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    Shades of Blue

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    Battle Lines

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    November 23, 2005

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    June 29, 2005

    Driving San Francisco Sane

    Although the city has more cars per square mile than either New York or L.A., driving in S.F. is no nightmare. In fact, once its intricacies are mastered, motoring here can be downright civilized – and civilizing.

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    October 6, 2004

    Roe v. Age

    Don't be intimidated by the metallic chic or the weird-sounding dishes

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    March 17, 2004

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    November 26, 2003

    Tally Ho

    We thought we'd lost the motorloaf forever. Then we checked the phone book.

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    October 1, 2003

    San Francisco

    We thought we'd lost the motorloaf forever. Then we checked the phone book.

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    June 16, 2009

    Early Bird Special: Bund Shanghai

    Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

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    June 17, 2009

    Shanghai comes to Chinatown via Bund

    Jen SiskaNote to aspiring restaurateurs: The fiercest Chinese eateries are in diaspora neighborhoods, places like the Outer Richmond or northern Peninsula, where second- and third-generation Asian Americans actually live. Seems like nobody told the owners of Bund Shanghai (640 Jackson at Kearny), a ... More >>

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    July 24, 2009

    Soup Therapy, All-You-Can-Pound Suds, and Flaunting Your Man Ink: A Foodie Day Planner

     Friday, July 24, 2009 Let's do lunch: What the hell, it'll be foggy all over the city today, so why not lunch in the Outer Richmond. Keep warm, says SF Weekly food critic Meredith Brody, with soup dumplings, knife-cut noodle soup, and garlic chicken wings at cash-only Shanghai House (3641 Ba ... More >>

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    August 25, 2009

    In the Court of the Dumpling King

    Gary Soup/Flickr Sheng jian bao: Worthy of coronation. Old episodes of Check, Please! Bay Area aren't always the best barometer of local restaurant excellence, but in the case of Shanghai Dumpling King, one came through like the Earl of Warwick. Local Filipino-American writer and St. Mary's C ... More >>

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    October 9, 2009

    Thawing Out with Sushi: A SFoodie Lunch Planner

    ​Friday, October 9, 2009 If you're anywhere near the Outer Richmond at lunchtime, chances are you're articulated extremities will feel as frosty as Otter Pops. Understandably, cold fish is a hard sell. But, suggests SF Weekly restaurant critic Meredith Brody, the sushi here is so good you mig ... More >>

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    October 13, 2009

    The Meter Is Running: Municipal Transportation Agency Outlines Plan to Extend Parking Meter Hours -- Which Could Raise $9M for City

    ​Earlier today, the Municipal Transportation Agency unveiled the results of a study regarding its tentative plan to extend parking meter hours to weekday evenings and on Sunday. There's no shortage of details -- reporters were even handed a city map with "pink" and "teal" parking zones -- but whet ... More >>

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    November 3, 2009

    Early-Bird Special: Yu-Zen

    cygnoir/FlickrYu-Zen's futo maki.​An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review. We all know the taste of mid-grade sushi-joint food like we know the taste of a McDonald's burger: starchy tempura, elaborately gooshy fantasy rolls, watery miso soup. Get something better, and it seem ... More >>

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    November 4, 2009

    Yu-Zen and the art of sushi

    cygnoir/FlickrYu-Zen's futo maki.​An early nibble from the Weekly's Wednesday food review. We all know the taste of mid-grade sushi-joint food like we know the taste of a McDonald's burger: starchy tempura, elaborately gooshy fantasy rolls, watery miso soup. Get something better, and it seem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Does This Giraffe Look Guilty? Net Tightens Around Renowned S.F. Graffiti Artist 'Girafa'

    Late last month, San Jose cops made an announcement that reverberated like a shock wave through the ranks of local graffiti fans. Police in the South Bay metropolis believed they had unmasked the prominent artist-vandal known as "Girafa," a graffiti "writer" -- as such auteurs prefer to be called -- ... More >>

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    December 15, 2009

    Local Frequency: Bay Area Band Q&A w/ Adam Stephens

    Dan Monick​Adam Stephens is the singing and guitar-playing half of successful San Francisco duo Two Gallants (Tyson Vogel is the drumming and backing vocals half). Signed to Saddle Creek records since 2005, they've toured incessantly in support of their three full-length albums and have finally ta ... More >>

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    December 30, 2009

    The Food's Tasty, the Room's Nice. Why is La Vie So Sleepy?

