Dolores Park Cafe

Small-batch ice cream made with Straus organic milk, salted caramel among the classics, plus sundaes, popsicles and soft serve, a block from Dolores Park.

Mission bakery with room for strollers; a morning bun makes the line worth it.

Slides built into the hillside, swings that look out across the park, and a preschool area for ages 2 to 5, in a park of tall palm trees.

A super slide about 45 feet long set into the hillside, a shipwrecked boat to climb, a sand table with a water channel, and its own area for ages 2 to 5.

Valencia Street pastry shop where a cake or a cookie buys a quiet few minutes.

All-vegan Japanese cooking inspired by Zen temple food: vegan sushi, stuffed eggplant tempura, sukiyaki, and soba and udon soups.