Where to go in S.F.’s Dogpatch

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Dogpatch continues its transformation from a community where blue-collar workers once toiled in factories and shipyards.

While the redevelopment of the industrial waterfront remains in the future, other historic buildings and new structures house art studios, offices, local manufacturing and a major hospital.

Celebrating contemporary artists and craftspeople, the Museum of Craft and Design features a 3,500-square-foot gallery, workshop and program space, and a museum store.

Ranging from the Abruzzo to a crimini and portobello mushroom, they include six layers of thin, housemade pasta, mozzarella cheese, bechamel and tomato sauces.

The production facilities of the freshly minted Rickshaw Bagworks also contains a factory store stocked with its colorful messenger bags, Sutro backpacks, grocery totes, custom iPad sleeves and more.

There’s an actual rickshaw parked near bicycles and zippy red scooters.

Michael and Jacky Recchiuti opened their gourmet chocolate boutique two blocks from where they make their artisanal confections.

The selection includes Noir truffles, Fleur de Sel caramels and gelatin-free Pâte de Fruit in blueberry, passion fruit and morello cherry flavors.

To help working-class people live in affordable housing, architect John Cotter Pelton Jr. published free architectural plans of cottages in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin from 1880 to 1883.

From humble beginnings, it became the largest employer in Dogpatch and manufactured almost all of the heavy equipment mining companies utilized in the Comstock Lode.

Take BART to Embarcadero Station (also the Muni Metro Station) and board the inbound Muni Metro KT train.

Hands on Gourmet hosts private cooking parties and culinary team-building events where participants work with chefs to create dishes utilizing fresh, seasonal foods, learn cooking techniques and then sit down and enjoy the meal together.

Up to 60 people can cook in its kitchen or they’ll go mobile, setting up in an array of locations from an office to botanical gardens and converted barns.