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San Francisco Bay Area

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2013

    Tara's Organic Basil Ice Cream Is Good, Even if It's Not Green

    Tara's Organic Ice Cream began in New Mexico but moved to the Bay Area in 2008. The company now has shops in Berkeley and Oakland and sells selected half-pints at various Bay Area markets. Flavors are bright and veer toward the unusual (lavender, cardamom). The basil ice cream is a particularly vers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    The 10 Best Bay Area Electronic Records of 2012

    Two-thousand-twelve was an especially good year for electronic dance music in the Bay Area. Local club culture is experiencing a full-on renaissance that's bringing a whole new group of producers, labels, and promoters pushing exciting new sounds. There's a lot of stuff out there to choose from, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2012

    What Are the Best-Selling Bay Area Singles of the Last 25 Years?

    Compared to the relatively few big-selling Bay Area albums of the last quarter-century, there's a plethora of singles that have sold at least a half-million copies since 1987. Can you guess the Bay Area singles that have sold the most in the last 25 years? Here are the surprising answers: See Also: ... More >>

  • Music

    November 21, 2012

    MC Hopie: Show Preview

    Compared to the relatively few big-selling Bay Area albums of the last quarter-century, there's a plethora of singles that have sold at least a half-million copies since 1987. Can you guess the Bay Area singles that have sold the most in the last 25 years? Here are the surprising answers: See Also: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2012

    Top 21 Bay Area Metal Albums of All Time, #21-11

    Thrash. Thrash. Thrash. Yes, thrash is what the Bay Area metal scene is famous for. But it doesn't all begin and end with blistering riffs -- our local bands have churned out plenty sludgy stoner metal as well, and even some very heavy shit that's damn near unclassifiable. It's all here on our list ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    Vegansaurus Just Launched a Sassy App for Bay Area Vegan Eating

    Vegansaurus, the popular vegan lifestyle blog run by (full disclosure) SFoodie contributors Laura Beck and Megan Rascal and SF Weekly's fabulous copy editor, Meave, has teamed up with Escape Apps to produce a pocket guide to the best vegan food in the Bay Area. The new app offers detailed reviews of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    Check Out These Adorable Elders' Artwork

    If your Grandma or Grandpa ever stuck one of those crayon sketches you did on their fridge to make you feel like you actually were good, now it's your turn to return that love. Starting Oct. 3, you can see what our city's elders have been drawing and painting at this really adorable City Hall e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2012

    Lady Gaga Announces Bay Area Stop of Born This Way Tour

    Gaga is coming! Gaga is coming! Okay, so it's not until early 2013. But today, the freak-queen of gloss-pop, meatsuits, and gender-bending award show appearances announced a new North American leg of her Born This Way Ball World Tour, and it includes a stop -- for just one night -- here in the Bay ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2012

    Crane Worker Finds Gnarly Mammoth Tooth at Central Station Construction Site

    San Francisco construction crews dug up an 11,000-year-old woolly mammoth tooth and possibly a jaw yesterday afternoon, more than 100 feet below the surface where the city's Central Station is to be built. Crane operator Brandon Valasik was excavating at the east end of the Transbay Transit Center s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2012

    Chron Ships Your Concerns (And Their Journalism) Overseas

    It was almost old news by the time it reached my steps. The Chronicle's delivery person was bringing the newspaper later and later. It slipped back from 6:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. and then 7:45 a.m. -- when I was getting ready to leave for work. One morning I saw the driver launching the paper out his wind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2012

    Chick-fil-A: Anti-Gay Marriage Chain Set to Open More Bay Area Restaurants

    Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain that San Franciscans reamed last month, has given the gay marriage movement a few more potential Bay Area locations to stage future kiss-ins. According to media outlets, the Atlanta-based chain bought property in Novato in Marin County this past month with the hopes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    Sound Bites: A Guide to Local Food Radio

