SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro's Bagdad Cafe Closes One of the city's best drunk diners (i.e., late-night greasy spoons in which you can get cheap food while tipsy) closed shop last week. According to Paolo Lucchesi at Inside Scoop, "Bagdad
SF News Underground SF for Sale The Lower Haight's only true nightclub, Underground SF, is up for sale. In fact, the entire building can be yours for around $1.5 million. According to Haighteration, the owner is "looking to
SF News Union Leader's Call For Boycott Of Former S.F. Supervisor's Bar Larry Mazzola Sr., leader of plumbers' union UA Local 38, has called for a boycott of former San Francisco politician Chris Daly's new bar, Buck Tavern. Why? Who knows. Some pointless shit that
SF News Man Dies After Fight Inside Downtown Nightclub Joe Olivares Hernandez, 30, died yesterday after suffering a severe brain injury during one of two fights inside Temple Nightclub on Howard Street. "Hernandez was knocked unconscious, and a 26-year-old man was injured
SF News SoMa Bowling Alley Details: $12 Cocktails, Dress Jackets Required A source recently met with a Commercial Owner Association representative regarding plans for a Lucky Strike (a high-end bowling alley geared to replace the almost-shuttered Borders Books at Third and King Streets) to
SF News SoMa Bowling Alley Hesitations While plans for the SoMa Borders Books to evolve into bowling alley trudge on -- word has it Lucky Strike and Beacon apartment complex authorities will discuss the issue today -- we thought
SF News Port Evicts Jelly's Nightclub After Fatal Shooting Pier 50 dance club Jelly's, who played host to a fatal shooting last week, could become a thing of the past. After the city's Entertainment Commission had yanked the club's permit last week,
Arts & Entertainment SFist's Guide to SF Pride 2010: Saturday Here is part II of SFist's attempt to round up all the gay/queer/trans and ever-so lesbian happenings going down about town on Saturday. (Stay tuned for Sunday events!) And, as Jay
SF News '90s Era Gay Club Fliers for Klubstitue There's more to the San Francisco queer scene than Harvey Milk, gay marriage kerfuffles, or exhausting penis-in-bottom jokes. Take, for example, the late '80s/'90s Valencia Street staple, Klubstitute. Harkening back to the
Arts & Entertainment California Music and Culture Association, a New Nightclub Coalition, Launches Last night, according to BCN (via SF Appeal) "a trade organization dedicated to serving the interests of nightclubs and other entertainment venues in San Francisco" kicked off their via a launch party. One
SF News Nightclub Scapegoating Runs Rampant After Weekend Shooting Ever since 26-year-old Blair Henderson was shot and killed near the intersection of Second and Minna Streets on Sunday, the media's assault on nightlife spiked to hysterical proportions. Again. Most outlets (including SFist)
SF News Eliminate Entertainment Commission, Says Newsom Just before the city's arguably useless Entertainment Commission voted to close killer nightclub Suede for 30 days -- if you recall, a 20-year-old Richmond man was killed and four wounded in a February
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Episcodisco at Grace Cathedral Who knew that Grace Cathedral has a monthly nightlife event called Episcodisco, presented by Reverend Bertie Pearson and curatorial duo Paradise Now and featuring contemporary art installations, live performance, drinks and DJ’ed
SF News Trouble at The Blue Macaw Early Sunday morning at Mission nightclub The Blue Macaw (formerly known as 12 Galaxies), an incident went down involving loads of law enforcement. Again. "There were about 10 cop cars and a few
SF News Suede Nightclub and Lounge Closes After Shooting Death After this weekend's shooting death outside Suede Nightclub and Lounge, which took the life of 20-year-old Lawson Hall, authorities have temporarily suspended the Fisherman's Wharf venue's license. "City officials say an emergency suspension
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Lil Miss Hot Mess' Bat Mitzvah by Rachel Brodsky We, the chosen ones, remember bar & bat mitzvah season clearly. There would be this six-month period where fat, shiny envelopes arrived in your mailbox by the pound, inviting you
Arts & Entertainment The Residence, Amber's Replacement, Opens Saturday Night While we all mourned the loss of Amber, the delightfully lung-cancerous bar on 14th Street and Church, its replacement opens up on Saturday night. Just two weeks after closing, The Residence, we're told,
SF News SF Views Talks About San Francisco Nightlife Please join SF Appeal editor Eve Batey and your SFist editor as we talk with club/event promoter (and occasional SFist contributor) Ryan Robles to discuss the glitz and grime that is nightlife
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink (UPDATED) House Of Shields To Close? Following on the heels of the Eagle being up for sale, the century-old House of Shields "could be nearing the end of its run on New Montgomery Street." Eater reports that "the historic
Arts & Entertainment SOMA's The Eagle For Sale The Eagle, a historic and much-admired SOMA venue, is up for sale. SFist called the famous leather/bear/indie-rock/gay/straight-ish/everything-that-is-superb-about-SOMA spot for confirmation. "Yep, the place is for sale," the bartender
misc Reminder: Fight the "Anti-Fun" People at City Hall Today at 1 p.m. As we all know, San Francisco nightlife has been under fire quite a bit lately. In addition to the ongoing saga of the Alcoholic Beverage Control's enforcement of arbitrary rules they've set for
SF News ABC Drops Suit Against GAMH The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, a malignant cancer attacking San Francisco's nightlife scene, has dropped its "ambiguous" suit against Great American Music Hall. It seems the ABC was upset at the O'Farrell
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung What do you get when you mix members of the Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Fountains of Wayne and Cheap Trick? Apparently... Tinted Windows. Aidan Vaziri at SFGate has an amusing interview
Arts & Entertainment Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Outside Lands has arrived. Remember last year? Substantial Muni fail, Radiohead's sound cutting out, Mr. Clothezoff, and other freshman-year festival growing pains... this year, we have a gaggle of headliners
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses NamkungThis week, the Bay Area plays host to Third Eye Blind, Green Day and the Warped Tour -- quite the triumvirate of throwback California alternative rock. Just wondering, is anybody out
