SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bars, Booze, Bowl: Super Sunday Parties For The Big Game Low- to middle-income folks, perhaps such as yourself, have been priced out of football games. (Chronicle columnist C.W. Nevius credits the high price point for the lack of Super Bowl "sizzle" in
Arts & Entertainment Get Tickets for a New Year's Eve Party With Juanita More at The NWBLK New Design District showroom and event space The NWBLK (18th and Bryant) is playing host to a New Year's Eve party this year from drag queen bee Juanita More. If you've been in
SF News The Castro Partied Hard Last Night After Obama Win People poured out onto Castro Street last night after Barack Obama scored another four years in the White House. Meanwhile, the Mission was not nearly as jubillant as it was in 2008 when
Arts & Entertainment Nail-Biting 2012 Election Night Parties Election night will have us all on the edge of our martini glasses—and this election is razor-thin close in some cases, so please vote for God's sake—so cool off and watch
Arts & Entertainment Chilling But Rad Last-Minute List Of SF Halloween Parties! What with the Giants, suspicious suitcases, Taco Bell "food," and controversial t-shirts, we almost forgot about Halloween! Almost. And with that, here are a few noteworthy Halloween events happening tonight that, if you
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink For Your Halloween Party: The Human Torso Appetizer Plate Jessy Ellenberger of Oakland, California has concocted the perfect platter for your gory All Hallow's Eve party. See, it's a Human Torso Appetizer plate (aka the "ManWich"), and it sounds as delicious (screw
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing This Weekend: Stereo, a 3D Party Featuring Ladytron, Ms. Pac-Man A first-of-its-kind annual shindig is happening this weekend at 550 Barneveld, and it's called Stereo. It's a multi-room, multi-media affair featuring a DJ set from Ladytron, famed Sugar DJ Ellen Ferrato, an 80s
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tips For Throwing A Way Better Barbecue Is your barbecue grill making you ill? Could be. Who knows. This handy chart by the FDA, CDC, Mayo Clinic, and International Food Council will tell you at what temperatures one should prepare
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Bay Area's Best Food Under One Tent (and Elsewhere) at SF Chefs Festival The annual gastronome bash SF Chefs at Union Square (and other venues, but it's really all about the scene under the tent) approaches. In the past years at SF Chefs, we've seen Fleur
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink City's Best Chefs Turn Ferry Plaza Farmers Market Into Swank Soiree Sunday And we're off. The summer fetes celebrating the current season's harvests will dot the Bay Area for the next few months, and we couldn't be happier. And so should you. For starters, the
Arts & Entertainment Note From A Capp Street Eviction Party Uptown Almanac's Kevin Montgomery attended his first eviction party last week. Some of you might recall the bratty eviction parties from the days of yore (or as recently as 2010) where entitled twentysomethings
SF News 49ers Aldon Smith Stabbed At His Own Gun-Happy Party Described by neighbors as "terrible," "reckless," and an "immature millionaire," 49ers linebacker Aldom Smith, 22, was stabbed at his own East San Jose party on Saturday just five months after being arrested for
Arts & Entertainment Teens Ransack Abandoned Marin Mansion, Throw Massive Party, Steal a Picasso Some industrious teenagers up in Marin have made fine use of the abandoned manse of one Pavlo Lazarenko, the imprisoned former Ukrainian prime minister who sits in a federal prison in Dublin. A
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From Jean Paul Gaultier Gala At The DeYoung Saturday's Jean Paul Gaultier gala at the deYoung Museum could go down as one of the most stylish yet amiable events in the city's drunken party history, with barely a tacky red prom
Arts & Entertainment And Now, Dede Wilsey Flanked By Nearly Nude Gay Guys Another reason we love SFGate's Catherine Bigelow? Shot like this: Society dowager Dede Wilsey posing next to male performers Adam Musgrave and Ronnie Reg Waite at a tricked out SOMA loft on Thursday
Arts & Entertainment Oscars This Sunday! Our Picks For The Best Places To Watch In SF It's that time of year again where stylists dress actors to within an inch of their true personalities for the red carpet and product endorsement deals. That is to say, it's Academy Awards
Arts & Entertainment NYE Club Choice: Go Bang & Honey Soundsystem Two parties. One night. Both perfect for you and your dilated pupils. First up, we have Go Bang! at Deco Lounge in the Tenderloin. The regular club night snorts things into high gear
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Booze Folk Gather For Rather Awesome Party on Alcatraz Were you aware that Alcatraz could be rented out for events, for a price? Neither were we! Leave it to major liquor distributor William Grant & Sons, who came to the Bay Area
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 11/8: The Bangles, 'Octubre', VV Brown MUSIC: After reuniting in the late '90s, The Bangles are still going strong. (Now would be a good time to make "An Eternal Flame" joke.) They'll be rocking their fine selves at the
SF News At Least 40 Arrested During Monday Night's BART Flash Mob During Monday night's (now regularly occurring) protest/party at the BART Civic Center station, at least 40 people were pinched by the fuzz during the melee. What initially started out as a rally
Arts & Entertainment Gay Pride Parties You Should/Shouldn't Attend Hi, everybody. Welcome to Gay Pride weekend in San Francisco. What's Gay Pride weekend, exactly? Well, it's the time of year when lesbians hold hands walking down Market Street and gay men's pupils
Arts & Entertainment Archival Video Moment: Nightly News Explores Gay S.F. Circa 1981 We just got sent this video in connection with a party happening tonight at Public Works called SPKR: Evolution of the Queer Dancefloor -- it's a benefit for the GLBT Historical Society and
Arts & Entertainment NYE Parties: Burritt Room Disco, Roller Skating, Yoga & (Juanita) More! Union Square The Bon Vivants (aka Josh Harris and Scott Baird) and The Burritt Room (arguably the best new bar of 2010) will host a disco spectacular with Studio 54 Disco Chic. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink View Sacred Images From French Laundry's Holiday Fete Did you attend the French Laundry's epic holiday party last night? Of course you didn't, you plebeian. Neither did we. Bunrab, however, did. They have loads of photos from last night's gastronomic gathering
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Champagne Party In The Castro This Thursday Swirl Wine Bar, which has gained a solid reputation for serving excellent varieties of grapes and spirits (and then some), will throw what promises to be an authentique champagne party on Thursday. The
