Rincon Center

Dish

Slap Shots

Chinese Import

The best (and cheapest) Shanghai-style food

Defense Begins at the Table

Cheap eats worth repeating — and not

People & Places

Cheap eats worth repeating — and not

Best Dim Sum

Cheap eats worth repeating — and not

Best Classic Murals

Cheap eats worth repeating — and not

Poetic Food

Ingredients: Asian restaurants and April, spring flowers and sprouts

Best Indoor Waterfall

Rincon Center Lobby

The Keys to Success

DJ Lebowitz may be the strangest punk pianist around -- or even the only one

Best Dim Sum

Yank Sing

Catching a Buzz

Cozmo's Corner Grill

Three Best Murals

Cozmo's Corner Grill

Side Dish

Swig, Brother, Swig; Cosmo Current; Extra Sauce; Mergers

Side Dish

Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative

Side Dish

Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative

Night Crawler

Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative

Night+Day

Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative

Pet Sounds

Douglas Hollis combines audio with visual in his larger-than-life environmental sculptures

Senses Working Overtime

From Audium to the Wave Organ and Ye Olde Pizza Joynt, little-known local sites turn music into an assault on all the senses

Stone Korean Kitchen: The Food's Only So-So, but Demand for It is Off the Charts

J. BirdsallStone's bi bim bap helps fill a void in the FiDi.​One look at the business-suited and the shopping-bag totin' hopeful rushing the awkward narrow waiting area at Stone, and you can sense the pent-up need for Korean food in the FiDi (despite the presence of Sorabol in Rincon Center). ... More >>

Jonathan Kauffman: Remapping the city, one memorable dish at a time

J. BirdsallStone's bi bim bap helps fill a void in the FiDi.​One look at the business-suited and the shopping-bag totin' hopeful rushing the awkward narrow waiting area at Stone, and you can sense the pent-up need for Korean food in the FiDi (despite the presence of Sorabol in Rincon Center). ... More >>

Downtown's Taste of India, via Haight Street: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

J. BirdsallThe kaabli chana-lamb curry combo at Rotee Express.​Thurs., March 18, 2010 One of those good news/bad news things. The good: This steamtable spinoff of Rotee in the Lower Haight serves up the rich taste of Indo-Pak stew cuisine in the office-block desert near Rincon Center, land of ... More >>

The Cosmopolitan, Rincon Center's Party Central

ztij0/Flickr​The place: The Cosmopolitan, 121 Spear (at Mission), 543-4001 The hours: Mon.-Fri., 3:30-7 p.m. (Belgian Beer Garden Fri. 3-7 p.m.) [Note: The Cosmopolitan is closed today for the Memorial Day holiday.] The deals: $3 Budweisers, $4 well drinks, $5 house wines, $6 cosmos, and $3- ... More >>