✔ You might enjoy watching my San Francisco travel tips video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYmfq7KMqLjMqco.html ✔ Or my 24 hour in San Francisco and Oakland Vlog: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aKKXyZJsgNq7aKQ.html ✅ Or all of my San Francisco Bay Area videos in this playlist: kzread.info/head/PLOVadUHX1B-Ld9Pj94hS8laRJW50pS9ZJ

I used to be homeless in this area. The lights, live music, large crowds, and interesting areas all around kept me there.

My brother took my mom and me over there way before the first DD or Starbucks in the Bay Area opened. Great seeing the place again.

My Uncle took my cousin and I down to the wharf around 2003 and had a blast! I believe we ate at Scomas. Good times were had! YP4L!

@YellowProductions

2 ай бұрын

Mmm.. scomas 😀

This video is exactly what I needed for my upcoming vacation to SF in a couple of weeks. 👍🏼 Thank you sir!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Have a great trip!

@solo.life.travels7215

Жыл бұрын

How did u enjoy?

Thank you , Can't wait to get home 🏡 I ❤️ San Francisco

Thanks for all the recommendations! They were very helpful in our recent trip to San Francisco.

I worked at the Cannery back in the early 1980s. experienced the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. Scary times. but i survived. Thank you for this wharf tour.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Amy!

Hi Chris. What a beautiful day for a walking tour of SF. Thank you for the informative video. I wonder too about people going to Applebee's when you have so many better options.Kind of defeats the purpose of visiting Fisherman's Wharf. It was sad to see those empty stalls. Hopefully one day it will be open to serve many people gain. Thanks again and take care.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

Love this video!!! Super informative and in depth, makes planning easier! Thank you 😊

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks R!

I love San Francisco! Great video

Hey chris, thanks for bringing back the memories. I was there in 2018 and yes, it was full of ppl everywhere. It was buzzing. And also thanks for walking into boudins. Loved the clam chowder there. 👍🏼👊🏼

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anges!

Thanks for the visit and walkthrough. It has got to be among the greatest places to entertain during a trip to SF. This is my favorite places to view.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael!

I always like your videos! And waiting for the next ones. Thank you!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex!

Great.

Great tour Nice to see San Francisco sunny every time we have been there its cloudy the city even looks different like this 😁

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Double thanks!

Wonderful to see my hometown of San Francisco showcased great 👍 video

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kimberly!

Great video, Chris! Thanks for sharing g the parking info for the Fisherman’s Wharf Marriott! Might be a good place to stay and park!

Enjoying ur videos on San Francisco, Chris. I was there in 2018, bit sad to see Fisherman’s Wharf looking very different. Was so bustling and vibrant when we were there. Love SF!

@YellowProductions

10 ай бұрын

Agreed its quite sad now

Always enjoy your videos, especially ones featuring my beautiful city! Great recommendation on Musee Mecanique.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryno!

When I see a new YP Video in my feed.. I click to play - always good stuff from Chris.

Awesome job Chris.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!

love it!

Awesome to give parking tips like you did! That's one of many reasons I love this channel! I wouldn't be caught dead in San Francisco due to numerous viciously grotesque choices they've made (and continue to make) that drives off visitors, but I love the smart tip just the same!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill.. I was out of SF before dark ;)

I enjoy watching your videos I'll be visiting SF in May

awesome

Thanks love you I m very grateful to you.Great man and sustain the world.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Francesco!

Omigosh we were there in April too and it was definitely empty as you're showing... just came back a week ago and the crowds were coming back so it was great to see the difference.

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear jtw

i love this video i have never been here . great video well produced

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen

Thanks!

Boudin was super delicious when I went in March! Glad I watched your video on recommendations 🙂

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Gumer!

Thanks Chris!Great video!cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Elizabeth!

Thanx guy, I'll be there in 1 month

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy Fabrice!

I was there as a mere teenager during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989 (a.k.a. The Loma Prieta earthquake); the strongest earthquake to hit the area since the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It was a scary experience that caused a lot of damage. But it’s even scarier to see the place in such a rundown post-pandemic state; even though, your upbeat personality always puts a positive spin on everything. 😀 A great video, thanks for sharing.

