SF Restaurants, Food & Drink What The Hell Is Wrong With The Old Mecca Space? Today news popped up that Shanghai Restaurant, located in the old Mecca space on Market Street, shuttered on January 15. To which we say: Shanghai was still open?! We had assumed it was
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Why, God, Why: Marlena's Closing [Updated] Please don't call in a 5150, concerned readers, but we don't want to live in a world with no Marlena's, Hayes Valley's single greatest bar, gay or otherwise. Why, just last Friday your
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Johnny Rockets, Chez Papa Resto Closing After two decades in Pac Heights, Johnny Rockets closed over the weekend. Inside Scoop reports: "With the windows papered up this weekend, the employees left a farewell note to the neighborhood, expressing gratitude
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Txoko To Close At Year's End Alas. The nearly unpronounceable Txoko, which took over the historic Enrico's spot in North Beach, announced that it will close this week. Though they did unfurl some damn noteworthy grub -- we slammed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bar Bambino To Close By Year's End Cherished but troubled Italian restaurant Bar Bambino announced that it will close its doors on December 31st. A bit of a surprise that, since it opened in 2006, it was much-loved by fans
SF News Here's What's Closed Today Though some of us are at work today (hi!), many get today, the Friday after Thanksgiving, off to shop like crazy people on Black Friday (if you're caught in a Black Friday sandstorm,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Remembering San Francisco's Hostess Cake / Wonder Bread Factory If you lived in the Mission along Bryant and 15th and 16th prior to 2005, as we did for many years before evacuating to SOMA, you might recall that magical odor emanating from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fire Temporarily Closes Gitane A small but significant blaze broke out at Gitane on Friday night. No injuries were sustained during the fire, but it did manage to cause enough damage to the dining room to warrant
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chris Daly's Buck Tavern Closing On Oct. 31 Well, this is some cold-prickly news. Buck Tavern, a noted Hayes Valley bar founded by former San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly, has lost its lease and will shutter on Halloween. Say what? Yeah.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Richmond's La Perla Delicatessen To Shut Down After 63 Years La Perla Mexican Delicatessen — an institution for over 63 years in the tumultuous town of Richmond, California — will close up shop sometime before the end of the year. The current store at the
SF News This Stretch Of Stockton Street Will Be Closed For The Next Five Years Starting today, two blocks of Stockton Street between Union Square and Market Street will be closed to make way for construction crews burrowing below street-level on the $1.6 billion Central Subway project.
Arts & Entertainment Fireworks To Close Golden Gate Bridge For An Hour Sunday Night As if the Long Shutdown weren't enough, don't expect to make it across the Golden Gate Bridge between 9 and 10 p.m. on Sunday night. The bridge will be closed during that
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fior d'Italia Closes After 126 Years Billed as the oldest Italian restaurant in the country, North Beach staple Fior d'Italia closed its doors for good, reports the Chronicle. The restaurant survived several disasters, including the Great Quake of 1906
SF News Dumbarton Bridge Closure For Memorial Day Weekend The Dumbarton Bridge, a 1.6 mile span from Menlo Park to Fremont and carries an estimated 60,000 vehicles daily, will close during Memorial Day Weekend. The bridge will be closed from
Arts & Entertainment The Mission's Force Of Habit Record Shop Closed, Getting Replaced By Restaurant [Updated] Another small, independent record shop bites the dust. Force of Habit, the little punk shop at 3565 20th Street (at Lexington) appears to be on its way to closing as SFist finds that
SF News Bay Bridge Closure During Presidents' Day Weekend Commuters will not be able drive on the upper deck towards San Francisco during Presidents' Day Weekend due to construction. The closure will start at 8 p.m. Friday, February 17 and last
SF News Here's What's Closed On Martin Luther King Jr. Day Not sure what's closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Allow us to help you. The following are closed today in honor of Dr. King: Federal, state courts and office, city and county
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gold Dust Lounge Receives Eviction Notice In a day and age when authentic downtown dive bars have fallen by the wayside, it always felt like the Gold Dust Lounge's days were numbered. Inside Scoop confirmed on Friday that the
SF News President Obama's Noontime Visit Street Closures President Barack Obama's impending San Francisco visit for a fundraiser at the W Hotel this afternoon will result in several street closures for at least one hour. If you drive or ride on
SF News California Announces Closure of 70 State Parks California park officials today announced the closure of 70 parks, including Tomales Bay, due to the state's harrowing budget deficit. Sacramento Bee reports: "Gov. Jerry Brown's January budget plan proposed reducing the state
SF News Your Friday, Saturday Night Highway 1 Closures As part of the Doyle Drive replacement, parts of Highway 1 at the Highway 101 interchange will close tonight and tomorrow. The Chronicle reports: "From 10 p.m. today until 10 a.m.
SF News Muni's Guide to the Weekend: Getting Around the City This Wekend Will Blow TODAY: Critical Mass, 6 p.m. Bicycle ride will begin from Justin Herman Plaza and end all up in your face. You've been warned. SUNDAY: Hairrison Street Fair/Bear Week, 11 a.m.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink <em>LA Times</em> Makes Us Hate San Francisco Some were classic dives that refused to acknowledge the passage of time. They were cash only and served up Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra standards on chrome jukeboxes. Others were upscale bars attached
SF News Crystalline Water Ice Particles Fall from the Sky Yesterday's near perfect weather is now but a sepia-toned memory. Reports of a strange, icy substance, often referred to as "snow," is falling on Mount Diablo, Mount Hamilton in Santa Clara County, Mount
