SF News NIMBY Watch: North Beach Folks Want to Stop/Stall Central Subway Construction It wouldn't be Monday in San Francisco without a tale of a construction project that someone, somewhere is going to fight tooth and nail to stop. Work is beginning on the North Beach
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sam Wo Could Stay Open, If The Health Department Spares It There's a specific chain of events that happens any time a San Francisco landmark is in danger of shutting down, getting evicted or otherwise closing up shop. It goes something like: 1. Local
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Sam Wo, Home To San Francisco's Rudest Wait Staff, Fondly Remembered Sam Wo, the century-old institution on Washington Street, will close its doors forever after dinner service tonight, smashing the hearts of countless cheap Chinese food fans who like their BBQ pork noodle rolls,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Iconic Chinatown Joint Sam Wo To Close Heartbreaking news from the Chinatown dive restaurant scene today as Inside Scoop reports Sam Wo, the century-old institution on Washington Street will close its doors forever after dinner service Friday evening. Although it
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Face In The Crowd "A face in the crowd on Stockton Street" by Brandon Doran.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Obama's Dim Sum Orgy Bought At Noted Shark-Fin Soup Purveyor! While visiting San Francisco for a couple of fundraisers on Thursday, President Barack Obama stopped off at Chinatown's Great Eastern Restaurant to grab some dim sum. Many of us have done this before,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gift Guide: 'The Joy Luck Club' (Film) You may have loudly professed your love for food trucks. You may tweet with the utmost convincing gravitas about Occupy SF. You may like to gnaw on a sourdough loaf while taking a
SF News Ed Lee Campaign Slapped with New Money Laundering Accusations Brace yourselves, folks, the October Surprises have started rolling in, albiet a bit late: As the Chronicle reports today, new allegations of money laundering have hit another already shady supporter of Mayor Ed
SF News Ed Lee Campaign Accused of Voting Fraud Mayor Ed Lee and SF Neighbor Alliance, the bogus grassroots effort that pooped out the cringe-worthy Run, Ed, Run campaign, are under fire this week after witnesses revealed to The Chronicle that they
misc Urbane Studies with the Tenderloin Geographic Society, Volume 7: Chinatowns I Have Known San Francisco is home to a robust and vibrant Chinatown. We know this because people often complain about it. Or go to visit it. Or complain about the people who visit it. This
misc Chinatown Building Owners Lovingly Clean Banksy's Doctor The Banksy pieces scattered throughout the city have been continually altered by other graffiti artists and taggers during the past week. Warholian and Darwin Bell have documentation of the owners of the Chinatown
Arts & Entertainment Photos: New Banksy Pieces In SF On Thursday, SFist told you about two new graffiti pieces noted British street artist Banksy created on several walls in San Francisco. We now have a third, at least according to Uptown Almanac.
Arts & Entertainment Two Banksy Pieces Spotted in SF? Local street art aficionados are abuzz today after two Banksy pieces were spotted in San Francisco: one in the Mission, one in Chinatown. Erin Archuleta spotted this fresh piece on Valencia between 19th