I'm craving a bread bowl so much now!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Mmm

Hi Bass Thank s

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barry!

Crab bread bowl.. oooh I miss San Fran. Not the trash and homeless but the food 🤷‍♂️

Christian Horner , is that you ? 🏎🏎

Cool video. I’ll be visiting SF in October for the first time. Looking forward to exploring the city.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brandon!

Gteat video Chris. Sad to see a lot of businesses closed. Hopefully some will be back when we go in August 😊

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cathy! Yes. Hopefully they reopen!

Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia are my favorite Ben and Jerry’s flavors, too!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Mmmm!

Great video as always. Just a quick note since every tourist spot has one:Madame Tussauds is pronounced two-sews not two-sods. The "d" is silent.

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the pronunciation tip!

@ian-digitalhit

Жыл бұрын

@@YellowProductions And thank you again for the videos. You have a way of giving lots of valuable info without it feeling like overload. Looks like the Wharf and Pier 39 are like Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ontario or Hollywood and Highland in LA: super kitschy but you have to go at least once.

Thanks for the tour! This is how I travel to SF these days... I live 15 miles south and used to go into the city a few times a month for the great restaurants and shopping. It's a beautiful walking city too! But I haven't been there in over 2 years...don't want my car window broken. When friends and family who live in the city call to go to dinner I always say head south and we will meet you. 🤣🤣

@larrymiles100

Жыл бұрын

Yep. You are right. Almost better if u leave your car doors unlocked. That's really sad to say

@TohaBgood2

11 ай бұрын

Then maybe just take Caltrain, no? Dense cities are not supposed to be driven in. You're supposed to take transit.

@darrylk808

11 ай бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 No, dense cities should reduce crime to attract business and patrons. Funny how people just accept the way things are and find ways to accommodate crime because it becomes the new normal.

@TohaBgood2

11 ай бұрын

@@darrylk808 SF is already much safer than your average small town. The fact that you insist on driving into the second densest place on the continent and expect to find a parking space is honestly just hilarious. Let me visit you in your cookiecutter suburb. Is there jet plane parking? I need a long enough runway and place to park my jet. It's a "compact" one, I promise.

@darrylk808

11 ай бұрын

@@TohaBgood2 it's not hard to find parking. There are these things called parking garages. They actually cost about the same or less as 2 people taking CalTrain into the city. For short trips it's economical. It's more convenient as I can get there and back down the Peninsula faster and come/go on my schedule for the same cost as the train/Muni/Bart. I also don't have to pass all the homeless and drug users that make Bart stations home at night.

Thanks for your information. We have planned to come next august but I am a little disappointed to see to many business closed. Also read about security issues with tourist. Don’t know what to do.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Francesc!

Spent a lot of time when I was young at Fisherman's Wharf. Sad to see so many locally owned businesses closed hopefully they will make a comeback. A stark contrast to Southern California when we were there in March where it felt almost normal for the most part (beyond masks still being required in places like Palm Springs).

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hey John. Yes. SoCal is indeed "almost normal" agai

@stevelouie5928

2 жыл бұрын

It's fully recovered. It is packed on weekends now.

@patriciahayes2664

Жыл бұрын

You can bet the pandemic didn't help matters. 😔

You should explain what the big arch was used for.

Hey, Chris - I have a request to make, if you can swing it. I'm hoping to see a travel vlog about Reno, NV. What to expect & all there. I'm really loving your tours of Calfornia & Vegas.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve. I'll keep that in mind

High Chris. Thanks for the lovely San Francisco video. It seems that there are still few tourists at the stage of April. How is it now? I'm planning to visit Napa Valley and San Francisco next September. I will refer to Chris's videos.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kei. There are some more tourists now that it's summer. But still not what it used to be. Shops and restaurants are also still closing early

I need to make a seafood trip to the City.

Love your video , thanks for sharing where should I book the hotel in San Francisco for conveniently ? thanks

Thanks Chris! I hope you don't mind if I steal your walking tours when relatives show up this summer. at 18:40 you can see "Eagle Cafe" on the second floor of Pier 39. Used to be an old time cafe. Reds Java House is another but it's Waaaay down toward the ball park. (Hope they are still there)

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy the walk with your relatives RRocr! :)

Fisherman's Wharf definitely looked quieter than the very first time I went back in 2015. I remember there being a huge line to get on the cable car at the start of the video. On the plus side, at least it made it more calm to walk around. Great tip about parking at the Marriott nearby!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's quite sleepy right now

Fisherman's Wharf was a place I went to quite often until one day my car was towed off about 20 years ago. I never again came back to Fisherman's wharf,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I love the band lady! lol Souvenirs in Vegas are cheap. Cheap or expensive in San Francisco, please?

