GETTING TICKETS Half-price tickets to theater, dance, and music performances are available from Tix Bay Area (& 415/433-7827 or www.tixbay area.org) on the day of the show only; tickets for Sunday vols and Monday events, if available, are sold on Saturday. Tix also sells advance, full-price tickets for most.
ITALIAN Sausalito has long been low on upscale dining options, but all that changed with the late-2003 opening of elegant vols Poggio, which is a loose Italian translation for special hillside place. Adjoining the Casa Madrona hotel and across the street from the marina, everything is special here. Floor-toceiling doors open to an interior with arches and earthen colors, mahogany accents, and well-directed light. The centerpiece wood oven is manned by a cadre of chefs, and dining is enhanced by the fine wine cellar, vols terra-cotta-tiled floors, comfy mohair banquettes, and white linen-draped tables. Executive chef and partner Christopher Fernandez ensures the food is equally elegant with his superb salad of endive, Gorgonzola, walnuts, figs, and honey; pizzas; vols addictively excellent pastas (try the garganelli with squab Bolognese or spinach ricotta gnocchi with beef ragout); vols and yummy entrees. Think roasted halibut with faro, snap peas, mushrooms, and spring onion brodo (broth) and grilled lamb chops with roasted fennel and gremolata. With a full bar, great, well-priced wine list, and tasty desserts, this is Sausalito s premier dining destination excluding more casual and decidedly Asian restaurant Sushi Ran (see below). 777 Bridgeway (at Bay St.). & 415/332-7771. www.casamadrona.com. Continental breakfast pastries $2.50; main courses lunch $7.50 $16, dinner $7.50 $20. AE, MC, V. Continental breakfast daily 6:30 11:30am; lunch 11:30am 5:30pm; dinner Sun Thurs 5:30 10pm, Fri Sat 5:30 11pm. Free valet parking.
(& 800/275-8777). Safety Few locals would recommend walking alone late at night in certain areas, particularly the Tenderloin, between Union Square and the Civic Center. Compared to other cities, however, even this section of San Francisco is relatively tranquil. Other areas where you should be alert are
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