Parking garages are available on Kearny, Sacramento and California streets. Street parking, however, is almost impossible. With validation, parking in Embarcadero Center garages is free on weekends. Jackson Square, the small historic section bounded by Jackson, Montgomery, Sansome and Gold streets, is renowned as an antique-lover s haven. Wharf Fisherman s Wharf is the hub of the north waterfront, and within a few blocks are hundreds of popular shops and enticing retail centers.
Street parking is scarce.
The Cannery, a three-tiered complex, includes terrific shops, galleries, restaurants, nightspots and even a museum. Live entertainment is featured daily in the central open-air courtyard. Located at 2801 Leavenworth Street, The Cannery is convenient to bus lines and the Hyde Street cable car turnaround. Between 1893 and the 1960s, Ghirardelli Square housed the standard-setting Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, famed for its luscious confections. Today, this landmark boasts more than 70 shops and restaurants.