MateVeza, makers of cervezas brewed with yerba mate (get it?) so they're naturally caffeinated, announced yesterday they'll be opening up their own Dolores Park-adjacent restaurant and brewery at Church and 18th Streets. Owner/brewer Jim Woods hopes to open the doors and start slinging Argentinian food and caffeinated beers at "Cervecería de MateVeza" as early as spring 2012, provided the California ABC and the Planning Department give their approval. more ›

In the latest food cart controversy to hit the hotly contested turf in Dolores Park, the neighbors have spoken: no one likes a sausage slinger. Or the Sausage Slinger, rather — a popular Sacramento-based hot dog cart whose owners dutifully applied for the proper permits to move in to San Francisco before being roundly met with objections from the neighbors. more ›

This Saturday, San Francisco's premiere recycled materials battle returns to Dolores Park for an afternoon of playful reuse. For the uninitiated, Boxwars combines recycling with gladiator-style battles to exhilarating and hilarious result. Basically, you raid the recycling bin at your local liquor store or big box chain and put together your best corrugated armor and wrapping paper-tube weaponry. Then you bring it all down to Dolores Park on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. to do throw down the gauntlet with other post-consumer-clad hellions. more ›

So, after multiple community meetings and sub-committee meetings which SFist did not exactly make it to, the first-draft plan to renovate Dolores Park has been unveiled, with what Dolores Park Works describes as a favorable reception. Among the things that certain persuasive citizens were able to strong-arm into the plan by showing up to meetings and being consistently vocal, are a large youth soccer field abutting Hipster Hill -- which will be closed from 3 to 6 pm (daily?) for soccer games and which will require the largest amount of maintenance -- and (get this) a bicycle polo court/flex hard-surface court, which at least one vociferous individual contends will be "much in demand" by the bike polo community. more ›

S.F. sure loves a flash mob -- especially one involving Michael Jackson, on the King of Pop's birthday (yesterday). And even if we find the flash-mob thing a little yawn-inducing at this point, we are jaded and you don't have to listen to us. We'll try to be more encouraging. Such joy! Such presumed spontaneity! It's a wonder to behold! Anyway, we especially like the girl at the 0:28 mark in the pink tank top who decides to join in the fun, even though she clearly did not have her marching orders or know any of the choreography. That, friends, is a big flash-mob no-no. more ›

Delightful, Oakland-based girl group Hottub penned an ode to horrific caffiene-booze concoction Four Loko, appropriately titled 4 Lokos Only. In this Mochipet remix video, the thirsty ladies croon about wanting their Four Loko while dancing in Dolores Park and riding in a luxury vehicle. Fun! more ›

Dolores Park's Truffle Guy has delivered his special brand of magic to jonesing park denizens for quite some time. Now you can get a t-shirt featuring the noted drug dealer, making you the envy of your stoner pals. Made out of 50% cotton and 50% recycled polyester, you can score this gem for a mere $35 over at Turk + Taylor. more ›

"They can't shoot us all -- fuck the police," reads a banner carried by a smattering of people following yesterday's protest in Dolores Park. The protest was over the unfortunate yet justifiable shooting death of Kenneth Harding, 19, who was killed in Bayview on Saturday after using a firearm against SFPD officers. more ›

Oh dear. A protest is planned today in Dolores Park over the shooting death of murder suspect Kenneth Harding, 19, who was killed by SFPD officers in Bayview on Saturday after evading fare and using a firearm. Even the more left among us are cocking their eyebrows at this alleged civil rights protest. more ›

Mission Mission reader "Beebe" sent the fine folks over at the city's favorite neighborhood blog this nifty side-by-side comparison of a Sunday afternoon in Dolores Park and "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat. Well done. All that's missing is a little bit of Sondheim, yes? Yes. Yes, indeed. more ›

Well, not everyone. Not even close. Obviously. On our Facebook and Twitter, though, one would think the entire city decided to play hooky there today. And why not? It's stunning outside. Anyway, here are some images shot by lucky souls kicking it at the Dolores Park this very second. more ›

