Now: Cuts through several neighborhoods, including Lower Haight, Alamo Square, Pacific Heights, and Marina. Both a north-south traffic throughway, and a kaleidoscopic mix of dining, grocery, and merchant fronts serving each neighborhood.
Then: Divisadero Street, named for its former function as a divider between the city of San Francisco and the Presidio.
How To Get There: Divisadero is a long, multi-neighborhood street, so may be reached from many directions. An easy way to start at the south end is to turn on to Divisadero from Haight Street, at the west end of the Lower Haight. It is also two blocks east of the Panhandle, or one block west of Alamo Square.

Divisadero Street at Haight Street

Divisadero Street between Oak and Fell

Divisadero Street between Page and Oak

Divisadero Street

Sunday Farmer's Market on Grove Street at Divisadero Street

Metro Hotel on Divisadero Street

Divisadero at Fulton

Little Star Pizza on Divisadero, Chicago-style deep dish pizza

Health Haven Natural Foods on Divisadero

Ziryab, middle eastern cuisine

Nopa, the trendy restaurant synonymous with the North-of-Panhandle area

Fly Bar on Divisadero

Stelladoro Pizza, on Divisadero at Fulton

Frankie's Bohemian Cafe

Blue Fog Market on Divisadero at Green Street

Food Inc. Trattoria, Greek and Mediterranean

Annie's Bistro on California Street near Divisadero

Solstice, on Divisadero at California