SF News St. John Coltrane Church Finds Temporary Home In the Western Addition When the specter of eviction began to loom over the 1971-founded St. John Coltrane Church this past February, Archbishop Franzo King told SFist that his congregation was concerned but far from defeated. "This
SF News Hammer-Wielding Woman Steals Bike On Fillmore Street A Fillmore Street bike thief used an unusual weapon to intimidate her victim: A hammer. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crime went down at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday, on
SF News Folsom Street Fair Tourists Allegedly Gay-Bashed Outside Fillmore McDonald's The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an alleged anti-gay hate crime today, following an attack on two tourists outside Fillmore District fast food restaurant. San Francisco Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Michael Andraychak
SF News Shoe In Cooking Pot Leads To Fire Investigation An intruder in a Fillmore District apartment complex started a fire that set off sprinklers and sparked an investigation, but it's the odd cause of the blaze that seems most notable. It was
SF News Deplorable Teens Snatch Razor Scooter From 31-Year-Old Rider A Fillmore Street Razor scooter rider was cruelly stripped of his mode of transport Tuesday, after two teens ripped it from his grasp. The 31-year-old male victim was piloting his scooter down Fillmore
SF News Phone Tracker Leads SFPD To Teenage Mugging Team The victims of a Fillmore District mugging got a happy ending Tuesday, when the tracker in their stolen phone led police to their robbers...and reunited them with their stuff. It was 7:
SF News Yet Another Aging Affordable Housing Complex Senses Threat From Outside Development Today we hear of another case involving a subsidized housing complex in the Western Addition that's over 30 years old and that suddenly finds itself in an awkward, legally tricky predicament regarding its
SF News Pedestrian Loses Thumb In Fillmore Collision An elderly San Francisco man is recovering from a lost digit today, after a driver struck him as he walked in a Fillmore Street crosswalk. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the
Arts & Entertainment Historic Clay Theatre Readies For Renovation, Could Add Dining And Drinks The Clay Theatre (2261 Fillmore at Clay) was built in 1910 as one of the first picture palaces in San Francisco. In 1972, the first midnight showing in the city was hosted here:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink I Got In Line And Tried Wise Sons Bagel, And It's Good The time has come, everyone, and the stakes are high for the long-delayed, much discussed, hotly anticipated opening day of Wise Sons Bagel & Bakery (1520 Fillmore Street near Geary). Not being a
SF News Video: The Church Of Coltrane's (Possibly) Last Service In The Fillmore “Any special offerings today?” Archbishop Franzo King asked his congregation when passing the collection basket at Sunday’s service. “Did somebody come and bring $10,000?” The Archbishop’s congregation is that of
SF News Man Shot To Death In Front Of Fillmore Street Restaurant Passenger in white car dies after being shot multiple times leaving McDonald's drive thru on Fillmore/Golden Gate. pic.twitter.com/sfkpgbVlPr— Lilian Kim (@liliankim7) February 22, 2016 A man is dead after
SF News Famed Saint John Coltrane Church Fights To Stay Put In The Fillmore Since 1971, Archbishop Franzo King and his wife Reverend Mother Marina King have held services and provided food and clothes to those in need. Considering jazz musician John Coltrane, who emerged from drug
SF News Video: Marc Jacobs Raiders Swipe $1700 Worth Of Purses The San Francisco Police Department is seeking a shoplifting trio that brazenly swiped a number of pricey handbags from a Pacific Heights store. In an email sent late Tuesday, SFPD spokesperson Officer Carlos
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Here Are The Food & Beer Menus For Black Bark BBQ Black Bark BBQ opens for real today, and the spinoff of 1300 on Fillmore seems destined to make a splash in what was once the most BBQ-centric 'hood in town. In recent years,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Black Bark BBQ Gets New Opening Date: January 13 Following a couple of fairly predictable delays, Black Bark BBQ (1325 Fillmore Street) is finally ready for its opening next week, on January 13. The fast-casual barbecue spinoff of 1300 on Fillmore from
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wise Sons Bagel Due To Open In December As promised back in July when we last heard October as the timeframe for the debut of Wise Sons Bagel in the Fillmore, I've got an update for you. Tablehopper got a peek
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Name Your Own Price For Scoops Of Three Twins Ice Cream Today In celebration of their 10th anniversary, quirky local ice cream company Three Twins is doing a “Name Your Price” special all day today at all four of its Bay Area locations, including the
SF News Video: Watch Fillmore Shopper Stumble On, Steal $33,000 A Fillmore produce market that was storing tens of thousands of dollars in an unsecured box got a nasty surprise earlier this month, when a pillaging patron stumbled upon the stash and pocketed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wise Sons Bagel Will Finally Become A Reality At Fillmore And Geary This Fall Today we get both an in-depth look at the state of the Bay Area bagel in the New York Times Magazine, which features Wise Sons Bagel, and a feature story in the Chronicle
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Black Bark BBQ Headed To Fillmore In September A new barbecue spinoff of the upscale 1300 on Fillmore, dubbed Black Bark BBQ, is set to open across the street this fall, possibly as early as September, as Eater is reporting. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Restaurant Academy Bar & Kitchen Coming To Pizza Inferno Space On Fillmore Ever wondered what Pizza Inferno was still doing open in Lower Pac Heights? Me too! Well, it's on its way out next month as an email today informs us, and in its place
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Massive Rent Increase Drives Last Tully's Coffee Location Out Of San Francisco It wasn't ever the hippest coffee venue in the city — heck, it was even a chain. But folks who live in the area of Fillmore and Jackson Streets really loved the Tully's on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Yoshi's Is Becoming The Addition; Poison Guitarist Will Play The New Venue We learned back in June that Yoshi's San Francisco was getting sold to a new ownership group, and would no longer be called Yoshi's. The restaurant has shuffled along the last few months,
Arts & Entertainment The 11 Best Bay Area Events This Weekend SFist often receives emails about events happening in the Bay Area, and though we can't write about them all, we've compiled a list of best stuff happening this weekend for you to check