Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, San Francisco

Where else in the state of California, let alone the rest of the U.S., will you find a place that makes fortune cookies by hand in a family-owned bakery? Located in Chinatown, past the clothing shops, the little markets, the knick-knack, and antique shops, the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie factory is as good as it gets.

To begin with, you'll have never seen so many fortune cookies in your life! They have chocolate-dipped, sprinkled, giant, and unfolded varieties, and you can even create your own personalized messages to be placed within. You can also see the fresh cookies being made and folded in front of you by hand, at a rate of 20,000 a day, just as they were in 1909, when they were invented for San Francisco's Japanese Tea Garden (other places churn hundreds of thousands out a day, mechanically).

Fresh and warm fortune cookies beat every other fortune cookie you've had before. The ones made here are thin enough that they give a good crisp bite, but also thick enough that they don't just shatter (unlike the thick and crunchy kinds served at restaurants). Plus, each bag and container is insanely cheap for its worth.

Opening Hours:
Mon-Fri: 9am–6:30pm; Sat, Sun: 9am–7pm

Image Courtesy of Flickr and Kārlis Dambrāns.

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Sight Name: Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory
Sight Location: San Francisco, USA (See walking tours in San Francisco)
Sight Type: Shopping
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