Oh boy, two things that excite us are coming together next week. No, not another divine marriage between peanut butter and chocolate. It's SF Chefs and the San Francisco Giants, and they're joining forces for a night of food and baseball. SF Chefs at the Park takes place on Tuesday, May 14 from 5 - 7 p,m. in Seals Plaza just before the Giants take on the Rockies. And it works like this, basically: you get to mingle with noted and award-winning chefs, sample their goods, and then you get to go the game, get drunk, and root for the greatest sports team of all time. Even if they are currently in second place behind the worst sports team of all time. more ›

Friend of SFist Sally Kuchar, Curbed SF editor and lifelong Giants fan, and you very own SFist editor recently bemoaned early-season fans' behavior at AT&T Park. Kuchar points, of course, were all spot-on and wonderful and needed to be shared with the world. So much so that we begged her to pen this very special piece for SFist on proper etiquette for amateur fans at Giants games. Take it away, Sally... more ›

Today your San Francisco Giants held their annual Media Day at AT&T Park (on the Club Level, of course. We came across two noteworthy items during the media blast: Virgin American's Brian Wilson airplane and the s'mores sandwich. The latter will be available to you on opening day. Until then, feast your pupils on this mighty sandwich that boasts drippy Ghirardelli Chocolate and pillow-sized marshmallows. You're welcome. more ›

The Giants released their tentative schedule for the 2012 baseball season this morning and while we don't want to jinx the tiny spark of hope this current series against the Padres has given us, next season already has something to look forward to. The diehard team travelers will want to go ahead and start booking flights to Arizona for the team's opening day game against the Diamondbacks on Friday, April 6th. The home opener at AT&T Park a week later on April 13th kicks off a three game matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates, followed by another three games against the Phillies. more ›

As UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium patches up their aging concrete facilities, the Cal football team is set to kick off their 2011 season in San Francisco starting in September. The team's first game against Fresno State will actually take place at the home of the Niners down in Candlestick Park, but after a short roadtrip to Colorado, AT&T Park becomes bear territory for the rest of the team's home games in 2011. more ›

Poor little fella. Or poor little spoiled brat. Depending on how you want to look at it. See, at last night's Giants-Dodgers game, this kid was left with zilch after failing to catch a foul ball. We've been there. It's devastating. Such hope. Such loss. The good news, though, is that the Giants creamed LA 5-3, and "stadium staff was shown handing the kid a foul ball of his own before the game ended." more ›

After apparently moving on from that whole Tempeh District thing, PETA has named AT&T Park the most vegetarian and vegan-friendly major league ballpark in the country. In a schlocky blog post, the activist group says, "the only thing sweeter than a World Series championship is knowing that no animals had to suffer for a tasty ballpark meal," citing the range of meatless concession items as reason for the ballpark's success. Now, shush - no one tell them about that Seal sweatshop operating in the kid's area. [via KTVU] more ›

Since a trophy, a parade, diamond-encrusted Tiffany rings, permanent ink in the history books, new signage, a reality show, and multi-million dollar salaries aren't nearly enough, AT&T Park now has plans to create a permanent walkway to commemorate the Giants' 2010 World Series win. SF Appeal reports: "The walkway will encircle all four plazas of AT&T Park and contain granite markers that will highlight epic moments of the 52-year journey...The walk will also include brick pavers that fans can purchase to mark their own memories of the team's history." The brick pavers will run anywhere between $225 to $475, "depending on location." more ›

Uh oh. A pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves is in hot sweet tea for making anti-gay remarks AT&T Park last weekend. TMZ reports: "Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell has been accused of targeting a group of male fans last weekend at a Giants game in San Fran -- allegedly asking them, 'Are you a homo couple or a threesome?' " The announcement was made today by--who else?--the world's favorite buttinski, Gloria Allred. more ›

Three kayakers were rescued from McCovey Cove yesterday after their vessel flipped over during a workout. The Chronicle reports: "A person on shore spotted two overturned kayaks and alerted the Coast Guard at 4:05 p.m. The Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department workers in a department boat rescued three people a short distance south of the cove, where the water temperature hovers around 50 degrees." The chilly kayakers were taken to a nearby hospital, but will be just fine. [Chron] more ›

After beaten Giants fan Bryan Stow brought ballpark violence to the national forefront, curbing unruly behavior at AT&T Park is only a text message away. Now in its third year, Giants fans can send anonymous messages to ballpark security for a two-way conversation. Simply text "80899" followed by "security" in the body of the text, then your seat number (or area of concern) and a detailed message about the problem. (Remember, you must type "security" in the before describing your call for help.) Whether it be out-of-control drunk fans, someone hurling derogatory names, of an outbreak of fisticuffs, you can have a two-way conversation with ballpark security or have a guard dispatched to your seating area. more ›

Matier & Ross report on a frightening and malodorous problem caused by San Francisco's low-flow toilets, and it's costing the city millions of dollars. Behold: more ›

As your editor took his daily parasol stroll around AT&T Park ground today, we noticed that they finally updated the O'Doul Gate side of the ballpark to reflect the San Francisco Giants' NL West, Pennant, and World Series wins. more ›

Here are a few stats from the first two games of World Series service at Public House and Mijita, Traci Des Jardins' restaurant and taqueria, respectively, at AT&T Park. more ›

