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Lovestruck at Love Potion Library

Lovestruck at Love Potion Library

The Love Potion Library - Books, Tea, Wine · Duboce Triangle • $25

Roll dice in a romance bookstore that doubles as a teashop. Love Potion Library pairs board games with cozy couches, curated reads, and strong tea. A sweet spot to meet fellow book lovers and get competitive over pastries.

Seasonal Chocolate Tours with Jazz Evenings

Seasonal Chocolate Tours with Jazz Evenings

The Good Chocolate · Visitacion Valley

Zero-sugar chocolate that actually tastes gourmet. Made with organic cacao and natural sweeteners, their flavors range from classic dark to Ginger & Himalayan Salt and Ethiopian Coffee with Vegan Coconut Milk.

Aegean Delights

Aegean Delights

Castro District • $

Savor next-level baklava and Turkish Delight under Moroccan chandeliers. This Greek-Turkish sweet shop doubles as an art gallery featuring local ceramics in a cozy, opulent setting.

Five Star Truffles

Five Star Truffles

Castro District • $$

A Castro neighborhood spot where hot chocolate means melted real chocolate and whole milk, not powder from a packet. The handmade truffles make perfect hostess gifts.

Caffe Greco

Caffe Greco

North Beach • $$

Old-world Italian cafe pouring Illy espresso and serving award-winning Tiramisu that's worth the hype. Sprawling space with floor-to-ceiling windows and a parklet makes it perfect for people-watching on Columbus Avenue.

LOQUAT

LOQUAT

Civic Center • $$

Three-day babka and flaky bourekas anchor this Hayes Valley bakery's Jewish diaspora-inspired lineup. Pair your pastry with Four Barrel coffee and admire the muave-rose space.

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Thu, Oct 29 · 4:00 PM

Pizza Night at Bernal Bakery

The Bernal Basket · Bernal Heights

$

Sat, Oct 31 · 11:00 AM

Hali Home Bakes pop ups

Morella · Marina District

Ube and Matcha Soft Serve with Boba

OISHII MATCHA · The Castro

$

Free Smitten Glass with Classic Float purchase

Smitten Ice Cream · Dolores Heights

Halloween Free BOGO Scoops of Bubble Gum Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe

Humphry Slocombe · Embarcadero

FREE*

Topogato Dessert Night

Her Urban Herbs · Lower Haight

Day Of The Dead Bread

Arizmendi Bakery · Inner Sunset

$

Matcha Soft Serve Boba Sundae

Matcha Cafe Maiko · Japantown

Daily Specials

Arizmendi Bakery · Inner Sunset

$

Buffalo Milk Soft Serve Swirl

Bi-Rite Creamery · Mission Dolores

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day

Fisherman's Wharf · Fisherman's Wharf

Free

Joy's Place

Lower Nob Hill

$

Easy Breezy Frozen Yogurt Sunset

Inner Sunset

$

Kokak Chocolates

Castro District

Choux

Duboce Triangle

$

Mee Mee Bakery

North Beach

$

Le Marcel Bakery for Dogs

Cow Hollow

$$

Loving Cup

Polk Gulch

Z Cioccolato

North Beach

Angelina's Deli Cafe

Seacliff

$$

Mission Pie

Mission District

$

Magical Ice Cream

Chinatown

$$

New Moon

Chinatown

$

San Francisco's Hometown Creamery

Inner Sunset

$

Urban Ritual Cafe

Hayes Valley

$

ZERO& SF Hayes Store

Hayes Valley

$

Dynamo Donut & Coffee

Mission District

$$

Tano

Rincon Hill

$$

George’s Cafe

West Portal

$$

Humphry Slocombe

Financial District

Norman's Ice Cream & Freezes

Fisherman's Wharf

Loard’s Ice Cream & Sandwiches

Potrero Hill

$

Thorough Bread & Pastry

Mission Dolores

$$

Matcha Cafe Maiko

Ingleside Terraces

XOX Truffles

North Beach

$$

San Francisco Ferry Building

Financial District

Butter & Crumble

North Beach

$$

Princess Bakery

Excelsior

Ghirardelli Chocolate To Go

Fisherman's Wharf

whack donuts!

Financial District

$

Schubert's Bakery

Inner Richmond

$$

Happy Donuts

Noe Valley

$

Kara's Cupcakes Marina

Marina District

$

Freshito

Excelsior

Garden Bakery

Chinatown

$

Snöberg

Tenderloin

icafe Bakery

Chinatown

$

Red House Bakery & Cafe

Red House Bakery and Cafe · Portola

$

Recchiuti Confections at the Ferry Building

Financial District

$$$

Belly Good Cafe & Crepes

Japantown

Butter&

Dogpatch

$220-$400

Double Rainbow Ice Cream

The Castro

$$

Juniper

Polk Gulch

The Original Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop

Fisherman's Wharf

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