Guadalajara

Oakland Band Xiu Xiu 1/29 Release "Women As Lovers": Reviewed, Live Cuts, Video

So Who's Responsible for the Ear-Bleeding Hold Music on 311? We Called 311 to Find Out

Callers to our municipal 311 information line are almost always given solid information from folks headquartered right here in downtown San Francisco (The receptionists at the Comcast call center, incidentally, are in Guadalajara. When I asked one gent if he was in San Francisco, he replied, "I wish ... More >>

The Art of the Sandwich

My first revelatory sandwich experience was in Guadalajara, Mexico when I was five years old. Our hotel restaurant crafted a double-decker turkey on white toast that Dagwood himself would have lusted after, and upon sampling it my blind devotion to Underwood Deviled Ham on Langendorf ... dwindled. A ... More >>

Exporting the Dead

Every year, the corpses of hundreds of immigrants are flown from San Francisco to their home countries.

Cirque Spectacular

No heavy plot, just supernaturally breathtaking acrobatics

The Identity Makers

In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?

Mexican Magic

A show full of dream states, animal spirits, and fantastical realism

Hidden Treasure

Half a century ago, ex-heroin dealer Alfredo Santos created an epic work of art inside San Quentin. Now, he's coming back to be honored for it.

Urban Explorer

A request for an inexpensive and interesting restaurant for a party of eight sends our critic to the books

Letters to the Editor for the week of 12-5-2001

We Never Got Around to Publishing: Get Me the Pentagon; They Don't Get Letters Like This at The New Yorker; Have a Problem No One Else Can Solve? Let SF Weekly Help.

Best Caesar Salad

Alfred's Steakhouse

Down Among the Yuppies

Alfred's Steakhouse

¡Holy Cohiba!

Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

You Can't Be Gay -- You're Latino

A gay Latino identity struggles to emerge, somewhere between the macho Mission and Caucasian Castro

Butterflies, Tygers, Foreclosed Homes, and Fat Boys! Oh My! (A First Thursday Report)

A gay Latino identity struggles to emerge, somewhere between the macho Mission and Caucasian Castro

Night+Day

A gay Latino identity struggles to emerge, somewhere between the macho Mission and Caucasian Castro

Caddy Shack

A gay Latino identity struggles to emerge, somewhere between the macho Mission and Caucasian Castro

Swine Flu Cancels Cornelius Tour

Maybe Next Time: CorneliusIf you were planning on attending Japanese avant-funksters Cornelius' May 12 show at the Fillmore, we've got bad news for you: Cornelius' 2009 North American tour with Deerhoof, which included dates in Mexico City and Guadalajara as well as San Francisco and Santa Cruz, has ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Roger Más

DJ Roger Más goes for the Latin flavor whether you're talking records or restaurants. The KALX DJ turned Mission turntable master lists off his favorite taco trucks unprompted, and he keeps the vinyl bilingual on both sides of the Bay. Every Saturday, you can ask for mucho Más at the Make-Out Room ... More >>

Juan Son makes quirky Mexican pop

DJ Roger Más goes for the Latin flavor whether you're talking records or restaurants. The KALX DJ turned Mission turntable master lists off his favorite taco trucks unprompted, and he keeps the vinyl bilingual on both sides of the Bay. Every Saturday, you can ask for mucho Más at the Make-Out Room ... More >>

Getting the Band Back Together: S.F. Art Dealer Becomes Sixth Gay Grifter Suspect

Russell Manning​San Francisco art dealer Russell Manning, 67, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges related a to the December killing of a Palm Springs collector. He is the sixth suspect charged in the so-called gay grifter murder, in which a group of sex-partner-swapping alleged con ... More >>

Doggy Bag: El Snuggie

Beer and Rap/FlickrLos Jarritos' version: Hipster insulation.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Chill killers: At Bay Area Bites, Andrew Simmons risks serious bloating on a chilaquiles crawl through the Mission. Simmons: The other weekend, hungover and exhausted from a morning of pick-up ba ... More >>

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

Beer and Rap/FlickrLos Jarritos' version: Hipster insulation.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Chill killers: At Bay Area Bites, Andrew Simmons risks serious bloating on a chilaquiles crawl through the Mission. Simmons: The other weekend, hungover and exhausted from a morning of pick-up ba ... More >>

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

Beer and Rap/FlickrLos Jarritos' version: Hipster insulation.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Chill killers: At Bay Area Bites, Andrew Simmons risks serious bloating on a chilaquiles crawl through the Mission. Simmons: The other weekend, hungover and exhausted from a morning of pick-up ba ... More >>

Taqueria San Francisco: Worth a Trek Down the Taco Trail

Phillie Casablanca/FlickrA satisfyingly plush tube.​Taqueria San Francisco sits at the end of what we think of as the Taco Trail ― the bustling, masa-and-beans-fraught stretch of 24th Street between Mission and Potrero. Fording the array of enticing offerings to find one's meaty match is a ... More >>

Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

Phillie Casablanca/FlickrA satisfyingly plush tube.​Taqueria San Francisco sits at the end of what we think of as the Taco Trail ― the bustling, masa-and-beans-fraught stretch of 24th Street between Mission and Potrero. Fording the array of enticing offerings to find one's meaty match is a ... More >>

New York Times Prints Hallucinogenic Paean to Mission Hipster Chicks

​If you thumbed through yesterday's edition of The New York Times, you may have chanced across a 1,500-word essay on the fashion of San Francisco. It's always fun and a little maddening to see what the Gray Lady makes of Bay Area culture, and this latest offering is worth a read -- if for no other ... More >>

What Taqueria Is Tasty Enough for an MS-13 Member to Risk Getting Shot?

View Tacos on 24th Street in Norteño Territory in a larger mapSF Weekly reporter Lauren Smiley followed up on her (stunning) cover story, "A Rat's Life," with a blog post yesterday, "The Insider's Guide to the MS-13 Gang." In between tidbits like not using gang funds to buy broken-down Impalas and ... More >>

Mungo's Hi-Fi on the Scottish Reggae Scene, Recording with Sugar Minott, and Playing Croatia

SpuddMungo's Hi-Fi​ Tartan and bagpipes. Celtic and Rangers. Reggae and dubstep? Yes, add another thing Scotland can claim for its own, thanks to Glasgow's Mungo's Hi-Fi crew, a three-man sound system and production team that's swiftly put its stamp on bass-driven music. Whether it's playing v ... More >>