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Cole Valley

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Sit/Lie Law Only Successful at Harassing the City's Aging Homeless, Report Says

    A new report released by the city's Controller's Office demonstrates just how ineffective San Francisco's sit/lie ordinance is, with the bulk of last year's citations going to the same 19 repeat offenders, according to the report. Voters approved sit/lie in November 2010, with the hope that it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Stag Dining Group Speak: "What We've Done Has Taken Us by Surprise"

    As Stag Dining Group, Emory al-Imam, Jordan Grosser, Matthew Homyak, Ted Fleury, and Anil Margsahayam have been putting on professionally clandestine dinners for 18 months now. Just before filing my review of their most recent event -- titled "Guns, Game, and Rose" -- I spoke to two of the stags, Ma ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 28, 2012

    The Ice Cream Bar: Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain Goes Modern

    As Stag Dining Group, Emory al-Imam, Jordan Grosser, Matthew Homyak, Ted Fleury, and Anil Margsahayam have been putting on professionally clandestine dinners for 18 months now. Just before filing my review of their most recent event -- titled "Guns, Game, and Rose" -- I spoke to two of the stags, Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    The Ice Cream Bar Is an Adult-Friendly Soda Fountain

    As long as I can remember, soda fountains -- retro or no -- have been always designated kid-friendly territory. They're for birthday parties and after-school outings, where everyone gets sugared up early enough to crash by 8. And there are plenty of kids hanging around the scoops at Cole Valley ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Ice Cream Bar Owner Juliet Pries on eBay, Tinctures, and Coca Leaves

    ​Thanks to byzantine SF permitting processes, it took Juliet Pries almost two years to open the Ice Cream Bar in Cole Valley, the subject of this week's restaurant review. But the delay gave her time to change the focus of the shop, expanding from ice cream into its most distinctive feature: pre-P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    EOS to Close at the End of the Month

    ​Eos, the 15-year-old Cole Valley restaurant and wine bar, will close its doors on February 25. Named for the ancient Greek goddess of dawn, Eos was one of the first restaurants to serve Asian-fusion small plates, launching the career of then-owner Arnold Eric Wong (and one of his early sous-chefs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    San Francisco's Top 10 Brunches

    ​Brunch is a way of life in San Francisco. Out-of-towners marvel that we'll wait an hour-and-a-half for a stack of pancakes, and the morning cocktail scene is lively -- even if the drinks are made with soju instead of vodka. On Saturday night we may share bottles of Zinfandel and exotic prepar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Drink of the Week: A New Orleans Hangover Never Felt So Good

    ​The tiny bar in the back of Ice Cream Bar, the Cole Valley spot that is attempting to revive the lost art of the soda fountain, is unlike most anything I've seen before. The assortment of tiny bottles, each containing a tincture or extract, lined up next to Boston shaker tins suggest a bar, while ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Burma Superstar's New Location and The Ice Cream Bar Readies to Open

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. With an hour-and-half average wait time (on a Tuesday!) at the original Burma Superstar on Clement, we can't say we're surprised the owners are looking to open their fourth (second in the City) location. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Murio's Reopens, Bacon Bacon Expands Its Hours, and Chef Changes

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The new (and improved?) Murio's Trophy Room is back to serving drinks. Inside Scoop points out the interior is free of the knickknacks and doo-dads that use to line the wall and ceilings, and in their pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Occupy the Pop Charts: Five Reasons Why We Like Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins

    Gil RiegoThird Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins performing in S.F. last year.​ Yesterday, San Francisco's own Third Eye Blind released "If There Ever Was a Time," a new song in support of Occupy Wall Street. Penned by frontman Stephan Jenkins, the song's lyrics are a cheery encouragement for young ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Gordon Ramsay Is on His Way, and So Is Ice Cream Bar and Latest Philz Coffee

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Arguably the angriest chef in the kitchen, Gordon Ramsay, is heading to the Bay Area for an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. His team is looking for diners to grab a seat in Fremont at the steak and seafoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Zazie Brunch Lives Up to Hype

    ​From exposed brick walls and vintage posters to tightly-packed dining tables, Zazie has all the makings of a classic French bistro. The dinner menu features usual regional suspects -- think French Onion Soup Gratinee and Mussels Marineres -- but the Cole Valley gem is at its best during brunch, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Bike Bandit Strikes Again

    Just a note from a loving victim ​Earlier this week, we warned readers about the rash of bike thefts happening in the Inner Sunset. The thief appears to have migrated to Cole Valley, where there have been increased reports of a cycle crook.Police Captain Denis O'Leary told SF Weekly that the thief ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Stag Dining Group: Current and Former Alembic Chefs Organize Underground Dinners

    Jordan Grosser/TwitterStag Dining Group organizers choose plates for next week's dinners.​Two chefs with ties to the Alembic are launching an underground eatery next week in Cole Valley. Jordan Grosser and Ted Fleury ― once co-chefs at the Alembic (Fleury's still there, actually) ― come to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    A Wine Lover's Ode to NOPA, S.F.'s Newest Zone of the Grape

    dj drüe/FlickrRestaurants like Nopa have helped this corner of the Western Addition remake itself as a wine-friendly district.​I've lived on the corner of Broderick and Grove since 2004 and have watched my little neighborhood prosper and grow into one of San Francisco's thriving corridors. It ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Eos Wine Salon: High-Class Happy Hour Sips and Snacks

