"Perhaps you’re meeting up with someone that you’d rather not talk to for any more than exactly one hour, so you can go back home, get under the covers by 9pm, and deep-dive into a rabbit hole of collegiate gymnastics vlogs on YouTube. Suggest you meet at Spark Social. The food truck park in Mission Bay is expansive, open daily, and hosts a rotating roster of food trucks like El Fuego, Koja Kitchen, and The Sarap Shop. They have plenty of picnic tables, as well as a few firepits (make a reservation here). The best part is, coming here isn’t a full sit-down experience, so once you’re done eating, it’s easy to make some excuse about having to go so you can feed the neighborhood cat." - julia chen 1