SF News North Beach Won't Allow Pot Club On Porn Strip Telegraph Hill resident Bruce Rossignol thought it would be a grand idea to liven things up on North Beach's ho-hum Broadway strip. Bruce Rossignol planned to open up a pot dispensary on near
SF News North Beach 'Investment Consultant' Indicted for Bilking 60 Investors A North Beach 'investment consultant' named Joseph "Giuseppe" Viola was indicted in federal court in S.F. yesterday on multiple counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft after defrauding at
Arts & Entertainment Looking Back at Bimbo's 365 Bimbo's 365 is one of the Bay Area's finest music venues, period. Opened by Agostino Giuntoli, who moved it to its current Columbus spot in 1951, the name of the historically textured joint
misc 7 Scenes From North Beach Festival On Saturday and Sunday, that beatnik neighborhood on the other side of Market Street played host to the 54th annual North Beach Festival. Here are several shots that local photogs snapped up from
SF News North Beach Bogeymen Intimidate North Beach Residents (Or Not) Don't blame it on the sunshine. Don't blame it on the moonlight. Blame it on the Bogeyman. The North Beach Bogeymen, that is. New San Francisco resident C.W. Nevius yanks his hair
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fior D'Italia Celebrates 125th Anniversary with Original Menu, Prices Be sure to heard over to Fior d'Italia (2237 Mason) tomorrow for veal sauté for a nickel, linguine and meatballs for a dime, and eggplant parmesan for $.20. Why such sanity-free prices, you
SF News Pavement to Parks Eyes Vallejo Street in North Beach You guys have all heard about the Pavement to Parks initiative right? It's something the City's been doing for over a year, transforming sections of streets and intersections into car-free plazas and parks.
SF News Academy of Art President Speaks Out About North Beach Student's Murder The Academy of Art University's famously prickly president, Elisa Stephens, spoke about the recent murder of Luis Armando Prieto, who was killed in North Beach last week be a car fleeing a shooting.
SF News Pedestrian Hit, Killed By Car Fleeing North Beach Shooting An unidentified man was killed early this morning in North Beach by a fleeing car filled with shooting suspects. The man and his brother were using the crosswalk at Vallejo and Columbus when
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Bar Lands Spot In "20 Worst Bars In America" List Comedy.com complied a list of the 20 worst bars in the U.S. Among them is "Bow Wow’s Cocktail Lounge." Tastefully described as "a Vietnamese whorehouse," the North Beach institute wins
SF News Heaven Mini Theatre Strip Club Alleges City Shakedown After City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked the city to shutdown Heaven Mini Theatre for performing lapdances without the proper permits (not to mention allowing prostitution inside its doors, just like every other SF
Arts & Entertainment Attention Poetry Fans: The San Francisco Int'l Poetry Festival Starts Tomorrow Like a comet, or a certain Venetian art fair, the San Francisco International Poetry Festival only comes around every two years, and the second biennial fest kicks off tomorrow with a party in
SF News Two Men Shot Inside North Beach Nightclub Two men were shot inside Impala, a Broadway nightclub frequented by types who still think bottle service is cool, at around 1:15 a.m. this morning. According to , "two men were each
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: The Vaselines @ Bimbo's by Moses Namkung After the end of "Come As You Are" on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, Kurt Cobain introduces the next song by saying, "This was written by the Vaselines." Yep.
SF News National Book Award Winner's North Beach Verbal Assault Turns <em>Sopranos</em>-esque Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry , was (allegedly) verbally harassed last week over in North Beach. After an evening of dinner, chocolate-orange gelato, and Taha Mohammed Ali, there
SF News Update: Man Shot and Killed While at North Beach Bar At around 1 a.m this morning, a man was shot and killed just outside North Beach bar Fuse. According to reports, the unidentified man had a few drinks, walked outside and returned
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: As we already mentioned, Why? is performing this evening along with Dose One, Cryptacize, DJ Odd Nosdam, DJ Jel. *THEATER: Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play the Vagina Monologues -- featuring such monologues
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *MUSIC: You know that song at the end of , "Anyone Else But You"? The one Ellen Page and Michael Cera sing to one another? And it's all cute and sad? Well,it was
misc SFist Finds: Ironic Bathroom Graffiti This philosophic message/challenge adorning/"besmirching" Caffe Trieste's bathroom wall in North Beach last November comes to us from Seven Morris via the "sfist" and "found" tags. Sometimes a blank wall is miles
SF News Fozen Yogurt Wars: <i>Survivor</i> Winner Out It looks like Survivor: Cook Island winner Yul Kwon won't get to serve you air-pumped, sugary, dairy-like deliciousness. After getting ready to set up a Red Mango chain in North Beach, and after
SF News Day Around the Bay Phil Bronstein steps down as editor. Say what? [SFGate] Julius Castle closes amid allegations of fraud, misrepresentation, and lease issues. [Tablehopper] 1015 gets a (much-needed) makeover, will feature live bands. Well, it's about
misc Ride Muni for Free All Night Long On New Year's Eve Mayor Gavin Newsom says that one of his "top priorities is to ensure that every San Franciscan has a safe and happy New Year. Riding Muni is a smart and green way to
misc Sofia Coppola's Dad /Jason Schwartzman's Uncle Makes Movies? When Francis Ford Coppola isn't looking lovingly over his cineaste dynastic family, running a cafe, publishing fiction, or distilling making wine [sorry! we're not a vintner!], we understand that sometimes he makes movies
SF News Late-Night Pizza Ban? That's Crazy Talk! Noted Pizza-Roll fans, we're not one to patronize pizza establishments in order to stifle late-night sodium cravings brought on by binge drinking. (Really, with Pizza Rolls you transition from freezer to toaster oven
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Laura Gibson: We'd hate to genre-ize her lovely sounds, but neo-folk songstress Gibson -- who uses such tools as trumpet, viola, and musical saw in addition to her sublime vocal cords-- sings