Unless you live under a massive rock, or simply don't care for baseball, you know by now that the San Francisco Giants won the NL West championship on Sunday, and it was awesome. While your editor couldn't make it to the game or anywhere near Mission Bay, photographer Frankie Frankeny (of Frankeny Images) and fashion editor Chloe Harris (at StyleBistro) watched today's game from inside AT&T Park's Public House, snapping a few shots of the action after the Giants clinched it. more ›

The show that has ruled all television media for the better part of the decade but which may finally be showing signs of age is returning to San Francisco this week to audition hopeful future David Archuletas and Fantasia Barrinos. The auditions start at AT&T Park on Thursday, and wristbands are being handed out today as of 7 a.m. Those who take wristbands aren't allowed to camp in the area, but somehow have to be back in line to audition by 5 p.m. on Thursday. (Wristbands are being given out until 8 a.m. that morning.) more ›

More aesthetically pleasing, housing a better team, and situated in a superior neighbor -- AT&T Park can now say it's better than Dodgers stadium when it comes to food sanitary conditions. According to a food vendor health inspection survey on ESPN, a scant 4% of AT&T Park vendors were in violation, compared to the Dodgers Stadium 13%. more ›

Our mother's grandmother was right: The Beatles are nothing but trouble. According to the Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association, tomorrow's Paul McCartney concert at AT&T Park might prove too rock 'n' roll for Rincon Hill eardrums. So much so, in fact, they posted a hotline to call if the moptop turns it to 11. more ›

Oh, brother. While California Memorial Stadium's much-needed retrofit and renovation is underway, Cal's football team will play home games at AT&T Park. That is to say, even more drunken sports fans will urinate buckets on the steps of SFist HQ. Self-centered NIMBYism aside, this temporary move will prove beneficial for South Beach/Mission Bay businesses. An estimated six games will unfold at AT&T Park. So, er, yeah, welcome to San Francisco, Berkeley students. Make sure you bathe properly before crossing the bridge. XO, San Francisco. [via CBS 5, Daily Cal] more ›

Warning: Muni fare evasion police are on high alert as folks from the outer reaches of the region (we'll avoid the use of "B&T" here because we know how some of you cry foul) come to enjoy the great American pastime on opening day in fine weather. ABC7's got the story of the sold-out stadium (with people from Danville dropping a cool grand), and we're sure Public House is packed. more ›

Taking over the former orgy of meat that was ACME Chophouse at AT&T Park, Traci Des Jardins (Jardinière, Manzanita in Lake Tahoe, Mijita Cocina at the Ferry Building) will open her newest adventure, Public House, smack-dab on the Giants' season opener, April 9. The new space will boast "a year-round destination for great sports watching" and feature one of the largest draft beer (80% local!) and cask ale in the City. The James Beard Award-winning chef's kitchen prowess, of course, will star at the mound. The menu will include modern takes on the Philly Cheesesteak and jalpeño poppers, pork sliders, and the Public House Burger (Marin Sun Farms grass fed beef burger, avocado, bacon and Grafton cheddar cheese, with hand-cut Kennebec fries and house-made pickles) more ›

According to an annual fan cost index, the beer you buy at AT&T Park is baseball's most expensive suds. NBC Bay Area has the full report: "That $8.75 you pay for a 20-ounce beer is more than any other team in baseball in America charges -- by a full 75 cents." Coming in at second place was beer at Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field in Florida, who charge $8 for a 20-ounce beer. But the beer that wins the title of worst deal? NBC Bay Area gives that distinction to Boston's Fenway Park, where "7.25 only buys you a 12-ounce beer." more ›

Tommy Craggs' brilliance is back. Hurray!, is right. Now writing for Deadspin, the former SF scribe has a nifty new feature, "Why Your Stadium Sucks." And he starts things off with San Francisco's twee AT&T Park. Some of his problems with the park known more for its garlic fries and artisan coffee than for its team? It's a throwback ballpark, for starters. "These throwback ballparks are the brick equivalent of a Ken Burns documentary ... a window not on any actual history but on how baseball wants its history to be seen. It's a lot of infantilizing crap," clarifies Craggs. Another point of contention? AT&T Park chronically claiming that it's the first privately funded ballpark in the U.S. Which is true, he goes on to say, "if you don't count an estimated $25 million in municipal fire, police and garbage services; $33 million for the land itself, donated by the city; $83 million in property-tax exemptions; and on and on." Anyway, he has more excellent points that make his case. (Spot-on stuff, Craggs.) more ›

Where an In-N-Out should be, but isn't. more ›

As SFist first reported back in March, Halloween in the Castro (as you knew it) is dead. But! The formerly violent celebration will be resurrected "at a parking lot near AT&T Park as a multicultural celebration." It'll be planned in two parts: one part family party, one part adult party. The family fun (4 to 9 p.m.) will feature a Burning Man art installation, local youth performers, a Dia de Los Muertos exhibit, and parade, and more. The adult party (8 p.m. to midnight) has Destiny's Child's Michelle Williams, tranny performances, a $31 price tag, and booze. (But what we really want to know is this: are the streets in the Castro going to shutdown again that night?) more ›

Just weeks after a mysteriously underreported fire set the top of AT&T Park ablaze, a one-alarm fire inside the San Francisco Giants Dugout Store at AT&T Park sparked late last night. more ›