Location and Hours

Address

Mama's
(on Washington Square)
1701 Stockton St. (at Filbert)
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 362-6421

Hours

Open daily 8am - 3pm
Closed Mondays
Mama's Exterior Sunrise

Public Transportation

Buses: MUNI
30, 45, and 8X lines stop right next door at Washington Square Park
39 line to Fisherman's Wharf and Coit Tower stops right outside our front door

Historic Streetcars: F Line
Closest stop located a few short blocks away at Stockton and Beach. This is easily walked, but if you prefer to ride, MUNI's 39 bus stops at this intersection as well.
Trains: BART or MUNI
Montgomery Station or Powell Station are the closest stops (then transfer to a MUNI bus line 30, 45, or 8X from there)

Historic Cable Cars: Powell-Mason and Powell-Hyde
Closest stops include: Union and Mason, Filbert and Mason, or Greenwich and Mason; Union and Hyde, Filbert and Hyde, Greenwich and Hyde, or Lombard and Hyde

Parking

If you're not fortunate enough to be within walking distance, free or metered street parking is available in the neighborhood. Not lucky enough to get the spot out front? You may want to try one of the paid parking lots nearby.
(Please note that we have no affiliation with any of these lots, but have provided them simply for your convenience.)
 
Priority Parking Surface Lot
699 Columbus Ave. (at Filbert)

American Parking Garage
721 Filbert St. (at Columbus Ave.)

Surface Lot
intersection of Columbus, Lombard, and Mason
Powell Street Garage (We Park, Inc.)
1625 Powell St. (between Union and Green)

Vallejo Street Garage

766 Vallejo St. (between Powell and Stockton)

North Beach Garage
735 Vallejo St. (between Powell and Stockton)
 

Neighborhood Sights

We're conveniently located a few short steps from several great locations,
frequented by locals and tourists alike, including:
 
Washington Square Park
A wonderful little park in the heart of North Beach, San Francisco's Little Italy. Here you'll find a small playground, plenty of park benches, wandering musicians, public restrooms, and even the occasional art festival, jazz festival, or movies in the park.
Sts. Peter and Paul Church
This beautiful Roman Catholic Church is located at 666 Filbert St. (yes, it's really 666) and offers Sunday masses in English, Italian, Chinese, and even Latin (on the first Sunday of the month). It's also the site of Joe DiMaggio's first wedding and funeral and has been featured in several films including Dirty Harry, The Bachelor, Sister Act, and many more.
Coit Tower
This Art Deco tower was built at the bequeath of Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1933 and sits atop Telegraph Hill offering majestic views of nearly all of San Francisco. Inside you'll find 19 murals, painted by 26 different WPA artists, many of whom studied under famed Mexican painter and muralist, Diego Rivera. Outside you'll find an observation deck, a very small parking lot, and a few short, wooded footpaths with benches scattered throughout. Don't feel like walking up the hill? Take MUNI's 39 bus from just outside of Mama's front door.
Lombard St.
Best known as the "crookedest street in the world", the beautifully landscaped section of Lombard between Hyde and Leavenworth has eight hairpin turns. The Powell-Hyde Cable Car line stops at the top of the hill at Hyde and Lombard offering visitors with amazing views down the hill and across the Bay to Alcatraz. 900 Lombard St. (at Jones) is featured in Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie Vertigo as the address of Jimmy Stewart's character, John "Scottie" Ferguson.
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf has it all including our very own sea lion preserve, the Musee Mecanique (a free to see antique games museum where you can actually play the games for pocket change), the USS Pompanito (a submarine you can actually board and tour), the SS Jeremiah O'Brien (the only surviving unaltered Liberty Ship, which you can also tour), cruises, fast food, a wax museum, and kitschy souvenirs galore. It's just a short walk, but you can also reach it on MUNI's 39 bus.
Cable Cars
The only mobile U.S. national monument, the cable car has become a symbol of San Francisco and is the only permanently operational cable car system in the world.
 
Alcatraz Island (a.k.a. The Rock)
Lighthouse, Military Fort, and Federal Prison, Alcatraz has had a colorful history which you can see for yourself through both day and night tours of the prison. Beautiful views of Alcatraz Island are also available from Fisherman's Wharf or the top of Telegraph Hill or Russian Hill.

 

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