SF News Market Street Travelodge Falls Under Racism Controversy The Travelodge on Market Street stands accused of racism against a few noted patrons, who are black, after a skirmish over credit cards and incidentals resulted in some pretty astounding behavior from the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink One Night Stand: Taj Campton Place & Restaurant Behold, SFist's newest feature, One Night Stand, ready to help Bay Area locals plan a getaway inside San Francisco or within a 71-mile circumference thereof. How did this come about? Well, being SFist,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ame Honors Anniversary Of Japanese Tsunami-Quake With Prix Fixe Benefit From now until March 18th, St. Regis' Michelin-starred food joint Ame honors the one-year anniversary of the tsunami and earthquake in Miyagi, Japan, with a special prix fixe dinner option. Dishes inspired by
SF News John Toomey, Controversial Macy's Santa, Dies John Toomey, the Santa Claus who was fired by Macy's last Christmas for telling off-color jokes, was found dead today at the Budget Inn on Market Street. The cause of death appears to
SF News Fairmont Hotel Up for Sale The city's Fairmont hotel is being put on the market "after city officials failed to approve a proposal to convert some of the building to condos," reports Business Times. The hotel is currently
SF News San Francisco Has A New Cat Hotel Gasp! San Francisco has a new hotel... and it's just for felines. It's called Mission: Cats (which, in a startling coincidence, is also the title of your editor's pending autobiography) and it "combines
SF News Fairmont Hotel In Trouble, Mayor Tries to Give Them Extension for Condo Conversion You'll recall how the Fairmont Hotel wants to take that semi-ugly tower at the corner of Stockton and California and build a new condo tower, demolishing the famed Tonga Room in the process?
SF News Jack London Inn Named 2nd Dirtiest Hotel In U.S. Using traveler ratings for cleanliness, TripAdvisor named the 10 dirtiest hotels in the country. Oakland's Jack London Inn was honored as the second most rank hotel, following behind the Grand Resort Hotel &
SF News Carbon Monoxide Poisons 4 at S.F. Marriott "At least" four guests were "sickened" by carbon monoxide gas at the Fourth Street Marriott on Thursday night. The deadly fumes sent stricken guests to San Francisco General Hospital and St. Francis Memorial
SF News Hyatt Regency 18-Month-Old Fountain Victim Dies The toddler who fell into the the Hyatt Regency's fountain last Wedesday succumbed to injuries on Saturday. He was only 18 months old. He was with his mom, twin sister, and nanny who
SF News Missing Toddler Found in Hyatt Lobby Fountain An eighteen-month-old child is in life-threatening condition at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital after he was found in a fountain in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel located at 5 Embarcadero Center on
SF News Hotel Boycott On If you find yourself lost on O'Farrell, don't ask the concierge of Hilton San Francisco for directions. The hotel workers began a boycott yesterday with an 800 person march and a 160 person
misc Sleep Under Matisse and Pollock at St. Regis Hotel This year, SFMOMA celebrates its 75th anniversary. In honor of such a grand milestone, according to 7x7, "the St. Regis has rolled out two limited edition MOMA suites and a MOMA Anniversary Travel
SF News Downtown Bedbug Attack Costs Ramada $71,000 Just in time for your lunch hour, a woman who received more than 400 bedbug bites during her stay at San Francisco’s Ramada Plaza Hotel has received $71,000 to settle her
misc Don't Let the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Bite We are super creeped out right now. We've had a few mysterious, little bites appear on our wrists that itched like a bitch the first day and have stuck around for two or
SF News San Francisco Taxicabs vs. Limos This time the crankypants are concerned about limousines and towncars that illegally -- illegally? oh please -- pick up passengers at hotels, bars, clubs, or wherever to grab extra cash. Makes sense on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Tesla Motors' Roadster- the Electric Edsel? Are there any similarities here with this car? Some hyperbolic coverage from the MSM makes us wonder a bit. Here's an opinion from Washington Post-affiliated Slate - the author was "unbelievably stoked", even
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Arson You know, maybe Tapioca Ed wouldn't have problems with fire if he had running water. Bobagate heats up -- literally! Matier and Ross report today on some issues regarding yet another house that
SF News Goodbye, Jessie; Hello, Mint Opening the street to pedestrians (aka "humans") has some opponents; some folks claim that it'll make it harder to valet their cars when frequenting the nearby hotels and malls. And to be fair,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Photo: Another cheery day in San Francisco Yesterday around lunchtime, these four members of the S.F. 49er Gold Rush cheerleading squad attracted more than a little bit of attention as they ventured from Civic Center. Last we saw, they
SF News Putting the Treasure In Treasure Island Yesterday, the Board of Supes approved the new Treasure Island development plan by a 10-1 vote. The one holdout was the new guy, Ed Jew, and you gotta admire the dude for going
SF News Your Commute: Oracle Open World, Oracle Closed Streets Also, all the crosswalk lights have been extended an extra 10 seconds in all directions. Who knew you could pay the city to do that? We're going to take up a collection and
Arts & Entertainment Political Junkie: Dunk Tank! The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Center is sponsoring their 16th Annual Celebrity Pool Toss this Tuesday (tomorrow the 17th) from 6-10 p.m., where brave local celebrities volunteer to be tossed into the swimming
Arts & Entertainment Where's Our SFiS? Editor & Publisher reported that the t-less "SFiS" will feature writing by SFisT cult fave society writer C-Big, fashion editor Sylvia Rubin, and feature writer Carolyne Zinko -- and it was supposed to
