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Monterey

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Tony's New Calabrese And Quince Pizza Is A Scorcher

    Tony Gemignani, owner of his eponymously named pizza temple, dropped by our table last weekend as we were midway through his newest creation, the Calabrese and quince pie. Noticing the sweat on our brows, he told us "I'm going to have the servers warn tables before ordering this." To quote the tween ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Per Diem Brings Old-School Style, Old-School Cooking to the FiDi

    Walking through the doors of Per Diem feels like stepping into another time. Big band music plays, elaborate curtains drape from high ceilings, a massive chandelier glitters overhead. The marble bar looks well worn, softly lit from above by a series of salvaged boat lamps and dominated by a turn-of- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    San Francisco to Pasadena on Public Transit: SF Weekly Inspires Epic Bus Journey

    Think of it as a guidebook...​In June, your humble narrator traveled from San Francisco to Los Angeles via public transportation. This journey, as explained in the ensuing cover story, was undertaken for the same reason George Mallory sought to climb Mount Everest: "Because it's there." Mallory's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Sea Lions Found in S.F. With Wires Wrapped Around Their Necks

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • News

    July 13, 2011

    Awesome Secret Underground Bunker in Marin Headlands Gets Sealed Up

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 6, 2011

    July's Literary Events

    Inquiring minds​Marine rescuers are attempting to save the lives of two young sea lions who were found on San Francisco's Pier 39 with wires draped around their necks -- which could easily kill them. The wired mammals first came to the attention of rescuers after tourists spotted the two sea anima ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2011

    Jazz Mafia's Adam Theis on the Group's New Hip-Hop Symphony, Performing with Blackalicious, and More

    Jazz Mafia's Shotgun Wedding Quintet, with MC Dublin in the middle, and Adam Theis on the far right.​ Whatever you're doing this weekend, we can pretty much guarantee that the members of the Jazz Mafia are doing more. The S.F. jazz collective's hip-hop outfit, Shotgun Wedding Quintet, is serving a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Becky Selengut Teaches How to Pick and Cook Good Fish

    ​ Becky Selengut, a cooking teacher and food writer based in Seattle, is coming to San Francisco this weekend to speak about and cook from her new book, Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Seafood Coast. On Saturday morning, she will be doing a cooking demo at the Ferry Plaza Farmers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Oakland Lamb Jam

    Stacy Poulos/PostcardTravelers.comCheese ― see how it burns!​Fortieth Annual Greek Festival Oakland Where: Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, 4700 Lincoln (at Monterey), Oakland, 510-531-3400 When: Fri.-Sun., May 13-15, 2011; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. (Fri.-Sat.), 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (Sun.) Cos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

    Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Endless Summer. Squash, That Is

    Sean TimberlakeWhen it comes to squash, summer never seems to end.​They may be called summer squash, but they are having a strong showing well into autumn. Farmers' markets are still bursting with them in a myriad of shapes and colors. Yellow and green zucchini prevail, but crooknecks, pattypa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Washer-Dryer Dispute Erupts Into Family Brawl

    ​A spat over who threw out whose washer and dryer devolved into a physical scene resembling a Wild West movie bar punch-up last week. Police were called to the 800 block of Monterey over the weekend after a female resident, her father, and two men who also lived in the building went through the ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Jingling Thief Flees Laundromat With $350 in Quarters

    How do you inconspicuously steal 1,400 of these? ​In a story that all but begs for puns regarding money laundering, the Ingleside Police Station reports a Monday incident on the 600 block of Monterey. A laundromat owner called the cops, complaining seven of his washers had been jimmied open, and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Bay Area Beasts: Pterodactyls, Mystery Cats, and Sea Serpents

    From Charles Gould's Mythical Monsters, via archive.org​This month saw two stories of mysterious monsters crop up in rapid succession. In Britain, the inhabitants of Buckshaw Village fear a creature that looks like a cross between a boar, a dog and large cat that upends trash bins and devours deer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Ingenious Ancient Pregnant Woman-Boiling Water Burglary Plot Works Like Magic In Glen Park

    The plan hatched by the two female robbers was ingenious in its simplicity. One of the two crooks would pose as a pregnant woman who needed boiling water. Why boiling water, exactly, is unclear. The fact that the woman who was to pretend she was with child appeared to be 70 with deep wrinkles ... we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Mission Street Food Plans Pork-Heavy Dinner for Vegetarian Charity

    thestevenscompany.netBecker Lane pork stars in dinner to benefit Food Not Bombs.​Mission Street Food welcomes guest chef Thomas Martinez, last seen heading up the kitchen at Mission Beach Cafe, this Thursday, Dec. 3. Martinez's offerings for the menu are largely inspired by Becker Lane pork and fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Freak Folk Supergroup (Cabic, Rice, Farmer Dave) Coming to the Independent

