SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Belga Will Be The Name Of Cow Hollow's New Belgian Spot, In The Former Cafe Des Amis We learned in early March that the new concept for the Cafe Des Amis space from Beretta/Starbelly guy Adriano Paganini would be a "Belgian brasserie," and today we get word on the
SF News More Twists In Vallejo 'Kidnapping': Kidnappers Say It Was Just A 'Dry Run,' Nancy Grace Says 'Nope' World News Videos | US News Videos While supposed kidnapping victim Denise Huskins and boyfriend Aaron Quinn lawyer up and go quiet, there are more details emerging from the lengthy email/"manifesto" that Huskins'
Arts & Entertainment Gary Dahl, The Man Who Invented The Iconic 1970s Fad Gift The Pet Rock, Dies Apart from mood rings and All In the Family, nothing quite evokes the mid-1970s like The Pet Rock a stroke of marketing genius from advertising copywriter Gary Dahl that went on to become
SF News Parents Ann And Gordon Getty Ask For Privacy In Wake Of Son's Death Getty heir Andrew Getty, the 47-year-old son of San Francisco residents Ann and Gordon Getty and grandson to oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home yesterday of
SF News Guy Who Made Insulting Dolores Park Video Apologizes Just a quick follow-up regarding that annoying video from last week in which a group of guys reacted ungraciously to a couple of Rec & Parks patrol officers who busted them for having
SF News Day Around The Bay: Did Bi-Rite Put The Nail In The Coffin Of A 20-Year-Old Health Food Store? It's windy out there. [KRON 4] There was a four-hour standoff last night involving a potentially suicidal man barricaded in an apartment on Lyon Street in NoPa, but it ended peacefully with the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Updated] North Beach's Beloved Capp's Corner To Close Resident Chronicle old-timer Carl Nolte reported over the weekend on a threat to longtime North Beach spot Capp's Corner, originally named for former owner Joe Caporale. The place isn't quite as old as
Arts & Entertainment Video: Surfer Mark Healey Dives Off Boat Into Huge Wave At Mavericks Not wanting to get thrown around on the boat that was about to get knocked with a huge wave, surfer Mark Healey who is also a stunt man took a flying leap off
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Exclusive: Chef Melissa Perello Takes Us Inside The New Frances Spinoff, Octavia Coming in April to the former Baker & Banker space at Octavia and Bush a space that was notably also the original home of Quince, ca. 2009 is the second restaurant from chef
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hapa Ramen Owners Say No One Was Fired, New Concept In The Works Here's a brief update on the Hapa Ramen upheaval story which rocked the local food world over the weekend. While chef Richie Nakano gave more of his side of the story yesterday to
SF News Blame The Drought: East Bay Residents Complaining About Smelly Tap Water Be thankful there's still a healthy trickle coming out of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, San Francisco. Our neighbors to the east, who depend on other reservoirs for their drinking water, have experienced one
SF News Supposed Vallejo Kidnappers Send Insane Emails To Chronicle Insisting They Are 'Gentlemen Criminals' In an apparent effort to clear the names of their supposed victims, the supposed abductors who supposedly kidnapped 29-year-old Denise Huksins last Monday morning have written multiple emails attempting to prove that their
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Aster Opens Tuesday In The Mission As hinted at earlier, the time has come for the debut of Aster (1001 Guerrero Street), the newest restaurant in the Daniel Patterson Group. This one comes to us via former Outerlands chef
Arts & Entertainment Video: A Bunch Of Russian Hill Ladies Have A Pot Party It's not quite as funny as the pot party scene from 9 to 5, but these ladies in an apartment in Russian Hill, calling themselves Synchronicity Sisters, have been having these events, almost
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Loses Its Last Chevy's While foodinistas are going to be mourning the loss of Bar Jules for the next few weeks, fans of corporate Tex-Mex will be mourning another loss: the closing of Chevy's in SoMa. It
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink No!! Bar Jules Is Closing In Hayes Valley Eight-year-old Hayes Valley favorite Bar Jules is set to shutter after brunch on Sunday, April 5, as Inside Scoop reports. The decision to close is a personal one for chef-owner Jessica Boncutter, who's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The French Laundry Returns April 7, And There Are Tons Of Tables Available For A Change This may only be the case for a few more hours, but as Eater and Inside Scoop point out, the reservation books have opened for The French Laundry, post-winter-hiatus, and there are two
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Facebook's Cool New Frank Gehry-Designed Headquarters With Its Massive Green Roof A big chunk of the Facebook team is finally getting to move into their cool new Menlo Park headquarters, dubbed MPK20, today. And as Wired reports, that means they'll be getting to stroll
SF News Veteran Progressive Aaron Peskin Wants His Board Of Supervisors Seat Back In a move that was fully expected within politico circles, longtime supervisor of the last decade, Aaron Peskin, will be vying to return to his seat as supervisor of District 3. The move
SF News Petty Court Battle Between Robin Williams' Wife And Children Happening Today The fight we first heard about last month between Robin Williams' wife Susan Schneider (who appears to have recently adopted the last name Williams which she had not used previously) and his three
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] Hapa Ramen Closed, Chef-Partner Richie Nakano Out In a somewhat surprising twist, chef Richie Nakano, who launched his Hapa Ramen brand through a series of pop-ups and a Ferry Plaza stand starting back in 2010, has been fired from his
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now Blondie's Bar In The Mission Is Endangered Too Bars in the city where you can still drink on the cheap are slowly getting picked off, one by one, and the latest that appears to be in the sights of potential developers
SF News Day Around The Bay: Charges Could Be Coming Against Vallejo Couple Is SF getting more conservative? Slightly, according to a study. [SF Mag] Kamala Harris is a shoo-in for Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, says the [New York Times]. If Denise Huskins and her
Arts & Entertainment What Is SHN Doing With The Old Mint? SHN SF, the organization that brings Broadway touring companies to SF stages, has something up its sleeve for The Old Mint, and I'm dying to know what. As the Chronicle reported this week,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Local Chef Pushes Back Against Bros Who Don't Know How To Dress For Dinner It should go without saying, even in hyper-casual San Francisco, that you dress one way to go to Tacolicious and you dress another way to go to Gary Danko. Sure, nobody at Saison
