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Where to Eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

This Christmas, instead of slaving away in your kitchen for hours making a delicious meal to feed relatives you might not like that much anyway, consider eating out and letting some of the best chefs in the city cook for you instead. On Christmas Eve, Hubert Keller's Fleur de Lys will be serving a f ... More >>

Bouncer Goes Apiary at the Fairmont

Faux Willie Brown Weighs In on San Francisco Politics

John Boehner, GOP Speaker, Stops in S.F. Tonight

Please don't leave your heart in San Francisco ​The fact that GOP House Speaker John Boehner is being hosted in the South Bay by high-powered tech executives this week begged the question: Does the pro-life pol truly define Silicon Valley -- home of the limousine liberals?What question never cross ... More >>

Should There Be Historical Preservation of Deeply Ugly Buildings?

Cheap Tickets for Drink at the Fairmont

​Where: Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason (at California), 772-5000 When: Sat., Mar. 12, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $15 (discounted from $50) Next Saturday, SF Weekly is hosting Drink, a two-hour glass-drainer devoted to cocktails, beer, and wine. Normal admission price is $50, but for today only ― like jewe ... More >>

Drank, Drunk: Drink

​DRINK: SF Weekly's Beer, Wine, and Cocktail Tasting Where: Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason (at California), 772-5000 When: Sat., Mar. 12, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $50 general admission, $75 VIP early admission; see below for a $20 SFoodie discount The rundown: We're not saying that SF Weekly's first-eve ... More >>

Will President Bush Dare Come To the San Francisco World Series Games?

I heart Texas Rangers.​Is Dubya coming to the World Series? Today's Examiner said it's "rumored" that George W. Bush is headed to either Games 1 or 2 in San Francisco to root for the Texas Rangers, the team which he used to partly own. (There's a good little bit of trivia to get you sports-apathet ... More >>

Tonga Room Execution Stayed. Does Anyone Care?

​Like smoking at work, camel hair coats and a budget surplus, tiki bars are relics of a bygone era, of when Cesar Chavez Street was called Army, when nobody in San Francisco knew what a bike lane was, and organ meat was nothing more than fodder for the cows that we turned into delicious 15-cent ha ... More >>

Decision on Tonga Room Put Off Till Next Year

Zemistor/FlickrTake another hit, dude: You've got plenty of time.​How long did it take to lash the ships' ropes and assemble the thatch for the Tonga Room back in 1945? We bet it was considerably less than the long years it'll take to decide its fate. At our sister blog The Snitch, Chris Rober ... More >>

Grub Hollers Cummingitit, Louis' Restaurant Keeps Lease (and Awkward Apostrophe)

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.In the "It's about time" category of restaurant openings (cf: Bar Agricole), Urban Daddy SF announces the arrival of Grub (758 Valencia, at 18th St., 431-4782) on Friday. The pitch: Upscale din ... More >>

Tonga Room Happy Hour: All-You-Can-Eat Tiki Kitsch

Zemistor/FlickrLava bowl for four ― the bar's fairly extensive happy hour spread offers its share of deep-fried, sweet-and-sour landmines.​The place: Tonga Room, 950 Mason (at California, in the Fairmont Hotel), 772-5278 The hours: Wed.-Fri., 5-7 p.m. The deals: All-you-can-eat $10 buffet ... More >>

Pick a Side, Any Side: Israel, Palestine-Flag Wavers Gear Up For Rallies, Positive Reinforcement

www.indybay.orgOne or the other​San Francisco's City Hall is rarely a serene place. It's even less so when partisans of the Middle East's sectarian violence shout, sloganeer and wave their respective flags at each other before they head inside and shout, sloganeer (but hopefully leave their flags ... More >>

Perbacco's Staffan Terje Won Cochon 555 Yesterday. Our Shirt Lost

Andrew SimmonsThe Fairmont's Gold Room was packed tight as a factory feedlot.​It was around the time we snared our first assortment of plates ― small, compostable tan ones decked out with roasted smoked pork loin and dark, blood-red bologna tucked between orange mostarda-smeared bread slice ... More >>

Arizona Boycotters Will Show Up At Giants Games

​Supervisors David Campos and John Avalos slated to appear at 'informational pickets' Opponents of the Arizona "papers, please" law SB1070 will be boycotting the Giants game against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight and tomorrow by ... showing up at the game. Of course, you could make the case that ... More >>

The Tonga Room -- Historical or Hysterical?