    ​Forget the Monsters of Folk. The real underground neo folk act to keep an ear on is Emerald Triangle. The group has a serious California soft rock pedigree: San Francisco's own Andy Cabic of Vetiver, together with Farmer Dave (Venice denizen who's played with tons of acts, most notably Beachwood ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2009

    Woodsuck: Crummy festivals I attended in the late '60s and early '70s

    ​Forget the Monsters of Folk. The real underground neo folk act to keep an ear on is Emerald Triangle. The group has a serious California soft rock pedigree: San Francisco's own Andy Cabic of Vetiver, together with Farmer Dave (Venice denizen who's played with tons of acts, most notably Beachwood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Dine Wild on a Marin Houseboat Thursday

    Savor the sunny weather -- temps should top out at in the mid-nineties in the Bay Area -- on Thursday while dining "wild" on a houseboat at a TBD location in Marin. This unique dining option launched earlier this year, and comes from a group called The Wild Kitchen. The food and concept are reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    The Lowbrow Art Sale: David Choe, Josh Keyes & Matt Dangler

    "City Girl" by David Choe The Alternative Cafe in Monterey is having a show curated by Outer Edge Studio. The show features prints that have long sold out, so if you missed them the first time around, now is your second chance. There are prints by Banksy, Shawn Barber, Shepard Fairey and David Cho ... More >>

  • Dining

    January 7, 2009

    Below Expectations

    Dining is unexpectedly hidden under the new planetarium and aquarium in Golden Gate Park.

  • Dining

    July 2, 2008

    A More Refined Fire

    Korean goes upscale in the Inner Richmond

  • Dining

    April 30, 2008

    Fish Story

    A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    Last Night: Charge of the Light Brown Apple Moth at Town School for Boys

    A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

  • Music

    January 9, 2008

    Get your gloom on with the Black Heart Procession

    A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

  • Music

    August 29, 2007

    It Happened in Monterey

    New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    The Monterey Summer of Love Festival Is Whack

    New label reissues long-lost jazz-fest classics

  • Dining

    January 24, 2007

    High and Low

    The upscale sister to the Magnolia Pub offers sophisticated cocktails and small plates in a stylish setting, yet it's an uneven experience

  • Dining

    January 10, 2007

    Hungry for More

    Resolutions are easy to keep at the Mission District's delightful Weird Fish

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Floppy hats, Fernwood memories, and a big (((folkYEAH!))) to Big Sur

    Resolutions are easy to keep at the Mission District's delightful Weird Fish

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Last Voyage of the Relentless

    Friends and family of a well-known fishing captain are convinced he and his deckhand were victims of a maritime hit-and-run near the Golden Gate

  • Music

    August 30, 2006

    Berkeley-Bound

    Sean Smith crafts a new American Primitive

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    A Perch With a View

    The controversy regarding the famous Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill may be drawing to a close, but the question remains: Does anyone still care?

  • Music

    September 7, 2005

    Various Artists

    Mystic Males

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Contemplative Spot

    Mystic Males

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 11, 2005

    Best Outdoors Club

    Mystic Males

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Place to Walk Your Dog

    Buena Vista Park

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2003

    Hey, Sailor!

    Salty young dogs party on

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    Regime Changing

    This all-American kid from Monterey is now one of the foremost experts on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Where does he go from here?

  • News

    October 30, 2002

    Street Justice

    Marching for peace -- and voting for change -- means matching the solution to the problem

  • Music

    June 12, 2002

    Preaching to the Disconcerted

    Local artist, label honcho, and festival organizer Ernesto Diaz-Infante sings the gospel of the experimental scene

  • Dining

    April 10, 2002

    The Comforts of Home

    Home

  • Dining

    November 14, 2001

    Mixed Blessing

    Andalu

  • Film

    March 29, 2000

    Reel World

    Stand and Deliver, Truth or Dare, On the Beat

  • Dining

    February 10, 1999

    Quest for Prime

    Stand and Deliver, Truth or Dare, On the Beat

  • Dining

    June 3, 1998

    A Tale of Two Seafoods

    Stand and Deliver, Truth or Dare, On the Beat

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    Practice What You Teach

    UCSF students wish the medical school would tend to their health

  • Music

    September 24, 1997

    Riff Raff

    UCSF students wish the medical school would tend to their health

  • Dining

    August 23, 1995

    Dish

    UCSF students wish the medical school would tend to their health

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