Featured memberCasements Bar
San Francisco, CA
Casements Bar is a lively Irish establishment in the heart of San Francisco.
LGBTQ-owned
San Francisco, California
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Everything we list across San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. Burmese, Nepali, Salvadoran, Filipino and Sichuan kitchens, Castro bars with landmark status and natural wine rooms in Dogpatch, bakers and coffee roasters, galleries, plant shops and salons — each with a source and a verification status you can check.
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Featured memberAbacá
San Francisco, CA
Experience modern Filipino-Californian cuisine at ABACÁ in San Francisco, CA.
Asian-owned
Featured memberEnsarro Ethiopian Restaurant
Oakland, CA
Located in the historic Adams Point District in Oakland next to Lake Merritt, the friendly Enssarro Ethiopian Restaurant family will welcome you to the warm embrace of…
Black-owned
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What's in the Bay Area
43 businesses across 8 categories
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We are looking to add businesses in Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, South San Francisco, San Leandro, Hayward, Richmond, San Rafael, Novato, and Pacifica. If you run one, this is where Bay Area shoppers are already looking, and you would be the first listed in your city. A free listing puts it there.
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Restaurants & Food in the Bay Area
Bay Area kitchens spread across a handful of dense, walkable strips rather than one restaurant district: 24th Street and Valencia in the Mission, Clement and Irving out in the avenues, Grant and Stockton through Chinatown, and Telegraph and International Boulevard over in Oakland. Burmese, Nepali, Salvadoran, Filipino, Cape Verdean and Sichuan kitchens sit within a few blocks of each other. Small rooms book up and many close between lunch and dinner, so check hours before you cross the bay for one.
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San Francisco, CA · Oakland, CA · Berkeley, CA · Emeryville, CA · El Cerrito, CA · Alameda, CA
Bars & Nightlife in the Bay Area
Bars across San Francisco and the East Bay run from Castro institutions with landmark status to natural wine rooms in Dogpatch and taprooms in West Oakland. Last call is 2am and BART stops running before many nights end, so work out how you are getting home first. Several of these rooms run regular drag, trivia and DJ calendars worth checking before you pick a night.
San Francisco, CA · Oakland, CA
Bakeries in the Bay Area
Bakers around the Bay Area work in everything from Chinatown egg-tart counters to Castro cookie windows and weekend-only pop-ups at farmers markets. Weekend batches sell out early and several of these bakers keep no storefront at all, selling through markets or preorder. Custom cakes normally want a week or more of notice.
Oakland, CA · San Francisco, CA · Fremont, CA
Community & Nonprofit in the Bay Area
Nonprofits and community organizations based in San Francisco and the East Bay, covering youth arts, housing, family support and neighborhood programming. What each one does varies more than the category name suggests, so read the organization's own description before assuming it covers your situation. Several take volunteers as readily as donations.
Oakland, CA · San Francisco, CA · Berkeley, CA
Beauty & Personal Care in the Bay Area
Salons, studios and skincare makers around San Francisco and Oakland, some working from a single chair and others selling what they make online. Appointment books at the smaller studios run weeks out and several take deposits. Where a maker sells product rather than services, being local is not a requirement.
Walnut Creek, CA · Concord, CA
Arts & Entertainment in the Bay Area
Galleries, studios and experience venues across San Francisco and Oakland, including spaces that double as shops or cafes. Oakland's First Friday and the Mission's gallery openings are the easiest way to see several in one evening. Opening hours at the smaller galleries are genuinely limited, so check before making the trip.
Real Estate in the Bay Area
Retail & Shops in the Bay Area
Independent shops around the Bay Area cluster on Valencia, Fillmore, Polk and Grand Avenue in Oakland, and many are maker-run rather than resellers. A good number sell online as well as in person, so a small shop is not necessarily a local-only one. Stock at the maker-run labels moves in drops rather than seasons.
Events in the Bay Area
Pride
- Jun26San Francisco Dyke MarchJune 26, 2027
- Jun26-27San Francisco PrideJune 26-27, 2027
- JunTBAFremont Pride FairExpected June 2027
Heritage and awareness days
- October 25-31Ace Week (Asexual Awareness Week)LGBTQ+
- October 26Intersex Awareness DayLGBTQ+
- November 1-2Día de los MuertosHispanic and Latino
- November 8DiwaliFaith
Cultural festivals
- Oct10-25Silicon Valley Jewish Film FestivalJewish · October 10-25, 2026
- Oct31Avenida de AltaresLatino · October 31, 2026
- Nov1Oakland Dia de los Muertos FestivalLatino · November 1, 2026
- Nov12-14San Francisco Transgender Film FestivalLGBTQ+ · November 12-14, 2026
Nonprofits & Community Organizations in the Bay Area
Nonprofits around San Francisco for getting help, getting involved and giving back: community centers, youth programs, health services, Pride, the arts, disability services and career support.
Community Spotlight
Community center · Health & HIV
Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
Oakland, CA
An all-ages LGBTQ+ center in Oakland's Grand Lake district with a wellness clinic, trans wellness center, youth club, food pantry and support groups.
Serves: LGBTQ+ people of all ages, their families and allies in Oakland and Alameda County
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Community Spotlight
Community center · Health & HIV
Pacific Center for Human Growth
Berkeley, CA
Berkeley's LGBTQIA+ center offers sliding scale therapy, peer support groups, youth programs, HIV services and Berkeley Pride for the East Bay.
Serves: LGBTQIA+ and QTBIPOC people of all ages and their families in Alameda County and the Bay Area
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Community Spotlight
Community center · Health & HIV
Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa County
Concord, CA
Concord center offering LGBTQIA2S+ therapy, HIV and STI testing, PrEP navigation, housing help for youth, senior programs and trainings.
Serves: LGBTQIA2S+ people, youth, seniors and allies throughout Contra Costa County
View organization
Community center · Career & workforce
SF LGBT Center
San Francisco, CA
The purple building at 1800 Market Street: youth drop-in, career coaching, financial counseling, small business help, arts and Queer & Well.
Serves: LGBTQ+ people and allies across San Francisco and the Bay Area, with youth, job seekers, entrepreneurs and artists
Disability services · Career & workforce
The Arc San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
The Arc San Francisco supports adults with developmental disabilities through lifelong education, job placement, and independent living services.
Serves: Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties
Grantmaking & scholarships
Asian Pacific Fund
San Francisco, CA
A Bay Area community foundation that grants to AANHPI nonprofits, awards student scholarships and builds leaders through the ACT Fund.
Serves: Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities and the nonprofits that serve them in the San Francisco Bay Area
Economic empowerment · Career & workforce
Dress for Success San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Free career clothing, coaching, job search courses and financial and digital skills for Bay Area women who are looking for work or building a career.
Serves: Unemployed and underemployed women in the Bay Area, including trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming women
Arts & culture · History & archives
East Bay LGBTQ+ Healing Arts Center (Queer Arts Center)
Oakland, CA
An Oakland gallery, archive and workshop space where LGBTQ+ artists show work, hold open mics and run healing-arts classes.
Serves: LGBTQ+ artists, wellness practitioners and community members in Oakland and the East Bay, with programs centered on queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of color
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