    Toro E./YelpAfter a long day of lawyering, there's nothing quite as chill-worthy as the bar at Eos Wine Salon.​The place: Eos Restaurant and Wine Salon, 901 Cole (at Carl), 566-3063 The hours: Sun.-Thurs., 5:30-7 p.m. The deals: Wines for $5/glass, $10/half bottle, $20/bottle; sake or sang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Man Sues For Right to Carry Gun Near Cole Valley's Grattan School

    Matt SmithDon't mind me, kiddies...​After San Francisco school officials refused to allow local programmer Kevin Hall to carry a sidearm near Grattan School in Cole Valley, he sued in federal court Thursday demanding respect for what he calls his Second Amendment rights."I want to open carry in Sa ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 25, 2010

    Fresh Eats: We recommend Reverie's pozole and Ajisen's ramen

    Matt SmithDon't mind me, kiddies...​After San Francisco school officials refused to allow local programmer Kevin Hall to carry a sidearm near Grattan School in Cole Valley, he sued in federal court Thursday demanding respect for what he calls his Second Amendment rights."I want to open carry in Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Cafe Reverie's Pozole Verde

    Cafe Reverie's pozole verde: Bring your own radishes.​When we need to escape the pull of the Internet, SFoodie occasionally works at Cole Valley's wifi-free Cafe Reverie, a friendly place with comfortable seats, beer as well as coffee, and an ever-so-slightly gourmetified menu of sandwiches, burge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Ashbury Market Kicks Off Street-Food Tuesdays: Adobo Hobo, Gumbo Man, Sweet Constructions

    christine w./YelpOnTuesday nights, Adobo Hobo will bring a taste of Filipino to Cole Valley.​Cole Valley's street-food experiment is expanding. Two weeks after SF Delicious and Mad4Madeleines began selling on Thursday nights from Ashbury Market's deli annex, more vendors are making an appearan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Seeking Street-Food Vendors: Ashbury Market

    Fady A./Yelp​The owner of Ashbury Market wants to spark a little street-food fire in Cole Valley. Earlier today, Resat Turgut tweeted that interested cart vendors looking for free kitchen space should hit him up. His idea? Give vendors a place to prep, in exchange for offering Ashbury Market's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Twelve-Year-Old Shames Whatever You Did For Haiti

    Yep, that's a homemade scarf. Beat that, philanthropists!   Maybe you plunked down $20 dollars at some Haiti benefit concert. More likely you said you would and never did. Well, slackers, Sophie Drukman-Feldstein hit the sidewalk in front of her Cole Valley house Thursday a ... More >>

  • News

    January 20, 2010

    Tastes Real

    Support your local farmers' market for better food — and a better economy.

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    Local Warming: Climate change comes to S.F.

    Support your local farmers' market for better food — and a better economy.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Laurine Wickett of 'Top Chef': The SFoodie Interview

    Left Coast CateringWickett: Not exactly in love with Vegas.​The 38-year-old Rochester, New York, native has an earthy, tousled vibe that makes you think of a Montessori teacher sipping post-pilates soy chais in Cole Valley. When she arrived in S.F. in 1990, Wickett started cooking at long-defu ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Left Coast CateringWickett: Not exactly in love with Vegas.​The 38-year-old Rochester, New York, native has an earthy, tousled vibe that makes you think of a Montessori teacher sipping post-pilates soy chais in Cole Valley. When she arrived in S.F. in 1990, Wickett started cooking at long-defu ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    Room with a Few

    A young San Franciscan’s dream: A room in a nice house, affordable rent, and a built-in social network.

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2008

    Goodbye West San Francisco, Hello East Jerusalem

    A young San Franciscan’s dream: A room in a nice house, affordable rent, and a built-in social network.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Hidden Basketball Court

    A young San Franciscan’s dream: A room in a nice house, affordable rent, and a built-in social network.

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 20, 2004

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Progressive Failure

    Why San Francisco supervisors who call themselves progressives should get the boot in November

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2004

    Stow It

    The lay of the lake

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2004

    Heaven Help Us

    Take an infernal excursion

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2004

    Gyms/Exercise Clubs

    Take an infernal excursion

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Expansion by a Local Burger Joint

    BurgerMeister

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Neighborhood Coffee Shop

    Cafe Cole

  • Dining

    January 1, 2003

    Half-Baked

    Unexpectedly underwhelmed at Roxanne's

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of May 29, 2002

  • Dining

    May 1, 2002

    SOMA Sayonara

    Cafe Monk closes its doors

  • Film

    January 16, 2002

    I Like Trouble

    Julia Roberts' next film will be shot, and set, in San Francisco

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    That Sinking Feeling; A Biased Opinion; An Issue of Some Gravity; Book Learning; A Sad Development

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Gift Shop

    Egg

  • Dining

    October 20, 1999

    Several Jugs of Wine and Thou

    Egg

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Letters

    Egg

  • Dining

    February 17, 1999

    My Heart Belongs to Zazie

    Egg

  • Dining

    September 4, 1996

    A Little Night Music

    Cole Valley's Zazie is a simple cafe by day, a chic bistro after sunset

  • Calendar

    September 4, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Cole Valley's Zazie is a simple cafe by day, a chic bistro after sunset

  • News

    November 8, 1995

    Guardian Angels?

    The relatively new, unregulated field of conservators leaves the elderly at risk

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