Daly City

Taste Testing Chipotle's New Patrón Silver Margarita

Chipotle has always offered margaritas, but they've recently ditched the pre-made mix in favor of freshly made drinks and stepping up the liquor offerings. Now customers can wash down their burrito bowl with a $6.95 margarita made with Patrón Silver tequila, triple sec, fresh lime and lemon juices, ... More >>

Whose Expensive Abandoned Bike Is This?

I don't know bikes, but I do know fancy. And this appears to be a fancy bike. Earlier today, a trio of BART employees gathered around this abandoned cycle at Balboa Park Station and ogled its nifty components. The front wheel is affixed with an eye-catching single-sided front fork, and the cycle fea ... More >>

M.Y. China: S.F.'s Most Expensive Dim Sum

M.Y. China Has San Francisco's Most Expensive Dim Sum

We live in a magical land called the Sunset, where delicious dim sum dumplings can be had for 50 cents apiece, so paying $18 for five dumplings is definitely a seismic shift. That's the price of the pork and black truffle juicy dumplings at M.Y. China (845 Market), which opened December 3 in the Wes ... More >>

Football Stabbing, Dramatic Shooting Kept Cops Busy Yesterday

It was an active weekend for San Francisco for cops and criminals. Police made a few significant arrests, starting with a stabbing near Candlestick Park where the 49ers were playing the New York Giants on Sunday. According to police. the incident started at about 1:35 p.m. when two men approached a ... More >>

Top 5 Humane Fast Food Joints in San Francisco

Regardless of what some militant herbivores will tell you, not all meat-eaters are evil marauding baby-eaters who have zero regard for where their meat came from. San Francisco is already a leader in providing diners with organic, humanely raised meat -- and it's not just for the fancy restaurants. ... More >>

Major BART Delays After Man Dies on Train

(Update 4:30 p.m.): BART officials say the man riding on the train toward Millbrae died, however they could not say how the man died. He was seen slumped over in his seat.(Original Story 3:34 p.m.)If you are like us, you are probably counting the minutes until your 4th of July holiday begins. Sadly, ... More >>

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 >>

President's Day Weekend: Another Carmaggedon?

Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the Great Emancipator than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, until 5 a.m. on Tues ... More >>

Jaeson Chon, Missing Daly City Man, Found Dead in Lake Merced

​Police say they have found the body of 66-year-old Jaeson Chon, who had wandered away from his Daly City home last week, in the water at San Francisco's Lake Merced.Sgt. Michael Barton told reporters that search teams found Chon in the water and unresponsive at about 2:10 p.m. Friday. Chon's fam ... More >>

Major BART Delays into San Francisco

Taking the late train​BART officials are warning that this morning's commute will be a total nightmare. Equipment issues caused a brief power outage that has drastically slowed trains into San Francisco.BART spokesman Jim Allison told reporters to expect delays up to 30 minutes on the Fremont-to-R ... More >>

House of Sisig: Banana Leaves, Salted Eggs, and Rice-Covered Fingers

Gil Riego, Jr.Vegetables and salted eggs on House of Sisig's kamayan platter.​Maybe because restaurant critics like me spend so many nights at restaurants, shuffling bread plates and wine glasses, anticipating the arrival of courses, playing my role in the fixed rituals of the restaurant world -- ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Toast Deli's Sisig Surprise Is One (Good) Hot Mess

Bar Bambino, Sisig Surprises, & Pinkie-Wavers: This Week in Food Bloggery

CT Young/SF Weekly's Flickr stream​ Highlights from SFoodie this week: 1. Alanna Hale interviews Bar Bambino's Lizzie Binder (here's part 1 and part 2) about the Mission restaurant's switch from all-around-the-boot to Northeast Italian food, how she California-izes heavy traditional recipes, an ... More >>

Marijuana Advocates Unsure if New State Law Is Good or Bad

Who's he helping?brokencountry.com​Earlier this summer, medical marijuana advocates sounded the legislative alarm over a bill penned by a Southern California assemblyman that gives local governments the right to ban medical cannabis dispensaries, as many a Bay Area burgh from Danville to Daly City ... More >>

Magical Filipino Cookies, Thomas Keller Speaks

​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.Jonathan KauffmanHouse of Silvanas' cookies: pandan (top), ube, mango.​ 1. The Bay Area's other best cookie? On the way back from the Pacifica Fresh & Easy last week, I stopped ... More >>

Watch an Amazing Video of Nirvana Playing at the Cow Palace and Destroying Shit from 1991

Breaking shit since 1987​This will remind you '90s-swiping teenyboppers of the high-as-fuck standards you have to live up to: A heretofore "rare" video of Nirvana playing the Cow Palace in Daly City (right next to S.F.) from 1991. Shot from the side of the stage, the clip shows the band screa ... More >>

Do You Want a DJ in a Purple Dinosaur Outfit (aka Mochipet) to Cook You Dinner?

