The Verdict · San Francisco · for the Budget Adventurer
Great on local authenticity, but it's overhyped, so it's worth it only if you plan around that.
Authentic, active, cheap. Allergic to overpaying and overhype.
About Chinatown
Grant Ave is the souvenir gauntlet; duck into Ross Alley and Waverly Place and it turns into a living, working neighborhood with food worth the trip.