SF Restaurants, Food & Drink DNA Lounge To Host Competition For Cocktail-Making Robots Got some free time this summer because you're not building a Burning Man camp? In September, DNA Lounge will host a competition for robotics nerds who are also cocktail nerds to build the
SF News Pinterest's Move Into San Francisco Design Center Halted By Board Of Supes [Updated] Updated: Pinterest's deal to move into 2 Henry Adams Street is pretty much dead. Today, the Board of Supervisors' Land Use & Economic Development Committee voted to table the building's request for landmark
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Marlowe Relocating To Coco500 Space In SoMa You may the earlier reported news that the popular, Caltrain-adjacent bistro Marlowe was facing a developer's wrecking ball in the coming year or so. Well, restaurateur Anna Weinberg, who's gone on to expand
SF News Police Arrest And Identify Arson Suspect [Update] The SFPD says they have caught a man they believe is the SoMa firebug responsible for a string of over a dozen fires, some of them in dumpsters and many around construction sites,
SF News SFPD Releases Photos Of SoMa Arson Suspect The SFPD this morning released photos of a man they're looking for in connection to the dozen or so fires that have been set in the last several weeks. Stills from surveillance cameras
SF News Luxury Vehicle Burns In Parking Garage Of Luxury High-Rise Thursday evening a BMW 3-series, an entry-level luxury vehicle at best, caught fire inside the parking garage at One Rincon Hill, San Francisco's tallest apartment building. According to ABC7, firefighters rushed in while
SF News Pinterest Looks To Move To Design District, Forcing Eviction Of Small Businesses Small design showrooms in the Design District are crying foul as landlords do their best to cash in on the crazy office rents being commanded around SoMa. Pinterest has signed a deal to
SF News 9 Suspicious Fires Strike SoMa and Mission In Past 3 Weeks A series of nine, likely related acts of arson have occurred in less than three weeks, most in SoMa around several highrise construction projects, seemingly the work of a firebug who has not
SF News $3.75 Million Dollar Settlement In The Works For Local Musician Mowed Down By Street Sweeper Local musician Jay Korber was dragged about 41 feet by the San Francisco street sweeper that struck his as he rode his bike in December, 2012. A year and a half later, the
SF News Hugo Hotel's Iconic 'Defenestration' Furniture Is For Sale When the abandoned Hugo Hotel is finally demolished this September, the 35 quirky pieces of furniture that make up artist Brian Goggin's "Defenestration" installation won't be thrown out with it. The leaping tables
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Marlowe May Have To Move As Developer Aims To Build High-Rise There The popular four-year-old SoMa restaurant Marlowe, which sits across the street from the CalTrain station, is in danger of having to move or close as an LA-based developer has bought the building with
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink While You Wait: Marlowe photo credit: Jun Seita via photopin cc People in San Francisco like waiting in lines for food (a lot). Sometimes, that wait is worth it. While You Wait, SFist's guide for how to
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mark Bright Opening New Wine Bar In SoMa When night falls, and the startup bros trudge home to the Mission, all of Eastern SoMa/Mission Bay's eateries come to life — e.g., Twenty Five Lusk (underrated LA chic palace), Saison (as
SF News SoMa: Driver Runs Red Light, Injures 6 Yikes. Another bout of pedestrian injuries at the hands of a driver went down on Sunday afternoon in SoMa. The incident happened around 4:30 at the intersection of Seventh and Harrison streets.
SF News Infamous SoMa 'Landlords From Hell' Featured on 'Good Morning America' Does everyone remember Kip and Nicole Macy, the charming couple who were trying to flip a building they owned on Clementina Street in the mid-aughts and resorted to some crazy and illegal tactics
SF News 'Waterfall Full Of Rats' Plague SoMa, Your Dreams "Scal[ing] fences with the dexterity of a mountain climber," rats have all but taken over SoMa and North Beach. No, not really. But close. As construction proceeds on the $1.578 billion
Arts & Entertainment Beyonce And Jay Z To Headline AT&T Park This Summer Grown woman Beyonce and her husband, Jay Z, announced plans to co-headline a tour this summer, including an August 5 date at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Yes! Billed as the
SF News LinkedIn Plans To Lease Entire 26-Story Office Tower In SoMa In the latest high-profile office lease, Mountain View-based buttoned-up social network LinkedIn will be expanding to San Francisco proper with 450,000 square feet of office space in the forthcoming 222 Second Street
SF News New SoMa Gay Sex Club Threatened By Gentrification A two-month-old, jail-themed sex club at 960-962 Folsom, as well as the adult store downstairs from it, may have to close or move after the building they're housed in was just sold. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SoMa's Hottest Real Estate Is A McDonald's In SoMa, ground zero for hot office leases, the next big property sale could be a tiny corner lot with an Extra Value menu. According to the San Francisco Business Journal, which often
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Brunch Menus At Verbena, Bluestem Brasserie Brunch season is upon us. (I just made that up, "brunch season," but do consider it a thing.) And with that, two excellent ways to avoid the Mission on weekends welcome you and
SF News SoMa Hit-Run Critically Injures Man A man remains in critical condition today after a hit-run incident at 10th and Division in SoMa early Sunday morning. SF Examiner has more: The victim, aged 25 to 30, was crossing the
SF News Don't Forget, It's Critical Mass (And A Giants Game) Tonight It's the last Friday of the month, and you know what that means: Critical Mass. The monthly “organized coincidence” of bike riders kicks off at 6 PM at Justin Herman Plaza. "There will
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Honor World Wide Water Day With Soma Your Britta water filter, if I may, is vile. Little back specks. Green algae forming around the bottom. The plastic-ness of it all. Gross. Which is why San Franciscan and innovator Mike Del