Our recent "3 Questions" subjects have included Megan Marrone, Kevin Rose, Phil Bronstein, and the founders of Yelp -- all pretty darned high-profile people. However, as compelling as we find those folks, our goal with the short-form interview was always to intersperse folks on the street; the folks you meet in your real life, who really are as interesting as, well, anybody. more ›

A couple blocks south of where Lower Mervyns Heights butts heads with Upper Chopper City, Divisadero’s business-dominated stretch begins to take shape. There’s a little of everything on this block between McAllister and Fulton, from the throwback corner diner, to the auto body shop, to the bar whose front window announces a list of “rules” to be obeyed. There’s also the Muslim center and the tattoo parlor. Even the pair of pizza places on the east side of the street take divergent approaches. The block’s eclecticism doesn’t seem to bother anyone early on this Sunday evening. The pies at sit-down place Little Star Pizza (deep dish or thin crust – you choose) look to be as popular as any in town tonight, while down the sidewalk at quick-service Stelladoro, police officers and less-armed customers quickly nip in and out for cut-rate slices. A door or two away, at the corner of Divisadero and Fulton, the sticker-strewn counter at Eddie’s Café appears as if it’s been helping mitigate hangovers with omelets, bacon cheeseburgers, greens, and grits for decades. more ›

Last week's winner, as picked by SFist Sara L, the East Bay Express! A very deep Dream Cartoon about George Bush getting eaten by a shark. The Oakland military school is not military enough. Inspirational stories of East Bay kids getting scholarships. Cover: A sweet Oakland family stuck in a nightmare bureaucratic lawsuit hell over a mudslide that destroyed their house. Tripe soup in Fruitvale. A soulless book about 90s punk, and more debate about misogyny in hip-hop. more ›

We think a lot about pizza here at SFist, maybe a little too much. And since San Francisco has some pretty good pizza, we were a little nervous to move out to the East Bay. (Golden Boy, we don’t mind that you’re in North Beach, you can do no wrong with your clam pizza.) more ›

We deplore often enough the closure of Mission icons to welcome a new addition: Little Star has opened tonight at the corner of Valencia and 15th, in the space previously occupied by opium den and baku de thai. They put in a brick wall so something falls on you during an earthquake, and a juke box, so you don't have to talk to your date while you eat. more ›

Mondays are hard! We've scoured our inbox for invitations or event releases and came up empty handed. Hey, maybe we'll just go gorge ourselves at Little Star Pizza? Oh no, wait, they're closed, too! Damn you, Monday, for keeping us from drunkenness or gluttony! Damn you to hellllll! more ›

The Michelin Guide will release its first San Francisco edition next fall. This follows in the footsteps of the New-York guide, whose first edition they released late last year. We can't hardly wait to put our hands on this. Which places will have the 3 stars rating, the one which means a restaurant is a trip destination on its own? The French reviewers are fussy, so the down-to-earth Chez Panisse might be out of favor. The French Laundry definitely checks in, especially since its little sibling, Thomas Keller's New-York restaurant, Per Se, got its *** already. more ›

Folks -- we want to encourage you to keep the questions coming. The best ones for us to answer are those with specific details. If questions don't hav enough detail, we are forced to simply snark (see question #1); if they are too open-ended, you'll see us blather on and on and on and on (see question #2). more ›

We were flummoxed when our own SFist Jer posted about Little Star pizza (and simply titled it Good Pizza in the Western Addition. Good? That's it? We would have said 'great' or 'amazing' or 'zachary-esque.' But he beat us to it, so we have to settle for second best. That would be Patxi's, a Palo Alto institution which just bore an off-spring in the city. Patxi's, like Little Star before, is filling a big void in the SF culinary landscape: the equivalent of Zachary's, the unparalleled master of the deep dish pizza in the bay. more ›

Last week's winner, the East Bay Express: Life sucks in Haiti. Hybrids -- they may look cute, but their silent wheels make them angels of death for visually-impaired pedestrians! Cover article: Day in the life of the Homeland Security agent patrolling the bay in a gunboat. Down In Front thought the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show blew. Yay, Green Day! Yay, Blackalicious! And Savage Love: a baaaaaad experience with a mistaken-gender date, and an invitation to send your thoughts about it to Dan. Should be an interesting column next week! And some sad news from the other New Times affiliate, the SF Weekly: we got a tip that publisher John Mecklin will be leaving, as of next week. No! Who will Mr. Brugman fight with now? Thanks for all the fun over the last eight years, Mr. Mecklin, and we wish you the best of luck for whatever you do next. Weekly: Matt Smith's hilariously bad afternoon the day the beer truck blew up, which segues only somewhat seamlessly into a discussion about how we're misusing transportation money from Congress. Awesome Ted Rall about disasters across this great land. Are you an apologist for FEMA? Cover article: the Lower Fillmore area -- in-fighting about its redevelopment. Is Little Star better than Zachary's (or is it just SF snobbery?) The lead singer from Xiu Xiu. And Mecklin loves trance music. We'll miss you, big guy! After the jump: The Bay Guardian, the Metro, and the pick of the week. more ›

Whether you are a Ralph Barbieri fan that enjoys Amici's, a Berkeley-ite that swears by Zachary's, a fan of Chesh's recent discovery Pizza Fiesta, or you, like friend/idol of SFist Pim, enjoy the pies at Pizzetta 211 (after all, they carry Blue Bottle Coffee, folks), we think many people in this town agree: good pizza is not very common in the Bay Area. That's pretty much the whole list right there. more ›

...to see if any of our fellow SFist correspondents are mentioned! The Guardian takes the coveted top spot for last week's triumphant Weekly of the Week win. Local politics corner: Kaiser doesn't properly clean the scopes they use to probe your large intestine. You know, it's never good to see the phrase "large intestine" in print. Cover article: It's really, really bad over there in Iraq. The food critic has a horrible meal at Tallulah. Dan Leone enjoys Little Star pizzeria in the Western Addition. An article about that photography show with porn stars clothed and unclothed. Yipes, Jenna Jameson's nipples! Sonic Reducer loves her some San Francisco classic rockers, and the book section (which we skipped). .....And they're back, and on the front page, even, to make it up for them that we haven't been able to get copies for awhile: the San Jose Metro! Sorry, guys. The Biter column notes the phenomenon of an SF dive bar group's annual drunken Caltrain pilgrimage to San Jose. A man who killed himself over spam. Cover article: It's really, really bad over there in Sumatra. Hey, Fatlip (the guy that Ludacris beats up in his new Spike Jonze video Get Back) is playing in Cupertino on Friday. The Weekly (featuring a cameo by our own SFist Cheshire!!! We can't believe he didn't even tell us he had a movie in a film fest last week!), the East Bay Express, and the Weekly of the Week, all after these commercial messages. more ›