Mumbai

Slumdog Millionaire

Put Your Hands in the Air

"Trishna": Michael Winterbottom Takes Hardy's "Tess" to Mumbai

DJ Nihar Shares An All-Vinyl Exclusive Mix and His View on Underground Parties

As co-founder and record selector of parties Haceteria and Warm Leatherette, DJ Nihar is known for throwing underground events which explore the history of techno, house, and rave music. Launching his DJ career as an avid record collector asked to play hip-hop at house parties, he soon felt compelle ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

"Cookie Monster" Offers Best Explanation Yet for Occupy Wall Street

"C is for Corporate Malfeasance"​A guy calling himself Cookie Monster has written what looks to us like the most clear and persuasive explanation for the Occupy movement we've seen anywhere, a copy-and-pastable screed that everyone should send to their crazy aunts and skeptical grandfolks. Admi ... More >>

Cowboy Food, Batter Bakery Expands, and Goodbye Dining Room

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The old west may show up in the Mission. Eater SF shares the former Bombay and Bazar and Ice Cream space may become a throwback to the cowboy days of yesteryear. The same team (Woodhouse Fish Co.'s McNive ... More >>

Bombay Bazar's New Location Now Serves Lunch and Snacks

Jonathan KauffmanBombay Bazar's lunch plate, $5.95.​ Last November, water damage forced Valencia Street's Bombay Bazar and Ice Creamery to shut down and look for a new location. And when SFoodie reported on the market's reopening -- just a block west of Rainbow Grocery, on the corner of South Van ... More >>

Sad Times: No Scoops at Bombay Ice Cream's Temporary Location

Luis ChongBombay Ice Cream's Temporary Residence.​SFoodie recently took a gander at the new location of Bombay Ice Cream on South Van Ness, under the Central Freeway ― blocks from Walzwerk and Rainbow Grocery. The new location shares a building with an antiques store ― Lost Art Salon ― ... More >>

"A Perfect Ganesh": Theater Review

India's Contradictions Captured

Investors From Mumbai, Houston, L.A., Behind $2.33B purchase of State Buildings

Meet the new landlord​The California Public Utilities Commission's San Francisco headquarters is among 11 state buildings that will soon be owned by a consortium made up of investment groups hailing from Houston, Los Angeles and Mumbai, the state Department of General Services Reported today.The b ... More >>

Freddie, We Hardly Knew You

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Opening Today: Expanded Bombay Ice Creamery

Kowitz/FlickrSame saffron ice cream, roomier surroundings.​A renovation craze is apparently sweeping the Mission's ice cream stores. Tablehopper just reported that Bi-Rite Creamery is shutting down for expansion from Feb. 16 to March 2. Meanwhile, on Valencia Street, Bombay Ice Creamery has been p ... More >>

Hair of the Dog: Dosa's Vivid Homage to a Superstar of Cricket

arioDosa's Frankie, named after West Indian cricketer Frank Worrell.​Most of us have our preferred poison -- be it PBR, Pinot, or mixology's latest love child. For mornings after one or 10 too many, SFoodie offers Hair of the Dog, our weekly recommendation on where to run when a hangover calls ... More >>

Asia Express

Nine of the Weirdest Restaurant Names in Existence

Most of us have giggled at Chinese restaurants with names that just don't translate well (you listening, King Dong?), but every so often a name comes along that's worthy of a picture, if not a blog post. Behold our collection of the goofiest restaurant names we've ever come across. ​9. Dirty Dick' ... More >>

Street Food in the Napa Valley? Whatever

FTPoed/FlickrThe view from the Brix patio: Watch out for street urchins.​Jumping the shark. Sooner or later, everything has to, whether it's the Brady's in Hawaii, Blossom in Paris, or that Kara chick on American Idol. As for local street food, it may have glimpsed its shark today, with the a ... More >>

A Sweet Ride

Old Is New Again

Drink of the Week: Zaré at Fly Trap's Minted Memory

At Zaré at Fly Trap (606 Folsom), there are many reminiscences on growing up in Iran (since chef/owner Hoss Zaré and cocktail director Reza Esmaili both did). One especially addictive and dangerous one is the Minted Memory, made of Bombay gin, Pimm's No.1, minted vinegar syrup, and lemon. Minted ... More >>

Economist Compares Recycling Techniques of Impoverished Mumbai, High-Tech San Francisco. Guess Who's Recycling More?

Joe EskenaziInside "The Pit," where all San Francisco's trash ends upIn a fascinating story in the March 6 edition of the Economist, the lives of a rag-picker (kabari-wallah) in Mumbai and a bulldozer operator at "The Pit" in San Francisco are contrasted -- as are the recycling practices in the thir ... More >>

Slumdog Millionaire

Game-Show Masala

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

A Passage to India and Beyond

He Can Laugh About It

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Three Kinds of Stupid

New Kid in Town

Bombay Calling

Security Guards Turn Financial District Over to Cat Burglars: "Meow."

Oakland's rap jokesters Kirb & Chris bring ha ha's to Rickshaw

Hijra

This rumination on classism and homophobia feels like a Bollywood musical with no music

Recipe for Success

Prepare fine, humble foods in a chic upscale setting, add wine list and music, and stir

Radio Free Nepal

An S.F. organization is providing radios and radio programming that just may save lives a world away

Best Milkshake

Reps Etc.

Cook's Tour

Sharing a taste of our town with L.A. chefs results in a serious case of Bay Pride

Five Best Ice Cream Parlors

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Funny Business

Week 2 of the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival

SHOPS

Three Best Places for Adventurous Ice Cream Lovers

The Long Hello

Emma revives the grand North Beach tradition of family-style dining

River of Dreams

Slap Shots

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Dish