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Bouncer Takes in California Christmastime at Straits

Number 22: Pupusas at Cafe and Restaurant Montecristo

SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition ​Just a few streets down from McLaren Park, on a stretch of Geneva that takes you from San Francisco to Daly City and then Brisbane in a matter of blocks, is Cafe and Restaurant Montecristo, whose exterior is draped in ... More >>

Twitter Promises to Stay in San Francisco -- if City Gives Tax Break

Just a wink and a nod​It appears a sop to corporate blackmail does work. The Examiner is reporting that Twitter fired off a letter to city supervisors earlier today, saying it will stay in San Francisco if the city signs off on a deal giving the microblogging giant a mega tax break. "Twitter is co ... More >>

Eight Top Things Twitter Wants from San Francisco

A Moderate Move: S.F. Supervisors Try to Lure Twitter with Tax Breaks

Moderately progressive​Yesterday was the first real showing of how the political pendulum on the Board of Supervisors has swung the other way -- toward the moderates. Supervisor Jane Kim rolled out business-friendly legislation, which sparked criticism from progressives; even former Supervisor Chr ... More >>

Twitter Considering Moving Out of San Francisco

Follow Us To Brisbane​Mayor Ed Lee admits that he doesn't use Twitter, but maybe he is feeling the pressure to start tweeting now.The social media company is still growing, so much so, that it might dump San Francisco and move its headquarters down south. Media reports say that Twitter Inc. n ... More >>

Southern Sandwich Food Truck Debuts in S.F. This Week

brett n./YelpSouthern Sandwich Co.'s Nathan and Brett Niebergall.​It's been a long road back to San Francisco for Southern Sandwich Co.'s Brett and Nathan Niebergall, who ran a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the Castro till the economy tanked. In June, the brothers rolled out Southern Sandwic ... More >>

Bouncer: Getting ignored at the Outsider

Highlights from a tour of S.F.'s newest street food trucks

Cow Palace Farmers' Market Starts Quietly

Urban Village The Cow Palace Farmers' Market takes place Saturdays through mid-October.​What would happen if there was a farmers' market and nobody showed up? That's sort of what happened last Saturday, when a first-ever market debuted at the Cow Palace, with just about zero fanfare. Organize ... More >>

Crispy Garlic Tofu from Chairman Bao

John BirdsallSteamed bao duo: Lions head meatball with kimchi (left) and crispy garlic tofu with miso greens ($2.95 each).​Wednesday, July 7, 2010 In San Francisco's summer of the food truck, a few stars are emerging. Top of the list is Chairman Bao, which, despite a rollout slick enough to ... More >>

Meet the IZ IT Taco Truck: Chinese Fried Chicken, Spam Musubi, and a Family Legacy

IZ ITThe menu blends owner Kamyn Kong's Hawaiian and Chinese American pedigree.​Like Broadway shows, some of the best food trucks open out of town. In Brisbane yesterday, IZ IT Fresh Grill was merely the latest to make its debut. The mobile startup is specializing in Chinese-style fried chicke ... More >>

Recent Openings

Fresh Eats for the week of May 19-25, 2010

Filipino Taco Truck Hapa SF Lives Up to the Hype

Jun BelenHapa's lumpia were the best we've tasted here.​It's been a couple of weeks since chef William Pilz launched Hapa SF, his mobile Filipino food venture. Pilz is quickly getting his bearings around the newly rehabbed, burgundy-colored taco-truck kitchen, as Hapa's following seems to mult ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 12-18, 2010

Fresh Eats for the week of May 5-11, 2010

Kauffman's Five: This Week in Bloggery

My favorite five bites from SFoodie and beyond:Fritz Maytag.​1. I appreciated Brian Yaeger's thoughtful questioning ― motivated by a mixture of respect and betrayal ― of what might come of Fritz Maytag's sale of Anchor Brewing to the producers of Skyy Vodka.2. Considering that the last Undergr ... More >>

Hapa SF, Ex-Citizen Cake Chef's Filipino Taco Truck, Launches in Brisbane

Hapa SFChef William Pilz hopes to be on a regular schedule by mid-May.​Back in July, we blogged about a meal that, as it turned out, was a sort of watershed. William Pilz ― then chef of Citizen Cake ― collaborated with his mom to turn out a meal of Filipino classics (check it out here). ... More >>

The SFO Cannonball Run

Horrified by a typical taxi trip from SFO? Thank a government program that pays cabbies to speed.

