A major new SF park called Cityside Park is opening on Treasure Island next weekend, with barbecue grills and jumbo picnic tables, recurring Off the Grid food truck events, and SF views that you just can’t get in SF.
San Francisco has been trying to make Treasure Island happen for a number of years, embellishing the man-made island and former World War II naval base with some new high-rise apartment buildings and a new ferry to Treasure Island. But it’s still largely just a big old construction site while the new development is being built.
So the City of San Francisco is betting that maybe a new park 24-acre park on Treasure Island called Cityside Park will draw you out there, as the Chronicle reports. The first six acres of that park will open at its grand opening on Saturday, September 13, and according to the Chronicle, the park will offer views of “Coit Tower, the [Transamerica] Pyramid, the Ferry Building, the Hyatt Regency across the water in San Francisco — as well as the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge”
The park will feature bike and hiking paths, but its most unique offering may be a set of barbecue grills that are free to use, with jumbo 20-foot picnic tables next to them.
And that September 13 grand opening will also kick off weekly Off the Grid food truck events at Treasure Island’s new Cityside Park. These Off the Grid events are earlier in the day than most weekend food truck rallies (these are 11 am - 4 pm), and they’ll happen at the new park every Saturday from September 13 - November 1.
Remember, you can get to Treasure Island on public transportation on the new Treasure Island Ferry (weekend schedule here), and Muni’s 25-Treasure Island bus, which departs from and returns to the Salesforce Transit Center.
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