Hello!
I'm relatively new at KOF and would like to know where I should go to play experienced players so I can get feedback and such.
I live in daly city but work in San Francisco 
Hiya! Welcome to the Northern California thread! My name's Reiki, nice to meet you! You can find plenty of places in the bay area to play King of Fighters XIII, either through gatherings, through actual venues, and also arcades. Lets start off with arcades.
In San Francisco, on 447 Stockton Street near the Stockton Tunnel, is Southtown Arcade. We run biweekly KoF tournaments there and they're streamed on iplaywinner.com! You should definitely come out as we've got plenty of talent that way. Equally as exciting on 47 South B. Street in Downtown San Mateo is GameCenter Arcade. They also have KOF tournaments in their monthly tournament NorCal Install (N.C.I). You can meet plenty of experienced players there in a multitude of games. Although the area is not as consistently competitive in the game as Southtown, you'll find plenty of talented and experienced fighters who wouldn't mind showing you the ropes.
In San Francisco State University, there's the Rac-N-Cue, the school arcade and billards shop. In there is an original KOF XIII arcade machine. Although dated, you can still see some people playing the game. Due to their policy, they don't make console-to-arcade cabs. However, since the release of KOF XIII: Climax, it could be getting an update so keep it in mind.
There are local venues as well! In Dragon Lounge on 1355 Taraval on 24th Ave every Monday, the bar is open to players who bring their setups to play XIII. You can stop by and see Haunts, Hotpockets, and more just getting in casuals.
Tuesday, in the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment on 610 16th Street in Oakland, there's a station where some competitive players around the bay hang out, play games, and stream their matches. It starts at 2 PM and if you have the time, stop on by!
If you're okay with traveling across the San Mateo bridge, you can spend Friday playing at RAMnation. Home to Tyram, he hosts a weekly KOF XIII tournament that rocks the web from 11:30PM to 3 in the morning. It's full of true and tested fighters, you'll definitely have a blast.
So that's it for the consistent stuff. Again, welcome to NorCal's KOF scene! Hope to see you soon!