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BOSF 2012: How to Choose a Chinatown Restaurant

Shrimp is Killing Everything, Babycakes is Coming to San Francisco, & Vegan Caramel Invades the Oscars

​ •Let's lead with the most important news: I'm totally at the Oscars! Actually, it's even better than the Oscars because that's just some wack-ass, rigged, masturbatory television program. I'm at the Oscar Swag Bag Lounge, where celebrities come to get hella free shit for being rich. I know, it ... More >>

Live Review, 2/21/12: The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Leads a Good, Depressing Time at Bottom of the Hill

Craig Finn Sad Baby Wolf Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Bottom of the Hill / Noise Pop 20th Anniversary Opening Night Better than: Seeing The Hold Steady. Ask a local, or a bring a notebook with you to a show, and they'll tell you: Noise Pop is as much about discovering new music as it is about venue-hopp ... More >>

Cocaine Seized from Cruise Ship at Pier 35

​Federal agents announced today that they seized 13 kilograms, or close to 29 pounds, of cocaine from a cruise ship docked in San Francisco last month.According to a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a joint operation among federal agencies and local law-enforcement led to two sep ... More >>

Craig Finn's Clear Heart Full Eyes: A First Listen

If I may make two predictions about Clear Heart Full Eyes, the solo debut from combustible, fan-friendly Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn, they are that: 1. It's not going to save rock 'n' roll. 2. It's not going to be a meta-narrative about how it doesn't save rock and roll. If the last Hold Stea ... More >>

Nothing Says Romance Like "Price Break on a Hotel Room"

"San Francisco was named one of the Top 10 Valentine's Day destinations," claimed the e-mail. "No surprise there," claimed me. Surprising, however, was the reasoning behind it. First, some background: The e-mail was from a publicist representing Hotwire online travel service. See, Hotwire did a bi ... More >>

"The Descendants": Alexander Payne's Latest Is Surprisingly Predictable

"San Francisco was named one of the Top 10 Valentine's Day destinations," claimed the e-mail. "No surprise there," claimed me. Surprising, however, was the reasoning behind it. First, some background: The e-mail was from a publicist representing Hotwire online travel service. See, Hotwire did a bi ... More >>

Yes, They Can

"San Francisco was named one of the Top 10 Valentine's Day destinations," claimed the e-mail. "No surprise there," claimed me. Surprising, however, was the reasoning behind it. First, some background: The e-mail was from a publicist representing Hotwire online travel service. See, Hotwire did a bi ... More >>

Obama Birth Certificate: Examiner Can't Decide Where It Stands

Say what? ​The ongoing spectacle surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth was a debacle that did its utmost to make everyone in this country just a little stupider. That's saying a lot for a country that actually impeached its commander-in-chief because he lied about getting a hummer -- ... More >>

Hunt for Fun, Hunt for Pun

Say what? ​The ongoing spectacle surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth was a debacle that did its utmost to make everyone in this country just a little stupider. That's saying a lot for a country that actually impeached its commander-in-chief because he lied about getting a hummer -- ... More >>

Dirty Beaches: Show Preview

Say what? ​The ongoing spectacle surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth was a debacle that did its utmost to make everyone in this country just a little stupider. That's saying a lot for a country that actually impeached its commander-in-chief because he lied about getting a hummer -- ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Say what? ​The ongoing spectacle surrounding President Barack Obama's place of birth was a debacle that did its utmost to make everyone in this country just a little stupider. That's saying a lot for a country that actually impeached its commander-in-chief because he lied about getting a hummer -- ... More >>

Terminal People

The closure of the Transbay Terminal was a chance to help some of the city’s most hardcore homeless. But many didn’t want help, and others couldn’t be helped.

Meet the IZ IT Taco Truck: Chinese Fried Chicken, Spam Musubi, and a Family Legacy

IZ ITThe menu blends owner Kamyn Kong's Hawaiian and Chinese American pedigree.​Like Broadway shows, some of the best food trucks open out of town. In Brisbane yesterday, IZ IT Fresh Grill was merely the latest to make its debut. The mobile startup is specializing in Chinese-style fried chicke ... More >>

City Attorney: $9 Million Nightclub Lawsuit 'Baseless'

Can you treat San Francisco like the Sopranos? City Attorney's office says no. ​Yesterday, a nightclub owner and one of his former bartenders filed a complaint against the city and state alleging a "pattern of racketeering activity, including false arrests, assault and battery, kidnappings, [and] ... More >>

