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Here's some good news for fans of dance music and high quality sound systems. Though 222 Hyde recently closed, its Turbosound rig will find a new home at Potrero Hill art-oriented nightclub Project One. Owner Brooke Waterhouse posted the news on her Facebook page yesterday, and the system is now ful ... More >>

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Rice Cracker Rocks The Disco Sushi

Disco Sushi Where: Truck, 1900 Folsom (at 15th St.), 252-0306 When: Wed., Nov. 7, 6-11 p.m. Cost: Menu items available à la carte (under $10) The rundown: Rice Cracker Sushi has been bringing its creatively Americanized rolls to San Francisco bars, a cruising circuit that includes such diverse wa ... More >>

Shots Fired Outside Philz Coffee in Mission District

Police are headed to the scene of a shooting that just occurred outside Philz Coffee on 24th and Folsom streets in the city's Mission District. Officer Carlos Manfredi had very little information at this time, but told us that the victim was a Latino man, and the suspect was a black man. Officers ar ... More >>

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A Talk About the Bay Area's Food Scene

{Guerrilla Futures | Jason Testers}​What: The Bay Citizen & The Booksmith Culture Talks: The Bay Area's Food Scene Where: Madrone Studios, 1317 15th St. (at Folsom). When: Tonight! Nov. 17, 7 p.m. Cost: $15 door, $10 before, and free for Bay Citizen members The rundown: The foodie realm ex ... More >>

Deviants 2011 Will Keep the Spirit of Folsom Street Fair Going All Night

​ It all started in 1984 as a prideful response to an AIDS-shocked San Francisco. The Folsom Street Fair's beginnings were as a neighborhood response to rapid redevelopment plans and new city ordinances regulating SOMA leather bars and bathhouses. Rather than roll over, residents and members o ... More >>

Dynamic Chef Couple Hosts Pop-Up Dinner

Radius​Pop-Up Dinner by Sarah and Evan Rich Where: Radius, 1123 Folsom (at Langton), 525-3676 When: Monday, July 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $60 (additional wine pairings available); e-mail chefsnightoff@gmail.com with time and party size to reserve. The rundown:Former Michael Mina sous chef ... More >>

Valentine's Out: Epic Roasthouse

foodnut.com/Flickr​Animal Style Where: Epic Roasthouse, 369 Embarcadero (at Folsom), 369-9955 When: Mon., Feb. 14 Cost: $85 for four courses; $55 extra for optional wine pairings Why it's likely to be special: Nothing's more carnal than meat, and executive chef Jan Birnbaum has worked out ... More >>

Bar Agricole's Traditional Sour, a Frothy Tequila Delight

Missy Buchanan​We never thought we'd find anything classy to sip in the belly of the 11th Street club corridor, but luckily Bar Agricole has corrected that notion. It's got one of the more frequently changing cocktail menus in town, but we're told the popular Traditional Sour tends to stick ar ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

Charming Driver Nearly Runs Down Pedestrian, Then Gropes Her

The nerve! ​As a driver, one takes the lives of San Francisco pedestrians into his hands every day. An accused lecherous motorist on Friday found a novel way of doing just that. The man purportedly came within a hair of running down a woman at the corner of Folsom and Bernal Heights at 8:15 p.m. H ... More >>

Friday Night: Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, and the Ninja Tune Crew Take Over 1015 Folsom

Kid Koala in the audience: "I'm feeling quite silly tonight!"​ Kid Koala Amon Tobin October 29, 2010Ninja Tune XX Party@ 1015 Folsom (Definitely not) Better than: Ninjas with guitars Between Halloween on Sunday and the Giants nearly sweeping the World Series, San Francisco felt like the home of ... More >>

Paradise Lounge Evicted, New Owner Eyeing Space

​We've heard from several sources now that the Paradise Lounge nightclub at 1501 Folsom has been evicted and won't be coming back. The club's sudden departure stems from internal business issues -- not problems with the city or the state alcohol regulators, says to a source at City Hall. The ... More >>

