

Michael’s Home in the Castro (655½ Noe): Tour #8

 

The Night Listener

Castro and 18th Street (intersection): Tour #8

Coit Tower: Tour #4

Cliff’s Variety: Tour #8

Filbert Steps on Telegraph Hill: Tour #4

Gabriel Noone’s home on Telegraph Hill (331 Filbert): Tour #4

Gabriel Noone’s home on Noe Hill (655½ Noe): Tour #8

The Huntington: Tour #6

Pasqua’s (Starbuck’s): Tour #8

 

Jackie Old

1055 (Ten Fifty-Five) California:  Tour #6

Bison Paddock:  Tour #12

Grace Cathedral: Tour #6

Golden Gate Park:  Tour #12

Japanese Tea Garden:  Tour #12

JFK Drive and Music Concourse/Tea Garden drives (intersection):  Tour #12

Kezar Stadium:  Tour #12

Strawberry Hill:  Tour #12

Index of Locales in the Books  - Listed by Book