    Susu/FlickrWhy so quiet?​People take pity on empty bars, bleak little dives with dart boards and televisions. In a dead room, there's no need to shout, which makes for better conversation. Likewise, everyone gets a seat. Drinkers can spread out. No one scoops up the wrong pint. Restaurants, h ... More >>

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    January 11, 2010

    The Crime That Just Keeps Giving -- Car Arsons Return to S.F.

    www.lcpstc.org​The apparent "anything you can do I can do better" competition between unknown miscreants on both sides of the bay to see who can immolate more vehicles recorded a couple more San Francisco entries yesterday and early this morning. Sometime between midnight and noon on Sunday -- tha ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 10, 2010

    Soups, small plates, and snacks shine at Taste of Formosa

    www.lcpstc.org​The apparent "anything you can do I can do better" competition between unknown miscreants on both sides of the bay to see who can immolate more vehicles recorded a couple more San Francisco entries yesterday and early this morning. Sometime between midnight and noon on Sunday -- tha ... More >>

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    February 15, 2010

    Translating Chinese New Year's Menus, Part 1: Empero Taste

    Click to enlarge.​All hail the arrival of the year of the metal tiger! This week, in celebration of Chinese New Year, SFoodie drove around town picking up Chinese New Year banquet menus, then asked Adobo Hobo's Ed Chui and his parents to translate. We'll be rolling out the menus on SFoodie over th ... More >>

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    February 16, 2010

    Translating Chinese New Year's Menus, Part 2: New Hing Lung

    Click to enlarge.​In honor of the blossoming year of the metal tiger, last week SFoodie drove around San Francisco picking up New Year's menus ― a million thanks to Adobo Hobo's Ed Chui and his parents for translating them for us. 2010: Sponsored by Kellogg's.​We'll be rolling out the menu ... More >>

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    February 19, 2010

    Translating Chinese New Year's Menus, Part 5: Hakka Restaurant

    Click to enlarge.​The year of the iron tiger officially arrived last weekend, but Chinese restaurants around the Bay Area are offering special New Year's banquet menus over the course of the next few weeks. Soundtrack for 2010.​SFoodie drove around the city collecting some of them, which Adobo H ... More >>

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    March 11, 2010

    Pieroshki, Dyed Eggs, Kulich ― It's Easter in the Outer Richmond

    Kovalchuk.Nikolay/FlickrKulich.​"Kulich [pronounced koo-LEECH] is a sweet Easter bread that's kind of like panettone," says Biba Belikow, a congregation member at the gorgeous, gold-domed Holy Virgin Cathedral in the Outer Richmond. This Sunday, the cathedral is holding a kulich-decorating event f ... More >>

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    March 16, 2010

    John Campbell's Irish Bakery Opens in Pac Heights

    John Campbell'sThe original location.​Just in time for St. Patrick's Day: John Campell's Irish Bakery, the three-year-old Geary Street bakery whose scones SFoodie believes are some of the best things in town to eat, opened a second location in Pacific Heights yesterday. Located on the corner of Fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    John Campbell's Taking Over Potrero Space from Bento 415/Pinkie's/4505 Meats

    Claudine C./YelpPinkie's, Bento 415, and 4505 Meats are out at the end of April.​Eater was tipped yesterday to the forced exit later this month of Pinkie's Bakery and Bento 415 ― also co-tenant 4505 Meats, who uses the space for production ― from shared kitchen and retail space in Potrero ... More >>

