SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Dan Leone, Part II Any changes to the Top 5 places from the list you gave for the 10th anniversary last year? Dan Leone: Um, I’ve since discovered a soul food place called Your Neighborhood Restaurant
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Palindromes</i> Back on April 13, Gothamist published this great interview with director Todd Solondz. At the time, we wondered if he'd be screening his new film, , at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Sure
Arts & Entertainment SFist Gets <i>The Skinny</i> SFist loves local magazines, from to Other to Dwell. (And before all you "Wavefans" from the same IP address write in, the answer is "no".) We're so happy to welcome The Skinny, a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: An Interview With Dan Leone. Before we talk with Dan, let's wrap up the Yucatan definitely-not-yuck-a-thon: since last week we had the opportunity to sample City Blend Cafe's cochinita pibil. City Blend is a coffee shop on 16th,
SF News Sacto Weekly Asked For Retraction It seems that Harmon's piece, "My Dinner At Applebee's With White Supremacists" (linke to in We Read the Weeklies the following Thursday) was retooled for the Sacramento News and Review as "My dinner
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Beth Allen Now SFist isn’t naïve, we know that most of you never actually read to the bottom of these interviews. That would be a major mistake in this case. Make sure to check
SF News SFist Raves: MUNI Moments Yeah, MUNI stinks on multiple levels. Bitch bitch bitch. All the more reason to give props where props are due. A few weeks ago we were taking the bus, the number and destination
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Jennifer Gentle Luckily, Marco Fasolo from Italy’s Jennifer Gentle (on Sub Pop) couldn’t have been nicer about the persistent fuzz on the line. We caught up with Marco as the band was heading
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Mark Wasserman & Irene Ng SFist waited in line? Yup, We first hit up this duo exactly five months ago, after hearing tall tales of the their dynamism and creativity. Turns out that we weren't the only ones
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: The Bay Area Hog the Camera This Week Well, after checking out what goes on on some of these local programs, we don't think that'll really be an issue. First up is "Bay Area Focus", which airs Sundays at 8:30
Arts & Entertainment Where's Laurel Wellman? Is it too early for San Francisco 1999 nostalgia? The NASDAQ was peaking, IPs were O-ing, and those dark blue button-down shirts were so in? Remember when they said the only way you
SF News Interview: Harmon Leon As you know, SFist reads the weeklies so that you don't have too. While our love affair with Bay Area weeklies is long and sordid, we vividly recall the fateful summer day we
SF News Gropinator 2: Judgment Day A British reporter's claims that Arnold Schwarzenegger first sexually assaulted her, then libeled her in the press when she told the LA Times about the incident, survived a first round of review by
SF News Iraq War Anniversary Protest The rain held out just long enough for the march from Dolores Park to arrive and the speakers and performers to get through the rally. Thousands upon thousands were there, though it seemed
SF News Richmond & Oakland Want Reparations Supporters behind the bill hope that the laws passed will pave the way for slavery reparations. It also continues with a trend of suing companies that are believed to have profited from slavery.
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Caitlin Atkinson Today’s interview subject has a literal lens trained on the Bay Area. Caitlin Atkinson is a photographer whose art focuses mainly on her experiences (both real and dreamed). You can catch her
Arts & Entertainment Cinequest Review: Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley is a sentimental and beautifully crafted portrait of the young man as an artist. Jeff Buckley was a singer-songwriter who started out singing in cafes in New York and recorded and released a
SF News SFist Crush: Lizzie Spiers Okay, so this has nothing to do with San Francisco but everything to do with blogging. One Elizabeth Spiers has, in the last month, done more to lend credibility to the practice of
SF News Interview: Jeff Chang Tell us all about your new book It's a 500+ page love letter to hip-hop and an alternative cultural and political history of the last three decades. Um, it's actually a lot more
Arts & Entertainment Smoochie Boochies In the Morning Smith has been filling in for the past couple of days and sadly, Friday will be his last day. According to his site, he called in last spring for a phone interview to
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Earlimart Afternoon shows at the Bottom of the Hill, like Saturday's Earlimart Noise Pop show, are so excellent -- the buses are running, the sun is out, you don't have to worry the whole
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Christopher Appelgren Although Christopher is way too diplomatic to play favorites with Lookout’s current roster of artists, he does have a few tips to local artists, as well as other ideas about what to
Arts & Entertainment Wanted: Drag Queens. Reassignment Surgery Optional. [] So our friends at Beau Bonneau Casting are at it again. This time they're not looking for skinny hipsters, but for 'drag queens.' There are few casting calls that SFist would really
Arts & Entertainment <strike>Marin County's</strike> San Francisco's Robin Williams Harshes on Disney -- Loves Pixar In the "d'oh, we totally forgot" department (we've been sharing a blunt with Al Gore), yesterday evening our snarker-in-arms down south Defamer (who we swear is actually Thomas Pynchon drinking away his career
Arts & Entertainment S'Wonderful WonderCon has come! That's right, Northern California's answer to Comic-Con is coming to the Moscone Center this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This event is not just about comics, folks. It's about all the
