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Ben & Jerry is Creating a San Francisco Flavor and the Free Scoop Truck is Here

San Francisco is getting a signature ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, but here's the catch: the flavor doesn't exist yet. The Vermont-based company is relying on ice cream lovers to vote between two choices for eight categories, like Greek frozen yogurt or ice cream, and vanilla or chocolate. Nothing v ... More >>

The Most Popular Incarnations of S.F. on Twitter

Paprika Brings Central European Fare to the Heart of the Burrito Belt

If you want a beer and a sausage, there's no place like Rosamunde. (Seriously, comb the galaxy and report back if you find something better.) Paprika, newly open basically around the corner from Rosamunde's Mission location, is about as differently executed as the same general concept can get. Inst ... More >>

Outdoor Drinking Five Floors Up at El Techo de Lolinda

San Francisco needs more rooftop bars. Medjool, the central Mission hotspot that closed last year, wasn't always the best ambassador, however. The very idea seemed to have gone before the NIMBY death panel until Argentinean steak house Lolinda threw open the doors to the simply named El Techo de Lol ... More >>

Get Your Pooches and Smooches at the Whole Enchihuahua Dog Show

Attention all pups and mutts: Get read to strut your stuff. This year's Whole Enchihuahua costume and awareness event is set to be fiercer and cuter than ever, as the Bay Area's most adorable pooches and their humans will meet in Dolores Park this Saturday for three hours of entertainment, wet kiss ... More >>

Second Mission Rhea's Deli Location Put a Dent in S.F.'s Korean Deficit

A few years ago, the South Korean consul-general for San Francisco blurted out that to get good Korean food in California, you basically had to go to L.A. For someone tried in diplomatic niceties to be so blunt about San Francisco's lack of bibimbap and ssam really says something. Well, there's Rhe ... More >>

Muy Bien

Mission Picnic: Dolores Park-Ready Sandwiches

Masterminds 2013: Ten Future Bay Area Art Icons

DJ Robin Simmons Started Clubbing at the Tender Age of 11

While some of us might be horrified to discover an 11-year-old on the dancefloor of our favorite club, Santa Cruz promoter and house DJ Robin Simmons' club experiences began at that precise age, at an underground party accompanied by none other than his mother. Inspired by the positive vibes and ene ... More >>

Grilled Cheez Guy Wants a Food Truck

Oakland's Michael Davidson, aka Grilled Cheez Guy, is using Kickstarter in hopes of raising $33,000 to buy and equip a food truck. He's about 5% of the way there, with 33 days to go. Davidson isn't the first multi-titled Grilled Cheese Invitational champ to take his skills to a bigger market here i ... More >>

Occupy Protesters Take Over House in the Castro, 20 Arrested

Twenty seems to be the magic number for the SFPD this week. The cops arrested another 20 protesters last night after the group reportedly put on black masks and broke into a house in the Castro. According to news reports, the group gathered before 6 p.m. in Dolores Park where they listened to music ... More >>

West Nile Virus Makes Its Way to San Francisco

September is one of the few months when San Franciscans can actually enjoy warm weather. Unfortunately, we can't really relax and enjoy it: Those freeloading mosquitoes are sucking away that one small pleasure. Health officials are warning residents to watch out for mosquitoes after they found a de ... More >>

Five Ways San Francisco Improves During Burning Man

On the surface, San Francisco appears to be a complicated beast of alternative subcultures, underground groups, and distinct communities. Truth is though, there's only one truly definitive divider between all of us -- Burning Man. You either want to pay hundreds of dollars to go get covered in sand ... More >>

8 Washington: Development Foes Say They've Got the Signatures to Force Referendum on Project

Anti-condo petition could spawn first successful referendum in 21 yearsHalting the construction of 8 Washington, a waterfront development that would likely house the most expensive condos in city history, has blossomed into the progressive ur-issue. And that figures to continue for quite some time. ... More >>

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Live Review, 7/1/12: Preservation Hall Jazz Band Soundtracks a Chill Afternoon at Stern Grove

Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Stone Foxes July 1, 2012 Stern Grove Festival Better than: An afternoon listening to the drum circle in Dolores Park The Stern Grove Music Festival is celebrating its 75th year, and it's hard to imagine much has changed in 2012. If you're a diehard music fan -- some ... More >>

Good Stranger: DoD Records Citizens' Encounters with SFPD

Enchihuahuas, Cute-Ass Shortbread, and Creepy but Silent Fish!

​Hello, friends! There are some cool events this weekend! This Sunday, Harvest Home is having a barn bash! The barn bash is in celebration of their new barn, home to the newly rescued Turlock hens. As a city kid, I'm not sure what a barn bash entails, but if there are fiddles involved, consider me ... More >>

BOSF 2012: How to Be a Street Fashion Contender

The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook: $20 Meals Feed Four

How do San Franciscans afford to eat out every other night? It's time for the sensible (and broke ass) to kick the $40 fried mac 'n cheese habit and eat at home for a change. Thank the food gods for Gabi Moskowitz, author of The BrokeAss Gourmet Cookbook. She gathered 116 recipes that cost no more t ... More >>

Is Giving a Shit the New Not Giving A Shit? Future Twin Explores Music as a Vehicle of Change

As a generalization, pop stars write generic songs about love, make absurd amounts of money, and then throw a miniscule portion of that money at issues they care about. (Or, possibly, that their PR handlers deem appropriate to care about.) For example, back in 2010, Lady Gaga partnered with Virgin M ... More >>

Contraband Coffee Takes Online Orders With TapViva App

​The future of food ordering is upon us. New phone apps offer customers the chance to pre-order so that food and drink will waiting when they arrive. Large-scale Mexican chain Chipotle has been offering online ordering to its customers since 2009, and just last year San Francisco's grilled cheese ... More >>

Jillionaire on the Rise of Tropical Bass, Playing Outside Lands, and His Favorite Ice Cream in S.F.

