Mr. Toad's Tours offers tours of historic San Francisco locations in open-air, pre-1930s-style cars.
Run by the Lundquist family, whose San Francisco roots extend back three generations, Mr. Toad's tries to make its visitors feel welcome with stories and anecdotes drawn from local lore. Eric Lundquist, an excellent storyteller, says that one of the most interesting gigs Mr. Toad's Tours regularly takes guests to is to the annual Gatsby picnic at Dunsmuir Estate in Oakland. This is a 1920s-period-dress picnic hosted by the Art Deco Society of California.
From the 90-minute "Hop Around the City" tour to the more in-depth "Postcard San Francisco" or Alcatraz packages (and even a night tour), Mr. Toad's offers a variety of ways to experience the city in historical style.