Burlingame

Now We'll Probably Never Get To Try Lion Meat

Ever since news hit last week of $70 lion skewers at yakitori restaurant Mokutanya in Burlingame, we've been considering a visit despite the high price tag -- I mean, when else are you going to get a chance to try it?? But Inside Scoop brought news today that the restaurant has pulled the lion skewe ... More >>

Go to Burlingame and Eat a Lion

A new item on the menu at a Bay Area restaurant has pitted foodies against animal activists. Mokutanya Yakitori Restaurant in Burlingame is now serving lion's meat, which is reportedly as tough as the animal itself. The restaurant, which is known for its exotic meats, including peacock and swan, r ... More >>

Pedestrian Killed by Caltrain, Expect Major Delays

A pedestrian trespassing south of the Broadway Station in Burlingame was struck and killed by southbound Caltrain 314 at approximately early this morning. Caltrain officials ran a bus bridge in both directions between Millbrae and Burlingame stations until approximately 8:40 a.m. when the northbou ... More >>

Burlingame Kid Arrested After Threatening to Bomb His Catholic School

A 13-year-old kid in the quiet, wealthy town of Burlingame was arrested yesterday after reportedly using Instagram to threaten a classmate and the entire school for that matter. According to KTVU, the kid threatened to bomb Our Lady of Angels School, a K-8 Catholic school, after he directly threat ... More >>

Awkward Bank Robber Loses Fake Mustache During Holdup

An armed bank robber hoping to pull off his heist incognito managed to draw even more attention to himself when the phony mustache he was wearing started falling off mid-robbery. According to police, the robber walked into a Bank of America on El Camino Real in Burlingame Wednesday afternoon donni ... More >>

Caltrain Hits and Kills Person on Tracks in Burlingame, Trains Are Stopped

Update 1:13 p.m.: Here's the latest news from Caltrain: Trains will begin single-tracking around the incident scene, while the investigation continues. Northbound train #147 will proceed north first, and Southbound #150 will then proceed south. Original Story 12:59 p.m.: Caltrain officials just c ... More >>

Peninsula Humane Society Desperate to Shed Bunnies

Because it's that time of the year when bunnies tend to fuck like the rabbits, animals shelters are overloaded with one too many cottontails. And that's where you come in. On Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the animal-loving folks at the Peninsula Humane Society are asking you to come down to th ... More >>

SPCA Offers Big Reward to Catch the Prick Who Gunned Down Raccoon

The animal lovers over at the Peninsula Humane Society are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the animal-hater who shot a raccoon in South San Francisco over the weekend. The SPCA got a call Sunday morning from a concerned resident who spotted the wild ... More >>

Screw Bluegrass and Sailboats, This Weekend's Hottest Event Is Bunny Adoption

If you hate bluegrass music, tons of people, and even more traffic, but you love rabbits, then you should definitely make your way to San Mateo County this weekend where there will be no International sailboat races and lots of cottontails galore. On both Saturday and Sunday, the Peninsula Humane So ... More >>

Canadian Tea-tailer DAVIDsTEA Opens First San Francisco Shop

DAVIDsTEA opened its first San Francisco shop on August 25. The Canadian tea-tailer launched in 2008 and now has 78 locations across Canada, where it has helped to popularize the idea of loose tea, and it's now making serious inroads in the Bay Area. Eater SF reports that a Noe Valley (3870 24th St. ... More >>

PG&E Impersonator Tried to Enter Burlingame Home

A man impersonating a PG&E employee contacted a Burlingame resident yesterday afternoon to check out her gas meter, police told media outlets. The suspect approached the 2200 block of Poppy Drive around 1:31 p.m. yesterday and asked a homeowner to look for corrosion on her meter (a strange pick ... More >>

Take a Lollipop Break Today. You Deserve It.

Here's a sweet treat on a day of horrible news: See's Candies just unveiled their Guinness-certified World's Biggest Lollipop in honor of national lollipop day (which apparently is a thing). The 17-foot-tall, 7,000-pound beast will be on display until 4 p.m. today at Justin Herman Plaza near the Fer ... More >>

Newt Gingrich to Campaign Near San Francisco: Lock Up Your Wives

​After Newt Gingrich trashed-talked the Bay Area, specifically San Francisco, we gave the  polyamorous Republican five really good reasons that he might fancy our fair city, despite the fact we are open to all things good. Of course, we didn't think he would take that as an actual invite, but ... More >>

Great Expectations of Indulgence

Just The Chairman Now, Hops & Hominy, Maestro, Parallel 37 to Open this Winter

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Dropping the bao: The food truck formerly known as the Chariman Bao, has altered their moniker to the Chairman. According to the statement they sent us, chef Hiroo Nagahara says, "We decided to change our ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Spot Bagel Plays with Seeds, Chiles, and Corn

Jonathan KauffmanSpot Bagels: double onion, plain, cinnamon raisin, and the Frieda.​ Red boxes with clear plastic doors began appearing in local markets like Bi-Rite and Good Life a few weeks ago, labeled with the name of the Bay Area's newest bakery, Spot Bagel. Tantalizingly empty at first, the ... More >>

