• Brace yourselves, al signs point to an imminent Occupy SF raid. [BCN/Appeal]

• Espressamente Illy, the new cafe from the classic-cute Italian coffee giant, hits the Financial District. [EaterSF]

• Farina in the Mission has a curious new tipping policy in which tips are pooled and then distributed according to a secret mathematical formula. [InsideScoop]

• Supervisor Mar is worried about chain stores. Again. [RichmondSF]

• Coming in December: Back to back Art Walks on Divisadero and the Lower Haight. [Haighteration]

• Mayor Lee talks Taxes, Transit and Unions with the Wall Street Journal. [WSJ]

• Broke Guy Day Care: Hotel-spelunking in Union Square [Chron]