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If you re staying in a hotel, ther e s a good chance y ou ll be near the P owell-Hyde cable car line. ( That said, if y ou re staying in Fisherman s Wharf, you may prefer to start this tour at stop no. 3 below and then fit in time for U nion Square after visiting Chinatown.) Your first stop , the cable car turnaround music city duck tours at the corner of M arket and Powell streets, is the hear t of San Francisco s shopping scene. G iven the ev er-present queue for the cable car , you ll want to get there early, which may mean y ou ll be out before the stores open. Even so, you ll enjoy people-watching, from local worker bees starting their day to other early-rising tourists to street performers getting ready to perform to the occasional odd bird carrying a sign lamenting the coming doomsday. It s certainly music city duck tours a lively music city duck tours spot to start your excursion. See p. 159.

501 Geary St. (at Taylor St.). &415/292-0101. www.grandcafe-sf.com. Highchairs, boosters. Reservations recommended. M ain c ourses $12 $22 lunch, $19 $32 dinner ; P etite C afe $8 $17. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Breakfast Mon Fri 7 10:30am, Sat-Sun brunch 8am 2:30pm; lunch Mon Fri 11:30am 2:30pm; dinner Mon Thurs 5:30 10pm, Fri Sat 5:30 11pm, Sun 5 10pm. Petite Cafe, Sun Thurs 11:30am 11pm; Fri Sat 11:30am midnight. Muni: Powell-Hyde or Powell-Mason cable car to Union Sq., and then walk 2 blocks west.