Beer. It is gross. Pabst Blue Ribbon. Even nastier. Which is why we were saddened and shocked to read that a Dolores Park goer was recently robbed of his 12-pack of the blue-collar-fetishizing brew. "He was sitting in Dolores Park at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when a 20-something male approached him, pulled out a knife and demanded a beer," Mission Local reports. "The suspect then decided he wanted more than one. He took the 12-pack and fled." No injuries were reported. We can only hope that a pal bought the victim a new 12-pack. Gross or not, stealing someone's poison is just plain cruel. [via Mission Mission] more ›

When noted knee-jerk conservative queer pundit Andrew Sullivan slammed the annual Hunky Jesus contest in Dolores Park as "tired," "lame," and bigoted, heaps of SFist commenters chimed in with their thoughts. That was fun. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who put on the annual Jesus flesh festival, issued a statement in response to Sullivan. Which is also fun. The Rev. Sr. Merry Peter speaketh: more ›

Speaking of cultural sensitivity in Dolores Park, the SF SPCA will throw a Chihuahua-themed party in Dolores Park this Sunday, May 1, in honor of Cinco de Mayo. See, due Paris Hilton and her horrible kind, chihuahuas are now disproportionally represented in shelters and rescues. Many of the tiny pooches were abandoned by their whore owners after the mid-to-late '00s small-dog fad faded away. This is where you come in: SF SPCA will have a chihuahua meet-up and adoption booth at Sunday's canine fest. And you should seriously consider bringing one home as a new member of your family. more ›

"Dolores Park Lake" by Christopher Pepper. more ›

The clever kids at the Bold Italic have done it again with their graphic design/illustration prowess and given us (via designer Jon Adams) this lovely Valentine's card detailing how San Franciscans share their love. There are a few funny bits, like "share a burrito, Lady and the Tramp-style" and "Build a lover's fort out of fixies in Dolores Park." See it all below, in a kind of lo-fi form. more ›

Yesterday some concerned Dolores Park neighbors feared that the Rec & Parks Department would be imposing a $100 security deposit on picnics in the much-loved and occasionally quite crowded park. As the Examiner reports today, the deposit is only for the use of a picnic table and would be returned assuming reasonable picnickers cleaned up after themselves. (There's a $27 registration fee to use the tables, as is also the case in Golden Gate Park.) New D8 Supervisor Scott Wiener, already inundated with emails on the matter, assured us groups with less than 25 people and no desire to sit at a picnic table are still welcome to lounge on the grassy areas free of charge. more ›

After becoming caught in debris in a tree, a barn owl starved to death recently. "On Friday, local birder Dominik Mosur responded to a report of a dead owl hanging in a tree near Mission High School, next to Dolores Park," reports CBS 5... more ›

Mission / Shooting: A 20-year-old man is in critical condition following a shooting in Dolores Park around 11 p.m. on Friday night. The victim was standing at the corner of 20th and Dolores when the suspect, still at large, approached him and fired multiple rounds. The victim was taken to SF General with life-threatening injuries, and police were seen combing that section of the park Saturday morning in search of the murder weapon. [KTVU, Mission Local, Uptown Almanac] more ›

Our condolences, coffee lovers. It looks like chances for Blue Bottle Coffee in Dolores Park may have suddenly cooled off. On the back of this tweet from Reyhan Harmanci comes a rumor, unconfirmed by SFist, that the local/national coffee maker won't be operating their coffee cart trailer in the park after all. Let us know if you hear anything else, won't you? more ›

Lately it seems like there have been some dire straits for Blue Bottle Gibraltars in Dolores Park. At last week's regular meeting of the Rec & Parks Commission, attendees once again veered off into what according to SFoodie sounds like a vibrant discussion of where the local (or national, depending on who you ask) chain should park its proposed coffee cart, which as it turns out is more like a trailer. more ›

Scene from Saturday night's screening of Coen Brothers' popular flick about White Russians and bowling, or something like that. A lovely night, it seems, was had by all. more ›