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

San Francisco is just expensive all around

@erisbob

Жыл бұрын

@@YellowProductions I was afraid of that. It makes sense. Thanks. Maybe I can find something unusual at a Goodwill there. ;-)

Fun fact about the historic street cars. They are historic street cars from around the world.

@YellowProductions

9 ай бұрын

Neat!

4:38 I’ll be visiting SF this May, I saw people in the video already wearing T-shirt and shorts! What’s the average temperature like in SF around April & May?

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

In April the average high is 63 and the average low is 50F

Is Reds Java Hut still around?

16:47 - That's not a cable car! 😛

Hey Chris. Any plans to return to Melbourne? I gotta say I really miss it. Havent been in almost 3 years now.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tyler.. I'm sure I'll be back. Not sure exactly when though

How much is parking? And is that where the Aquarium is located?

@YellowProductions

Жыл бұрын

Parking prices vary dramatically at the different Parking garages. Use the Spothero app to find the best price the day you visit

Hi Chris. Where should I part my car to avoid someone break in.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I'd suggest using the Spothero app to valet park your car at the Marriott Fisherman's Wharf. Thru the spothero app it was less than $10 for all day parking when I went

Chris you skipped my favorite restaurant there, Scoma’s

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard good things about Scomas but haven't had a chance to try it myself yet

The last time I was walking by Fishman’s wharf was December 2023 and a lot of the businesses were vacant so it’s not as exciting not being able to see as many knickknack shops

@YellowProductions

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update. Sad indeed

This is just a suggestion, but could you do a video for us geeks? Microsoft Headquarter, Oracle Headquarter, Palo Alto, where DIGITAL used to be, THERANOS old building, Facebook, CompuServe old building WANG old building etc...

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion Peter. I do have one on Apple in Cupertino: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIWYqpOtj5aWeZc.html

Ghirardelli re-opened

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Ghirardelli is open again

Where should i park? We will be in a rental car heading to Yosemite

@YellowProductions

2 ай бұрын

If you have luggage in your car I would strongly suggest valet parking at a hotel.. every where else is really at high risk of having your car broken in to

@cindywestlake6278

2 ай бұрын

@@YellowProductions ok thank you for responding!

Its all closed down now and boarded up.

@YellowProductions

8 күн бұрын

Sad

Still a fun tour despite closings of some landmarks like Tarantino's. San Francisco is just a special place among American cities.

I lived in SF in the eighties. The Hyde st pier was free then. I am saddened to see Fisherman’s Wharf has become so junky and tacky. If you want great Chinese food, follow the locals.

You don't know what a walkaway cocktail is?!?! And how could you stop short of Fisherman's Grotto? Number9, Fisherman's Wharf?!?!

Its all GONE check out 'metal leo'

Do you have to be vaccinated to go in these places?

@psfca

Жыл бұрын

No

Are you rick Steve's long lost brother?

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Hah

Oh, guys, The Maritime Museum doesn't accept cash for some insane reason. But on major holidays the admission is free.

@YellowProductions

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Madame ( Too-(So)wdz )

yo you call our historic street cars cable cars. no no no. the street cars do not run from union square to fishermans warf. the cable car goes from market street through union square and ends in the fishermans warf area turn around. the historic street cars go from castro down market street and then turn left to take you to fishermans warf pier 39.

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerome.. I must have misspoke if that's how it came across.

No locals eat at boudin.

Doesn't know a cable car from a trolley: that's an uniformed tourist not a reputable tour guide!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Or a mistake of the tongue at the time I'm saying it.. I actually do know the difference. But you can consider me guilty instead of innocent at the start

It's going to take YEARS for California's tourism to return back to "normal". I fear it's going to be a new normal. New Orleans is similar. Covid killed tourism for both.

