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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

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 >>

India's Contradictions Captured

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 >>

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

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 >>

New Restaurants

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 >>

New Restaurants

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 >>

New Restaurants

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 >>

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

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 >>

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

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 >>

Old Is New Again

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 >>

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 >>

Our critics name the best films of 2008

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

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 >>

Game-Show Masala

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

A Passage to India and Beyond

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

He Can Laugh About It

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

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

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

New Kid in Town

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

Bombay Calling

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

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

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

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

Bollywood meets Hollywood in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

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

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

Reps Etc.

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

Cook's Tour

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

Body Manipulation

Eve Ensler, back again to talk about private stuff we should all be discussing

Five Best Ice Cream Parlors

Eve Ensler, back again to talk about private stuff we should all be discussing

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Eve Ensler, back again to talk about private stuff we should all be discussing

Funny Business

Week 2 of the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival

SHOPS

Week 2 of the 47th San Francisco International Film Festival

Sound Advice

British Asian electronica, Czech surrealist film, and American jazz/dance storytelling

Three Best Places for Adventurous Ice Cream Lovers

British Asian electronica, Czech surrealist film, and American jazz/dance storytelling

The Long Hello

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

River of Dreams

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

Slap Shots

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

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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

Dish

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