San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Our Lady of the Kittens

Brick & Fish

The third one is charming in a nautical sort of way.

Fish Story

A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant: Bland Name for Bomb Food

A room with an expensive view, and din with your dinner.

Picnic in the City

Forget the burgers and brats; we're packing roast beef sushi

Heartless Beauty

Chaya Brasserie

Pier Review

Chaya Brasserie

Side Out?

Chaya Brasserie

Bridge Expert: I'll Still Drive Bay Bridge -- But Break Is Baffling

​Whenever something goes wrong with a bridge here or elsewhere, one of the first people we call is Mark Ketchum -- one of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California's designated experts on bridges. So, for what it's worth, Ketchum said he will unhesitatingly drive his car across t ... More >>

No One Has Driven Off Bay Bridge Today (Yet)

A less problematic S-Curve​Following yesterday's terrifying plunge off the Bay Bridge by a speeding trucker, Caltrans wheeled out the surplus signage to inform drivers of what should have been all too obvious: The posted speed limit on the bridge isn't just a suggestion. Your humble narrator perso ... More >>

Drivers Still Going Too Fast On Bay Bridge? How About Putting Up Risqué Billboards?

You can't see her if you don't survive the trip -- it's an incentive!​Over the past week it has evolved into something of a parlor game to come up with novel methods for making people drive at safe velocities on the Bay Bridge's precarious new S-Curve. We suggested stark signage noting that the pe ... More >>

Traveling Spinal Circus Hits San Francisco

Joe EskenaziHooray! The spinal circus is in town!​In the very same AT&T Parking Lot that was last year graced by the trailers of the acrobats, clowns, and ringmaster of Circus Vargas -- the latter, Ted McRae, ended up staying alone in the lot for days after his RV broke down -- Big Top tents h ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Angry Indians! Angry girlfriends! Angry Unions! Angry NEWS QUIZ!A novel concept for slowing Bay Bridge traffic...​1. What was unusual about the murder charges filed this week against 34-year-old San Franciscan Kira Roueche? A. The body of her alleged victim has never been recovered B. Three other ... More >>

List: Bridging the safety gap

Angry Indians! Angry girlfriends! Angry Unions! Angry NEWS QUIZ!A novel concept for slowing Bay Bridge traffic...​1. What was unusual about the murder charges filed this week against 34-year-old San Franciscan Kira Roueche? A. The body of her alleged victim has never been recovered B. Three other ... More >>

Kev Choice’s song a day series gives Bay Area concerns a beat

Angry Indians! Angry girlfriends! Angry Unions! Angry NEWS QUIZ!A novel concept for slowing Bay Bridge traffic...​1. What was unusual about the murder charges filed this week against 34-year-old San Franciscan Kira Roueche? A. The body of her alleged victim has never been recovered B. Three other ... More >>

Baylinks: Dolores Park, Bacon Cookies, & Creepy Murals

flickr/concordancethecow​Yeah, so Dolores will close for renovations. Pour some Tecate tall-boy our for the bros. [Uptown Almanac]Bacon! Snickerdoodles! Recipe! [Jun-Blog]Oakland city attorney files suit against immigration consultants. [Oakland North]This animal mural is really...intense. [We Bui ... More >>

Tomorrow in 'Eat': Jonathan Kauffman Has the Last Word on Commis

star5112/FlickrJames Syhabout (center) presides over an Oakland restaurant that's sparked disagreement among local critics.​Of all the Bay Area restaurants that opened in 2009, none made the sparks fly like Commis. The tiny Oakland showplace by S.F. expat James Syhabout left some critics ready ... More >>

Engineers Baffled By Claims Bay Bridge Suffering From 75-Year-Old Design Flaw

Amazing scenes were witnessed today...​A recent article in the Examiner trumpeted a claim that ought to make every San Francisco commuter of the past 75 years grateful he didn't end up unexpectedly swimming to work: "Bay Bridge Eyebar Woes Date To 1930s." But, reading the article, the premise appe ... More >>

Golden State Warriors' New Logo Incorporates Yet-To-Be-Built Bay Bridge

​Let's get this out of the way: We like it. We hated Thunder and do not mourn his passing. The Golden State Warriors' new logo, clearly modeled after the yet-to-be-erected eastern span of the Bay Bridge, brings us a wave of nostalgia the team's play of late has not. Not only are the new-old (old-n ... More >>

The Bridge Isn't Built, But the Bike Path Might Be Moving

www.sfbike.org​​Today, the CA Assembly's Committee on Transportation approved a bill that would permit the SF Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) to use toll-generated funds to finance a bicycle-pedestrian-maintenance pathway on the West Span of the new Bay Bridge. The West Span refers to the bridge ... More >>

Busy Day on BART Tracks: Parolee Chase, Passenger Trapped Beneath Train

​Passengers in BART trains spent an ungodly amount of time stuck going nowhere today, but it could always be worse. You could be stuck beneath the train, which was the case at Embarcadero not long ago. Major delays are in effect, and the condition of the rider is not currently known.

