Arts & Entertainment Apartment Sadness: Live With 13 People And A Dog For $1500 It is definitely the case that communal living has made a big comeback in modern-day SF, out of necessity, as the housing market tightens and legions of bushy-tailed twentysomethings arrive here none too
Arts & Entertainment Watch Local Mythbuster Adam Savage Build A <i>Battlestar Galactica</i> Model With Actor Aaron Douglas OK, Battlestar dorks, get ready to dork out. SF-based Mythbusters guy Adam Savage just invited Battlestar Galactica actor Aaron Douglas (he played Chief Tyrol) over to his One Day Builds workshop to build
SF News This May Be San Francisco's Most Disgusting Apartment Building That seedy looking apartment building you see on the right as you're coming off the Central Freeway off-ramp at Octavia is actually more terrible inside than you already imagined. Some 40 tenants are
SF News Day Around The Bay: Woman Punched Over Muffin A Mission thief actually punched a woman in the face over a muffin. [Examiner] If you pony up enough dough, you can have lunch with Tim Cook. [Chron] Museum head in charge of
SF News 100,000 San Franciscans Don't Have Internet? Perhaps reinforcing the idea that the divide between the haves and have-nots of San Francisco is very stark and wide these days, a new report by the city estimates that about an eighth
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Spanish Spot Aatxe Opens Upstairs From Cafe Du Nord Friday The next project from the Ne Timeas Restaurant Group (Flour + Water, Central Kitchen) is Aatxe (2174 Market Street, pronounced aah-CHAY), a Basque restaurant on the street level of the Swedish American Hall building
Arts & Entertainment Winchester Mystery House In San Jose To Begin Overnight Sleepovers Serving Booze Arguably San Jose's biggest tourist attraction, the 160-room, allegedly haunted Winchester Mystery House has recently gotten a permit to allow for overnight stays on the property, as well as a full-service restaurant with
SF News Bay Area Officially Named The Worst Place For Renters (Again) In Forbes' annual ranking of the worst cities in the country for renters, not one but three Bay Area cities now take the top three slots: San Jose (#3), Oakland (#2), and of
SF News Stuff Store On Valencia Is Latest Victim Of Smash-And-Grab Robbery The vast, high-end flea market known as Stuff was the latest victim of a smash-and-grab robbery on Wednesday morning, with a group of four to six thieves breaking through the glass front door
SF News Black Lives Matter Protesters Disrupt Traffic, Shout 'Shame On You' At Malia Cohen And London Breed; Campos Compares SF Inequality With Rwanda There were multiple coordinated protests Tuesday around the country in order to keep attention on the problem of racial injustice and police shootings, including a large one in New York City that resulted
SF News San Francisco's Tiniest Condo Sells For $415K, 39 Percent Over Asking Remember this tiny 265-square-foot TIC from the other week that was asking $425K? Well, a barely larger unit, but an actual condo, that clocks in at 291 square feet on Howard Street in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Del Popolo Pizza Truck Goes Brick And Mortar On Nob Hill Major pizza news today: Popular Neapolitan pizza truck (with on-board wood oven) Del Popolo is going to get its own permanent home on Nob Hill, at 855 Bush Street between Taylor and Mason.
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SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Video: Amazing Sizzler Promo From 1991 Is Better Than Hillary's Campaign Ad This almost 5-minute promotional video from Sizzler aimed at potential franchisees? came out in 1991, and comes complete with a soaring theme song about America, and choices, that just might bring a tear
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Octavia, The New Spinoff Of Frances In Pacific Heights, Opens Thursday Tomorrow will mark the opening of chef Melissa Perello's second San Francisco restaurant, Octavia (1701 Octavia Street at Bush), which she told SFist a few details about a couple weeks back. After a
SF News Day Around The Bay: Dolores Park Gets 'Pop-Up' Trash Clean-Up Help In addition to almonds, here are California’s top water guzzling culprits. [KQED] There's an "eco pop-up" launching this week in an effort to hold everyone's hand and show them how to remove
SF News SoulCycle Gets Pride Float, Will Open By Early Summer In The Castro As promised, following their conditional use approval, SoulCycle is all set to move in to the former Diesel Store/Bank of America at the prominent corner of Castro and Market Streets. As Hoodline
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Forgery, A New Craft Cocktail Spot, Coming To Former Sloane In SoMa Back in December we heard that the PlumpJack Group had moved in on the former Sloane nightclub space in SoMa (1525 Mission Street near 11th) with plans for a lounge of some kind,
SF News It Cost Some People $100 To Park At Yesterday's Giants Game Parking proved costly for #SFGiants fans as lots went from charging $70 to $80 and then $100. http://t.co/n7vR52nstZ pic.twitter.com/YPri24jTmk— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) April 14, 2015 Some SoMa
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Alert: Get A Free Ice Cream Cone At Ben & Jerry's Right Now In an annual tradition, Ben & Jerry's is giving out free ice cream. From noon to 8 p.m. today you can head to any Ben & Jerry's scoop shop for a free
Arts & Entertainment This Is Why I'm Not Retweeting You It's been said often enough regarding our current cultural moment: We've all become a little too desperate for the immediate validation provided by Facebook Likes, comments, and retweets. For various media types and
SF News Make No Mistake, California, This Fire Season Is Likely To Be Terrible Due to the drought, fire season is starting early in California, and Cal Fire is already warning of dry, fire friendly conditions that have prompted them to hire extra firefighters ahead of what's
SF News The Rush-Hour Crush On BART Will Continue Unchanged For At Least Two Years It looks like the results are in from that previously announced study BART was doing on train over-crowding, and yep, rush-hour trains are definitely over-crowded! As the Chronicle reports, and as all commuters
SF News Friends And Family Mourn Woman Who Was Struck And Killed During High-Speed Chase Friday 42-year-old Bridget Klecker was in the wrong place at the wrong time Friday night when she was struck and killed in a crosswalk at California and Kearny Streets by three armed suspects fleeing
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Jeremiah Tower Calls Critic Michael Bauer A 'Troll' Back in February, Chronicle critic Michael Bauer took a trip to New York to check in on longtime SF chef Jeremiah Tower's work revamping Tavern on the Green. He posted a mini-review on