@edvaira6891

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Are YOU delusional! This was an anomaly ! Crowds are INSANE in just about every touristy part of this state I’ve been in these last few months--most of L.A. is back to normal, if even stronger than normal, as has my hometown of San Diego…Fisherman’s Wharf is a bit underwhelming here more because, quite honestly, it kinda Sucks! It’s been struggling since before Covid

@Caderic

2 жыл бұрын

@@edvaira6891 Just going by what I see in several touring/travel channels here on KZread. I watch many different channels and they all look like things aren't back to normal. Plus the fact that dollars spent on "tourism" in California is still way down.

@psfca

Жыл бұрын

Actually..tourism to SF increased significantly by May. Hotel occupancy improved to 80-90 percent full which was a pleasant surprise for the travel industry here

Hint-Alcatraz tour is a total waste of money and time. And a snooze.

@cindywestlake6278

2 ай бұрын

Really?? The 4 people i know told me they loved it. I haven't bought tickets yet

Umm ... it ain't empty because of the so-called pandemic. The word is out about San Francisco. Nobody, nobody wants to go there. That's why it's so deserted, even though it once was one of the best tourist draws in the whole U.S.A. (it was my #1 favorite U.S. destination until they ruined it). Saintly points to Chris for restraining from saying it, as he chose to paint an encouraging spin on what many regard as a dreadful place with the most dreadful people in the country! These merchants want you, but 98% of San Franciscans act just hateful, disturbed and grotesque :(

@vaishx

2 жыл бұрын

San Francisco has its major problems but no matter what people still visit it because it’s a beautiful city overall. I mean sadly it is falling apart and even more so due to the pandemic but tons of people still visited prior to it

@Bill_Woo

2 жыл бұрын

@@vaishx Saying that ANYTHING is "the pandemic's fault" is the biggest copout in show business. Do you really think people aren't horrified at crime being nurtured? I mean, real crime, state-sponsored theft? Which YOU in part pay for, you know, much less business owners enduring terror that the voters and government encourage. Do you think tourists don't know that public bowel movements are encouraged? That they not only inflicted humanity with Nancy Pelosi - but do so with 80% approval, far more than 99% of any national politicians, ever? That they overwhelming support the repressive, oppressive, tyrannical governor, when it is incredulous that even ten people in the city would support him? Do you think tourists want to view the birthplace of hated Kamala Harris, another product of the warped, perverse "pronoun mentality" San Francisco? That's just the most obvious ones. It's one of the most expensive cities on planet Earth as well. So, we're supposed to summon crocodile tears because "they're having a hard time getting back to normal from the pandemic?" If that's what anyone thinks, I'd like a hit off of the bong that they're toking. And plot twist: San Francisco's oppression over the "emergency" (LOL) pandemic was and is about as bad as any in the entire United States - and that self-chosen and cosmically ignorant voter stupidity-sanctioned action is being blamed with sad little violins for their economic self-destruction? Rich.

@psfca

Жыл бұрын

SF post pandemic is still one of the top ten most visited cities in the country

I don't know many people who can afford to travel now days with the cost of gas and inflation. Thanks Biden

@rynobtuna7227

2 жыл бұрын

Going to the trouble of clicking on a video about tourism in San Francisco, watching the video, and leaving a politically charged comment is...

@Caderic

2 жыл бұрын

@@rynobtuna7227 Well, as someone that didn't support Trump, politics is in EVERYTHING. And if you think Biden isn't part of that, you too are part of the problem.

@rynobtuna7227

2 жыл бұрын

Inflation was going to happen regardless of who was elected president, coming out of a global pandemic. The one difference being Biden stopped the Keystone Pipeline which has contributed to higher gas prices. Plus, c'mon man, the "I didn't support Trump but Biden blah blah" is the most Trump supporting anonymous keyboard warrior thing a Trump supporter could type. Bringing politics into a travel post in the first place is the problem.

@jjboohoo9641

2 жыл бұрын

@@rynobtuna7227 kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHtt0bmRaJq_grw.html

@Caderic

2 жыл бұрын

@Angel Jose Mendoza You take public transportation to go on vacation?

Thanks!

@YellowProductions

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you M P!

@MP-xf6gq

2 жыл бұрын

@@YellowProductions LOVE YOUR WORK