Don't Forget It, Jake

Can you treat San Francisco like the Sopranos? City Attorney's office says no. ​Yesterday, a nightclub owner and one of his former bartenders filed a complaint against the city and state alleging a "pattern of racketeering activity, including false arrests, assault and battery, kidnappings, [and] ... More >>

Pace Yourself

Can you treat San Francisco like the Sopranos? City Attorney's office says no. ​Yesterday, a nightclub owner and one of his former bartenders filed a complaint against the city and state alleging a "pattern of racketeering activity, including false arrests, assault and battery, kidnappings, [and] ... More >>

Five Freaky Food Fests That Make Us Want to Lose It

Remember how freaky it seemed the first time you heard about the garlic ice cream served up every year at the Gilroy Garlic Festival? (It starts today, by the way.) Not sure about you, but we've moved on to a fascination with the truly weird crap cooked up at American food fests. From spring to fa ... 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 >>

San Francisco Slips Beneath the Waves -- But This Is a Good Thing

U.S. NavyThe U.S.S. San Francisco rides againJust as cranks who warn us we're playing with our lives for living in the natural disaster Mecca that is California predicted, San Francisco yesterday sank beneath the waves of the Pacific and headed for the bottom of the ocean. But that's okay. San Franc ... More >>

Police Chief Blames San Francisco Gang For Crime Wave -- In Hawaii

'Dan-O, let's blame this one on those damn San Franciscans'Honolulu police chief Boisse Correa -- who has probably endured his fill of "Book 'em Boisse" jokes -- would like to append the old ditty "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." He'd like visitors to his fair city to leave their Coke and Ecstacy ... More >>

We Got Your Hawaii Right Here

'Dan-O, let's blame this one on those damn San Franciscans'Honolulu police chief Boisse Correa -- who has probably endured his fill of "Book 'em Boisse" jokes -- would like to append the old ditty "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." He'd like visitors to his fair city to leave their Coke and Ecstacy ... More >>

Roy's Hawaiian Fusion

I was invited to try the Fall Prix Fixe Menu currently on offer at Roy's, the high-end "Hawaiian fusion" restaurant chain started 20 years ago in Honolulu by Chef Roy Yamaguchi. A plate of edamame dipped in black sesame, sea salt and chili flakes got to the table right after we did. I was spared my ... More >>

Salary.com Survey Says: You Will Be Poor

I was invited to try the Fall Prix Fixe Menu currently on offer at Roy's, the high-end "Hawaiian fusion" restaurant chain started 20 years ago in Honolulu by Chef Roy Yamaguchi. A plate of edamame dipped in black sesame, sea salt and chili flakes got to the table right after we did. I was spared my ... More >>

City Fee Increase for Street Artists Takes a Giant Leap Forward for Bureaucracy

I was invited to try the Fall Prix Fixe Menu currently on offer at Roy's, the high-end "Hawaiian fusion" restaurant chain started 20 years ago in Honolulu by Chef Roy Yamaguchi. A plate of edamame dipped in black sesame, sea salt and chili flakes got to the table right after we did. I was spared my ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

City of Love

This just in: San Francisco is a singles' paradise!

Ex Ed

Our inhibitions are lowered, our ex is seated across from us. What to do ...

Best Hawaiian Restaurant

Our inhibitions are lowered, our ex is seated across from us. What to do ...

Tag Tour

Graffiti spree

Okey Poke

Reminiscing about the Hawaiian delicacy made from raw ahi tuna

Artbeat

Our critics weigh in on local exhibitions

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Our critics weigh in on local exhibitions

Phodown

New Saigon City, Turtle Tower, Vietnam II

Letters to the Editor

Week of March 6, 2002

Slack Keys and MP3s

Two Bay Area collectors put the spotlight on vintage Hawaiian music

Treasure Island

Kaleo Cafe

Fins

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Shanghai Express

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Night + Day

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Tropical Reigns

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Thai Me Up!

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Night+Day

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Dog Bites

Just when you thought it was safe to flag down the waiter, a storm brews over shark fin soup.

Beating Swords Into Tourist Shares

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

S.F. tries, tries again to bring the USS Missouri "home"

Heartbreak Hotel

Traveling room to room in the Columbia, a Tenderloin SRO, shows that fixing a building up is one thing. Repairing broken lives is another.

Recordings

Traveling room to room in the Columbia, a Tenderloin SRO, shows that fixing a building up is one thing. Repairing broken lives is another.

Exile in Rental Land

Surviving the hunt for San Francisco housing