Dog Eared Books

The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill


Action-packed shelves of novels and graphic novels keep Missionistas well read, and trusty staff picks ensure you don't miss out on key local authors and small-press titles – including Paul Madonna's Onto the Next Dream and Jordan Karnes' It Hasn't Stopped Being California Here. Hand-drawn obits in Dog Eared's window pay homage to cultural forces ranging from Susan Sontag to James Brown.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill attractions

1. 826 Valencia

0.11 MILES

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…

2. Incline Gallery

0.18 MILES

Ramp up your art collection at Incline, a sloping gallery at the rear of an ex-mortuary where bodies were once transported for embalming. Today this is…

3. Women's Building

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A renowned and beloved Mission landmark since 1979, the nation's first women-owned-and-operated community center is festooned with one of the neighborhood…

4. Dearborn Community Garden

0.29 MILES

Welcome to paradise in a parking lot. When the local Pepsi bottling plant closed in the 1970s, neighbors wouldn't let urban blight take over the block –…

5. Clarion Alley

0.32 MILES

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…

6. Dolores Park

0.33 MILES

Welcome to San Francisco's sunny side, the land of street ball and Mayan-pyramid playgrounds, semiprofessional tanning and taco picnics. Although the…

7. 22nd St Hill

0.46 MILES

The prize for SF's steepest street is shared by this street and Filbert St (between Hyde and Leavenworth). Both have 31.5% grades (17-degree slopes), but…

8. Creativity Explored

0.46 MILES

Brave new worlds are captured in celebrated artworks destined for museum retrospectives, international shows and even Marc Jacobs handbags and CB2…