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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows From the Last Week in S.F. Music

Devious Otter Takes a Dip at S.F. Sutro Baths (Video)

Since there's been way too much disturbing animal news as of late, including dog beatings and sea lions getting tangled up in out own garbage, we decided now might be a good time to refresh our readers with this really cute video of a local otter basking at San Francisco's Sutro Baths. Thanks to Ri ... More >>

Demariee Lewis Killed, Teen Arrested

San Francisco police arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Demariee Lewis over the weekend. On Saturday, just after 1:30 a.m., Bayview police officers got a call about shots fired on the unit block of Osceola Lane. When they arrived, they found Lewis of Rich ... More >>

Tosca Cafe's Rent, Victoria Pastry Co. Reopens, and Small Foods, Shabuway, and Y&Y

The latest gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. What would the city be without Tosca Cafe? Inside Scoop reports the famous S.F. institution's rent has been increased by its strip-club-owning landlord, and that they can't afford the new rate. It looks as though t ... More >>

Chevron Says Bay Area Air Is Safe After Refinery Fire

We already gave you the bad news today: Gas prices are ridiculously high, in part because of the Chevron fire last week. But there is some good news you can take in. Contrary to what you saw last Monday -- plumes of black smoke hanging in the air -- Chevron says you can go ahead and take a deep brea ... More >>

Fire Tore Through Ingleside This Morning

While everyone was busy reading the news of Richmond's refinery fire last night, a blaze started here in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood early this morning, destroying 10 businesses and blocking Muni lines through the afternoon. The call came in a 5:46 a.m. after residents spotted flames near ... More >>

Fire Roaring at Chevron Refinery in Richmond (Update)

Update (9:45 p.m.): BART officials say all stations have been reopened except for Richmond.Update (9:35 p.m.): News outlets are reporting that tons of people are flooding emergency rooms complaining of breathing problems. Update (9:17 p.m.): Chevron officials just held a short news conference, sayin ... More >>

Watch: New Local Rap Videos From Kool John, Erk Tha Jerk, Lil B and More

It's been a lively few weeks in the world of local rap videos, and it seems by and large like people are stepping up their visual game with better cinematography and storylines. Here are some of our recent favorites: Kool John and Plane Jane, "Me x My Sis" In the past week, Richmond's Kool John ... More >>

Guess Which SF Neighborhood Has Been Most Generous to President Obama

President Barack Obama swung through the Bay Area last week like a college kid driving home for the weekend to do laundry. His stops hovered in the south Bay, in San Jose, Redwood City, and Atherton, where he held a rally and hosted the typical Expensive Dinners for Wealthy People. Obviously, Oba ... More >>

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Yuubi and La Boulange de Yerba Buena Open, Burritt Tavern Update, and a Musical Buzz at Mutiny Radio and Cafe

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Opening: Grub Street reports that Yuubi, a Japanese restaurant, is readying to open in the Richmond tomorrow. And while there is no preview menu, we do know there will be sushi (501 Balboa at Si ... More >>

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Now Open: Chomp 'N Swig, Navin, and Jake's on Market

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The small stretch of shops on Clement between the anchors of inner and outer Richmond has a new addition: Chomp 'N Swig. Richmond Blog SF notes the restaurant (in the former Cafe Mereb space) is open, se ... More >>

Map Game: Redistricting May Make Neighbors of Voters

Shabuway, Marbella To Replace Rex, and a Cafe Gratitude Update

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Out in the Richmond, a new shabu shabu restaurant is readying to open. Grub Street reports that the fourth Bay Area outpost (and first in S.F.) of the DIY hot-pot-and-grill restaurant Shabuway will open a ... More >>

Sentimental Journey: Traveling in 1957's S.F. Bay Area

Charlie Palmer's Coming, Pot Pantry Moves, and The Melt's Second Location is Open

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Last week we spotted a liquor license for Charlie Palmer's restaurant group in the window of the Crescent Hotel. Now, Inside Scoop confirms Palmer will create a new concept in the space, with a restauran ... More >>

The Melt's Grilled Cheese Expansion, Little Bird Flutters Shut, and Moya Ethiopian to Return

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Melt's budding empire, building towards 500 grilled cheese shops, is readying to open three locations next month. City-dwelling-grilled-cheese-fans will find the sandwiches at One Embarcadero Center a ... More >>

Facebook Page Dedicated to 'Fix the Richmond'

​San Francisco, a competitive news market that has been home to a number of pioneering media enterprises, has also led the way in one journalistic sub-genre: Nagging government over the pace of infrastructure repairs. The now-defunct "Chronicle Watch" feature of the San Francisco Chronicle was per ... More >>

Alarmists Behind 'Homeless Haight Brigands' Myth Have a New Enemy: A Three Block Bike Lane

​Last year San Franciscans heard a repeated tale about a band of violent gutter punks who caused upstanding citizens to fear going out at night.The story was bogus. Police were unable make a single criminal case out of the supposed crime wave, despite blanketing the area for weeks.The fabulists be ... More >>

San Francisco-Style Shabu Shabu: Not Quite Japanese

Melissa BarnesIs this Japanese shabu shabu or Chinese hot pot? Kind of both.​Every time I drive around the Richmond and Sunset, I pass at least one restaurant advertising shabu shabu, the Japanese hot pot in which you swish-swish (shabu-shabu) pieces of thinly sliced meat through a hot broth s ... More >>

