Escape from New York Pizza

The Haight & Hayes Valley


The Haight's obligatory mid-bender stop for a hot slice. Pesto with roasted garlic and potato will send you blissfully off to carbo-loaded sleep, but the sun-dried tomato with goat's cheese, artichoke hearts and spinach will recharge you to go another round. Art donated by fans includes signed rocker head-shots (hello Elvis Costello and Metallica), plus cartoons by The Simpsons' Matt Groening.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Haight & Hayes Valley attractions

1. Haight Street

0.2 MILES

Was it the fall of 1966 or the winter of ’67? As the Haight saying goes, if you can remember the Summer of Love, you probably weren’t here. The fog was…

2. Haight & Ashbury

0.25 MILES

This legendary intersection was the epicenter of the psychedelic '60s, and 'Hashbury' remains a counterculture magnet. On average Saturdays here, you can…

3. Grateful Dead House

0.29 MILES

Like surviving members of the Grateful Dead, this purple Victorian sports a touch of gray – but during the Summer of Love, this was where Jerry Garcia and…

4. Dahlia Garden

0.46 MILES

Leave it to San Francisco to plant a dell that's totally punk rock, featuring spiky, in-your-face neon blooms cultivated by the city's many hardcore…

5. Conservatory of Flowers

0.5 MILES

Flower power is alive and well at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers. This gloriously restored 1878 Victorian greenhouse is home to freaky outer…

6. National AIDS Memorial Grove

0.52 MILES

This peaceful, 10-acre living memorial ringed by redwoods and graced with poetic paving-stone tributes was founded in 1991 to commemorate millions of…

7. Buena Vista Park

0.55 MILES

True to its name, this hilltop park offers splendid vistas over the city to Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay. Founded in 1867, this is one of the oldest…

8. Randall Junior Museum

0.75 MILES

While adults are asleep downhill, eight-year-olds are making scientific discoveries atop Corona Heights Park. After Josephine Randall became a pioneering…