    There are a few quality local radio spots and programs that help to build appetites in between traffic and news reports. The godfather of Bay Area food radio is Gene Burns, whose "Dining Around" program ran for many years on KGO 810 AM until moving up the dial to KKSF 910 AM last fall. Burns is reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2012

    SF JAZZ Festival Lineup: Heavy on Big Names, Light on Surprises and Local Talent

    Announced this week by SFJAZZ, the lineup for the 30th Anniversary San Francisco Jazz Festival sounds ringingly similar to the lineups of previous San Francisco Jazz Festivals: a combination of jazz legends (Sonny Rollins, Ornette Coleman), younger innovators (Don Byron, Jacky Terrasson), vocalists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Low Limit Talks Making Music for Gangsters on Mushrooms and 'Furniture Garage'

    After forming their partnership in San Francisco, Lando Kal and Low Limit, known together as Lazer Sword, quickly became leaders of the West Coast crunk-bass sound. But while Lazer Sword is primarily known for beat-oriented and percussion-heavy tracks, Low Limit's solo music is fully of syrupy chops ... More >>

  • Music

    January 4, 2012

    Better, Later, and on the Air: A Wish list for S.F. Music in 2012

    After forming their partnership in San Francisco, Lando Kal and Low Limit, known together as Lazer Sword, quickly became leaders of the West Coast crunk-bass sound. But while Lazer Sword is primarily known for beat-oriented and percussion-heavy tracks, Low Limit's solo music is fully of syrupy chops ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Beloved Bay Area Hip-Hop Photographer D-Ray Needs Help Paying for Surgery

    D-Ray Archer (right) and hip-hop star Drake.​D-Ray Archer needs no last name in the West Coast rap world; she's widely known as one of the few female photojournalists with a street stamp of approval up and down the state. Her deep love for the local Bay Area scene is apparent to anyone who tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Author Brian Lew on the Early Days of Metallica and the Bay Area Thrash Metal Scene

    Brian Lew Cliff Burton playing live with Metallica for the first time at the Stone in San Francisco, 1983​ See more of our Metallica Week coverage: Six Signs of Metallica's Pervasive Influence on Pop Culture Metallica Kicks off Its 30th Anniversary Week with Notable Guests, Rare Songs, and L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Sugar Rush at the Sir Francis Drake: Prep Your Sweet Tooth Now

    ​ In a world of corn syrup, San Francisco chefs continue to handle sugar as well as anyone, and San Franciscans themselves have certainly supported them. Now you can support your sweet tooth, and a great cause, alongside some of the Bay's best desserts. The fifth annual Sugar Rush, Spark's ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Swoon: Wilco Is Playing Three Bay Area Shows Early Next Year

    Christopher VictorioWilco playing the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, June 27, 2009​ A proposition: The best part about Wilco putting out a new album is that it means the band will be touring behind it. Yes? No? Maybe? Whatever you think of The Whole Love, Wilco's latest album (and oh damn if you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    The Great American Beer Festival: Bay Area Brewers and Chefs Bring the Brew

    In 1982, the inaugural Great American Beer Festival showcased 47 beers from 24 breweries. The lucky 800 attendees had a fair shot at trying every beer in the room. Thirty years later, even the most hardened liver shudders in fear of how the festival has grown. With 466 breweries pouring 2,400 beers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Straus Milk Now Comes in Lunch Box (or Cafe) Size

    ​I grew up with milk delivered to my door, in glass bottles, from the local dairy, so when I moved to the Bay Area, Straus quickly became my milk of choice. It's whole milk with a thick cream top, just like I had as a kid. Now it might be a little easier for me to get my kids to drink the mil ... More >>

  • Music

    August 3, 2011

    Insurgent Hip-Hop: Kreayshawn, Lil B, and Bay Area Rappers Throw Out the Rules

    ​I grew up with milk delivered to my door, in glass bottles, from the local dairy, so when I moved to the Bay Area, Straus quickly became my milk of choice. It's whole milk with a thick cream top, just like I had as a kid. Now it might be a little easier for me to get my kids to drink the mil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Climate Change: $5.3 Billion Worth of Sea Walls Needed to Protect Bay Area