10 Things To Do This Weekend For Under $10

Aran TharpeGunslingers​This weekend, we offer you the sounds of beachy disco DJs, a BS cover band, krautrock in a cathedral, and plenty of other cheap distractions from your 9 to 5 life. This week's 10 Things to Do For Under $10 brings all the best the cheap thrills into focus, starting now...feel ... More >>

Korea Attacks! Korean junk food has established a tasty foothold

A Guide to Chasing Korean Taco Trucks on the Peninsula

Seoul on Wheels' tacos.​Today's review mentioned in passing the preponderance of Korean taco trucks, the majority modeled after L.A.'s Kogi BBQ, that are prowling the Peninsula. If you're inspired to take your bike down on CalTrain to do a Cyrus Farivar-style tour de tacos, here's the list of truc ... More >>

Curry Up Later: Indian Taco Truck's Brisbane Debut Rained Out

MarkyYo/FlickrMaybe next week?​Yesterday, we mentioned that Indian taco truck Curry Up Now had announced plans to roll up for lunch Wednesdays in the Brisbane parking lot of Walmart.com, starting today. But it looks like that's going to have to wait at least another week, weather permitting. Curry ... More >>

Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Inching Closer to San Francisco

dabuda/FlickrOh, like you don't know where Brisbane is.​We've been tracking the movements of Curry Up Now, the mobile Indian food vendor that launched on the Peninsula in September with plans to serve in San Francisco. Though proprietors had hoped to be doing business in the city by now, they're s ... More >>

Next Week: Top Chef Contenders Try to Keep the Magic Alive at Brisbane Book Event

Feel the burn.​Top Chef has evolved from a way popular TV show to a media entity that launches cooks into fame, complete with charity events, books, and appearances. As proof, consider the arrival of the Top Chef Quickfire Cookbook (Chronicle Books, $29.95) and newly released Top Chef Quickfi ... More >>

Never Tell Me The Odds: Gambling Site Pegs 49ers' Shot at Hoisting Super Bowl Trophy as Somewhere Between Slim and None

What were the odds of this happening?​Sailing down Highway 101 toward Brisbane, drivers are greeted with an even bigger than real life Mike Singletary glaring off off a billboard accompanied by his now signature line: "I want winners." It's an unusual strategy to make a statement culled from a coa ... More >>

Gourmet Corner: La France Profonde

If you're into French food, it's worth the

New Interpol Live EP Releases Today in Exclusive Stores

Bouncer's Crush Busses Ex Right in Front of Her -- Sooo Messed Up

Dollars for Dentists

Spiced Out

Boxing up the art of Shabbat

Monster Mash

Deep inside, don't you really think Monster Park is a cooler name than Candlestick? Take the quiz and find out!

Best Way to Get your Asian-American Pop Culture Fix

Stir TV

Critical Masturbation

The long-running pro-bike protest known as Critical Mass is a form of ritual self-abuse that hurts the cause of city cycling

Letters to the Editor

Week of April 17, 2002

Dead Mud Walking

A ballot measure that would create a Municipal Utility District has so many legal flaws, it's all but DOA. In fact, passing the measure might delay the advent of public power here for years.

Pop Philosophy

Dubbing it down; cemetary gates

MUD in Your Eye

A small group wants to foist a municipal utility district on the city without evidence its version of "public power" will work. Demand evidence.

Delusions of Power

Is it smart to jump into the Bay Guardian's version of public power, without even studying whether it will save money?

Sticking Point

An AIDS vaccine designed by renowned researcher Don Francis is in final testing. The Plague could be over - but the gay and scientific establishments are utterly unenthused.

Honky-Tonk Angles

Western swing musician Johnny Dilks plays scholar to California's country music past and suggests its future, if Charlie Louvin has anything to say about it

Dog Bites

Stage

The House of Tudor

Letters

Samples

The Mission Blue Mission

Saving the habitat of an inch-long violet butterfly, the endangered Mission Blue, is the starting point of a many-sided battle for dominance of San Bruno

A Breath of French Air

Alain Rondelli is a soothing, sophisticated surprise on chaotic Clement Street