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Blogs
May 24, 2012
James Freeman, Blue Bottle Coffee Founder, Just Wrote the Book on Coffee
Any good San Franciscan knows how to muse over a cup of coffee. We can't help but remembering fondly the coffee drinkers at Four Barrel who continued sipping obliviously as two burglars used this hipster hotspot as an attempted escape route last November. I've sat in many a coffee shop, eavesdr ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
CopperWire: How Jam Sessions in Ethiopia Became a Hip-Hop Space Opera
CopperWire is a new hip-hop trio featuring S.F. R&B singer and prodigy Meklit Hadero, rapper Gabriel Teodros, and producer-rapper Burntface (government name: Ellias Fullmore). The group comes with its own mythology: Its debut album, Earthbound, tells the story of three renegades in the year 2089 who ... More >>
Film
April 4, 2012
Arthouse Movie Listings April 4-10, 2012
CopperWire is a new hip-hop trio featuring S.F. R&B singer and prodigy Meklit Hadero, rapper Gabriel Teodros, and producer-rapper Burntface (government name: Ellias Fullmore). The group comes with its own mythology: Its debut album, Earthbound, tells the story of three renegades in the year 2089 who ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2012
Radio Africa & Kitchen: Chef Pops Up in Bayview with a Family-Style Restaurant
Chef Eskender Aseged made his name hosting pop-ups for the past seven years. Now he's using that expertise to launch his own family-style restaurant in Bayview next week. Aseged's new restaurant, Radio Africa & Kitchen, started in Aseged's home after he moved to San Francisco from Ethiopia ... More >>
Culture
February 8, 2012
Masterminds 2012: Honoring 10 Extraordinary Bay Area artists
Chef Eskender Aseged made his name hosting pop-ups for the past seven years. Now he's using that expertise to launch his own family-style restaurant in Bayview next week. Aseged's new restaurant, Radio Africa & Kitchen, started in Aseged's home after he moved to San Francisco from Ethiopia ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Michael Scott Moore, Former SF Weekly Writer, Kidnapped by Somali Pirates
Michael Scott Moore, who previously worked as a theater critic for SF Weekly, was reportedly captured by Somali pirates over the weekend while he was traveling to central Somalia to research for his book about Somali pirates. The LA Times reports that Moore was on his way to the airport when 15 m ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2011
tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus on Her Creative Philosophy, Finding Inspiration in the Bay, and the Wisdom of Steve Jobs
By CHLOE ROTH In 2009, tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus was lured from Montreal to Oakland by "Love and fear of illegal immigrant status in Canada." Lucky for us. "I started sadly playing a ukulele that my mom had given me," Garbus says. "Though it crossed my mind that being a doctor was probab ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Illy's Espressamente Cafe Opens Downtown
Johnny O./YelpThe new downtown Illy Espressamente. International coffee powerhouse Illy is stretching its espresso-tinged fingers in to the heavily populated world of San Francisco cafes with Espressamente Illy, a high-end cafe now open at 123 Battery. It is Illy's ninth Esspressamente to ope ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Ann Coulter and Her Awful Comments About Occupy
Shut up, already!If we can credit Ann Coulter with anything, it's giving people new reasons to despise her -- and that's being polite. She proved her ability to stir up a white-hot hatred among people again when she went on San Francisco's KSFO this morning where she talked about her new book and ... More >>
Blogs
July 18, 2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers' New Single Marks the Return of the Funk-Rock Masters
I'm with You, cover design by Damien HirstThe Red Hot Chili Peppers are back, finally, after a five-year hiatus. Their 10th album, I'm With You, will hit stores on August 30, but in the meantime, patient fans get a sneak peak with "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie," which RHCP released to ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
AfroUrbanites Throw Second "Modern Ethiopian" Pop-Up in Berkeley
"The food we cook at home is a lot different from our parents' Ethiopian food," says Faiza Farah, who has begun organizing AfroUrbanites pop-up dinners with Tsedey Seisu. "We stay true to a lot of the techniques and the slow cooking, but we fool around with ingredients. A lot of our stuff is very ... More >>
Calendar
June 15, 2011
African-Amazing
"The food we cook at home is a lot different from our parents' Ethiopian food," says Faiza Farah, who has begun organizing AfroUrbanites pop-up dinners with Tsedey Seisu. "We stay true to a lot of the techniques and the slow cooking, but we fool around with ingredients. A lot of our stuff is very ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography
Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>
Film
May 4, 2011
Arthouse Movie Listings for May 4-10, 2011
Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker Brian Cross (or B as he's commonly known) has blazed a distinct path through independent media over the past two decades. A native of Limerick, Ireland, Cross moved to L.A. in the early '90s and quickly became a go-to hip-hop photographer starting with a ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Out with the Kids: Hands-On at Assab
Alex HochmanThis is the neatest your dinner will look all night.As parents, we're constantly begging our children to be more hands on. We get all exultant over the Zeum or the Exploratorium because they're hands on museums. We peer over our iPhone screens to yell at the kids to turn off the t ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
R.I.P. Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex Singer and Punk Pioneer
Fabrizio RamoneR.I.P. Poly Styrene Legendary punk pioneer and X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene, born Marianne Elliott Said, passed away last night from breast cancer at the age of 53. In an unfortunate coincidence with the passing last week of TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith, her new solo al ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Help S.F. Singer Meklit Hadero Bring Her Music to Ethiopia Next Month
