Joe DiMaggio

North Beach Walking Tour Leader Alessandro Baccari on SF - "I don’t want anybody to walk the streets in fear"

Joe DiMaggio's Home City Honored by EPA -- and It's Not San Francisco

...Oozing with leadTo say that San Francisco is a city that treasures being in the vanguard of environmentally responsible behavior (or, skeptics might say, whatever will get people talking about how environmentally responsible we are) is an understatement.So it's interesting that today -- with an e ... More >>

Stand-Up Double

We prefer the Italian to the steak at this glamorous Italian chophouse

Only in San Francisco

The sole Istrian restaurant on the West Coast is hiding in plain sight

A Good Steak Conquers All

Bradley Ogden's newest place offers some excellent food, but watch out for the server, Mr. X

Omnivorous

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town.

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Repertory Film Listings

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Repertory Film Listings

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Repertory Film Listings

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Repertory Film Listings

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Repertory Film Listings

In 2006, San Francisco is still a marvelous place to eat (stop the presses!)

Here Comes the Fog

The sprinter Lost in the Fog is the adored savior of horse racing in the Bay Area. Perhaps God brought him to us.

Remember the Utah

The Hotel Utah saloon has closed its doors and its fate is anything but certain

Through the Cracks

There are some benefits of big-city gentrification. Jesse Malin's brilliant new record is one of them.

Double Play

Dinner at Acme Chophouse followed by a swell game in the world's most beautiful baseball stadium -- score!

SHOPS

Dinner at Acme Chophouse followed by a swell game in the world's most beautiful baseball stadium -- score!

Political Relativity

Stuck in a strange warp of the space-time fabric, our supervisors can't stop tilting against a dot-com development monster that's dead and buried

World Beat

Peña PachaMama

The Olden Gays

Historic home movies capture gay life in San Francisco from the 30's onward

Pop Philosophy

The other Friends; planned insurrection

Rikke's Angels

They're young, beautiful corporate headhunters for the high-tech industry. How have they survived the crash of 2001? Simple: By partying like it's 1999.

Bow to the King

Or, why we love Barry Bonds, even when he's a royal Jerk

Best Funky Laundromat

Doo Wash Cafe

Riff Raff

O, Pioneers!, Lies! All Lies!, There Was a Riot Goin' On, But That's Over Now

Cothran

O, Pioneers!, Lies! All Lies!, There Was a Riot Goin' On, But That's Over Now

Baseball's Orphans

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

The House of Tudor

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Night+Day

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

SFO3 1996

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

Slap Shots

Why are 74 old-timers -- players who helped create the multibillion-dollar business called Major League Baseball -- still without pensions?

The Dark Shadow

Barbara Manning and the S.F. Seals find that Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows

Street Fight

Led by feisty traditionalists, San Franciscans to Save Army Street push for a vote on renaming the thoroughfare

In S.F., You Might Have to Observe National Lasagna Day By Nuking Something at Home

shanrev/FlickrNot a favorite of local chefs.​Since it was Buca de Beppo that brought the fact that today is National Lasagna Day to our attention, we feel duty-bound to mention that if you purchase any pasta dish or entrée at one of its restaurants today (there's one at 855 Howard at Fourth S ... More >>

The Happiest Hours

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

Lefty O'Doul's Arm To Be Reattached Today

The real Lefty, with his lefty intact...​The combination of sports, drunkenness, a piano bar, and a mannequin was apparently too much for several bar patrons at Lefty O'Doul's three years back. They wrenched off Lefty's lefty, and scampered off into the San Francisco night. The Chronicle's Scott O ... More >>

TyFlo Gets Him Some Momofuku, Joltin' Joe Appears to Be Down in the Count

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Tyler Florence must slip bags of unicorn glitter into the pay envelopes. Either that or issue signing bonuses bristling with Food Network stock. Either way, a week after reporting that the Wayfare ... More >>

Ecco Reveals Where the Bathrooms Will Be, Joe DiMaggio's One for the Record Books

The past 72 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Because, well, just because, Eater's Carolyn A. passes along the floor-plan for Potrero Hill's Ecco Caffe (1125 Mariposa), the Santa Rosa microroastery whose owner, Andrew Barnett, has been talking ... More >>

November 2010 Openings & Closures: Roast Meats In, Markets Out

Beast and the Hare/FacebookBeast and the Hare opened this month.​November brought on a rush of restaurants who pushed to open before the holiday bonanza season. Several were lower-priced spinoffs of tony restaurants, while others were additional locations (or relaunches) of familiar names. On the ... More >>

LeBron James Taking His Talents To North Beach

Neither LeBron nor Giselle will be here, sadly. ​LeBron James may be famously taking his talents to South Beach, but he's filming his soda commercial in North Beach. Joe DiMaggio Park -- named for a prickly athlete who didn't stab his hometown in the back via a callous, nationally televised debacl ... More >>

Giants To Be Honored -- By Congress?

Sadly, the Congressional bill congratulating the Giants does not make mention of 'The Machine'​Congressional Bill: "Whereas the rest of the country learned to 'fear the beard'" Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- you've heard of her -- yesterday introduced a Congressional bill "Congratulating the San Francisco G ... More >>

Eating Italian at the North Beach Festival

javiázquez flickr​57th Annual North Beach Festival Where: North Beach, between Filbert, Stockton, Columbus and Grant When: June 18-19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: Free The Rundown: Long gone are the days of North Beach's Barbary Coast, Joe DiMaggio, and the Beat Generation, but their influences ... More >>