Food Trucks Rolling Up to Bloodhound for Monday Night Snackdowns

BloodhoundStreet-food vendors will rotate at Bloodhound's weekly Snackdowns.​Starting next week, Bar Basic won't be the only SOMA tavern with a food-truck rotation. When the Ravens lock face masks with the Jets on Sept. 13, Bloodhound suits up for a new season of Monday Night Snackdown, this y ... More >>

Fish and Chips at Citizen's Band

John BirdsallBeer-battered California rock cod, house-cut fries, and malt vinegar aioli, $9.​Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Revising the diner canon is tricky business. Cut and paste the original with too many pristine ingredients using too polished a hand, and it yields something fatally remov ... More >>

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Zero Zero's Panouzzo

John BirdsallPanouzzo with mortadella, prosciutto cotto, soppressata, and provolone ($11.95).​Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Its origins in Gragnano, a city just outside Naples, shouldn't fool you. The panouzzo at Bruce Hill's Zero Zero ― which began serving lunch this week ― is, at heart, a ... More >>

Recent Openers

The newest dining and drinking spots around town

Recent Openers

The newest dining and drinking spots around town

S.F. Rising: Pinkie's Rustic Levain

J. KauffmanNot as rustic as its name suggests.​ A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Rustic Levain Source: Pinkie's Bakery, 1196 Folsom (at 8th St.), 400-5985. Price: $4 Toast-appropriateness: 8/10

Ricky Ricardo, a Feisty Tequila Number from Bloodhound

Tamara Palmer​Bloodhound's Ricky Ricardo cocktail is made with Herradura Silver tequila, lime, orange bitters, curaçao, and soda water, a grown-up take on orangeade. Hopefully, it won't compel you to attempt a bad Desi Arnaz impression. We heard a certain theme song in our head while drinking ... More >>

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A Small Salad's Big Taste of Here: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallRadius' duck confit salad with blue cheese and walnuts.​Mon., March 29, 2010 As Radius readies its sit-down restaurant, the casual café is open and buzzing. The shtick: Ingredients (well, most of them) sourced within a 100-mile radius. That's not as hard in San Francisco as it wou ... More >>

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Friday Street-Food Market Reportedly Set for Folsom and Second

J. BirdsallNamu's ssam (aka Korean tacos): Coming to the absurdly named SF Blu.​Eater SF reports that, starting next week, lovers of the Thursday Ferry Plaza street food market will be able to get sloppy seconds, as it were, on Fridays. Beginning September 25, a trio of Plaza stalwarts (Tacoli ... More >>

Morning Buzz: A Foodie Day Planner

Friday, June 5, 2009 Let's do lunch: It's carb-wallow Friday! You've been good all week, picking at salads. Now take SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody's advice and load up on the spaghetti and meatballs and ginger cake at Park Chow (1240 Ninth Ave. at Lincoln, 665-9912). Drink therapy: The Giants a ... More >>

Hot Meal: Schmidt's Deli

There can't be too many German restaurants in San Francisco to suit us -- we're BIG schnitzel fans! -- so learning that Christiana Schmidt and Isabell Mysyk (owners of the gemütlich East German Walzwerk on South Van Ness) were opening a deli on Folsom brought a tear of joy to our eye. So did ... More >>

A Murder Most Foul: View the Scene of San Francisco's Latest Homicide

Click here for a larger map.After weeks of quiet times, San Francisco's latest homicides have come in bunches. On Saturday morning, a 23-year-old Richmond man named James Jamonte Turner was shot to death at around 2 a.m. at Third and Folsom (above); three other men were seen fleeing the scene on foo ... More >>

Serious Bread: Pure Grain Pumpernickel

This 100% rye bread is lighter and less sour than most of this style, and has a wonderful nuttiness.

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