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Nostra Officially Closes, Remodel Underway For NY Transplant Babu Ji

It's time to give a big Italian chef's kiss goodbye to Nostra Spaghetteria and Bar Mia. That establishment, a choose-your-own-pasta adventure, was Alexander Alioto's more low-key reboot of the more ambitious Plin, but

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Blue Bottle Bows Out Of Heath Space As Tartine Prepares To Enter Coffee Business Themselves

As Tartine prepared this summer to open their Manufactory in the space adjacent to Heath Ceramics at 18th and Alabama, co-owner Elizabeth Prueitt revealed that they had hired Verve Coffee guy Chris Jordan

Thursday Lunchtime Links: Google Robot Fails 'Toothbrush Test'

A photo posted by John S (@mikeagnus) on Oct 5, 2016 at 9:06pm PDT Pokemon Go announces new feature but come on, no one plays that anymore, right? [CNet] Ronnie Lott says

Britex Fabrics May Move After 64 Years, But Will Remain In SF

Asked to share her go-to recommendation for maker-folk from out of town, Project Runway star and local designer Emily Payne shouted out Britex Fabrics, describing it to SFist as "a family-run luxury fabric

Theranos To Lay Off Hundreds And Give Up Blood Testing Following Regulatory Clampdown

Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled CEO of blood testing company Theranos announced last night in a letter to company stakeholders that the startup she founded will abandon its core mission and will no longer

Hammer-Wielding Woman Steals Bike On Fillmore Street

A Fillmore Street bike thief used an unusual weapon to intimidate her victim: A hammer. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crime went down at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday, on

Local Psychologists Try To Explain Scary Clown Epidemic As Concord Woman Claims Clown Abduction Attempt

The baffling and ultimately ridiculous creepy/violent clown trend may be just a twisted hoax gone viral, but it has come to the Bay Area and it's resulted in at least one creepy

Tenderloin Cyclist Rides Up, Stabs Guy, Rides Off

A man was left with life-threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon, after a bike-riding suspect stabbed him as he stood on the sidewalk. The 29-year-old male victim was standing on the 400 block of Turk

BeliEVEN: Giants Beat Mets In Do Or Die Wild Card Game

Silencing all the skeptics, the Giants last night beat the New York Mets in a dramatic, mostly scoreless game with season-ending stakes. And boy, did they do it with style. Ace pitcher Madison

Muggers Drag Ocean Beach Photographer By Car In Effort To Steal Camera

A brazen mid-day mugging in a popular tourist area left a man injured Wednesday, after his robbers dragged him by car when he refused to give up the goods. It was 3:17

Thursday Morning Roundup: An SF Studio With 116 Parking Spaces

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here So now "doortrait" is a word? [SFist] Legislation introduced

Day Around The Bay: Soaring Costs, Cleanup Investigation Threaten Redevelopment For Hunters Point Shipyard

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. According to a fundraising page for the mural artist

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Local Photographer Finds National Fame Through Instagram 'Doortraits'

A photo posted by Julie Gebhardt (@juliegeb) on Sep 27, 2016 at 9:25pm PDT People Instagram a lot of random stuff, especially in San Francisco, which we learned late last year is

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Mayors Lee, De Blasio Make Twitter Bet On Giants Vs. Mets Wild Card Game

The stakes for tonight's MLB Wild Card game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets just got way higher. Okay, not really. Still, civic pride is now on the line

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Video: 'Ring Of Keys' From 'Fun Home' Gets Music Video By Oakland School Of The Arts

The inaugural production at the newly renovated and revamped Curran Theater, under the artistic direction of owner and longtime local theater impresario Carole Shorenstein Hays, will be the Tony Award-winning Best New Musical

Here Are The 14 Current Richest Bay Area Residents, According To Forbes

When you think about the richest residents of the Bay Area, obviously Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, and Travis Kalanick probably come to mind, but you may wonder just who else is sitting on

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Finn Town, Single Thread, And Other New Restaurants To Look Forward To This Fall

The refrains about our current restaurant scene are getting a bit repetitive from diners, it's "too expensive" and there seems to be some ongoing fatigue with fine dining; and from restaurant owners it's

Thiel-Funded Seasteading Institute Cutting Deal For First Floating Commune Off French Polynesia

Oakland nonprofit the Seasteading Institute, a group devoted to the development of floating colonies adrift from the oppressive moorings of society, has announced its dreams are closer than ever to reality. As soon

Napa Wildfire Likely Culprit In Deaths Of Two Brothers Missing Since 2014 Whose Bodies Were Just ID'd

The cause of the Butts Fire in northern Napa County, which grew to over 4000 acres in July 2014 before being contained, remains under investigation two years later, but the remains of two

Smell Different: There's A 'New Mac' Scented Candle

Have yet to get your hands on a shiny new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus? New-phone envy driving you mad? Then Apple accessory developer Twelve South has just the thing for you.

Site Of Long-Gone Gay Bars Could Stymie Mid-Market Development As Compton's Cafeteria Revival Proposed In New Building

As we reported back in April, a couple of people are attempting to block a large mixed-use development on Market Street between Fifth and Sixth by saying that the long-ago sites of a

Pedestrian Injured In Bayshore Boulevard Crash

A man who police say was illegally traversing Bayshore Boulevard was injured Tuesday, struck by a driver as he attempted to cross the street. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the collision

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Rich Table Expanding With RT Rotisserie For Casual, Take-Out Chicken And More

Opened in 2012, Hayes Valley's Rich Table, named for its married chef-owner duo Sarah and Evan Rich, has been a steady hit. That's meant a busy lifestyle for the Riches, who are often

Embarcadero Named One Of Nation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

When strolling down San Francisco's waterfront Embarcadero, the average pedestrian is likely taking in the breathtaking views, pondering coffee options, and thinking about how grand life is. What that person is probably not