Meklit Hadero Ethiopian born, S.F.-based jazz singer Meklit Hadero is planning a big trip to Ethiopia next month to perform for the people of her native country. It's her second such visit, after Hadero designed a similar journey in 2009. Hadero will perform for free in two places in Ethiopia ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Oh Cancer, Up Yours: Appreciating Poly Styrene
A tiny, curly-haired creature pressed into a life-size test tube, smiling just slightly with braces and wrapped in a bright yellow coat with dark tights. Posing on the cover of the landmark X-Ray Spex album, Germ-Free Adolescents, in 1978, Poly Styrene (née Marianne Joan Elliott-Said) looke ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2011
Q&A with Bicycle Coffee Co.'s Brad Butler and Brandon McKee
Alex HochmanCousins on bikes: Bicycle Coffee's Brad Butler, left, and Brandon McKee.In June 2009, Bicycle Coffee Co. began delivering freshly roasted organic, fair trade, single-origin Arabica beans to stores and cafes via bicycle. Bicycle Coffee sets up at the Grand Lake farmers' market on S ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
Soul-Funk Outfit The Budos Band Wants To Harsh Your Mellows, Hippies
Lotsa people, lotsa attitude.You've got to love New Yorkers for their blatant honesty. Speaking to Jared Tankel, baritone saxophone player in 10-piece Staten Island global-funk group The Budos Band, he makes it clear to aspiring rappers that his instrumental band is not interested in collaboratin ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Globetrotting DJ Maga Bo Recorded Goats in Sudan; Cleared the 'Floor in Zanzibar
Maga BoMost of us spend our days planted in a cubicle fantasizing about beaches, historic monuments, and maybe seeing a penguin in its natural habitat. That latest jealousy comes from a conversation with musician, producer, composer, sound engineer -- and non-desk-bound frequent traveler -- DJ Ma ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Hurrah! California Can Grow Coffee. Is It Worth the Effort?
Michael HutchingsCalifornia coffee, at a premium.The LA Times food shocked me awake this morning with an article about Jay Ruskey, a farmer near Santa Barbara who was growing, and selling, organic coffee at local farmers' markets. Up until now, the only U.S. state to produce small amounts of coff ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Friday Night: Roger Waters Turns The Wall Into A Rallying Cry at Oracle Arena
Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>
News
December 1, 2010
Don't worry, America. San Francisco knows what's best for you
Christopher VictorioRoger Waters performed The Wall at Oracle Arena Friday night.Roger Waters' 'The Wall' December 3, 2010@ Oracle Arena Better than: A hippie-dippy stoner protest. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control We sang the anthem as school kids. In bong-fuele ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Afternoon Coffee at Ma*Velous
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Culture
September 1, 2010
Fall Arts: A designer and a diva give flavor to "Aida"
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Music
August 11, 2010
Nas and Damian Marley show the wrong way to Africa
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Film
August 11, 2010
"The Expendables": Sly, Dolph, Jason, Jet, and friends get nostalgically brutal
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Dining
July 21, 2010
Fresh Eats: SFoodie recommends fried chicken, tortas, and pre-Prohibition beer
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Music
July 21, 2010
All Shook Down: A cross-section of the festival schedule
Yes, you sip it like tea. I first heard of the idea of a distinction between morning coffee and afternoon coffee a few years ago, when a barista at a Seattle coffee shop was describing the shop's array of beans on offer. The cafe's Central American and Indonesian beans, he told me, were straightf ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2010
In Which SFoodie Unwittingly Sounds Like a Tool
Correct no more: It's Sidam-A.Thanks to a series of comments appearing under our latest "Don't Sound Like a Tool" audio guide, SFoodie learned of a subtle shift in the spelling of an Ethiopian coffee-growing region that has much larger political undertones. We've been happily drinking Sidamo coff ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Don't Sound Like a Tool: How to Pronounce Coffee Regions
Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.Five years ago, when buying coffee all you ... More >>
Calendar
May 26, 2010
Who Are You? Who Who?
Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.Five years ago, when buying coffee all you ... More >>
Music
May 19, 2010
M.I.A.'s diluted politics
Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.Five years ago, when buying coffee all you ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2010
M.I.A.'s Shock Tactics Dilute Her Politics
Image Courtesy of: Grant Gilliland M.I.A. thrives on misinterpretation. Her debut album, Arular, was named after her Tamil Tiger dad and released in the midst of the War on Terror with a lead track taunting, "I've got the bombs to make you blow." Her antagonistic resolve arrived at a time when ... More >>
Music
May 12, 2010
Meklit Hadero takes on the world
Image Courtesy of: Grant Gilliland M.I.A. thrives on misinterpretation. Her debut album, Arular, was named after her Tamil Tiger dad and released in the midst of the War on Terror with a lead track taunting, "I've got the bombs to make you blow." Her antagonistic resolve arrived at a time when ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2009
Warm Up With Sheba's Authentic Ethiopian Spice
T. PalmerKitfo and tibs wat: Two Ethiopian takes on beef.Ever read a piece of food writing that made you so hungry you had to experience that same food as soon as possible? That happened when we read our friend Carolyn Alburger's thoughtful profile of Netsanet Alemayehu, chef/proprietor of Sheba ... More >>
Dining
August 13, 2008
Secret Places
A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.
Music
June 18, 2008
Golden Ticket
A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.
Film
January 17, 2007
Accidental Tourists
Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history
News
February 25, 2004
Institute of Hate
Right-wingers are targeting liberal pastors -- including at least one in S.F. -- who favor gay marriage
Dining
September 6, 2000
Real San Francisco
Hyde Street Bistro
Dining
December 1, 1999
Champion of Breakfasts
Hyde Street Bistro
Dining
February 24, 1999
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Hyde Street Bistro
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July 24, 1996
Night+Day
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