The New Parkway

A converted auto dealership turned sprawling open-air beer garden in Uptown: wood-fired pizza, communal tables, and plenty of space.

Burgers and fries since 2012, in a beer garden with a patio where dogs are welcome too.

Indoor skating all year downtown, and rentals start at a toddler size 6, so the very small ones are genuinely included rather than just watching.

A fenced tot lot with a gate that latches for toddlers, and the bigger helix-shaped climbers just outside it for school-age kids.

America's first storybook theme park, open since 1950, with talking Magic Key storybook boxes and the country's oldest continuously running puppet theater.

A hands-on art studio and gallery near 12th Street BART, open for drop-in on weekends.