SF News Napa Considers Moving ‘Welcome’ Sign Because Too Many People Run Across Highway 29 to Instagram It A Napa County Instragam trap is causing worries that it could become a death trap, and the county is considering moving its picturesque “Welcome” sign because of unsafe behavior by motorists and pedestrians seeking pictures of it.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Old Vess Cola Sign Revealed On Side Of Fire Damaged Building Richmond Blog and David Gallagher bring your attention to an old Vess Cola sign revealed on the side of a building damaged in a fire at Clement and 12th Avenue. Richmond Blog reports:
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Crestfallen Cafe Responds To SFist's Criticism See, now that's funny. Almost. Two-year-old Mid-Market cafe and eatery Machine — who, last week, poked fun at area addicts and homeless, among other characters in the changing neighborhood — responded to SFist's criticism via
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mid-Market Cafe Pokes Fun At Area Drug Addicts, Homeless [Updated] Call it click bait. Say that SFist is trying to rile you up. But this cafe/deli's sign, smack on Market and Sixth, is in poor taste. Crazy? No, not really. But tone
Arts & Entertainment Do You Think Muni Passengers Will Pay Attention To This? We don't. But we remain hopeful.
Arts & Entertainment SoMa's South Park Sign Up For Auction In an effort to help fund the renovation of SoMa's jarringly adorable South Park, the actual South Park sign will be available for auction. Bidding starts at $1,000! Also, for those of
SF News New Twitter HQ Signage Pays Tribute To Old SF Mart Sign While some might argue that the modern design doesn't necessarily match the building, we are swooning over Twitter's new signage outside their headquarters. You like? Well, we do. So sleek, so fresh, so
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Fell Fell SFist reader Casey Fisher sent us this delightful shot of a fallen Fell Street sign.
SF News Check Out This Awesome '60s Sign Unearthed Beneath Awning In North Beach Friend of SFist Chad Fox just snapped this photo of a ca. 1968 sign for a hippie women's clothing boutique called Middle Earth at 1317 Grant Avenue in North Beach. Middle Earth, as
SF News Brilliance In Advertising: 'Welcome To SF! Please F*ck Safely' [NSFW] Stop AIDS, San Francisco's live-saving nonprofit that helps prevent HIV transmission among all gay, bisexual, and transgender men in San Francisco, unfurled this blunt sign in the Castro over the weekend. You like?
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Strip Club's Thanksgiving Marquee Makes Us Feel Dirty, Tingly You have to hand it to the wordsmiths at Market Street Cinema for not using "stuffing" in this tasteless yet appropriate ode to Thanksgiving and dancing naked ladies. Well done, house of sin.
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Duboce Triangle Sign Puzzles Passersby We were walking along Duboce Avenue this afternoon and came upon this charmingly indiscernible and weathered hand-written sign. At the time we assumed it said something along the lines of "curb your dog.
Arts & Entertainment Outer Sunset Business Wards Off Concert-Going Hippies Although this SFist contributor couldn't make it to the little bluegrass concert in the park last weekend, we kept hearing mention of lots of hippies saturating the event. To echo that sentiment, friend
Arts & Entertainment Lingerie for Your Burning Man [Updated] When SFist caught a glimpse of this sign in front of Luscious Wear on Polk yesterday, we first noticed no connection to Burning Man the event but were instead forced to imagine burning
SF News Ellis Brooks Chevrolet Sign Dismantled Work on dismantling the semi-iconic Ellis Brooks Chevrolet sign at 1395 Van Ness began over the weekend. Erected in 1955, the sign, according to the people SFist spoke to at Ellis-Brooks, "will have
SF News Borderlands Owner Expresses Bitterness Over "Nanny State" Smoking Laws The owner of Borderlands Cafe and Borderland Books in the Mission is apparently not pleased about San Francisco's smoking laws. Here's what he has to say in the above sign: Our Nanny State
Arts & Entertainment Burglarized Car Has Message for Would-be Robbers This poor Volvo wants you to rob the rich: "This car has already been broken in to. Go ROB THE RICH and stay out of this one. Thanks." Duly noted! Photo credit: ebjSF/
misc Lances, Shields, Helmets, Not Sold at Green Apple Books Yesterday's gem of a note from Marcello's Pizza reminded us of this sign we spotted a couple of months ago at Green Apple Books, which reads: LANCES, SHIELDS, HELMETS, ETC ARE NOT SOLD