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  • Caninival

    published Apr 13, 2013

    Each year, DogFest takes over Duboce Park to celebrate the joys of four-legged friends and the children who love them, all in an effort to raise money for San Francisco's McKinley Elementary School v... More >>

  • Side Pony Gets Into Swing at Off The Grid

    published Apr 12, 2013

    If you haven't yet been to the new season of Off The Grid's Fort Mason Fridays, there are plenty of intriguing new food and drink options that await you there. One of our new favorites is Side Pony, w... More >>

  • Hella Saucy: Bay Area Rap Dances Are Getting Harder

    published Apr 11, 2013

    In advance of his Underground Celebrity EP, which will be available on iTunes and Amazon on April 16, rapper, dancer, and San Francisco State student Priceless Da Roc dropped an EA-Ski-produced single... More >>

  • Slow and Steady

    published March 20, 2013

    Despite the extremely decelerated pace of most gastropods, they do tend to get feared and ostracized for their profound lack of what most would... More >>

  • Phan Club

    published March 20, 2013

    Just before Easter comes “Far Easter,” a series of performances by Asian-American comedians. The shows are led by Dat Phan,... More >>

  • Class Alert! Learn to Roll Sushi, Break Down a Goat and More

    published Apr 02, 2013

    Sushi making seems like such a veiled art, deceptively simple magic. Every year, Mikiko Ando, executive sushi chef of Delica Sushi Bar, pulls back that secret curtain and hosts a series of three hands... More >>

  • Foie De Vivre Breathes Life Into a Forbidden and Forgotten Favorite
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    Foie De Vivre Breathes Life Into a Forbidden and Forgotten Favorite

    published Apr 01, 2013

    The statewide ban on the sale and production of foie gras was enacted nine months ago to the day, but that wasn't the end to the delicacy being served in San Francisco. Savvy patrons have gotten used ... More >>

  • A Pre-Escargot Condition

    published Mar 29, 2013

    By Tamara Palmer Despite the extremely decelerated pace of most gastropods, they do tend to get feared and ostracized for their profound lack of what most would consider adorable animal features. San ... More >>

  • Dat Phan Defies Your Notions of Accent

    published Mar 28, 2013

    By Tamara Palmer Just before Easter comes "Far Easter," a series of performances by Asian-American comedians. The shows are led by Dat Phan, winner of the first season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in ... More >>

  • The Evolution of Mission Chinese Food's New York Counterpart
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    The Evolution of Mission Chinese Food's New York Counterpart

    published Mar 21, 2013

    Not that we're a total Mission Chinese Food groupie or anything, but when the restaurant opened a second restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan last May, we were literally the first customer t... More >>

  • Play Something Dancy Says the Life of an S.F. Strip-Club DJ Is Worse Than You Think

    published Mar 20, 2013

    Old-school metal fans in San Francisco might know Dee Simon, author of Play Something Dancy: The Tragic Tales of a Strip Club DJ, by his old KUSF radio moniker of Dirty Sanchez. There he had the kind ... More >>

  • Breast Friends

    published March 6, 2013

    The event promoters known as The BitchSlap are behind many a female-centric comedy showcase in San Francisco, but “Tough... More >>

  • Dawn Richard Finds New Life Outside of Diddy's Pop Machine
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    Dawn Richard Finds New Life Outside of Diddy's Pop Machine

    published Mar 19, 2013

    Dawn Richard's Goldenheart album is the sound of freedom, of a singer-songwriter unfettered by the binds of the pop music machine. Released in January, Goldenheart quickly topped the iTunes R&B chart ... More >>

  • Unpredictably Personal

    published February 27, 2013

    Phil Hanley is not easily embarrassed by uncomfortable situations or by his own circumstances. After all, as the Canadian native has been... More >>

  • Breast Friends: Laughs for a Good Cause

    published Mar 15, 2013

    The event promoters known as The BitchSlap are behind many a female-centric comedy showcase in San Francisco, but "Tough Titties" actually supports boobs, albeit slightly indirectly. The event is a ... More >>

  • Sly Stone Celebrates His 70th Birthday... Somewhere Out There

    published Mar 15, 2013

    Flickr/Simon FernandezOn this day in 1943, Sylvester Stewart was born in Benton, TX. He was later raised in Vallejo, introduced the Bay Area to soul songs on San Mateo-based radio station KSOL, and h... More >>

  • Mezzanine to Mark 10 Year Anniversary With a Month of Shows in April

    published Mar 14, 2013

    Mezzanine celebrates 10 years in the game with a series of anniversary concerts this April. And while the downtown nightclub kicked off in 2003 with a laser focus on DJ and dance music events, next mo... More >>

  • Quail: State Bird on Menu at S.F. Restaurants

    published March 13, 2013

    State Bird Provisions, that little restaurant named the best one to open in America last year by Bon Appetit, is admittedly built off of... More >>

  • Mourad Lahlou Unlocks The Art of Moroccan Beghrir Pancakes at Home
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    Mourad Lahlou Unlocks The Art of Moroccan Beghrir Pancakes at Home

    published Mar 08, 2013

    It's not every day that a renowned and dashing chef comes over to make pancakes, certainly not one named an international Culinary Ambassador by Hillary Clinton. But Mourad Lahlou, the owner of San Fr... More >>

  • Celebrate Persian New Year at Zare at Fly Trap

    published Mar 06, 2013

    If you've ever had an interest in dining at the Mediterranean-Persian restaurant Zare at Fly Trap, March 19 would be a great night to consider. That's when chef/owner Hoss Zare is attempting what he c... More >>

  • Andre Nickatina: Show Preview

    published March 6, 2013

    San Francisco rapper Andre Nickatina began his 20-year recording career under the name Dre Dog, with an album called The New Jim... More >>

  • Class Alert! Master Urban Sea Foraging, Latin Cheese, and Fresh Pasta

    published Mar 04, 2013

    It seems to be pasta-making season now and Flour + Water (2401 Harrison) frequently offers multi-class series on making pasta, and the next one runs March 5 (flat noodles) and March 12 (stuffed pastas... More >>

  • 9 Places to Celebrate Quail in the Bay Area

    published Feb 28, 2013

    State Bird Provisions, that little restaurant named the best one to open in America last year by Bon Appetit, is admittedly built off of that titular Golden State bird, the quail. Here, it's fried in ... More >>

  • The Company Bar & Kitchen Aims To Be a Triple Threat
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    The Company Bar & Kitchen Aims To Be a Triple Threat

    published Feb 27, 2013

    The Company Bar & Kitchen is currently being built at 133 Steuart Street, in the space that formerly housed Shanghai 1930 restaurant. The project is the latest in the Mina Group collection and is led ... More >>

  • Get a Sneak Peek of 20th Century Cafe at State Bird Provisions

    Get a Sneak Peek of 20th Century Cafe at State Bird Provisions

    published Feb 15, 2013

    Range's acclaimed pastry chef, Michelle Polzine, is converting a Hayes Valley laundromat across the street from Rich Table restaurant into a new Eastern European-influenced hideaway called the 20th Ce... More >>

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