SF News Condos Out, Trader Joes In at Former Nob Hill Cala Foods Developer plans to replace Nob Hill's aging, dusty Cala Foods with roughly a hundred condos and ground floor retail have been scrapped in favor of a new Trader Joe's
SF News Castro Trader Joe's Deal Officially Dead Sad news, folks. (Or, if you hate change and/or traffic, good news.) Supervisor Scott Wiener has word that the much ballyhooed plan to get Trader Joe's to the Castro is
SF News Castro Trader Joe's Threatened by Radio Shack Ye olde Radio Shack in the Castro is making things difficult for the glory that is Trader Joe's. See, the phenomenal supermarket is now having trouble moving into the Market and
misc Trader Joe's Remodels, Downgrades Bike Rack We biked up to the in-the-throes-of-remodeling Masonic/Geary Trader Joe's the other day, laughing at the poor people who waited in line in their cars. We cruised
misc Screw the Foodies This Xmas, Says SJ Merc Since the advent of the digital camera, we haven't stepped foot inside a Costco. Now we have a reason to return. Today's Hot Stuff ("Catering by Costco"
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Careful What You Stick In Your Mouth Frequent TJ shoppers can get alerts whenever the company issues a recall, but it's slightly hard to set up. The TJ website itself doesn't offer any easy way to
SF News Treasure Hunt: Bringing in the Dough Despite its strong following, we felt completely let down by Trader Joe's 99-cent whole-wheat dough: once rolled, we could not get it to remain stretched. In fact, its ability
Arts & Entertainment SFWFF: Documentary Shorts We got to a classroom-sized room and settled into a folding chair just as people were starting to trickle in and, more importantly, right as the Trader Joe's snacks were
SF News Greening San Francisco Bring your own bag Paper bags are just as bad as plastic in their own way, so whenever possible, bring your own bag to the grocery store. Pretty much every grocery store carries
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SF News Craigslist Encounters: One Actual Connection. Please? Sad as it may seem, a great deal of joy comes into of our lives by browsing missed connections. While we like to say that it is simply good clean fun to see
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Le Rouge et le Noir. Why do we whine about Le Rouge et Noir? It is actually the color scheme of Ten, a place that performed the opposite trick than that thing we cannot call cheese: It got
SF News Missing Doctor Found The six-week-long search for a missing pediatrician concluded tragically, as divers discovered her body inside her car, in the Oakland estuary bay. Dr. Zehra Attari was last seen driving from her
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: It must be Siegfried, because it's not Roy. Trader Joe's has become a weekend ritual for us. We really can't admit this without shame. Weekends used to be times to climb mountains or party endlessly. Now, we
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Gastronomique: Sous le Soleil Exactement Café du Soleil opened last week in the space formerly occupied by Movida. For the neighborhood, it seems like a win-win situation: le Soleil still serves the wine-and-beer under the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wine Is More Than Just Grapes SFist has been seen wandering the wine aisles at our Trader Joe's many a day and night. We mainly shop for wine by price - not for what may be added to
