SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Willie Brown Slams Tres Agaves Former S.F. Mayor and SF Chronicle dilettante Wilie Brown recently supped at Tres Agaves, Sammy Hagar's Mexican food in SoMa, and was less than pleased. It turns out management didn't press their
SF News Kamala Harris Makes Oprah's 'Power List,' Faces Heat Over Contributions We feel for District Attorney Kamala Harris today. Whenever something delightful happens to us, something bad occurs. You know, to even things out. (It's the way balance is kept in the universe, our
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Climbing a Very Tall Guided Tower This faint-inducing film ("Climbing Towers," a helmet-clam view going up 1768-foot tower) uses Sutro Tower (977 feet) and the Eiffel Tower (1,063 feet) as comparisons, just before a brave worker darts up
misc The Abandoned Couches of San Francisco Abandoned couches on city streets, you see them all the time. We had no idea, however, how prevalent they were until they kept popping up over and over and over again in the
SF News Meg Whitman to Visit Yelp HQ Today At around 3 p.m. today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman will visit Yelp headquarters at 3 p.m. San Francisco Young Democrats urge: "Meg Whitman will be at the Yelp company HQ
SF News Board of Supervisors Approve Booze Fee, 7-3 During a fun-filled Board of Supervisors meeting last night -- featuring a packed City Hall, curse words, and a cardboard cutout for an absent Newsom -- the board approved the controversial alcohol fee,
SF News Day Around the Bay More on Sarah Shourd, the jailed UC Berkeley hiker freed in Iran, and who footed the $500,000 bill. [CBS 5, ABC] Muni sickout was a total bust. [SF Appeal] Tobacco ban in
SF News Twitter to Make "Big Announcement" Right Now A dash of technology news for you: Twitter, it seems, is going to make some sort of "big announcement" right this very second. We have no idea what it is, but it better
SF News San Bruno Fire: One More Thing... A thank-you sign is posted in front of a saved home about a block from destroyed homes in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, where a pipeline exploded on Thursday. The tragic
SF News San Bruno Fire: What's PG&E Got to Do With It? Contrary to bumper sticker ideology, shit doesn't just happen -- at least when it comes to the San Bruno explosion fire, that is. Concern and confusion, sparked by the natural gas explosion that
SF News Bill Clinton Endorses Jerry Brown One day after California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown apologized to former President Bill Clinton for calling him a liar, Clinton has officially endorsed Brown for governor. "Clinton issued his endorsement in a statement
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Happy Birthday, Claude the Albino Alligator Two years ago, SFist posted this minor scoop on the new arrival of a white alligator at the San Francisco Zoo. Sadly, hours after posting this amazing footage it was taken down. (Word
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bauer Blames BOS for "Killing Our Restaurants" Speaking of food in the Bay Area -- we'll get back to our regularly scheduled San Bruno fire coverage shortly -- Chronicle food critic Michael Bauer wonders today if the San Francisco Board
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Vanity Fair Fawns Over Alice Waters' Kitchen You've seen the legend, you've eaten her philosophically-saturated food, and she's taught you to mince garlic cloves using the tines of a fork so as not to bruise the oil. Now see the
misc 7 Reasons to Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday, we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does
SF News Rumor Mill: Muni Set for Driver Sick Out This Week Rumors continue to surface that, at some point this week, Muni drivers might call in sick en masse. SFist showed you this delightfully fury-inducing flier last week, a suspicious missive that encouraged drivers
SF News Sarah Shourd Leaves Iran UC Berkeley grad Sarah Shourd was released today on $500,000 bail. "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Shourd was being released on compassionate grounds because of health reasons," reports AP (via CBS
SF News Day Around the Bay Low-riders rally around San Bruno family that lost home in gas explosion. [Mission Local] How will Supe Chris Daly run his bar, exactly? [SF Appeal] Rich people go to the SF Opera Gala
misc Meanwhile, In Berkeley.... An Army ROTC color guard holds a U.S. flag before the Colorado-California NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 11, in Berkeley. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
SF News Surveillance Video Captures 'Moment of Impact' Explosion, Fireball At a gas station in San Bruno, a surveillance video caught Thursday's natural gas explosion and fire on film. "You can see one man getting ready to fill up his car when something
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where Have All the Bartenders Gone? That's the question posed by 7x7's Sara Deseran, and thank God she did. Swimming in a sea of artisan hooch concoctions, Deseran points our attention to the old-fashion bartenders -- specifically, bartender Scott
SF News PG&E's $100 Million Attempt at Damage Control Amid rumors of recent San Bruno gas leak reports that went nowhere with the company, that crews came out and did nothing -- allegedly, of course -- the president of Pacific Gas and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Noted Sandwich Shop to Close Tonight We can't think of any other sandwich shop in the history of sandwich shops that received more fetishistic e-ink than Ike's Place. So... here's some more: the Castro meat-cheese-lettuce-bread joint media types wrung
