Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At Virgil's Sea Room... The SFist Reader Meetup is happening! When, you ask? Tonight from 5:30-7:30. Where? I just said, it's at Virgil's Sea Room in the Mission. What's to drink? For starters, $3 Speakeasy
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Elbo Room Might Not Be Long For This World You need to take this with a grain of salt and not go screaming about it on Facebook like it's a done deal, but the people who own the property that the Elbo
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink ABV, New 16th Street Bar, Slated For March Opening Way back in September we told you about ABV (the abbreviation for alcohol by volume), a cocktail bar coming to the former Tokyo GoGo space on 16th Street. And now we have an
Arts & Entertainment Top 6 Karaoke Spots In San Francisco Whether you want to rock the hell out of Journey or croon the hell out of Journey (there's more to karaoke than Journey, San Francisco!), here are our favorite spots in San Francisco
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink California Bartenders Angry Over New Glove Law While the thought of forcing the mixologist community to wear prostate-exam gloves gives one a hardy chuckle rimmed with a touch of bitter schadenfreude, California's AB 1252 has gone too far. At least
Arts & Entertainment Watch Sunday's 49ers Playoff With Wes Burger At Virgil's Sea Room Sunday marks the 49ers next attempt at Super Bowl glory. Will they win? I couldn't even begin to tell you how wrong it would be for me to answer such a query. All
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: Perfect-Fitting Bras, Lingerie From ThirdLove I was a touch apprehensive before agreeing to check out ThirdLove's SoMa office. After all, the nascent company creates perfect-fitting bras and underwear for women. Why would I, a gentleman, find ladies' intimates
Arts & Entertainment Sean Penn To Fan: 'I'll Make You Eat Your Cell Phone!' Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Madonna's ex-husband blew up at a someone trying to take his picture at the St. Regis Lobby Bar on Tuesday. The two-time Academy Award winner, in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 10 Best Bars With Fireplaces In San Francisco As winter mercifully approaches, we here at SFist want to see you in front of a blistering fire, drink in hand, warming your insides and out. And with that, here are our favorite
SF News Trans Woman Claims Discrimination At Holy Cow A trans woman claims that she was harassed and discriminated against in recent weeks when she tried to use the women's restroom at SoMa nightclub Holy Cow. This was not on one of
SF News Bar Fight Leads To Stabbing In The Mission Over yonder in the city's increasingly grating Mission District, a bar fight (possibly stemming from 26 Mix) turned stabby near the intersection of Mission and 26th Street Thursday morning. "Four male suspects are
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Uh Oh: Introducing Monsieur, The Robot Bartender We should have seen this coming, but we didn't. A couple of guys from Georgia Tech are trying to launch this robotic bartending machine called Monsieur, which on the surface seems like a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best Sports Bars In San Francisco Home to the San Francisco Giants and (as of today) the 49ers, as well as the future home of the Golden State Warriors, we're a city that loves sports as much as it
Arts & Entertainment People In SF Wake Up Earlier, Go To More Dive Bars Than In NYC In a new installment in the eternal New York City versus San Francisco comparisons, the folks behind a new app have compiled some interesting data on the habits of our fair city. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 7 Best Hotel Bars In San Francisco The best-kept secret in San Francisco is the hotel bar. It rocks. It's chic. It can lead to the perfect one-night stand. When you want a new crowd, a fresh scene, or a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Craft Cocktail Bar To Replace Red Devil Lounge The evolution of Polk Street continues as Red Devil Lounge plans to close by year's end. One of the last remaining live music venues left on Polk Street, a member of the Tipsy
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: 'Color Me Badd' Wednesday Grab your chocker and tiny backpack and head over the the Cellar to catch Broke Ass-Stuart and DJ Matt Haze for a night of '90s jams and coloring books--indeed, coloring book!--for Color
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Cocktail Bar, ABV, Coming to Tokyo GoGo Space On 16th Street Three local bar dudes who have worked and/or created bar programs at the city's most notable cocktail establishments are teaming up to open a new spot in the vacant Tokyo GoGo space
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Popular Castro Gay Bar Gets Butch New Look Blackbird, a gay bar in the Castro, got herself a new look. And what a look it is! We love the red banquettes and rustic stone tables. So very... what, day of hunting
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Beer Hall And Bottle Shop Comes to Market Street Everyone's about the beer these days -- from the glut of new beer gardens in the East Bay to the beer-centric food menus at places like Bar Tartine and Abbot's Cellar. And now
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo: Russian Vodka Spilled At SF City Hall As we mentioned yesterday, there was a protest today at noon in front of City Hall in which some LGBT activists were calling on the mayor to support the boycott of Russian vodka
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Churchill/Bloodhound Guys Opening Another Bar In Bernal Two members of the team behind Churchill and Bloodhound, Mike Goebel and Darin Brunson, along with partner John Ottman-Combs, have taken over the former Stray Bar space on Cortland Avenue in Bernal Heights
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Bars: Dogpatch Saloon, Driftwood, And Mikkeller All Open Three new bars debuted in the last week. First up there's the highbrow beer-focused Mikkeller Bar (34 Mason Street), in the former Crash Club space at Mason and Market. It's a co-production of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Huge New Bar And Arcade Opens By Union Square We've been curious what was going on in the second floor of the former Press Club building just above Union Square (across Powell from the Sir Francis Drake), and now this week we
Arts & Entertainment Your 2013 SF Gay Pride Weekend Party Guide In case you hadn't noticed, what with the rainbows everywhere, it's time for Pride! Below, some suggestions for where to gay it up. THURSDAY, June 27 Pride NightLife at the Academy of Sciences