A Spot of Tea at First Kettle Whistle

A Spot of Tea at the First Kettle Whistle

Jesse HirschPeach oolong iced tea and a first course, including bánh mì financiers.​Tell Tale Preserve Company and Naivetea launched their monthly tea event this weekend at the Burritt Room, and if you haven't attended many tea services, it may take a bit for the East-meets-West conceit to s ... More >>

Men Walking Across United States Pass Through San Francisco

Will these four men become as famous as Forrest?​Four magicians have set out to walk nearly 3,000 miles across the United States -- from San Francisco to New York City. And their reasoning is not much different from Forrest Gump's: Because they felt like it.SF Weekly spoke to the crew via phone on ... More >>

S.F Should Give Up -- It's Not Going to Snow

Only in Tahoe ​The much-anticipated snowfall in San Francisco was the center of a weeklong news cycle, boosting everyone's belief that we would see flakes fall for the first time in 30 years. All week, forecasters and hyped-up news stories predicted snow by Friday. As of Friday morning, temperatur ... More >>

Localicious Truck Spotted in Emeryville, Southie Opens in Oakland

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Oakland North tracks down a new food truck named Localicious (eatlocalicious.com), owned by a longtime Square One vet, which parks in Emeryville three days a week. The pitch: For those of ... More >>

Nudists Not Welcome On American Airlines

​SF Weekly has been uncovering the naked truth this week, discovering that San Francisco nudists will not face problems if they opt to walk through TSA inspections in the buff. As far as strolling, nude, through the terminal, San Francisco International Airport is under the jurisdiction of th ... More >>

Four More Movies About Tech Moguls That We Want to See

​Thanks to The Social Network, tech is hot! And sexy -- meow. And whenever anything is hot and sexy, Hollywood mauls it until it's bleeding and dying from liver failure in an El Segundo psych ward. But that's a few years off! Right now tech movies are getting a little of the "ol' treatment," if yo ... More >>

Knife-Wielding 20-Year-Old Shot By Burlingame Cops, Dies in San Francisco

​Burlingame police last night called at 8:40 p.m. to a disturbance on 217 Myrtle Avenue found one: A 20-year-old man with a knife. Police claim the man advanced on them, and resisted their efforts to detain him. This lead to one officer firing his Taser. This was ineffective, and the suspect was s ... More >>

Indian Taco Truck Now Hoping to Launch in San Francisco Early Next Month

Luis ChongCurry Up Now's S.F. debut has been pushed back slightly.​Peninsula-based Indian taco truck biz Curry Up Now had hoped to roll into San Francisco this week, but owner Akash Kapoor is now hoping to debut here during the first week of January. "We're about a week, 10 days delayed," Kapo ... More >>

Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Headed for San Francisco

cfarivar/californiatacotrucks.com/blogGet ready for biryani burritos, San Francisco.​With any luck, it'll be a particularly spicy New Year for San Franciscans who love street food. Peninsula Indian taco truck Curry Up Now is hoping to begin selling in S.F. by the third week of December, compan ... More >>

Upscale Peninsula Downtown Not Thrilled with Indian Taco Truck's Presence

CaliforniaTacoTrucks.comCurry Up Now: Poaching from established merchants?​In September, the Peninsula city of Burlingame got a spicy taste of taco-truck Indian food via Curry Up Now. But according to a story in the San Mateo County Times, the truck is leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of s ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

S.J. Merc Headline Writers Latest to Fall into Virgin Trap

You know, when you name a sprawling, multi-billion dollar empire "Virgin," you're going to get some odd wordings. Take Virgin Records: When the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman declined to re-up his recording deal, many snickered at the headline "Wyman Refuses Virgin." The embattled Virgin America airline ... More >>

Global Pantry: Turkish Red Pepper Paste

This mildly spicy pepper paste is a great addition to scrambled eggs.

Mad SF Scientists Unwittingly Resurrect Herb Caen

People loved Herb Caen for many reasons, but perhaps his most passionate advocates were  among followers of a recurring feature called "namephreaks." Caen would often sprinkle his column with examples of people who'd chosen professions bizarrely in keeping with their own names. ... More >>

Happy Hundredth, John's Grill

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

Pirates, Ron Paul Totally Stoked About the Price of Gold

Newsom [Hearts] Jew: An SF Weekly Analysis

Tapioca and Water

An aide to Supervisor Ed Jew believes PUC officials released his house's water records, which cast doubt on whether he lives in SF, to get payback

Countdown to Burlingame

A guide to television coverage of the enhanced drama and athleticism of the 2004 Alternolympics

Best Chronicle Tag-Team

Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams

Little Fish, Big Fish

Memo to Ashcroft: Why aren't you pursuing Barry Bonds the way you did Martha Stewart?

Say Da to Love

At the Singles Expo, we learn that Russian brides are the hottest thing since online personal ads

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 13, 2002

Safe Harbor

Attitude-free bars of the Marina

Party On

Corporate cover bands play psychologist -- and "Mustang Sally" -- as times get tough

Letters to the Editor

Letters from April 4, 2001

Side Dish

Left Bank to Left Coast

The Luddite Eats

Paragon

Side Dish

Doin' Lunch, Open Wide, In a Pinch, A Spoonful of Sugar

Side Dish

Dog Bites