Why not, really?​Bay Area electronic producer Mochipet has a challenge for you: The DJ in the Purple Dinosaur costume is putting out a single later this year on local label Daly City Records called "Whomp-A-Saurus Sex." (Really.) Purple dude needs cover art for said single. Purple dude wants ... More >>

Anti-Rave Bill Introduced By Fiona Ma

Now a slightly tougher choice​In the legislative version of the cops showing up and busting up your party, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma is attempting to make California a rave-free zone. The San Francisco politico's Anti-Raves Act of 2011 would forbid any "public event at night that includes prerecorded ... More >>

Tandoori Oven, Daly City's First Indian Restaurant

Luis ChongChicken tikka masala dinner at Tandoori Oven.​South Bay chain Tandoori Oven decided to go north for its fifth location, the first Indian tandoori restaurant in Daly City. Less than 2 weeks old, Tandoori Oven took over the space from late-night burger joint Slider USA after 3 months ... More >>

Cow Palace Says No to Subsonic Spookfest, Pop Raves

​You'll have to take your glow sticks somewhere else, raver kids: the Cow Palace in Daly City won't be hosting any more Subsonic Spookfests or Pop 2010 parties. The board of directors that controls the state-owned arena voted yesterday to specifically ban those events, after two died of ecstasy ov ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Prosecutors frown on guy who makes dentures for ex-cons

Box of Nails Reportedly Spilled on Highway 280

D'oh​A report of Dukes of Hazzard-like driving conditions made its way to SF Weekly this morning, with an account of a box of nails spilling onto I-280 near Hickey Boulevard. Cautious motoring is encouraged. Officer Shawn Chase of the California Highway Patrol, meanwhile, says reports of nails str ... More >>

Caitlin McMahon, Missing and Suicidal Teen, Desperately Sought By Cops

​San Francisco police have turned to the public for help in tracking down missing 15-year-old Caitlin McMahon, described as having attempted suicide "numerous" times. She left her Castro Street home yesterday evening without her prescription medication and has not been seen since. McMahon was home ... More >>

High Times at International Pot Expo

Chris RobertsHardcore pot enthusiasts probably didn't even notice the woman in the background of this photo. Right?​VIEW OUR POT EXPO SLIDESHOW HERE California is pot-friendly, but public mass consumption of cannabis is still a feat -- especially when it's on state property. That is partiall ... More >>

Wine, Street Food, and Anti-Wine Bar DJs Planned for Outside-In 4 at Heart

​The Pinoy edition of street food and music party Outside-In 3 drew approximately 1,500 people to Mink Bar in Daly City last weekend, according to that event's co-organizer Mixsterious. And we believe it, because it was rammed full during our two-hour tenure in the gluttonous trenches there. ... More >>

Street Food with Pinoy Flair at Outside-In 3

J. BirdsallLumpia Cart's turon (banana lumpia) with ube ice cream, from Wednesday's food-cart lunch in South Park.​For the third edition of the indoor street-food and music party Outside-In, Soul Cocina, Lumpia Cart/Mixsterious, Adobo Hobo, and Papalote have organized an event celebrating Pino ... More >>

New Weekly Critic Jonathan Kauffman Is Seeking Food Informants

Warner Bros.Time to come clean about that amazing banh uot place.​SFoodie editor John Birdsall and our contributing bloggers seem to know what's happening in the bistro/food cart scene within moments of it happening. But that's only one frequency at which San Francisco restaurant gossip transm ... More >>

Filipino Sweet Beat: Hilda's Mart and Bake Shop

T. PalmerUbe puto: Steamed purple yam and rice cakes.​We had barely come down from our dizzying sugar high from checking out Filipino sweets at House of Silvanas in Daly City when we discovered Hilda's Mart and Bake Shop (145 Persia at Paris) in the Excelsior, which bakes completely different swee ... More >>

Filipino Sweet Beat: House of Silvanas' Cool Treats

T. PalmerSilvanas, a dreamy dessert sensation.​Tucked away in the back of one of several shopping centers along a very consumer-friendly street, House of Silvanas (2055 Gellert at King, Daly City) offers cool treats from the Philippines to those lucky enough to stumble on it. The small bakery is o ... More >>

Revamped Harvey Milk Library Looks Like Hugh Hefner's Crash Pad

Joe EskenaziYep, it's the only working fireplace in the San Francisco library system. Sadly, hot toddies are not permitted.​Make of this what you will: The Harvey Milk Memorial Library in Upper Market, which will reopen on Saturday after a 20-month retrofitting and renovation, looks as good as it ... More >>

How the Labor Day Bay Bridge closure affects people in the Bay Area

Have You Seen This Missing Man? If You Did, You'd Remember Him.

Estanislao Roch​A Daly City octogenarian who often strolls to his daughter's house on Edinburgh Street in San Francisco's Excelsior District -- more than two miles away -- hasn't been seen since he took off for a walk on Friday morning.This is unsettling as Estanislao Roch is not exactly anyone's ... More >>

Insulin Alert: Free Doughnut Day Tomorrow at Krispy Kreme

The first one is free; the second'll cost yaTomorrow is National Doughnut Day. Mark the occasion by grabbing a free sinker at Krispy Kreme (1575 Sullivan at Washington, Daly City), which is open 24 hours. Bonus gluttony points and undying respect to anyone who pairs this outing with a swing pa ... More >>

Tonight: World's Largest Ice Cream Social

Hipsters in Ugly Shoes! (Wait, Make That "Uglier Shoes")

Daly City Man Accused of Stealing $10,000 Worth of Le Corona

Hey, big spender! (Craigslist is ridiculous)

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 8, 2006

My Big, Fat-Free Column

Seven deliciously guilty pleasures, from french fries to shepherd's pie

Reps Etc.

Vroom-Vroom

At the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, we find two familiar joys: speed and camaraderie

Malled

Our correspondent tries to keep from being trampled by the seniors who walk, very early in the morning, at Serramonte Center

The Melting Pot

Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant

Rays of Hope

Political winds may blow in long overdue nursing care reform

Reviews

Midway to Nowhere

The residents of Daly City's Midway Village wonder if their environmental concerns will ever be addressed

Night Crawler

Letters