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The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓

The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓

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Created by Nick Pino • Updated On: July 10, 2018

Love the arts, sciences, comics and games? Look no further.

SPiN Social Club is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

1. SPiN Social Club

8.2
690 Folsom St #100, San Francisco, CA
Arts and Entertainment · SoMa · 26 tips and reviews
The Game Parlour is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

2. The Game Parlour

9.1
1342 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
Toy Store · Inner Sunset · 10 tips and reviews
Legion of Honor is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

3. Legion of Honor

9.3
100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA
Art Museum · 114 tips and reviews
California Academy of Sciences is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

4. California Academy of Sciences

9.4
55 Music Concourse Dr (at Martin Luther King Jr Dr), San Francisco, CA
Science Museum · Golden Gate Park · 510 tips and reviews
City Lights Bookstore is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

5. City Lights Bookstore

9.2
261 Columbus Ave (at Broadway), San Francisco, CA
Bookstore · Chinatown · 129 tips and reviews
Isotope Comics is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

6. Isotope Comics

8.4
326 Fell St (btwn Gough & Octavia St), San Francisco, CA
Comic Book Store · Hayes Valley · 37 tips and reviews
Soda Popinski is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

7. Soda Popinski

7.4
1548 California St (btwn Polk & Larkin St), San Francisco, CA
Bar · Polk Gulch · 59 tips and reviews
Novela is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

8. Novela

8.0
662 Mission St (at Annie St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 135 tips and reviews
Exploratorium is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

9. Exploratorium

9.2
Pier 15 (at The Embarcadero), San Francisco, CA
Science Museum · Northern Waterfront · 335 tips and reviews
Coin-Op Game Room is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

10. Coin-Op Game Room

508 4th St (Bryant St), San Francisco, CA
Bar · SoMa · 37 tips and reviews
Folsom Street Foundry is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

11. Folsom Street Foundry

8.7
1425 Folsom St (at 10th St), San Francisco, CA
Event Space · SoMa · 20 tips and reviews
The Detour is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

12. The Detour

8.3
2200 Market St #102 (at Sanchez St), San Francisco, CA
Arcade · Duboce Triangle · 62 tips and reviews
The Walt Disney Family Museum is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

13. The Walt Disney Family Museum

8.7
104 Montgomery St (Presidio of San Francisco), San Francisco, CA
Museum · Presidio National Park · 123 tips and reviews
de Young Museum is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

14. de Young Museum

9.1
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr (at John F Kennedy Dr), San Francisco, CA
Art Museum · Golden Gate Park · 279 tips and reviews
Bourbon & Branch is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

15. Bourbon & Branch

8.8
501 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Tenderloin · 318 tips and reviews
Gamescape is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

16. Gamescape

9.2
333 Divisadero St (btwn Oak & Page St), San Francisco, CA
Toy Store · Buena Vista · 23 tips and reviews
Cards & Comics Central is one of The Best Places to Nerd Out in San Francisco 🤓.

17. Cards & Comics Central

8.2
5424 Geary Blvd (at 19th Ave), San Francisco, CA
Comic Book Store · Inner Richmond · 6 tips and reviews