SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro Wants Another Starbucks for Some Reason Employing "reclaimed" gobbledygook as a selling point, Starbucks wants to put another damn spore in the Castro, a few blocks away from the bear-frequented Starbucks at 18th and Castro. With takeover plans zeroed
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland... A very high Zachary Runningwolf remains up in a tree near Frank Ogawa Plaza where the Occupy Oakland encampment was evicted early Monday morning. Runningwolf, if you recall, has a history of running
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Ricky Gervais and Liam Neeson Do Improv Ricky Gervais’s new sitcom Life’s Too Short debuted in the UK TV this week. We hope it's as good as his other work. This piece in particular, featuring Gervais, Stephen Merchant
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bauer Trounces W Hotel's Trace The Chronicle's Michael Bauer used his Sunday column to throw some light shade at the W hotel's new dining experience, Trace. And what an experience it is. Taking over the old XYZ spot
SF News Daisy Does the Niners: Candlestick Erupts Over 27-20 Win Against NY (By Daisy Barringer) I've been to every single 49ers game since I moved back to San Francisco in 2006 I've also been to quite a few playoff games over the years when going
SF News Quan's Top Legal Aide Quits Over Occupy Oakland Raid Furious over this morning's police raid of the Occupy Oakland encampment, Mayor Jean Quan's top legal advisor quit this morning. Dan Siegel, noted for being a critic of Oakland police, wished that the
SF News Goy Sues UC Davis Over Sexually Abusive Jewish Fraternity A UC Davis graduate filed a lawsuit against UC Davis for not taking action on his numerous complaints about a Jewish fraternity's sexually-charged and abusive hazing rituals. Ryan Clifford claims that he was
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Muni Bus [Updated] An unidentified pedestrian "wearing a security guard uniform" on Sunday afternoon was struck and killed by a Muni bus at Mission at Fifth streets. According to reports, the man "crossed in front of
SF News Occupy U.C. Berkeley on Colbert Report Wise man Stephen Colbert took on Occupy Cal's skirmish with abusive police this week. Calling UC Berkeley a "hippie haven" and a "slow food, locavore, patchouli, super-fun granola dump site," Colbert breaks down
Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour "Muni driver confronts an angry passenger" by Justin Beck. Beck reports: The passenger (right) claimed the bus driver (left) slammed the door in his face and said he didn't care about the passenger's
SF News Canadian Newspaper Company to Purchase SF Examiner SF Appeal breaks news that SF Examiner will be sold to a Canadian Newspaper company Black Press Group. According to a statement later released by the company, the sale expected to close on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kimo's to Become Cocktail Lounge. Maybe. Not that we have any right to complain (it's been over five years since we last blacked out at this fine music venue), but Polk Street rock 'n' roll/hustler staple Kimo's (1351
SF News Richmond Mayor Skips Veterans Event for Occupy Rally Obvious anti-'Merica Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin spit in the eye of a crying bald eagle making heterosexual love to Michelle Malkin today after skipping a Chevron-sponsored Veterans Day hour for an Occupy rally.
SF News 49ers Preview: Gouging the NY Giants (By Daisy Barringer) There's been a lot of talk in mainstream media this week about the San Francisco 49ers for the first time in, like, forever. ("In, like, forever" is just one example
Arts & Entertainment SFMOMA's 11.11.11 Tribute Well, would you look at this? The fine folks at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art paid tribute to November 11th, 2011 with a personification of today's Yahtzee-esque date and time. Via
Arts & Entertainment Saturday: Bay Bridge Turns 75 "There's Brooklyn Bridge, London Bridge, and the Bridge of San Luis Rey/But the only bridge, that's a real gone bridge/Is the bridge across the bay," killed Judy Garland in her epic
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Theft, Human Feces, Sponge Baths: Ferry Building Furious Over Occupy SF Crimes Ferry Building property manager Jane Connors wrote two letters to City Hall detailing supposed crimes perpetrated by some thoughtless Occupy SF members. An increase in shoplifting, break-ins and, ugh, reports of abandoned human
SF News BREAKING: Gas Leak at Mission and Beale in S.F. [UPDATED] According to CBS 5, construction crews have accidentally ruptured a gas line at Mission and Beale streets in downtown San Francisco. Gas is "spewing everywhere." Please stay out of the area until further
SF News Day Around the Bay Gunman posts suicidal note on Facebook; kills self and family members. [Mercury News] Happy thanksgiving from Vegansaurus! [Vegansaurus] Dark chocolate bark with dried cherries, apples and pistachios? Don't mind if we do. [A
Arts & Entertainment Jesse Morris' Posthumous 'I Wanna Take It All Back' As some of you already know, noted San Franciscan street musician Jesse Morris (billed the "punk rock Johnny Cash" by some) died this week. He was 27. Back in 2008, however, Morris began
SF News Hahaha: Zynga CEO Wants Employees to Return Stock Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is funny. Why? Well, according to the Wall Street Journal, he wants his early employees to return some of the stock they own before the company's initial public offering.
Arts & Entertainment Fecal Face Dot Gallery Reopens Tomorrow in Inner Richmond Due to the September house blaze at Haight and Fillmore, Fecal Face Dot Galley had to shutter its smokey doors. Sad. But! They will reopen (temporarily) on Friday in the Inner Richmond (at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Street Denny's Jumps Christmas Gun Set to ruin your Thanksgiving cheer (is that a thing? it should really be thing), the Denny's on Mission Street erected a Christmas tree... on November 8th. Premature, yes? yes. Esteemed Inside Scoop
Arts & Entertainment Couple Visiting S.F. Create 'Full House' Intro Parody Video We don't know who the Kaplans are, but we sure do like their style. Lauren and Michael Kaplan used edited footage from a recent trip to San Francisco to re-creating the intro to
