SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bi-Rite Ice Cream Preferred By North Korean Refugee Who Spent 10 Years In Prison Camp North Korean refugee Kang Chol-hwan just did a Reddit AMA yesterday, and among the questions asked in addition to "What were the worst things you saw in your prison camp?" and "Do you
Arts & Entertainment The 20 Best Songs About Places In San Francisco Let's get this out of the way: You won't find Tony Bennett on this list, or the equally great Judy Garland and her bouncy anthem "San Francisco." You also won't find any of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Popular Duboce Triangle Coffee Shop Jumpin' Java May Be Closing A beloved coffee-and-wi-fi spot for work-from-home types, students and the like is getting pushed out of the Duboce Triangle neighborhood due to a rent hike. As Hoodline reports, Jumpin' Java (139 Noe Street)
SF News SoMa SRO Damaged In 2011 Fire Illegally Turned Into Tech Worker Co-Op The former SRO at 1040 Folsom Street, which was heavily damaged in a three-alarm fire in May 2011, was quietly turned into one of those modern communes we've been hearing so much about,
SF News Mild Intrigue Surrounds Mayor's Possible Appointment To David Chiu's Board Seat, Board President Vote Those who follow every moderate-liberal-vs-progressive chess move in S.F.'s political landscape should probably find themselves a more compelling hobby. But if you are one of those people, the coming weeks should
SF News Evil Elmo Makes Violent Threat Against Fisherman's Wharf Merchant, Lands In Jail Again The saga of Evil Elmo, a.k.a. aggressive panhandler Adam Sandler, continues as the Chron's mustache twins report that he's landed in the clink once again. This time he faces the serious
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 10 Best Nachos In San Francisco Nachos are a dish pretty much everyone can get behind. Not only can they be made vegetarian or vegan (sort of, via rubbery soy cheese), but they're basically just fun to eat. How
SF News SFPD Corruption Trial Pits Cops Against Cops The trial of two "bad cops" involved in a string of incidents involving stolen drugs, stolen goods, warrantless searches, and other poor behavior began this week in federal court. Sgt. Ian Furminger, 48,
SF News Big Rig Loaded With Costco Turkeys Overturns On 680 We're getting closer to Thanksgiving, and even though it seems kind of early to be purchasing a bird, a bunch of frozen Butterball turkeys ended up stranded in an overturned big rig on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <i>Top Chef</i> Alum Casey Thompson Leaves Aveline After Five Months One of the most hyped and anticipated new restaurants of the year has already lost its star chef: Casey Thompson, who's been toiling in Napa as a private chef for several years following
SF News Mom Arrested In Nordstrom Rack Parking Lot Attack One of last week's biggest stories because you all obviously care more about mom-rage incidents than you care about the election, or anything involved a fashionably dressed 20-year-old woman named Natalie Bree Hajek-Richardson
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Emmy's Spaghetti Shack Closes Tonight, Will Reopen Up The Street This Weekend Remember how Emmy's Spaghetti Shack is moving? Well, tonight will be its last night in its longtime home at Virginia and Mission, and it's set to reopen in its new digs at 3230
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Ubuntu Chef Aaron London To Open New Vegetable-Centric Restaurant In The Mission After almost three years on the sidelines, former Ubuntu chef and James Beard Award semi-finalist Aaron London has finally inked a deal for a restaurant of his own. London, who left the acclaimed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Surprise! Guy Fieri Closes One Of His Sactown Restaurants Food world punchline Guy Fieri just abruptly decided to shutter one of the two Johnny Garlic's locations in Sacramento. His reps say the decision is all because the location "no longer fits the
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Mission, Circa 1992 Adam Pfahler of the San Francisco punk band Jawbreaker recently came across some unprocessed Super 8 footage that he shot around the Mission in 1992. He got the film processed, and he uploaded
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask Our Resident Foodinista Your Burning Food Questions! Dear SFist readers, we'd love to hear what you most wonder about, food-wise, here in our fair city. Our resident foodinista Lauren Sloss has already covered topics like where to take your out-of-town
SF News Homeless Advocates Protest As BART Continues To Roust Homeless From Powell Station Hallways As we reported back in July, BART recently began cracking down on the homeless situation in Powell Station. In particular they're citing, and rousting, people trying to sleep in the station's long hallways,
SF News New Private Bus Service Called Chariot Is Charioting Marina Folk Downtown Another terrible new development in our transit landscape has arrived: Chariot, a private bus service that is currently serving two routes in the morning and evening, both of them catering to Marina dwellers.
SF News Three S.F. Banks Robbed Over The Weekend How easy is it to rob a bank these days? It seems fairly easy as three different banks fell victim to at least two male robber suspects on Friday and Saturday. And I
Arts & Entertainment Join Me As I Live-Tweet From Backstage At 'Chicago' Tuesday Night Playing now at the Orpheum Theater is the newest touring production of Chicago, direct from Broadway. The cast includes J. Peterman himself, John O'Hurley in the role of attorney Billy Flynn, and a
Arts & Entertainment Come Celebrate SFist's 10th Anniversary! [Update - SOLD OUT] Hey, everybody! And a special HEY to all loyal readers of SFist: We're having a party next Thursday. Yes, SFist is now 10 years old, and we'd love for you to come get
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: American Horror Toy Story This little gem comes from humorist animator Only Leigh, a.k.a. Leigh Lahav, and Oren Mendez, mashing up Buzz Lightyear and Woodie with a certain horrifying murderous clown. [h/t: Laughing Squid]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Is Munchery Breaking The Law By Storing Food In Idling Refrigerated Trucks? [Updated] It appears that swiftly growing prepared-food startup Munchery is, like some other startups, breaking some laws in order to do business here in S.F. As Uptown Almanac reports, in addition to collecting
SF News No Charges For Ray McDonald 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald will not be charged in connection with the alleged domestic violence incident for which he was arrested back in late August. As CBS 5 reports, the Santa Clara
SF News Dead Person Found In UC Berkeley Frat House Sunday Greek life over at UC Berkeley has taken an especially dark turn this fall as a dead 20-year-old man was discovered in a fraternity house just off campus on Sunday, the day after
