SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: The Buena Vista I know, I know -- today's hip, cultured SFist wouldn't be caught dead so close to the wharf. But there's some really cool stuff down there; places from the past that have stood
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Viva La Trimethyldioxypurist Holy crap, man -- pass the sweetener! Straight up, before anything else is mentioned about Cafe Macondo, it must be known that this is a super dark, wickedly bitter cup of coffee. This
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Trimethyldioxypurist Holiday Survival Guide Steel Cage Match: Caffeine v. Tryptophan Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which makes you sleepy. Coffee (thanks to trimethyldioxypurin, natch) perks you up. So one should counter the other, right? Yeah,
misc Buy Nothing Day. Really? Nothing? Just a reminder that you'd better buy your SFist schwag now because tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day. Of course, we're torn. On one hand we have principles and on the other a very
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Look Upon the Trimethyldioxypurist, Ye Mighty, and Despair A good, strong cup is always a priority -- but it's not always the whole story. Take Cafe Abir, for instance, a stand-out coffee joint (and more) in the Western Addition (1300 Fulton
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Trimethyldioxypurist Doubleshot Man, the Trimethyldioxypurist is cranky lately. Even after he's had his coffee. The sheer overproliferation of certain stores in San Francisco these days is frightening. You can't spit downtown without hitting a Subway
Arts & Entertainment New Release Tuesday Sure, there are new releases this week by Britney, Eminem and Shania, but what love have they ever shown to San Francisco? "Talkin' in the Mission / Over coffee, this is my utopia," sings
misc Thinking About Laundry With the Essefficist First things first: Hurray! John Ashcroft is stepping down. Second things second: Big ups to Jackson and Eve for coming up with the new Essefficist mascot over there on stage left. What says
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Trimethyldioxypurist Gallery Cafe is at the corner of Washington & Mason, right across from the San Francisco Cable Car Museum. Here, they dispense with the questions about "which bean" or "which blend." Your choices
SF News Proposition It Seriously, reading through all the ballot initiatives is one, big-huge time suck. While we were waiting in line at a store over the weekend, we heard one guy behind us talking to a
SF News Interview: Marc Horowitz In the Errand Feasibility Study, Marc identified the and challenges inherent in errands performed by all of us. In order to address the “alienation, boredom, impatience, anxiety, frustration, lethargy, and thoughtlessness” that go
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Whiskey in a Grande Latté While whiskey and coffee don't really have anything to do with San Francisco per se, it could be said that they are two of our favorite things. Among other things, they involve two
SF News Your Boss is Watching Sipping our coffee and doing the morning blog rounds we stumbled on this short item in Gizmodo - it looks like the boss will finally be able to see through your lame "I'm
SF News BAAAAAART!!! SFist has its hand over its heart as the BART flag is raised and its national anthem ("Dublin/Pleasanton train arriving, platform 2") is played BART was named the best public transportation system
SF News Your Commute/SFist Blotter Growing increasingly worried about safety, the union representing MUNI bus drivers have requested that the SFPD provide them with a dedicated police force. MUNI currently has 1 sergeant and 10 officers assigned to
SF News Your Commute SFist hasnt seen "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3," but after Mondays East Bay BART commute trauma, the flick described as "the Godfather of subway hijacking movies" is definitely moving to the
SF News Baghdad By the Bay While we've been working on SFist for a few weeks now, today we opened our (virtual) doors to you, the general public. This week will be your chance to tell us exactly what
SF News Oil Money, Part Two [Ed. Note: This story is just too, um, important to cover from only one perspective. Contributor Rita Hao helps take on the major issue of the day.] This morning, while paging leisurely to
SF News San Francisco's Three Ring Circus For those of you who thought the lamp posts, telephone poles, and coffee shop windows in town look too empty, fret no more! It's almost time for Supervisor elections! The big news is,
Arts & Entertainment Home Furnishing Fantasy SFist often fantasizes about the day we win the lottery and, among other things, kick our crappy-ass IKEA furnishings to the curb (or hire someone else to do so). Our dream then moves
