SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Riptide Is Reborn In The Outer Sunset Boo, the 150-year-old taxidermy caribou head that presided over the Riptide and was reportedly destroyed (along with many other decorative artifacts) by the fire that closed the bar last summer, appears to be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved North Beach Dive Specs' Gets Legacy Status, New 10-Year Lease Hoorah! I wasn't even aware that crusty, well loved, 48-year-old North Beach watering hole Specs' was in any danger of closing, but it turns out it may have been, as the Chronicle's Esther
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Marianne's, Chic Private Techie Bar, Now Open To The Hoi Polloi It was in 2013 that Marianne's, the semi-secret bar within the Cavalier at the Hotel Zetta, was dubbed "The secret S.F. room where tech deals get made" by the Business Times. The
SF News Facing Loss Of Lease, Doc's Clock To Move Down The Street When news broke earlier this year that Doc's Clock would be forced to close following a decision by the new building owner not to renew the bar's lease in 2017, devotees of the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Craft Beer Bar Buffalo Theory Joins The Herd On Polk Street Over on Polk Street, the new cool kid bar on the block is Buffalo Theory, which opened its doors and poured its first craft beers yesterday. The spot comes from owner Ted Kim
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Updated] Lone Star Saloon Clears Legacy Business Hurdle, Potentially Thwarting Building Sale We learned a year ago that SoMa's Lone Star Saloon (1354 Harrison Street), a popular gay bear refuge since it opened back in 1989, was potentially in danger of being displaced as owner
Arts & Entertainment The Stud Is Saved, For Now, As 15-Member Co-Op Secures Funds To Purchase Historic Club Official word arrived Thursday that the co-op that formed to figure out a path forward for iconic 50-year-old SoMa nightclub The Stud has succeeded in securing funds to purchase the business from current
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Orbit Room Gets A New Drink List, And New Drinking Snacks The Orbit Room, the charming and beloved Upper Market bar which reopened under new owners Courtney Ross and Nic DeLillo last fall after a brief closure, now has a revamped cocktail menu and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Champagne Bar Coming To Hayes Valley; Momi Toby's Closing Yet another of the "first generation" Hayes Valley businesses those that have been around since the neighborhood first began its current gentrification, after the double-decker section of the Central Freeway that went over
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Trick Dog Gets Political, Satirical With Latest Cocktail Menu To those who would contend that San Francisco has no proper seasons, I would say that first, you're demonstrably wrong, and second, I would add that if you must hold fast to something
Arts & Entertainment Furry Community Responds To Possible Closing Of The Stud, Their Monthly Gathering Place Every second Saturday for a number of years now has been Frolic, the Bay Area furry community's regular monthly dance party hosted at The Stud. It's one of many community's worried by the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Best Gay Bars In San Francisco For Every Occasion In honor of Pride Week, SFist brings you this comprehensive guide to San Francisco's gay bar scene, tailored to each of your potential needs on any given night of the week. Sometimes you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Longtime Tenderloin Dive The Brown Jug Closed Following ABC Sting An undercover agent from the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control was able to sell alcohol described as stolen to staff members at the Brown Jug and also to purchase illegal drugs from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now Open: Pacific Cocktail Haven, The Replacement Bar For Cantina Back in December many lamented the news that Latin-inflected cocktail spot Cantina, which has been going strong for most of the last decade just off Union Square, had been sold and would likely
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink As Riptide Prepares To Roar Back To Life, Fans Write 1K Letters In Support Of Entertainment License When the Riptide was the victim of fire last year, its owners were in the middle of seeking an entertainment license. As the bar's team explains on their Facebook page, "When The Riptide
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Kitchen Fire At Richmond Tee Off Bar & Grill Quickly Contained There is appears the be a kitchen fire at Tee off bar and grill in the city. pic.twitter.com/fthONvylkL— Casey K. (@Mexigreek) June 12, 2016 A kitchen fire at an iconic
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Surprise! Liholiho Yacht Club Opens Separate Downstairs Lounge, Louie's Gen-Gen Room Liholiho Yacht Club chef Ravi Kapur, who landed himself on Food & Wine's best new chef's list this year (the July issue should hit stands any second if it hasn't already), has a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink It's Negroni Week! Here's Where to Drink One (Or Three) We've come around again to Negroni Week, the now international, annual celebration of that perfect cocktail that combines gin, vermouth, and Campari. Why does this cocktail need its own week, you ask? Well,
Arts & Entertainment Where Will You Be Watching The 100th Anniversary COPA America Soccer Tournament? For soccer fans, especially ones from South America, the COPA America Tournament in a very big deal. And tonight, it arrives in the United States for the first time ever, with Match 1
Arts & Entertainment Does Anyone Go Out Anymore?: San Francisco Nightlife In The Age Of Netflix And Chill In San Francisco in 2016, a lot of people are going to tell you that everything is terrible, that things aren't the way they used to be, and that everyone has forgotten how
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Black Cat, A New Restaurant And Lounge, Will Jazz Up The Tenderloin This Summer The Tenderloin, already purring with swanky bar and restaurant openings, will receive another place to carouse this summer in Black Cat, a restaurant and lounge with a touch of jazz. The bill at
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Best Outdoor Bars: East & North Bay Edition Just a couple weeks ago we brought you an updated list of the best outdoor and patio bars in San Francisco, and now it's time to give some similar attention to al fresco
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The 16 Coolest Outdoor And Patio Bars In SF Hey, guys. It's spring! And while that can mean wind and occasional sprinkles, it can also mean fine, balmy, fog-free days and evenings that are made for outdoor drinking and eating. Below, our
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Foreign Cinema's Next-Door Bar Laszlo Reopens May 12 With New DJ Booth "So much has changed in San Francisco since we first opened the bar in 2000," says chef-owner Gayle Pirie of Laszlo, the interconnected sibling bar that faces the street next to the entrance
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Buffalo Theory, A New Craft Beer Spot With 'Creative Comfort Food,' Coming To Polk Last year we had word of a beer bar dubbed Crafthaus headed for the former Quickly space at 1735 Polk Street and owners Quinn Wong, Gil Hoh, and Ted Kim promised Hoodline a
