SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tosca Landlord Just Wants A Less Surly Bar Owner Tosca Café, the classic North Beach watering hole threatened with eviction after allegedly not paying rent for the past decade or so, was officially served an eviction notice by landlord and strip club
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Operation Dirty Taco' Brings Down Meth-Dealing Suburban Taco Truck In Olivehurst, California, a Yuba County suburb North of Sacramento, one local taco truck was apparently supplementing its income with some narcotic secret menu items. According to the local paper of record, the
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Burning Man Misconceptions Shattered Burning Man misconceptions shattered and blown away like so much Playa dust. [7x7] Fancy people things: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi honored by the California Historical Society. [SFWire] Sharpen your paddles, kids! The centerpiece of
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Matt Cain Busts Heads, Myths Certifiably perfect San Francisco starting pitcher Matt Cain stopped by the M5 Industries home of the Mythbusters geek patrol yesterday. What myth was he there to bust, you ask? The one where the
SF News Congratulations, SFPD Chief Suhr, You're The Highest Paid City Cop In The Nation When his next pay raise kicks in at the end of September, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr will become the nation's highest paid city cop for his work as the top boss
SF News Video: Class War Pending As Google Bus Driver Threatens Irritated Cyclist Oh dear: here we have video of two grown men, at least one of whom appears to have questionable taste in protective eyewear, engaged in an argument that does not bode well for
SF News Video: 51 Cats Rescued From Hoarders Are Recovering Adorably Good news from the feline world today. After 113 kittens were found dead in two Seaside, California homes last month, the Monterey County SPCA has slowly nursed the 51 surviving adult cats back
SF News The America's Cup Has At Least One Fan, And He Is Nuts Although attendance has been thin down on the Northern waterfront where the first of the America's Cup practice races have been hitting the water this week. The early runs did, however, bring out
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Red Vines Black Licorice Recalled For Actually Being Poisonous Finally, definitive proof that black licorice is gross and will most likely kill you if you eat it. [Ed note: "Some of us find black licorice nothing short of heavenly!"] The California Department
SF News Thursday Morning Roundup: Alice Waters' Food Porn Vanity Fair shares some food porn straight from Alice Waters' iPhone Former KQED president Anthony Tiano dies. [Chron] Small plates, tapas and the like actually suck for sharing. [GrubSF] via [NYT] Spend your
SF News Kamikaze Seagull Attempts To Thwart Controversial Treasure Island Development Perhaps in a last-ditch effort to stop the impending $1.5 billion development project on Treasure Island, an avian terrorist took out the power to the entire manmade island for just under an
SF News Port Of S.F. Sinks Local Man's Dream To Build Dumpy Waterfront Restaurant Vincent Lackey, the owner of a rotting houseboat that has been stuck in the mud in India Basin for months, is about to see his dreams of opening a waterfront restaurant come to
SF News Colon Blows It: A's Pitcher Benched 50 Games For Doping Barely a week after Giants All-Star MVP Melky Cabrera was busted with high amounts of testosterone in his system, Oakland A's starting pitcher Bartolo Colon has also been suspended for being in violation
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Legendary Tosca Cafe Faces Eviction From Strip Club Magnate In terms of drinking holes going down the drain in San Francisco, the city has managed to band together long enough to save the Tonga Room, and maybe even make some improvements on
SF News Wednesday Morning Link Dump: California Creates A New Grade Level California introduces "Transitional Kindergarten", the new grade level since 1891. [BayCitizen] Forbes Island is back in business and serving up a new menu to boot! [EaterSF] A Texas BBQ bar is coming to
SF News Chevron Moves Refinery Fire Claims Center In Richmond, over 10,700 people have filed claims to have the medical and property damage expenses resulting from the August 6th refinery fire reimbursed by the oil company. The company announced today
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Richmond's La Perla Delicatessen To Shut Down After 63 Years La Perla Mexican Delicatessen — an institution for over 63 years in the tumultuous town of Richmond, California — will close up shop sometime before the end of the year. The current store at the
SF News San Francisco Has Been Using Condoms Incorrectly No, the city hasn't been unrolling them inside out or whatever, that would be embarrassing. Rather, the SFPD has been using condoms—and photos of condoms—to bust the working girls and guys
SF News Kitchenware Crime 2012: Mid-Market Groper Slashes Man With Chopsticks Here's another stabbing that doesn't quite fit our Knife Crime rubric: on Sunday night, a 49-year-old man was slashed in the face by a chopstick-wielding aggressor near Eighth and Market Streets. The victim
SF News Tuesday Morning Roundup: America's Cup(cakes) The 34th America's Cup begins with cupcakes. [CurbedSF] Genuine Hood tweens dispense lemonade, advice. [MissionMission] Mini hanging gardens appear on Clement Street. [RichmondSF] Officials say unreliable police radio system possibly caused by interference
SF News Monday Morning Roundup: The Bay Area's Hippest Recycling Center The hippest recycling center in all of the bay area is in El Cerrito. [John King] "The sheriff had his chance and he blew it." — Every Ross Mirkarimi speculation column these days, basically.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Renters vs. Buyers The New York Times compares San Francisco renters and San Francisco buyers. [NYT] Examiner food critic Jesse Hirsch is addicted to Pig & Pie. [SFEx] Indie Mart returns this Sunday after a long
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gratuitous Carb Consumption And Pretentious Iced Tea: Michael Bauer's Instagram Reviewed Michael Bauer, the San Francisco Chronicle's esteemed and obfuscated food critic is (like everyone else) totally in to Instagram these days. In this new, occasional feature column, we review Bauer's own photographs according
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Drink & Dance With Animals At The S.F. Zoo Nightlife events at normally sober venues are all the rage these days, but tonight's Noc'tails Silent Disco Party at the San Francisco Zoo is the first where attendees can party down with other
SF News This Clown Ended Up With Steve Jobs' Stolen iPad [Updated] Kenny the Clown of Alameda, pictured here in a photo that will haunt our dreams later, became the accidental owner of an iPad belonging to the late Apple CEO. The purloined tablet came
