Owners of divey Mission bars where people like to tag bathroom (and exterior) walls are increasingly sad about this culture of tagging that they seem to be a part of. As Uptown Almanac reports, several have associated the rampant tagging with the fact they serve PBR and Tecate, which, we guess, attracts an unsavory element that prefers not to go north of $3 for their beer choices? more ›

In new year revamp news, noted Haight Street dive bar Murio's Trophy Room has been transformed with a new, slightly slicker look. After closing a closing a few months back to update the always charming "random stuff on the wall" theme, Inside Scoop reports the venue for many a Roller Derby afterparty has thrown open their new floor-to-ceiling windows to welcome patrons to a sleek new space featuring, most strikingly, actual tables at which to sit down. more ›

As local, national, and worldwide print publishing continues to take a brutal, Christ-like thrashing -- take, for example, the San Jose Mercury News' recent layoffs and a 30% drop in the San Francisco Chronicle's daily circulation -- the time-honored watering hole for "crusty but benign" journos, it seems, has also taken a beating. more ›