Email Author Katy St. Clair

2011 Stories by Katy St. Clair

• Bouncer Has a Nob Hill Fantasy, Without Foursquare

  published June 1, 2011

  To my knowledge, people never claim Nob Hill as their favorite locale, unless they are middle-aged tourists, wealthy socialites, or weirdos... More >>

• Bouncer Ponders the Altruism of Buying Drinks at Dave's

  published May 25, 2011

  Let us turn our attention to Ayn Rand, whose Objectivism theory has been generally rejected by almost everyone except Libertarian survivalists... More >>

• Chris Daly's Buck Tavern Is Like a Boring Cheers

  published May 18, 2011

  My friend Audra has a theory that the shortest route to madness is buying a club or bar. She says that she has seen good, sane people go... More >>

• The Familiar Charms of Smuggler’s Cove

  published May 11, 2011

  I suppose the argument could be made that the world needs another tiki bar, especially after the sad demise of the Tonga Room. Cocktail purists... More >>

• Bouncer Lives the Artisanal Life at Bar Agricole

  published May 4, 2011

  The cynical critic in me, the bitch, does not want to like places like Bar Agricole. It is au courant, trendy, artsy, pricey, Alice Watersy,... More >>

• Bouncer: Who Cares Whether the Comcast Chats Are Real?

  published April 27, 2011

  There is an enduring mystery which, no matter how much I Google, I cannot find an answer to. The mystery is this: When you are on the Comcast... More >>

• Bouncer Plays Grown-Up at CyBelle's Front Room

  published April 13, 2011

  I have been reading a bunch of memoirs lately, like Patti Smith's Just Kids and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. There is a... More >>

• Bouncer Ponders the N Word at the Mark Twain Hotel

  published April 6, 2011

  Don't get me wrong: I don't mind the fact that San Franciscans love to associate themselves with Mark Twain, even though he was just passing... More >>

• Bouncer: Hearing the End of the World at O'Neill's Irish Pub

  published March 30, 2011

  During a break from the gnarly weather last week, I decided to hang out near the ballpark before baseball season officially began and rendered... More >>

• Bouncer: How to Sneak into a Wine Bar

  published March 23, 2011

  Technically, it is not fair for me to write about a wine bar: I hate wine, don't drink it, don't know jack-dilly about it. It's also unfair for... More >>

• Bouncer: Switching Off Reason at Olive's Happy Hour

  published March 16, 2011

  The best bars in S.F. don't have to try too hard. Olive is small and artfully arrayed, like a hipster Munchkin. Bright, abstract paintings line... More >>

• Bouncer: Reaffirming the Social Contract at Cotter's Corner

  published March 9, 2011

  Cotter's Corner is a dive that sits at the corner of Cotter and Mission streets in the Excelsior. By most accounts, there is never anyone... More >>

• Bouncer Finds Solace in the Sameness of the Cheesecake Factory

  published March 2, 2011

  Just the other day, a friend of mine was commenting on the strange disappearance of "Old People Restaurants" like Lyon's and Denny's. I still... More >>

• Bouncer: A Solo Voyage at the Buccaneer

  published February 23, 2011

  Imagine yourself as a Miwok Indian, living along the coast of California in the late 16th century. In general, you had it pretty good. The... More >>

• Bouncer: Ponders Hate Mail and Being a Waste of Space at Range

  published February 16, 2011

  For someone who talks as much smack as I do, I rarely seem to get any hate mail. When it does arrive, it is often from someone I have dissed in... More >>

• Bouncer: Probing the Origins of Mao Worship and MacBooks at Red's Place

  published February 9, 2011

  One thing that has always puzzled me about Chinatown is the preponderance of Chairman Mao–related things that are for sale: busts,... More >>

• Bouncer: A crime junkie gets robbed while drinking at the Attic

  published February 2, 2011

  Lots of things go through your head when you come home and find that your door has been kicked in, your house ransacked, and your stuff stolen.... More >>

• Bouncer: Dreams of California at the Pizza Place on Noriega

  published January 26, 2011

  Being a learned, erudite Bouncer reader, you probably already know what arenophiles are, but just in case: Arenophiles are people who dig sand.... More >>

• Bouncer wonders if success has arrived for the Showdown

  published January 19, 2011

  All I need to do is hear or read one word that reminds me of some random song, and I will have that song in my head until my head hits the... More >>

• Stranger Brew

  published January 5, 2011

  Things that happened in 1849: The execution of Fyodor Dostoyevsky was cancelled at the last second; Zachary Taylor was inaugurated as the 12th... More >>