GOODS & SERVICES • FOUND Shop
The San Francisco Flower Market has been a sweet insider experience since 1912, operating for the last 50 years at 6th and Brannan St. From the SoMa warehouse, you could pick out a cute succulent for your office desk, assemble a massive bouquet, and pick up a tuna melt at the old school cafe. In January, the whole operation moved to Potrero Hill, reopening in a 125K-square-foot warehouse that smells like roses (literally).
More than 45 different vendors made the move to the new location, a concrete jungle with a big gray warehouse, stalls separated by rolling gates, and flowers overflowing from shelves and buckets. There’s nothing quite like a stroll through the cut flowers, tall branches, live plants, wreathes, vases, ribbons, and more. On a recent visit, I treated myself to two dozen long stem roses for $30. My usual shop in Noe Valley — as much as I love it — would have charged a couple hundred.
The market is the wholesale hub for the floral and design industries, which means for most hours, only those with pre-approved badges are allowed entry. But during specific windows on Wednesday through Saturday mornings, it’s open to the general public, allowing all of us to shop like the pros. –Becky Duffett
→ San Francisco Flower Market (Potrero Hill) • 901 16th St • Wed-Fri 8a-1p, Sat 8a-2p.