Herb Caen

Slouching Toward San Francisco

Tonight: Herb Caen Honored With Martini Competition

2nd Annual Herb Caen Martini Competition Where: Bottle Cap, 1707 Powell (at Union), 529-2237 When: Tues., Nov. 13, 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $5 (purchase in advance via Eventbrite)/$10 at the door The rundown: This contest pays tribute to the late, great Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, who loved a stiff dr ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Can Legally Get Patrons Drunk Again

It's official: The Gold Dust Lounge will be shaking up cocktails again on New Year's Eve, when the historic watering hole is set to open at its new location -- with a big bash, of course. According to Lee Houskeeper, spokesman for the bar, city supervisors signed the necessary paperwork to allow the ... More >>

Tartine's Sandwich Shop, K-Pop Restaurant, and S.F.'s Official Restaurant Domination

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Hey Tartine fans, get in line now -- Bar Tartine's sandwich shop officially opens today. Eater SF notes you can dine-in or take-out, but you're not able to buy the loaves you love just yet -- perhaps by f ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Requests Historic Landmark Designation

Does this look modern to you?​In effort to keep the iconic Gold Dust Lounge from shuttering, the bar owners have filed paperwork requesting the city recognize the bar as a historic landmark. Such a designation would, at the very least, make it more challenging for the landlord to turn the bar into ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge Update: Landlord Says He Won't Negotiate Lease on Popular Bar

Some things shouldn't change!​Owners of the popular Gold Dust Lounge are not giving up hope to keep the iconoclastic watering hole open in Union Square. They are asking the community to stop by the dive bar on Powell Street tomorrow to hear their ideas for how to preserve the landmark bar. And if ... More >>

Gold Dust Lounge: Popular S.F. Bar Gets Booted from Union Square

​The landmark Gold Dust Lounge is being evicted on March 10 to make way for yet another Union Square retailer. News of the iconoclastic dive's demise hit the community hard, and grassroots efforts to save the popular watering hole has quickly sprouted. The news was confirmed on the bar's Twitter f ... More >>

Today Is Billy Sipple Day: Honoring Gay Ex-Marine Who Saved Gerald Ford's Life

Sipple in action​Today is Oliver W. Sipple Day in San Francisco, which honors the man who in 1975 lunged to grab the arm of Sarah Jane Moore when he saw her aiming a 38-caliber pistol at Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.No, S.F. is not gaga over the half-term president. I ... More >>

Boom, Bust, Shout, Laugh, Cry

Sipple in action​Today is Oliver W. Sipple Day in San Francisco, which honors the man who in 1975 lunged to grab the arm of Sarah Jane Moore when he saw her aiming a 38-caliber pistol at Gerald Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.No, S.F. is not gaga over the half-term president. I ... More >>

Baylinks: Media Murmurs, Herb Caen, & Pocket Parks

​Will SFist and other Gothamist sites be sold Cablevisoin-owned media conglomerate Rainbow Media? [SFAppeal]Angry woman defaces street art. [Mission Mission]"Herb Caen" finally on Twitter. [SF Citizen]Some Noe residents are miffed about plans for a new pocket park. [Noe Valley SF]Streetfilms wants ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Happier times. Faster, too.​ Bridge! Bridge! More Bridge! Troubled bridge over water! Didja hear about the bridge? Sigh. Take a news quiz. 1. The city of San Francisco agreed to cough up $250,000 regarding a lawsuit stemming from a 2005 spill in which perhaps 54,000 gallons of what was leaked into ... More >>

Behind the Bar at Perry's, Da Mayor Turns Into Da Bee-otch

JinkyBurns/FlickrWillie: Not feelin' the gray hairs who showed up at Perry's.​Perry's owner Perry Butler must have been thrilled when he read ex-mayor Willie Brown's take in yesterday's Chron about his guest stint as bartender during the restaurant's 40th birthday celebration last Friday: "On ... More >>

Late Chron scribe Herb Caen still writing up in heaven

JinkyBurns/FlickrWillie: Not feelin' the gray hairs who showed up at Perry's.​Perry's owner Perry Butler must have been thrilled when he read ex-mayor Willie Brown's take in yesterday's Chron about his guest stint as bartender during the restaurant's 40th birthday celebration last Friday: "On ... More >>

Nightcap: Balboa Cafe's Sixth Burger for a Pint Blood Drive

It's a cliché that when times are tough, people will sometimes cash in on one of their most basic attributes: blood. So don't be surprised to see a mob scene at Balboa Cafe's Sixth Burger for a Pint Blood Drive next Tuesday. In this case, donors will be trading their vital fluid for a Balboa Burger ... More >>

Song of Ourself

It's a cliché that when times are tough, people will sometimes cash in on one of their most basic attributes: blood. So don't be surprised to see a mob scene at Balboa Cafe's Sixth Burger for a Pint Blood Drive next Tuesday. In this case, donors will be trading their vital fluid for a Balboa Burger ... More >>

Mad SF Scientists Unwittingly Resurrect Herb Caen

People loved Herb Caen for many reasons, but perhaps his most passionate advocates were  among followers of a recurring feature called "namephreaks." Caen would often sprinkle his column with examples of people who'd chosen professions bizarrely in keeping with their own names. ... More >>

Making Waves

People loved Herb Caen for many reasons, but perhaps his most passionate advocates were  among followers of a recurring feature called "namephreaks." Caen would often sprinkle his column with examples of people who'd chosen professions bizarrely in keeping with their own names. ... More >>

Chron insiders hate Willie Brown's new column

People loved Herb Caen for many reasons, but perhaps his most passionate advocates were  among followers of a recurring feature called "namephreaks." Caen would often sprinkle his column with examples of people who'd chosen professions bizarrely in keeping with their own names. ... More >>

No Foos Is Bad News

Where have all the foosball tables gone in SF?

Chron 2.0

Where have all the foosball tables gone in SF?

The Once and Future City

We remember the old S.F. via the food that takes us back

Driving San Francisco Sane

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

Best Bar at Which to Nurse an Early-Morning Hangover

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

Best Examiner Columnist

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

Six Best Bookstores

Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

Bright Lights

City Lights Bookstore turns 50, and we can hardly contain ourselves

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

City Lights Bookstore turns 50, and we can hardly contain ourselves

Four Best Skyscrapers

City Lights Bookstore turns 50, and we can hardly contain ourselves

Best Intellectual Window-Shopping

Acorn Books

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 28, 2001

Letters

Letters from September 27, 2000

Letters

Letters from September 20, 2000

Past Imperfect

Herb Caen-inspired nostalgia is no substitute for dealing practically with the dot-com boom

Dog Bites

Logan Five! Identify!; And the Winner Is ...

Dog Bites

Caen and Less Than Able

Dog Bites

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We're Honored

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Side Dish

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Industry: Disaster Area

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Dog Bites

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Slap Shots

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Unspun

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The House of Tudor

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Slap Shots

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Night Crawler

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Slap Shots

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Chatterbox

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Letters

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The All-Mandel Team or How to Staff One Great San Francisco Newspaper

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