    Come 2151, little sea-walls like this one at The Embarcadero simply won't do​Climate-change-borne threats of flood, erosion, inundation, and salinization will spur the Bay Area to spend more than $5.3 billion on seawalls and levees, according to a report released by the environmental group NRDC.Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Underground Market Gets National Exposure, a Seasonal Produce Chart for the Detail-Obsessed

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. The New York Times Discovers the Underground. Times Bay Area correspondent Patricia Leigh Brown visits the Underground Market, which she calls a "crave." (Mmm ... not buying it. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Download a Mixtape From Clams Casino, the Most Important Bay Area Hip-Hop Producer Not From the Bay Area

    ​Lil B fucks with him. The Jealous Guys fuck with him too. And you may or may not have heard of them yet, but Oakland's Main Attrakionz are also in love with this New Jersey producer who is quietly leaving his mark on the Bay Area hip-hop scene. His name: Clams Casino.

  • Music

    March 9, 2011

    Rocky's Swag: Roach Gigz Rides His Cocky Charm Toward Rap's Big Ring

    ​Lil B fucks with him. The Jealous Guys fuck with him too. And you may or may not have heard of them yet, but Oakland's Main Attrakionz are also in love with this New Jersey producer who is quietly leaving his mark on the Bay Area hip-hop scene. His name: Clams Casino.

  • Dining

    March 9, 2011

    Drink 2011: In Craft Brewing, the Meek Inherit the Earth

    ​Lil B fucks with him. The Jealous Guys fuck with him too. And you may or may not have heard of them yet, but Oakland's Main Attrakionz are also in love with this New Jersey producer who is quietly leaving his mark on the Bay Area hip-hop scene. His name: Clams Casino.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Is Bay Area Rap Too Insular? Roach Gigz Talks to MTV About the Pitfalls of Being Indie

    Roach Gigz wants to get out from behind the Bay Area fence.​For whatever reason, Bay Area hip-hop is an insular beast that often fails to escape its Northern California birthplace. Sure, we have artists like E-40 and the Souls of Mischief that made it into the national spotlight ever so briefly, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    SF Weekly Settles Pricing Lawsuit

    ​​SF Weekly today settled the below-cost pricing lawsuit filed against it in 2004 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The agreement, under which the parties have resolved and settled their differences on mutually acceptable terms, brings the legal action to an end. Details are not being disclosed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    The Year in Food: DIY Revolution

    Joseph SchellPickles from Happy Girl Kitchen Co. at the Eat Real Fest, which drew 110,000 to Oakland for street food and urban homesteading demos.​Twelve months, ten storylines: It's SFoodie's annual look back at the year in food. At the far end of the spectrum from street food and fine dinin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2010

    Spirituality and Salmon

    Joseph SchellPickles from Happy Girl Kitchen Co. at the Eat Real Fest, which drew 110,000 to Oakland for street food and urban homesteading demos.​Twelve months, ten storylines: It's SFoodie's annual look back at the year in food. At the far end of the spectrum from street food and fine dinin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2010

    Flickering Shadows

    Joseph SchellPickles from Happy Girl Kitchen Co. at the Eat Real Fest, which drew 110,000 to Oakland for street food and urban homesteading demos.​Twelve months, ten storylines: It's SFoodie's annual look back at the year in food. At the far end of the spectrum from street food and fine dinin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    The On Land Experimental Music Festival: What's Burning Man, Anyway?

