Arts & Entertainment Vinsantos, Legendary Queen Of Trannyshack's Heyday, Returns To SF Sunday For A One-Night-Only Cabaret This Sunday night’s show at Oasis offers a can't-miss treat for old-school drag fans who remember the days when no one carried a “cell phone”, when drag queens were still not allowed
SF News San Mateo Man Convicted Of Murder In 2013 Double-Shooting Outside Gay SoMa Club Some justice has been served in the senseless killing of Melquiesha "Mel" Warren, a 23-year-old woman shot dead in a SoMa parking lot in 2013 over a fender bender, following a night in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fried Chicken Sandwich Shop From Super Duper Team Headed For Downtown The ever-growing empire of Adriano Paganini, a.k.a. Back of the House restaurant group, will be adding to its empire a fast-casual fried chicken sandwich operation at 115 New Montgomery Street (formerly
SF News Apartment Sadness: NY-Based Co-Living Startup 'Common' Arrives In SF With $2,600 SoMa Dorm Rooms Common, a "co-living" startup based in New York that acts as a property management company, was recently profiled in a New Yorker article that nicely contextualized it in the history of city dorm-like
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink [Updated] Lone Star Saloon Clears Legacy Business Hurdle, Potentially Thwarting Building Sale We learned a year ago that SoMa's Lone Star Saloon (1354 Harrison Street), a popular gay bear refuge since it opened back in 1989, was potentially in danger of being displaced as owner
SF News New Waldorf Astoria Hotel In SoMa Promises To *Finally* Give SF A Taste Of Luxury San Francisco — something of a backwater, wouldn't you say? — will at last cater to the American aristocracy forced to do business with its nouveau riche. "San Francisco needed a proper luxury hotel," John
Arts & Entertainment The Stud Is Saved, For Now, As 15-Member Co-Op Secures Funds To Purchase Historic Club Official word arrived Thursday that the co-op that formed to figure out a path forward for iconic 50-year-old SoMa nightclub The Stud has succeeded in securing funds to purchase the business from current
SF News BMW Driver Carjacked In SoMa, In Broad Daylight A man was carjacked Tuesday evening while he sat at a red light near wearable tech company Fitbit's San Francisco offices. According to KRON 4, this all went down early last night, and
SF News Allegedly Speeding Driver Of Stolen SUV Critically Injures Motorcyclist The driver of a stolen sport utility vehicle slammed into a motorcyclist in SoMa Sunday, leaving her critically injured as he sped away from the scene of the crime. It was 9:56
SF News SFFD Truck Strikes SoMa Pedestrian A male pedestrian was transported to an area hospital Thursday afternoon, after he was struck by a San Francisco Fire Department vehicle as it rushed to an emergency. According to the Sam Francisco
SF News SF To Pay $3.25 Million To Family Of Elderly Cyclist Crushed By Muni Bus It was 8:40 a.m. on Friday October 18, 2013, when 78-year-old cyclist Cheng Jin Lai was crushed by a 27-Bryant Muni bus as it turned from 11th Street onto Bryant Street.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 'Brie Is Not A Pizza Cheese' And Other Thoughts On Ping Pong Bar SPiN The Chron's drinks writer Esther Mobley and cheap-eats scribe Anna Roth ventured to check out the food and booze options at SPiN, the new SoMa ping-pong bar opened in May by Susan Sarandon
Arts & Entertainment US Olympic Table Tennis Team Is Coming To SPiN In SoMa To Practice Have you been yet to the rad new ping-pong-themed bar, SPiN, partly owned by Susan Sarandon, that opened in May at Folsom and Third? Well, next Thursday, July 21, could be a good
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Stud Has Almost Died Before, And It Can Be Saved Again, If People Show Up The death of queer spaces has been written about plenty in the last few years, not just in San Francisco but in cities across the country. Portland's gay scene has been hobbled by
SF News Super Thin, Nine-Story Hotel Proposed For Harrison Street Plans for a nine-story, skinny hotel are making their way through the planning department. SocketSite reports that the building, designed by architect Charles F. Bloszies, includes commercial space fronting Harrison Street along with
Arts & Entertainment Community Bands Together To Save Iconic SoMa Gay Bar The Stud After New Owners Hike Rent 150% Our beloved clubhouse. The iconic STUD SF. Day of reckoning. A photo posted by Steve Fabus (@stevefabus) on Jul 3, 2016 at 12:31pm PDT Of all the iconic, legendary San Francisco institutions
SF News President Obama Lands In SF, Dines In SoMa With Tech Elite WATCH LIVE: #Obama is arriving at #SanFrancisco's #CrissyField now: https://t.co/VFCHYJDR4b #PresidentObama pic.twitter.com/2j7VdRPu0w— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) June 24, 2016 POTUS is back in town. As we noted yesterday,
SF News President Obama's Visit With Mark Zuckerberg Will Snarl SoMa Traffic Tonight President Barack Obama has a Very Silicon Valley Friday planned, with both a Stanford entrepreneurship summit and a Mark Zuckerberg confab on his agenda. But though he doesn't have any SF events planned,
Arts & Entertainment New Public Space At LinkedIn Building Is Now Open To All But Known To Few A photo posted by Jessica Nguyen (@jtnguyen06) on Apr 29, 2016 at 4:41pm PDT If you don't know, now you know: POPOS are plazas, atriums, and small parks that are part of
SF News Two Men Charged With Murder In June 5 Shooting At The EndUp Nightclub A fatal shooting that occurred in the early morning hours of June 5 that killed 19-year-old Sean Ford was apparently a gang-related hit that happened inside the famed EndUp nightclub at 6th and
SF News LA Couple Might Have Murdered Construction Worker Over SoMa Porta-Potty So apparently a construction worker was stabbed on 5th and Folsom. 2 suspects taken down right in front of my work. pic.twitter.com/7fthxZeYxV— Ophylia Wispling (@wispling) June 10, 2016 According to
SF News Wrong-Way Cyclist Severely Injured In SoMa Crash A cyclist suffered serious injuries Friday afternoon, after she fell from her bike when startled by a turning motorist. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the crash occurred at 4:05 p.
SF News Female Construction Worker Fatally Stabbed In SoMa A female construction worker who has yet to be publicly identified was stabbed Friday while escorting a couple away from a job site on Shipley Street, an alley between Folsom and Harrison, near
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF Barista Puts All Other Latte Artists To Shame R2D2 FTW! Facebook page link under my bio! #r2d2 #sf #latteart #lattesketch #robot #starwars A video posted by Melaquino (@melaquino) on May 2, 2016 at 9:58am PDT Melannie Aquino doesn't have major
Arts & Entertainment McDonald's-Themed Black Sabbath Cover Band Mac Sabbath Comes To Slim's Sunday Some of you may have caught Mac Sabbath when they performed at the GastroMagic stage at Outside Lands last year, and you already understand that they're a weird and funny amalgam of KISS,