French Food in North Beach, Kink.com's Bar, and a Replacement for Skip's Tavern

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. After the cardboard box announcement, then learning of the world-traveling French couple behind it, the restaurant has arrived. Inside Scoop reports that Le Bordeaux (524 Union at Grant) opened yesterday; ... More >>

Your Rags to Their Riches: Donated Clothes May Fund International Fugitive

Fake Terrorist Ferry Firebombing on Deck for Marin Homeland Security Drill

Move along folks; nothing to see here.​This Thursday, ferry passengers will launch from the Larkspur Terminal unaware of the presence of a terrorist. He plans to set off an improvised firebomb -- and the crew will scramble to put out the fire and calm passengers. Soon afterward, Marin Army Reserv ... More >>

Devil Burgers, Farewell to Feely, and Mutually Supportive Deliciousness

soupstance/FlickrVegetarians can apparently thank St. Francis back for its veggie burger.​ Five highlights from the blogs and beyond: 1. This week, SFoodie hit the two-thirds mark on our countdown of our 92 favorite dishes (well, this year), covering ravioli in Russian Hill, SOMA breakfast pastr ... More >>

S.F. Rising: House of Bagels' Marble Rye

Jonathan KauffmanMarble rye from House of Bagels.​ S.F. Rising is a weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Marble Rye Source: House of Bagels, 5030 Geary (at 15th Ave.), 752-6000Price: $7.35 for a half-loaf Toast-appropriateness: 1/10

Dongbei Mama Sweeps Into the Richmond, and Ike ― WTF?

Today in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. SFoodie's Tamara Palmer peered into the windows of MaoMao Kitchen, a yet-to-open Dongbei eatery on Judah earlier this week. Now comes word of Dongbei Mama at 4737 Geary (at 11th Ave.) in the Richmond, another D ... More >>

Asian Boom: Demographic Map Reveals Growth in Southeast S.F.

​Last week, SF Weekly wrote about how the Asian-American ascendancy in San Francisco politics is reflected in demographic trends revealed by the latest census -- specifically, a growing proportion of Asians in the city.The above map gives us a quick but detailed snapshot of that change. Incorporat ... More >>

Tres Re/Opens, and a Trio of Bay Area Restaurant Icons Passes

​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Grub Street notes the reopening of the newly christened Tres. Founding partners Eric Rubin and Barry Augus may have moved on to work on their tequila brand, Tres Agaves (hence the name change), ... More >>

Naked Man Runs Through Mount Sutro

Gross​We've already determined that in San Francisco you won't get arrested for walking through city streets with your genitals flapping in the air.  But what happens when you cross onto private property sans pants?At about dinnertime, an unexpected guest arrived at a home on the 700 block of ... More >>

Translating Chinese New Year's Menus, Part 1: Lichee Garden

Oh, yes, it's that year.​Last year, SFoodie drove around the Sunset and Richmond, picking up New Year's banquet menus to post online. This year, we canvassed San Francisco's Chinatown, and once again asked the intrepid Ed Chui (Adobo Hobo) and his parents to help us translate. A series of technic ... More >>

Richmond Rap Duo The Dime: You Might See Them Playing Chess Onstage This Weekend

​Meanwhile, over in Richmond, a duo called The Dime has been keeping it quietly, gently, uncompromisingly real. Chioke Jelani and Knightshift are a two-man bundle of pretty much all the affiliations you usually need to make a rap record: they produce their tracks, write their rhymes, sing the ... 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 >>

Vintage S.F. Car Chase Makes Rad Video for Fist Fam's 'S.F. Bay'

​Awesome of the day, right here: old-school San Francisco, crazy-ass car chase through Potrero Hill/Dogpatch/South Beach (props if ya tell us what movie this is from in the comments), laid back party-rap from the folks in Fist Fam (who throw down at the Rockit Room tonight with hella oth ... More >>

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Caitlin McMahon, Missing and Suicidal Teen, Desperately Sought By Cops

​San Francisco police have turned to the public for help in tracking down missing 15-year-old Caitlin McMahon, described as having attempted suicide "numerous" times. She left her Castro Street home yesterday evening without her prescription medication and has not been seen since. McMahon was home ... More >>

Richmond Eats!: Richmond Library Pilots Citywide Menu Archive

​Thanks to a post today on the Richmond District blog, SFoodie learned about Richmond Eats! a five-day project that the Richmond branch of the SF Public Library has embarked on in conjunction with the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that is building an onl ... More >>

Why Are There Still Health Care 'Surcharges' on Restaurant Tabs?

​I was at dinner with friends at Little Star last weekend, and we were splitting the check. "Looks like the health care surcharge here is 50 cents a person," said one of them, fingering the bill, and suddenly my mood flashed from cheese-stuffed and content to angry. It's been almost three years s ... More >>

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Jonathan Kauffman's Tips for Venturing Beyond Korean Snack Food

hyperbolation/FlickrLunch at Han Il Kwan.​You have questions about restaurants, dining, food, drinks that you can't figure out or are too shy to ask? I have answers ― or know people who do.Under the SFoodie teaser to this week's review of Korean snack food joints around San Francisco, Urbanstoma ... More >>

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