No local artisan SF restaurant decor is complete without earthy Heath stoneware, including the hand-glazed tiles found at this Mission studio-showroom. New Heath models are sold here alongside a design-mag newsstand, artisan pop-ups and jewelry trunk shows. Factory tours are available weekends at 11:30am; working tours are held the first and third Fridays of each month at 11:30am.
Heath Ceramics & Newsstand
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
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When Frederick Law Olmsted, architect of New York's Central Park, gazed in 1865 upon the plot of land San Francisco Mayor Frank McCoppin wanted to turn…
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Nearby The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill attractions
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The Mission District has a long history of street art and muralismo – an oft-political school of public art prevalent throughout South and Central America…
7. California College of the Arts
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A generous endowment and whip-smart curators allow the Wattis Institute to take on ambitious, sweeping shows – for example, an exhibition reimagining…
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Avast, ye scurvy scallywags! If ye be shipwrecked without yer eye patch or McSweeney's literary anthology, lay down ye doubloons and claim yer booty at…