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More Inexpensive V-Day Options for Last-Minute Lotharios and Lolitas

xclanmusic. comX-Clan But wait, there's more hope for romantic-minded cheapskates on Saturday! Angel Magik's monthly bash at the Shattuck Down Low offers free roses and sangria for the first 100 ladies, plus DJs Romeo and Young Fyah spinning hip-hop, dancehall and--ooh la la--lover's rock. How can ... More >>

Drowning in Memory

A Pure Formality opens the floodgates to a mystery, but never wide enough to allow crucial details to spill out

Anthony Bourdain's Hunger for More Inevitably Leads Him to S.F.

media.newsobserver.comWhere do you go for entrails, chiles, and bacony goodness after you've been to Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Colombia? Why, San Francisco, of course!Famed tough-guy foodie Anthony Bourdain is in these parts right now, it's rumored, sampling our finest and weirdest cuisine for his Tr ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

media.newsobserver.comWhere do you go for entrails, chiles, and bacony goodness after you've been to Vietnam, Uzbekistan, and Colombia? Why, San Francisco, of course!Famed tough-guy foodie Anthony Bourdain is in these parts right now, it's rumored, sampling our finest and weirdest cuisine for his Tr ... More >>

I'll Have What She's Having

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Slap that ass at Donkey Punch

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

Reps Etc.

Eating at Marnee Thai can be an education in making difficult choices.

The Bland Leading the Bland

Arab fusion in a new hotel restaurant leaves something to be desired

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, October 6, 2004

Best Chinese (Sichuan)

China Village

Pitt and the Pabulum

Brad's ripped and The Iliad's shredded in the scintillating spectacle Troy

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 25, 2004

War Is Hell

Photographic evidence

Hot Stuff

The best Sichuan food in the Bay Area comes from a modest place in Albany

Not Boring Boards

Art and history, writ large

Letters to the Editor

Week of August 6, 2003

The Year of Living Dangerously

Michael Fox recaps the best in Bay Area film for 2002 and recounts the first annual awards handed out by the S.F. Film Critics Circle

Toy Boy

Attaboy of the Yumfactory is one seriously off-center toy designer

Electric Avenue

The down-and-dirty bars on Albany's San Pablo Avenue

Wagon Master

Director John Ford is "America's Shakespeare," says the author of a new biography

Play Misty for Me

The latest project from indie director Finn Taylor

Letters to the Editor

Letters from February 28, 2001

Letters to the Editor

Letters from December 27, 2000

Livin' La Dolce Vita

Letters from December 27, 2000

King Lear of Orinda

Letters from December 27, 2000

Letters

Letters from December 27, 2000

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Letters from December 27, 2000

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Letters from December 27, 2000

Pleasantville

Over the years, homeless squatters have claimed the Albany Landfill as their own. Now it's time for them to leave ...

Zoom Lens

Over the years, homeless squatters have claimed the Albany Landfill as their own. Now it's time for them to leave ...

Letters

Over the years, homeless squatters have claimed the Albany Landfill as their own. Now it's time for them to leave ...

Mosquito Coast

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Zoom Lens

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Letters

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Past Perfect

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Behind the Scenes

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Letters

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Letters

On the trail of Culex pipiens

Cameron Enis, 19, Gunned Down in Ocean View

View Larger MapThe Medical Examiner's office moments ago told SF Weekly the identity of last night's shooting victim near the Daly City border: Cameron Enis, just 19, a resident of Albany. Witnesses gave police a description of the vehicle that careened away after Enis was shot near Plymouth Avenue ... More >>

SFPD Announces Arrests in Anti-Bike Rampage, Pearla Louis Suitcase Murder Cases

Lee Bell has been arrested for the 'suitcase murder' of Pearla Ann Louis​San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon announced this afternoon that suspects have been arrested in two serious police investigations: The case of a rampaging motorist who drove an SUV into four bicyclists on Wednesday nigh ... More >>

Alleged Bicycle Hunter Pleads Not Guilty

www.daveclarktennis.comDavid Mark Clark, alleged cyclist striker​ The East Bay man accused of ramming four San Francisco bicyclists with his SUV on the night of June 2 pleaded not guilty to four charges of attempted murder today, according to Bay City News. David Mark Clark, 39, of Albany, is bein ... More >>

Papito Esta Abriendo, Viva Goa Lives!, Plum Ripens

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.At Inside Scoop, Paolo L. reports that Papito (317 Connecticut, 695-0147, www.papitosf.com) should finally open on Friday for dinner. And although Papito comes from Chez Papa owner Jocelyn Bu ... More >>

More Theater Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Ex-Gather Sous Chef Rolls Out Boffo Cart

Tamara Palmer​We spotted Boffo Cart at the weekly farmers' market at Emeryville's City Hall (Thu., noon-7 p.m.). The tent, named after a 1940s superlative, was selling salads, piadini, panini, and calzones. We ordered the latter ($6) and received something the size of a kid's softball mitt stu ... More >>

An Albany Kid Reflects on Hometown Punks Rancid: "That's My America"

Rachel TejadaRancid​ It's probably no coincidence that it began two years ago, when I was living in New York and constantly homesick for the West Coast. Someone would put a Rancid song, generally "Roots Radicals" or "Time Bomb," on the odd punk-heavy bar jukebox, and a wave of pure, adolescent ... More >>

Polata Organic in Albany Is Hearty, Simple, Healthy Vegetarian Food

There's a new, extremely healthy, veg restaurant in the East Bay with roots going back over 15 years to the old Organic Cafe in Oakland. A Macrobiotic institution in Oakland, the Organic Cafe changed names to Manzanita and then to Shangri-La Vegan, but the food mostly stayed the same, thanks in larg ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Polata Organic: Chef Tenzin's Fare Passes the Vegan Taste Test

There's a new, extremely healthy, veg restaurant in the East Bay with roots going back over 15 years to the old Organic Cafe in Oakland. A Macrobiotic institution in Oakland, the Organic Cafe changed names to Manzanita and then to Shangri-La Vegan, but the food mostly stayed the same, thanks in larg ... More >>

Winter Cocktails Liven Up Holiday Spirits

Lou BustamanteHoliday happiness in the 40 Days cocktail at Wo Hing​With plenty of innovative takes on spiced winter flavors, traditional classics, and celebrations of local seasonal produce, San Francisco bars have the winter cocktails to help you make the most out of what's left of the holidays. ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Bitter Rivers at Hotsy Totsy

Lou Bustamante​We enjoy a well-made cocktail and are willing to wait as long as it takes for it to be made, but sometimes the focus of a bar visit is spending time with friends, not geeking out on cocktails. On busy nights, with patrons five-deep, we want something fast to get us back the sociali ... More >>