SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Iconic Castro Restaurant The Sausage Factory Likely Closing As Building Goes Up For Sale The Sausage Factory, a charmingly dive-y institution in the Castro serving up red-sauce Italian dishes and over-flowing iceberg lettuce salads for nearly 50 years now, is under threat of closure as the building
SF News Abandoned Propane Tank Causes Castro Suspicious Package Panic Bomb squad unit approaching the scene. #bombthreat #sfpd @kron4news pic.twitter.com/qvApbUUZ3A— Carlos Mendoza (@C_R_Mendoza) May 4, 2017 A city already on edge following a high-profile police shooting on Market
Arts & Entertainment The Academy To Bring A New 'Gentlemen's Lifestyle Experience' To Castro Retail Scene By early June, the Castro is set to get a new retail establishment unlike anything else in the neighborhood, from the minds of two gay entrepreneurs who are also both Bay Area natives.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hecho To Close In The Castro After Being Sold To Andale Chain After just two years and change at the corner of Market and Sanchez, Hecho Cantina, née Hecho (and before that Bandidos), will be closing its doors soon to make way for new owners.
Arts & Entertainment Gilbert Baker, Creator Of The Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65 As announced by his longtime friend Cleve Jones on Facebook, Gilbert Baker, the creator of the first rainbow flag to symbolize gay equality, has died. He was 65. Jones recently spoke to SFist
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Church And Market Safeway No Longer 24-Hour Warzone, Now Closes At 1:30 A.M. This month marked the end of an era for the Church and Market Safeway, a grocery store previously open to the brave, drunk, strung out, and hungry at all hours of night. According
SF News Castro Fork Stabbing Sends Victim To Hospital A man crossing a Castro-area street was the victim of an unexpected attack Saturday, when another man stabbed him with a fork. Police say that the 53-year-old victim was crossing the street at
SF News Beware: Wild Turkey Sighted Strutting Around The Castro File under Wildlife Spotted Where They Shouldn't Be: A wild turkey was snapped by a Castro resident roaming the sidewalk on Market Street Monday, near the intersection of Castro Street, and that is
Arts & Entertainment Caitlyn Jenner To Make Book Tour Stop At Castro Theatre In May Remember Caitlyn Jenner? The Trump-supporting trans woman who used to be an Olympic athlete and reality TV star and recently decided maybe Trump isn't such a hero because of his administration's decision to
SF News Screaming Castro Stabber Remains On The Loose A suspect who let out a holler before stabbing a man Sunday remains at large, police say, and was last seen running down 18th Street. The San Francisco Police Department says that the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photo Du Jour: Goodbye, Home Restaurant Check it out! The long-vacant Home Restaurant building has disappeared at Church and Market, about a week after demolition began. This triangular pile of rubble, bounded on the back side by 14th Street,
SF News Creepy Fake Cop Busted In The Castro A man who threatened to shoot someone and told a witness he was a police officer was arrested Thursday morning, after the real cops arrived and called his bluff. The San Francisco Police
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best Adult Toy Stores In San Francisco Spending this Valentine's Day happily single? Maybe you should treat yourself to a self-love aid at one of our city's finest adult toy emporia. Or perhaps you are happily coupled but you're getting
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro Gets Another Coffeeshop: SF's First Verve Coffee Arrives Next Week at Church & Market The crazy glut of coffee options in the Castro shows little signs of abating as we get word that Verve Coffee Roasters is set to arrive in the flatiron-shaped space that was most
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink CVS On Market Street In Castro To Close After Three Years In an announcement that is sure to send longtime Castro neighborhood residents into fits of rage, a 10,000-square-foot CVS store occupying some prime retail space on Market Street at Noe has announced
Arts & Entertainment Castro Street Fair Gets Major Makeover After Nearly Going Under In 2016 "We're always living in fear of the day it rains," says Castro Street Fair Board President Juan Garcia. "The moment it started it raining, we were all looking at each other. We knew
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Korean Street Food Spot Called Saucy Asian Coming Soon To The Castro The space formerly occupied by H Café at the corner of Sanchez and 17th will soon be reborn as Saucy Asian, a Korean street food spot with fusion-y offerings like tacos, burritos, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reopening Tonight: Hecho Cantina, AKA The New Hecho We're excited to report that we will reopen tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm! Come by and see what we've done to the place; stay for our delicious cocktails and a more laid-back take on
SF News Mayor Lee Announces New District 8 Supe, Openly HIV-Positive Glen Park Resident Jeff Sheehy As was expected, Mayor Lee has filled outgoing Supervisor Scott Wiener's seat on the Board of Supervisors unofficially the "gay seat" on the board since it was originally held by Harvey Milk with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cafe Flore's New Owners Hope To Turn It Into A Cannabis Cafe (Eventually) So much for keeping things the same. The new owners of the Castro's historic Cafe Flore hope to eventually shake things up at the indoor-outdoor restaurant — partially by turning the corner spot into
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Historic Castro Cafe Flore Sold To LGBT Buyers Who Plan To Keep It The Same The 43-year-old Cafe Flore has been purchased by new owners, who like the present ones are LGBT and who tell the Bay Area Reporter that they plan to keep the classic Castro watering
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hecho To Shut Down Temporarily In The Castro, Reopen As Hecho Cantina A little over two years in, sit-down Mexican spot Hecho in the Castro the second venture from Hi Tops partners Jesse Woodward and Dana Gleim is closing Monday for a brief remodel and
Arts & Entertainment Castro Bars Blare George Michael Hits, In Mourning Of A Gay Icon The passing of a gay icon like George Michael, way before his time, will continue to hit hard in the Castro and around the Bay Area for days to come a devastating blow
SF News Castro Stabbing Deemed A Suicide A disturbing fatal stabbing Monday afternoon outside the post office on 18th Street in the Castro is now being treated by police as a suicide. As the Bay Area Reporter reports, the victim
SF News Castro Comic Book Shop 'Whatever' Launches Fundraising Effort To Forestall Imminent Closure A Castro comic book store is in serious financial trouble, with its owner saying he needs to raise $8,000 by the end of the week or the shop will close for good.
