Arts & Entertainment North Beach Building Owned for Over 50 Years By Francis Ford Coppola Put Up as Collateral A striking, flatiron-shaped building in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, owned since 1973 by filmmaker and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola, has been put up for collateral on a loan as Coppola continues weathering the financial fallout from his flop passion project 'Megalopolis.'
SF News Day Around the Bay: Apartment Fire Erupts in SF’s North Beach, Quickly Contained by SFFD Surfers were met with 40-foot waves on the opening day of surf season in Mavericks, California; take part in a hyphy video shoot at Powell Station Saturday; and no injuries were reported after an apartment fire in North Beach Friday.
SF News Update: Supervisors Pass North Beach Zoning Changes That Have Neighborhood Small Businesses Up in Arms North Beach’s supervisor Danny Sauter just passed legislation allowing storefronts to merge in that neighborhood, supposedly to fight vacancies. Business owners wonder what he’s talking about, pointing out one of the city’s lowest vacancy rates.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Group Behind Bourbon & Branch and Rickhouse Opens New Bar With Rotating Globally Inspired Menus A new cocktail destination debuts in North Beach today called Long Weekend, and its menu and decor will change on a rotating basis, focusing on a single global city at a time.
Arts & Entertainment Legendary North Beach Punk Venue Mabuhay Gardens Could Possibly Reopen A building that has been home to a generic nightclub and venue for years, but which was once home to the local epicenter of the Bay Area punk scene, is back in play with a group of investors looking to revive it as a music venue.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Recology AIR 35th, Aquatic Park Doc, Rodin with Pipe Organ, and Teen Chase Film In this week’s Field Notes: a live pipe organ at Legion of Honor, stone legacy in Mill Valley, Recology’s Artist in Residence exhibit, and an Aquatic Park doc. Also: Amy Tan with Christian Cooper, teen film 'The Jar', and Sacramento’s music archive.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Francisco Republicans Celebrate Trump Victory at North Beach Restaurant Known For Hosting Anti-Trans Event A small cabal of proud Republicans in San Francisco gathered Tuesday night at American Bites, a restaurant in North Beach that last year hosted a bizarre and hateful anti-trans dinner event.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Famed Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City to Close, Amidst Don Ed Hardy’s Ongoing Health Issues The renowned 47-year-old tattoo parlor Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City will be closing at the end of 2024, as its legendary founder Don Ed Hardy is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
SF News Bicyclist Arrested For Hit and Run That Seriously Injured an Elderly Woman In North Beach A 36-year-old man is under arrest after allegedly striking a female pedestrian with his bicycle in North Beach Wednesday and then fleeing the scene.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Update] North Beach's Park Tavern to Be Reopened Former Partner In Restaurant, With Original Chef The ex-husband of Park Tavern owner Anna Weinberg, James Nicholas, has signed a lease to take over the restaurant's space in North Beach, and it will be reborn as Park Tavern this fall.
SF News Churchgoer Stabbed Outside Saints Peter & Paul Church In North Beach On Sunday, following a reported altercation with a homeless individual who had entered the church, a parishioner was stabbed outside Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.
SF News Concord Man Found Guilty In Bizarre North Beach Pipe-Bomb-Throwing Incident An East Bay man now faces up to 14 years in state prison for an unhinged incident last fall that began at Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink North Beach Mainstay Sam’s Burgers Gets Front Window Smashed By Rando Who Was Harassing Employees An irate and probably unstable person caused a ruckus at the popular North Beach burger spot Sam’s Burgers, smashing the shop’s front window by throwing a chair through it. Undaunted, Sam’s says it will reopen Tuesday.
SF News A New Grocery Store Likely to Replace Former Safeway Near Fisherman's Wharf We have an update on the beleaguered, mostly empty NorthPoint Centre near Fisherman's Wharf, at the edge of North Beach, and its adjacent apartment complex, and it's good news for those in the neighborhood who miss having a full-service grocery store.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Liguria Bakery Reopens Tuesday Just In Time for Xmas Focaccia Purchases The century-old Liguria Bakery in North Beach, which suffered an oven fire in early August, is finally getting back open this week in time for the holidays.
Arts & Entertainment Interactive Theater Piece 'The Speakeasy' Returns to North Beach In April Popular interactive theater experience 'The Speakeasy,' which has been on an extended hiatus since mid-2019, is returning to its underground digs in North Beach this spring, and the waitlist for tickets closes today.
SF News First Crime-Related Embarrassment of APEC: Czech News Crew Robbed A Czech news crew who came to San Francisco to cover the APEC summit and drove around Sunday shooting B-roll of charming scenes like the Painted Ladies in Alamo Square was robbed of their camera equipment in North Beach.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Park Tavern In North Beach Gets Eviction Notice, Owner Says It's Staying Open There's been some financial drama at one of North Beach's biggest restaurants in recent weeks, and only five months into a long-awaited reopening, the restaurant was served an eviction notice this week.
SF News Suspect In North Beach Assault, Pipe-Bomb-Throwing Had Federal Bomb Conviction, Domestic Violence History The suspect has now been named in Sunday's bizarre incident that began in North Beach and led to a police chase across the Bay that included improvised explosives.
SF News Man Suspected of Assault In SF Church Allegedly Tossed Multiple Explosives Out of His Car, Led Authorities on Chase Across the Bay A wacky story involving a chase from San Francisco deep into Contra Costa County began unfolding Sunday evening in North Beach, when a suspect allegedly assaulted a parishioner at Saints Peter and Paul Church on Filbert Street.
SF News Cruise Cars Get Into Robo-Traffic Jam In North Beach Friday, Caused By Outside Lands-Related 'Connectivity Issues' Just one day after autonomous car expansion was approved in SF, a bunch of Cruise self-driving cars snarled traffic in North Beach Friday night — and it's all on video.
SF News Fire at North Beach's Historic Liguria Bakery Quickly Contained There was an oven fire Friday morning at Liguria Bakery in North Beach, and while it sounds like it was quickly extinguished, the extent of any damage is not known.
SF News SFMTA Lowers the Speed Limit to 20 MPH on Nearly Two Dozen SF Streets Several streets in Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf, North Beach, and Union Square just got their speed limits lowered from 25 to 20 mph, despite arguments that drivers ignore city speed limits and police don’t enforce them anyway.
SF News Four Arrested for April North Beach Shooting That Killed One, Injured Four Others The first reported North Beach shooting in years was in late April near “strip club row,” and SFPD has now arrested four suspects, one of whom was also shot during the incident.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Quince Team Opens Salon and Private Event Space In Former Cookhouse In North Beach As Michelin three-star Quince prepares to reopen this summer and celebrate its 20th birthday, owners Lindsay and Michael Tusk have announced the opening of their new private event space and test kitchen upstairs from Vesuvio in North Beach.
