The edge of Chinatown and North Beach, where Columbus and Grant avenues meet like two mighty rivers, is one of the most dynamic liminal zones in San Francisco. Few locals spend good time at this dueling precipice, but consider just one block. Sam’s Burgers, Anthony Bourdain’s favorite late-night burger in

There are plenty of things I say I really want to do–like making a photo collage of bodega cats or finally memorizing someone’s phone number besides my own–but I will probably never get around to doing them. Another is trying fresh sushi as a a means to erase a bad