Arts & Entertainment SF Hotels Roll Out Pride Flags to Compete With Castro's The Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill now has a bigger Pride Flag — and a Progress Pride Flag at that — than the Castro's flying atop the building. And the Beacon Grand's is even bigger.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Drink This: Dirty 90s Martini at Starlite What's more 90s than a Grey Goose vodka martini, icily shaken and well seasoned with brine?
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Harry Denton's Starlight Room to Be Reborn In February as Starlite The beloved, 21-story-high view bar at the Beacon Grand, formerly the Sir Francis Drake, is undergoing a facelift, and we finally have a reopening date.
SF News New Owners of the Former Sir Francis Drake Sued Over $730,000 In Unpaid Wages The Sir Francis Drake hotel renovated and reopened as the Beacon Grand last year, but the California Labor Commissioner alleges they stiffed workers to the tune of $730,000 during that renovation.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant In Scala's Bistro Space at Union Square Will Be French, Led By Roland Passot's Left Bank Team The longtime home of Scala's Bistro at the hotel formerly known as the Sir Francis Drake will be reborn shortly as a French brasserie from the Left Bank Brasserie team, possibly called Left Bank.