Arts & Entertainment

Photo Du Jour: MidMarket Glamour

Photo by Travis Jensen.

SF News

Ed Lee Announces Spotify's Move To MidMarket

Joining Twitter, ten other tech companies, a Coi spinoff, a clothing designer and a gastropub, Swedish music streaming company Spotify will move its headquarters to MidMarket in the Warfield Building. "Spotify is innovating

Arts & Entertainment

Forget 'North of NOPA,' Cringe In Horror at This 'NEMA' Video

Described as "an ultra-contemporary, highly-amenitized, tech-savvy rental community designed for San Francisco's culture-driven lifestyle," this God-awful, anti-decency video for NEMA is basically an ad for the 37-story tower of the Crescent Heights project

SF News

$70K Bike Counter to Be Installed on Market Street

Bike ridership in the city has been rising steadily, but by just how much? If you count Market Street cyclists as an indicator, you'll soon have hard numbers. On Wednesday the SFMTA approved

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Coi Chef Goes Casual, Saison Gets Cheaper

While boozing it up last night, we got into a simmering debate with a food writer over high-end tasting menus. Personally, we love them. The more intricate and fussier, the better. Why? Why

Arts & Entertainment

Photo Du Jour: Mid-Market Crack

Photo by Travis Jensen.

Arts & Entertainment

Photo Du Jour: Mid-Market

Photo by Travis Jensen.

SF News

YouTube Removes MidMarket 'Crackhead of the Day' Video

Bluoz is known in part for his documented "Crackhead of the Day" footage he takes from his MidMarket apartment. YouTube recently removed one of his videos, a six-year-old flick that shows a gaggle

SF News

Knife Crime 2012: Attempted Fratricide Leaves Two Brothers Bleeding

Yesterday evening, in a Market Street hotel near the city's stabbiest corner, two brothers ended up in the hospital after a sibling dispute turned violent. The younger 53-year-old brother had been staying with

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Tu Lan Might Reopen Soon

Cheap Vietnamese staple Tu Lan had to close its doors earlier this year due to major health violations. Not surprising. But Inside Scoop has word that they might reopen. When? Soon, we hope.

SF News

Mid-Market Redevelopment Plows On As Trinity Plaza Marks Halfway Point

The second of four apartment towers in the massive Trinity Place complex was "topped off" this week, marking a major milestone in one of the key projects in that redevelopment of mid-Market you've

SF News

Knife Crime 2012: 24-Year-Old Receives Stab Wound At Sixth & Market

On Mid-Market's up-and-coming Comfort Corner last night, SFPD officers responded to reports of an argument happening just before 7:30 p.m. When officers arrived on the scene they found a 24-year-old victim

SF News

Shockingly Low-Quality Meth Leads To Tasering, Stabbing

On Sixth Street after midnight last night, a man in his 50s who had just purchased some methamphetamine quickly discovered that meth dealers, especially the ones who set up shop near Mid-Market's Comfort

Arts & Entertainment

7 Reasons To Love San Francisco

There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday we present to you 7 Reasons. (Our sister site LAist does

SF News

Hibernia Bank Building Might Finally Become Something Next Year

This morning's dispatch from the Tenderloin by Chuck Nevius — because he is ever interested in how to gentrify our city's crackiest blocks — brings news that there has been a little recent movement with

SF News

Kitchenware Crime 2012: Mid-Market Groper Slashes Man With Chopsticks

Here's another stabbing that doesn't quite fit our Knife Crime rubric: on Sunday night, a 49-year-old man was slashed in the face by a chopstick-wielding aggressor near Eighth and Market Streets. The victim

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Tu Lan To Close For Good?

The city's tastiest, yet filthiest, place to grab cheap Vietnamese (as well as the greatest imperial rolls) could close for good. Today, the city revoked their permit after temporarily shutting it down two

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Troubled Tu Lan Closes Due to Vermin, Cockroach Problems

Notorious for their no-so impeccably clean ways, Vietnamese staple Tu Lan, nestled in the heart of the burgeoning mid-Market area of doom, was forced to close of numerous health violations. Tu Lan's closure