    ​From this evening through the weekend, Café du Nord and its upstairs annex the Swedish American Hall are hosting the On Land festival, a dazzling array of ambient, psychedelic, improvisational, and straight-up noise performances. Much of the lineup testifies to the Bay Area's vibrant experimenta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    New York Times Prints Hallucinogenic Paean to Mission Hipster Chicks

    ​If you thumbed through yesterday's edition of The New York Times, you may have chanced across a 1,500-word essay on the fashion of San Francisco. It's always fun and a little maddening to see what the Gray Lady makes of Bay Area culture, and this latest offering is worth a read -- if for no other ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2010

    Fall Arts: Pacific Film Archive spotlights underground filmmakers

    ​If you thumbed through yesterday's edition of The New York Times, you may have chanced across a 1,500-word essay on the fashion of San Francisco. It's always fun and a little maddening to see what the Gray Lady makes of Bay Area culture, and this latest offering is worth a read -- if for no other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Bar Adagio Opens After a Caesura, Cat Cora Queues Up to Make an SFO Entrance

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Carolyn A. at Eater SF reports that the Adagio Hotel, which shut down Cortez a while back, has replaced the restaurant with Bar Adagio (550 Geary, 775-5000, website). The pitch: More casual ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2010

    Can new Bay Area rappers step out of hyphy's shadow?

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Carolyn A. at Eater SF reports that the Adagio Hotel, which shut down Cortez a while back, has replaced the restaurant with Bar Adagio (550 Geary, 775-5000, website). The pitch: More casual ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2010

    All Shook Down: SF Weekly's music fest is unlike any other this summer

    ​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Carolyn A. at Eater SF reports that the Adagio Hotel, which shut down Cortez a while back, has replaced the restaurant with Bar Adagio (550 Geary, 775-5000, website). The pitch: More casual ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Town Techno

    League510's high-energy, synth-fueled hip-hop.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    A Look Back at Michael Jackson's Bay Area Appearances

    Michael Jackson never graced the Bay Area with a solo show, though the Jackson 5 did perform its second official concert as a Motown act at San Francisco's Cow Palace on June 19, 1970, appearing as the opening act for Tina Turner and Rare Earth; they returned to the venue in 1972 and 1973. J5 wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Q & A w/ Ecoli

    Emily Rose Epstein​The Bay Area has a long history of punk rock debauchery. From punk's beginnings in the seventies to the nineties, Northern California boasted some of the loudest, rudest acts in America strutting their stuff at legendary clubs like the Mab. But these days, the punk rock scene i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Why Is There No Local Matzoh?

    Shmurah matzoh.​As SF Weekly's Joe Eskenazi wrote a couple years ago, matzoh drama has become endemic in the Bay Area. Price hikes, gluts, shortages, frantic shopping marathons. Why is this night not like any other night? Because Mommy spent six hours looking for bread, dearie. Not to add to the f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Head Spinning

    Shmurah matzoh.​As SF Weekly's Joe Eskenazi wrote a couple years ago, matzoh drama has become endemic in the Bay Area. Price hikes, gluts, shortages, frantic shopping marathons. Why is this night not like any other night? Because Mommy spent six hours looking for bread, dearie. Not to add to the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Bay Area Graffiti Documented in New Book

    We live in one of those magical cities where we don't even need to visit a gallery take in fine art -- all we have to do is just step outside. The San Francisco Bay Area has always been a veritable hotbed for street art since its humble beginnings, and is documented in great detail through photogra ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2008

    Love It or Leave It

    We live in one of those magical cities where we don't even need to visit a gallery take in fine art -- all we have to do is just step outside. The San Francisco Bay Area has always been a veritable hotbed for street art since its humble beginnings, and is documented in great detail through photogra ... More >>

  • Music

    February 20, 2008

    The Demise of Hyphy

    Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

  • Calendar

    February 20, 2008

    Wonder Land

    Thizzle, bling, and blunts may have helped bring down the overhyped hyphy movement. But KMEL pulled the trigger.

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2004

    Posh Folks Exposed

    Sneak into luxe green spaces

  • Dining

    November 8, 2000

    Well Seasoned

    Perlot

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