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Trick Dog and American Grilled Cheese Kitchen Open in the Mission

Despite all the talk about embargoing new restaurants on the Valencia corridor, the furious restaurant-opening days in the Mission continue. The first is the much-anticipated debut of Trick Dog, a new bar from Josh Harris and Scott Baird of the Bon Vivants (3010 20th). The whole concept sounds very, ... More >>

SF Cocktail Week 2012 Arrives -- Gird Your Livers!

Cocktail Week kicks off tonight and it promises to be quite a boozy weeklong celebration. Bartenders from around the country will share the spotlight with hometown favorites and locally made spirits. We'll be bringing you the latest updates throughout the week, with our picks for the best of each n ... More >>

Kegged Cocktails: Drinking out of the Tap

As much as people like to complain about the eccentricities of the craft cocktail bar -- the cost, the obscure and geeky ingredients, the wait times -- I find it hard to tease out the inconveniences from the allure. The theatrics are there to entertain as much as deliver carefully made beverages. Do ... More >>

Bouncer Discovers Border Town Delights at Rio Grande

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

A Report From Juarez, the Front Line of the War on Drugs

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady creep toward legalization nationwide

Sanctuary Sellout

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Big River

Exporting the Dead

Every year, the corpses of hundreds of immigrants are flown from San Francisco to their home countries.

Building Racism

Segregation and racism are used to pit black and Latino carpenters against each other at a low-income-housing site

Border crossing with Calexico

Unamerican Dream

Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy

Yo Soy Centroamericano

Why vote Kerry? Exhibit No. 1: George W. Bush has shamelessly hired the dangerous figures behind the Iran-Contra Affair into senior diplomatic posts.

Octavio Grande

Thick Description's operatic Dreamlandia strains to realize its complex vision

Rise and Shine

La Luna

Best Tamales

Barrasa Market

Mexican Jumping Scenes

Oh for the good old mythic cowboy life!

Some Hot Tamales

Barrasa Market; La Limeñita; La Palma Mexicatessen; Panchita's; Roosevelt Tamale Parlor

Brian Wilson, Reconstructed

For his first solo album in a decade, the creative force behind the Beach Boys recovers both himself and his music (sort of)

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Recordings