Arts & Entertainment SOMA's The Eagle For Sale The Eagle, a historic and much-admired SOMA venue, is up for sale. SFist called the famous leather/bear/indie-rock/gay/straight-ish/everything-that-is-superb-about-SOMA spot for confirmation. "Yep, the place is for sale," the bartender
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bender's Loses Its Fried Pickles One of the few food items that keeps us from taking the Nestea plunge off the Golden Gate Bridge, a basket of fried pickles at Bender's might be a thing of the past.
misc Every Bar In San Francisco: 1 Drink at Every SF Watering Hole This right here is a task comparable only to hauling a powerful ring to the fires of Mordor. What are we talking about? A new site called Every Bar In San Francisco, which
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best New Bars of 2009 Patrick Heig reveals this year's list of the best new pubs in which to blackout. Smuggler's Cove, Rick House, Triple Crown (messy), Bloodhound (mixed crowd), and Blackbird (gays) all make the list. The
Arts & Entertainment Amber to Close Perhaps due to the recent surge in popularity from neighboring Blackbird, Castro bar Amber (located at 718 14th Street) will celebrate for the last time on New Year's Eve. One of San Francisco's
misc Reminder: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall Today at 1 p.m. As we all know, San Francisco nightlife has been under fire quite a bit lately. In addition to the ongoing saga of the Alcoholic Beverage Control's enforcement of arbitrary rules they've set for
misc Updated: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall on October 26 <strike>at 10 a.m. on Monday</strike> Update: Thanks to Sarafina for the update on the hearing's schedule change from next Monday to the following Monday, October 26th at 1 p.m. at City Hall, Room 263. That gives you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Bar Lands Spot In "20 Worst Bars In America" List Comedy.com complied a list of the 20 worst bars in the U.S. Among them is "Bow Wow’s Cocktail Lounge." Tastefully described as "a Vietnamese whorehouse," the North Beach institute wins
Arts & Entertainment Local Celebrity Bartender Night at Elixir To help pay for the left-leaning voter guides, the League of Pissed Off Voters -- which is billed as "an all-volunteer chapter of a national organization that works in key cities and states
Arts & Entertainment Broke-Ass Stuart's 7 Places to Get Drunk, Lose Dignity Cheap eats/drinks guru Broke-Ass Stuart's Monica the Intern has a handy list of where best to get smashed and lose your self-respect and the respect of others. The Triangle (in the Marina
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: Happy Bastille Day! MEET-UP: The creators of Shitty Kitty are moving to Morocco, and this is Shitty Kitty's last meet-up for quite some time. So come by for their Bastille Day Partay and bid them adieu.
SF News The Latest on ABC vs. SF All-Ages Music Venues 7 x 7 created this great video featuring Dawn Holliday, co-owner of Slim's, Guy Carson, owner of Cafe Du Nord, and Amy Miller of Sonicliving.com speaking about the Alcoholic Beverage Control's recent
Arts & Entertainment Zagat SF Nightlife Guide Survey Results Zagat drops their San Francisco Nightlife edition tomorrow. Survey top-spot winners include Auberge du Soleil ("overall appeal"), the St. Regis Lobby Lounge ("décor"), the Four Seasons Bar ("service," "cocktail expertise," "quiet conversation"), Absinthe
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Has Good Bars The fine folks over at Eater came across the May issue of Esquire, which boasts their annual list of the Best Bars in America. San Francisco scored big, with Zeitgeist (cyclists and porta-potties!
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Cocktail Week Kicks Off; Startenders About Town More Hungover Than Usual Last night marked the opening gala of the third annual San Francisco Cocktail Week celebration -- a week in which Bay Area barmeisters mix and mingle with mixologists and cocktail enthusiasts from around
SF News Update on Alcholic Beverage Control's Threat to Shut Down SF All-Ages Clubs A couple of weeks ago, SFist reported that all-ages clubs The Fillmore, Great American Music Hall, Slims, Bottom of the Hill, Cafe Du Nord, and DNA Lounge, were all under threat of being
SF News Cops Drag Feet Over New Nightclub Legislation Last year, Mayor Newsom and Supervisor Maxwell introduced legislation aimed at reforming the nightclub industry. Apparently, not much has been accomplished since then. Back in 2003, the Entertainment Commission was formed in order
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fly Bar and Restaurant Opens Second Location in Nob Hill on Friday Uh, oh, we're in trouble. Fly Bar and Restaurant, our all-time favorite place for happy hour (see our staff bio) is opening up right around the corner from us at 1085 Sutter at
Arts & Entertainment Sport Animal Print or Safari Gear, Join The Cougar Run Tonight Hot off the funcheapSF presses: Wear your animal print or safari gear and meet at El Rio tonight at 7 p.m. for the ever so quirky Cougar Run bike ride, which is
SF News State Imposing Questionably Legal Rules Against SF All-Ages Clubs The Chronicle came out with an article on Saturday, which was described by The Bay Bridged as a must-read, regarding the Alcoholic Beverage Control's (who are currently hiring, BTW) threat to shut down
Arts & Entertainment The 4th Annual Bad Bunny Pub Hop What better way to celebrate Good Friday than be getting good and smashed. And tonight's fourth annual Easter themed bar crawl, the Bad Bunny Bar Crawl, will do the trick. While you should
misc Four Fabulous San Francisco Patios by Heather Cummings Spring is almost here, and that means it's time for San Francisco's sun worshipers to soak up what they can before the Summer fog rolls in. The Bay Area's many
SF News Tonga Room No More? While the news is a few weeks old, it stings fresh as this morning's rain. See, word has it that the new plan to turn part of Nob Hill's Fairmont Hotel (which, oh
misc Big Bad Blonde Wig Bar Crawl Taskes Over the Marina While we wait for Eater to tell us just what San Francisco bar stands as the most body cavity-cleansing, check out theses glamor shots from the Second Annual Big Bad Blond Wig Bar
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guide to San Francisco's Douchiest Bars Last week Eater asked its readers for their opinions on the "douchiest" bar in San Francisco. Readers went nuts. Inundated with drunks aching to voice their thoughts on the most annoying watering hole,