You and I are passing through history. But the Tonga Room? It is history.​The term "only in San Francisco" is overused. That's a given. But, honestly, in how many cities would one open the paper to read about a brewing preservation battle between developers and tiki bar enthusiasts -- with the cit ... More >>

The Happiest Hours

We do the legwork to find you 30 of the most satisfying places to sip and snack.

Sacto Mayor Makes Out Like Bandit After Suffering Theft: Gavin Newsom Has Purloined Property Hand-Delivered to Capital -- Along With Swag Bag!

It wasn't this suit...​Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson -- whose garment bag was snatched and, improbably, recovered recently in San Francisco -- received San Francisco's sincerest apologies from Mayor Gavin Newsom's office. Newsom's "friends" (that's what it said on the press release) hand-delivere ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Justin PageStay classy, San Francisco​Witness intimidation! Religious and sexual harassment! Bacteria-infested sandwiches! If that's the week it was, we're extra glad it's Friday. Also, time for a quiz: 1. Which of the following epithets did Assemblyman Tom Ammiano shout when Gov. Arnold Schwarzen ... More >>

Umbrella Weather: Mai Tais Conjure Up the Balmy Summer You Won't Be Having

eenwall/FlickrMai tais at the Tonga Room: Evanescent as summer itself?Summer arrives this weekend, and with it a crying need for all those tropical cocktails that deceive San Franciscans into believing that balmy evenings are on the horizon. The mai tai, a signature example of the genre, has a speci ... More >>

We Win! San Francisco Sells Costliest Business Traveler Food (Or Hosts Most Profligate Business Travelers)

Dr. SeussEighteen bucks for green eggs and ham? You're ripping me off, Sam I Am!San Francisco has become the country's most expensive place for business travelers to eat, according to the New Jersey-based Institute of Management and Administration. "San Francisco has unseated New York City as t ... More >>

Oakland A's Owner Announces Desire for Team to Play In San Jose -- But Can't Be Bothered to Go There

It's home "crowds" like these, in a stadium with all the charm of botulism that spurred Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff to seek greener pasturesDo you know the way to San Jose? It's a good bet that more Americans know that snippet of the old song (written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwi ... More >>

Live Nation battles neighbors over big concerts at Nob Hill Masonic Center

Scott McClellan Tells Us Who To Blame

Best Movie House

Luxury Gift Box

Our Man Flynt

Thirty years of naked truths

Our Town

Party to support local film

Our Girl Reporter

The return of Lois Lane

Stormy Weather

Tonga Room

Five Best Ways to Impress Your Date

Intended Consequences

Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better.

Slack Keys and MP3s

Two Bay Area collectors put the spotlight on vintage Hawaiian music

Dog Bites

A Quiet Evening With Henry Kissinger; Not That We're Worried, But When Did You Say It Will Be Available?; They Say Your Circulation Gets Worse as You Get Older

Trick Or Treat

A Listing of Halloween Events

Laugh Tracks

You can learn a lot about the city's history with a comedian as your tour guide

Spy vs Spite

The Clinton administration has praised the Anti-Defamation League for helping shield kids from Internet hate. But should a group that spied on thousands of Californians be allowed to police the Web?

Letters

The House of Tudor

Night + Day

Stop the Spread of Nukes -- Legalize Dope

Alan Cranston and George Zimmer devise a bold strategy at the State of the World Forum

Dog Bites

Dog Bites

Riff Raff

Night+Day

Night+Day

Developing Appeal

Haig Mardikian's eight-year battle to build condos on top of Nob Hill

Dish

Dish

The Absolutely True, Somewhat Spurious and Totally Impossible

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