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    July 7, 2010

    John Campbell's Unveils Retail Bakery in Potrero

    John Birdsall​Who says nothing's open on holidays? Last Sunday ― the Fourth of July ― the Potrero outpost of John Campbell's Irish Bakery opened its retail space in the former site of Pinkie's Bakery/Bento 415/4505 Meats. Campbell's had already been using the space for production baking. T ... More >>

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    August 12, 2010

    Superior Palace Feeds Nostalgia for the Supercheap Rice Plate

    Alex HochmanMandarin pork spareribs plate, with built-in "dessert."​We fondly remember the days of supercheap Chinese rice-plate lunches, the kind we stuffed ourselves silly on under bad fluorescent lighting, returning to the office in desperate need of a breath mint and a nap. Well, we're hap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    While the Buzz Machine Goes Dormant, Delano's Market Quietly Closes

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.All of us blogs took Thanksgiving off, and all the restaurants seemed to go into dormancy this weekend -- seriously, SFoodie was out and about this weekend, and non-downtown San Francisco seem ... More >>

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    December 3, 2010

    Have a Jelly Doughnut for Hanukkah

    Israel Kosher Meat's sufganiyah, $2.​Israel Kosher Meat, Poultry & Deli is a Russian Jewish deli in the Outer Richmond that wears its age as unabashedly as it does its faith. While the shelves are sparsely stocked and the front window needs a good scrubbing, Yelpers love the place for its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    A16 Changes Chefs, Puerto Alegre Colonizes Bombay Ice Creamery

    ​ ​The past 36 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Inside Scoop broke word that Liza Shaw is leaving A16, where she's been exec chef (and has worked since the beginning). Replacing her will be her chef de cuisine, David Taylor. In other chef ... More >>

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    February 18, 2011

    Richmond Safeway Remodel: Take Your Virtual Tour Today

    Generally speaking, residents of the Outer Richmond, which includes your author, have it pretty good. We're close to great parks and beaches, exceptional Chinese food is never more than a few blocks away, and we harbor a dirty little secret: The fog isn't nearly as bad as we like to tell you.

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    April 15, 2011

    'Girafa' Pleads Guilty to San Jose Graffiti Charges, Fined $38,000

    A guilty conscience?​San Francisco resident Steven Free, known by his graffiti writer's moniker of "Girafa," has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of felony and misdemeanor vandalism in San Jose, agreeing to pay $38,000 in fines.San Jose cops arrested Free in 2009 on 10 felony vandalism counts. As ... More >>

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    June 21, 2011

    Bacon and Snowballs Roll Out, Venga Sets Up Shop, Four New Coffee Shops, and More

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Food Truck News: Who doesn't like bacon? Okay, I don't, but I'm a rarity, which is a good thing for Bacon Bacon Truck. Inside Scoop reports the porcine truck from former E&O general manager Jim Angelus is ... More >>

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    September 28, 2011

    Red Tavern: Inconsistent Quality but Never Boring Meals at Russian Restaurant

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Food Truck News: Who doesn't like bacon? Okay, I don't, but I'm a rarity, which is a good thing for Bacon Bacon Truck. Inside Scoop reports the porcine truck from former E&O general manager Jim Angelus is ... More >>

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    November 3, 2011

    Photos: For Rip Curl Pro Search, Ocean Beach Has Its Day in the Sun

    Ocean Beach on Wednesday, the last day of the Rip Curl Pro Search contest​San Francisco's selection as the home of the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Search surfing competition delighted surf enthusiasts throughout the Bay Area. Ocean Beach has long been a holy site among surfers. (One of the finest journalist ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 14, 2011

    Jang Soo BBQ: Rethinking Korean Barbecue in Style and Substance

    Ocean Beach on Wednesday, the last day of the Rip Curl Pro Search contest​San Francisco's selection as the home of the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Search surfing competition delighted surf enthusiasts throughout the Bay Area. Ocean Beach has long been a holy site among surfers. (One of the finest journalist ... More >>

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