Having grown up on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, DJ/producer Jillionaire made a name for himself by showcasing his Caribbean roots with soca beats and dancehall mixes. He began his career 16 years ago on Trinidad's reggae soundsystem Radioactive Nuclear as a host and music selector. After capt ... More >>

Tacolicious's New Mission Location Opens -- Almost

Ed AndersonTacolicious taco platter. No such thing as too much of a good thing.​Tacolicious, a taco-and-tequila establishment in the Marina, is all set to open the doors of its new Mission District outpost -- if they can just get the lights rolling. "We're ready, sitting here putting out tab ... More >>

S.F.'s Girls Issue a Gorgeous Old-School Epic

September 2011 Openings & Closures: Hotel Restaurants Change with the Times

Ron StarrThe end of an era at the Ritz Carlton​With the closure of the Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton after 20 years and the W Hotel opening Trace, the City's restaurant scene saw the loss of a traditional, white-tablecloth dinner, and the ascendance of sustainable fare in a modern, sleek set ... More >>

What Karaoke Songs Should David Chiu Sing?

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. But will they vote for you?​David Chiu's mayoral poll numbers continue to hover at "Who wants chili for breakfast?" levels, but you can't say the president of the board isn't trying to have fun. Whether it's tooling around Dolores Park with a Wookiee or l ... More >>

Where Is David Chiu Now?

David Chiu is going where no candidate has gone before​Supervisor David Chiu met with with Ed Lee yesterday for the first time since Lee jumped into the race for mayor. Needless to say, it was an awkward moment for Chiu, who likened it to getting coffee with a cheating lover."It was like meeting w ... More >>

Where in the World Is Anthony Bourdain? Swan Oyster Depot!

via FlickrAnthony Bourdain -- he's here.​Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations fame is visiting San Francisco, according to his Twitter feed. And where does a famous chef choose to eat his lunch? via yfrogSecret TV star seafood stew?​Bourdain just posted this photo on Twitt ... More >>

The Gap's Food Truck, Anthony Bourdain is here, and Nojo's Table

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We don't usually think about food while buying clothes, but the recent Gap food truck looks to be bridging that, well, gap. Eater SF shares, via PopSugar, Pico de Gap is offering Mexican food from Brunch ... More >>

San Francisco's Top Five Ice Cream Shops

Albert Law​We are no longer seven years old. We need to get that out of the way early when discussing San Francisco's Top Five Ice Cream Shops. Here's what that means: We don't care about toppings, mix-ins, family-friendly furniture or specials on your birthday. We don't even care about waffl ... More >>

Kenneth Harding Rally Turns Violent, Police Arrest 35

Tension in the air ​Angry protesters tossed smoke bombs and disrupting Muni service yesterday evening shortly after police released information that suggested 19-year-old Kenneth Harding had indeed fired at cops before they shot and killed him.  Roughly 150 people gathered in Dolores Park at ... More >>

Saturday: Phono del Sol Festival Pairs Eclectic Music with Angry Skaters

Dean SchafferAesop Rock (right) raps faster than you can even understand at Phono del Sol.​ The Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival, featuring Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, and more July 16, 2011 @ Potrero del Sol Park Better than: Registering to vote. It's hard to turn down anything fre ... More >>

Sonny Smith: Rock 'n' Roll Poet, with Qualms

Local Brewing Co. Hopes to Kickstart a Nanobrewery

The gypsy brewers behind Local Brewing Co. are looking to launch a neighborhood watering hole. Regan Long and Sarah Fenson have posted a Kickstarter proposal to ask their fans to help raise at least $69,000 to create a three-barrel brewery and taproom complete with small bites. A celebration for th ... More >>

SF Popfest Fills the Long Weekend With Sweaters, Guitars, and Indiepop

SF Popfest continues all weekend long, celebrating all things indiepop, and by extension, twee, sweaterpunk, cutie, beardo, shambling, sadmuffin, or whatever else you want to call music involving people (boys and girls, please), guitars (fuzzy, jangly, angular, or poorly-played will do), doing-it-yo ... More >>

New York's Creep on the Darker Side of Music, Female Vocalists, and Dark Chocolate

Jeffrey KilmerSmoke and Mirrors​The New York duo Creep, consisting of house producer Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard, are the newest sensation to come out of London-based label Young Turks Records. Making music reminiscent of the sounds of early Massive Attack or Portishead, Creep's gothic melo ... More >>

San Francisco Love Story

Before founding Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch came here to get healthy. He left with songs, skills, and a promise to return with a band.

Film Showtimes for the week of August 4-10, 2010

Half right: New brewpubs attempt to reach bistro-level quality, with mixed results

The old-fashioned food cart is now hip -- and on the run -- with the help of Twitter

Our Cornucopia Runneth Over

There is plenty new at two of San Francisco's best takeout places

Pressing Issues

A search for the best Cuban sandwich also turns up great coffee and a bargain prix fixe dinner