101 Music

North Beach & Chinatown


You'll have to bend over those earthquake-defying bins to let DJs and hard-core collectors pass (hey, wasn't that Tom Waits?!), but among the $5–25 discs are obscure releases (Songs for Greek Lovers) and original recordings by Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and San Francisco's own Dead Kennedys. Don't knock your head on vintage Les Pauls.


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Nearby North Beach & Chinatown attractions

1. Portsmouth Square

0.37 MILES

Chinatown's unofficial living room is named after John B Montgomery's sloop, which staked the US claim on San Francisco in 1846. SF's first city hall…