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Five stops on Clement Street
Thinking about living near Clement Street? Here are five stops, walking west from 3rd Avenue.
In writing
Five stops on Clement Street, walking west from 3rd Avenue in the Inner Richmond. Giorgio’s Pizzeria, 151 Clement at 3rd Ave., has served thin-crust pizza here since 1972. Blue Danube Coffee House, at 306 Clement, has been a neighborhood coffee house since 1979.
Burma Superstar, at 309 Clement, serves Burmese cooking where the original opened in 1992. Green Apple Books, 506 Clement near 6th Ave., was founded in 1967 and is still mostly books. Schubert’s Bakery, 521 Clement between 6th and 7th Aves., has been baking since 1911, and on Clement since the 1940s.
The city’s planning code describes Inner Clement, from Arguello to Funston, as one of the greatest concentrations of restaurants of any commercial street in San Francisco. Hours change, so check before you go.
The transcript
Word for word, as narrated in the video.
Thinking about living near Clement Street? Here are five stops, walking west from 3rd Avenue.
Giorgio’s, on the corner of 3rd: thin-crust pizza here since 1972. Blue Danube Coffee House, at 306: a neighborhood coffee house since 1979. Burma Superstar, at 309: Burmese cooking, where the original opened in 1992.
Green Apple Books, near 6th: founded in 1967, and still mostly books. And Schubert’s Bakery, between 6th and 7th: baking since 1911, and on Clement since the 1940s.
The city’s planning code calls Inner Clement one of the greatest concentrations of restaurants of any commercial street in San Francisco.
Sources
Where each date and figure comes from.
- Giorgio’s Pizzeria, about
- SF Legacy Business Registry staff report, Blue Danube Coffee House (hearing Nov. 8, 2021)
- Burma Superstar, Clement Street
- Green Apple Books, about us
- Schubert’s Bakery, our promise
- San Francisco Planning Code Sec. 716, Inner Clement Street Neighborhood Commercial District
Images in the video
Clement Street near 4th Ave, 2014: Runner1928, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).
Green Apple Books: N. Buzanski, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped).
Illustrated map of the Richmond from this site and the street diagram, not to scale.
