It’s a Date: Check Your Chemistry at Tunnel Tops

Editor’s Be aware: Welcome to “It’s a Date,” the primary in a sequence of date guides that can assist you navigate your love life with thoughtfully deliberate and field-tested Bay Space itineraries. First up, a romantic play date at Tunnel Tops together with your plus-one. 

Value: $ 
Nice For: a second date, an adventurous first or science nerds normally   
Vibe: Playful, enjoyable & low-stakes 
Time: 1-3 hours

If you wish to impress your date with spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Tunnel Tops, which opened final 12 months, is a good selection—particularly for ecology nerds. Along with beautiful surroundings, this new-ish addition to the Golden Gate Nationwide Recreation Space boasts a tricked-out playground, a campfire circle and a subject station, the place you and your date can study in regards to the precise birds and the bees. 

There’s additionally loads of room for a scenic picnic—both at one of many park’s many tables or sprawled out on one of many verdant, well-manicured lawns. And with a rotating forged of meals vehicles parked close by daily, you may pack gentle and determine what to eat while you’re there.

The sphere station desires to make science enjoyable. It’s full of maps, magnifying glasses and specimens of California wildlife. Look at previous maps of San Francisco and classic photograph slides of the Presidio, together with paw prints of native animals. Work your proper mind by writing a poem impressed by nature or utilizing a coloured pencil to attract a California wildflower at a still-life artwork station. You may take house your doodle as a memento or grasp it up on a communal artwork wall—sort of like carving your initials right into a tree trunk or park bench with out committing vandalism. 

And don’t neglect to (actually) cease and odor the flowers. You can also make a sport out of seeing who can guess the aroma and origin of varied flora specimens. Consider it as a check of your chemistry.

Proceed your scientific exploration with a beverage. Whereas the Fort Level Beer Firm has a manufacturing facility within the Presidio, the general public isn’t allowed to drink there. Fortunately, one in all San Francisco’s best-known brewers might be discovered promoting chilly draughts among the many many meals vehicles stationed within the parking zone in entrance of the Presidio Customer Heart at 210 Lincoln Blvd.

For those who’re on the lookout for one thing stronger, the Girl Victory Cell Bar is commonly additionally on-site, serving cocktails, beer and wine out of a transformed classic Volkswagen bus. These preferring a nonalcoholic beverage can order espresso, tea or matcha at different pop-up meals stations.

For those who’re fortunate sufficient to get clear skies, views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay from Tunnel Prime’s grassy lawns are spectacular—particularly at sundown. However, the arrival of San Francisco’s perennial fog may supply the right excuse to wrap your arm round your boo. 

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A forged of rotating meals vehicles posts up across the Presidio Customer Heart at Tunnel Tops and by the playground from 9 a.m. to three p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekends. Fare contains dependable standbys like avenue tacos and extra distinctive treats, comparable to Ukrainian borscht and Pakistani falooda. All of it makes for an amazing dialog piece whereas the 2 of you feast on samplings from world wide.

For those who’re feeling the vibe, it’s possible you’ll need to linger until the solar units or stroll off hand-in-hand to Crissy Discipline, Golden Gate Seashore or Marina Inexperienced for much more scenic views earlier than the candy sorrow of parting methods—or not.