New Rule For Casual Carpoolers: Pony Up a Buck

​At the corner of Howard and Fremont this morning -- the first day of the $2.50 Bay Bridge carpool toll -- the casual carpoolers disembarked out of virtual strangers' vehicles just the same as they did yesterday and every other morning in past decades. Yet some were a dollar poorer.

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

​Man-oh-Manischewitz, it was an interesting week. How interesting? This interesting: 1. Alleged gangster Charles "Cheese" Heard was found guilty of murdering and robbing a man of what unique pendant?A. A gold-coated scarab beetleB. An actual-sized Mercedes hubcapC. A bejeweled recreation of Bamm-B ... More >>

Golden State Warriors' Bay Bridge Logo Arriving This Week From China

For the bridge, it's a great time out...​How overdue is the erection of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge? Well, the Golden State Warriors couldn't wait for the span to actually exist before adopting it as their new logo. With portions of the signature tower sections set to arrive in Oakland tomo ... More >>

Transbay Terminal Closing Tonight -- Last Pics

The last bus will groan out of the creaky old Transbay Terminal at about fifteen past midnight on Saturday. The site of countless San Francisco arrivals and departures since 1939 will close down to the public for good and face the wrecking ball to make way for the Transbay Transit Center over the ne ... More >>

San Francycle: Where the Art Bikes Are

​ Last week, we asked, "where are all the art bikes?" And delightfully, you answered. And better yet, there's an opportunity to see a bunch this weekend. For nearly 25 years, a man named Slimm Buick has been crafting bikes into works of art. You can catch a glimpse of him in Automorphosis, H ... More >>

Lazer Sword's 'Beast's Reprise' Video: Face Blowin' Up on the Bay?

Where is this?Bryant Rutledge and Antaeus Roy, the button-mashers behind Lazer Sword, don't live in S.F. anymore, but we still consider this a hometown act. Maybe that's separation anxiety or misplaced affection, or maybe it's justified. Making us think the latter is this, the latest video for ... More >>

Bay Bridge Gunman Currently at San Francisco CHP Office

Sky1RonTraffic was halted this morning when a gunman acted out on the Bay Bridge​The gun-toting driver who halted westbound traffic on the Bay Bridge this morning with bomb threats is currently in custody at the San Francisco CHP office. "Obviously, we have a few questions for him," said Californi ... More >>

Craig Carlos-Valentino, Accused Bay Bridge Gunman, Facing Charges

Accused Bay Bridge traffic-stopper Craig Carlos-Valentino​Craig Carlos-Valentino, the 51-year-old Antioch driver accused of shutting down the Bay Bridge while he waved about a pistol and told authorities there were explosives in his SUV, will be arraigned in San Francisco Monday morning. Carlos-Va ... More >>

Craig Carlos-Valentino, Accused Bay Bridge Gunman, In Court Today

Accused Bay Bridge traffic-stopper Craig Carlos-Valentino​Yesterday, a rain-related six-car crash slowed Bay Bridge traffic to a crawl. Today it was fog. But on Nov. 11, it was something wholly other. Craig Carlos-Valentino is charged with pulling over his black SUV on the westbound upper deck dur ... More >>

What Music Fans Would Avoid If BART Ran Later

Yeah, we'd probably see some more of this.​Hey, club- and concert-goers: someday you may not have to leave weekend events early to get back to the side of the bay on which you live!By which we mean that BART is considering the possibility of running trains later on the weekends, partially for ... More >>

Cosco Busan Operators Agree to Pay San Francisco Fishermen $3.65 Million

The hull of the Cosco Busan following its 2007 accident​Two international shipping companies have agreed to pay San Francisco's commercial fishermen $3.65 million in damages for an oil spill that occurred after the Cosco Busan container ship crashed into the Bay Bridge in 2007.The settlement, anno ... More >>

Erosion at Ocean Beach could send sewage into the sea

The hull of the Cosco Busan following its 2007 accident​Two international shipping companies have agreed to pay San Francisco's commercial fishermen $3.65 million in damages for an oil spill that occurred after the Cosco Busan container ship crashed into the Bay Bridge in 2007.The settlement, anno ... More >>

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Crosses Bay Bridge to Poach from San Francisco

Says the weather in Oakland is ... magical​Last week, we gave you a rundown of San Jose's inferiority complex -- how badly does it want to be San Francisco? While lawmakers in the South Bay stoop to low levels as they try to poach Twitter away from us, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is doing a little pre ... More >>

Jewel Thieves, Accused of 'Brazen' S.F. Burglary, Nabbed ... in Nebraska

We're not in Kansas anymore​Cops finally caught up with some local jewelry thieves as they cruised along Interstate 80 -- in the middle of Nebraska. The tale begins on the 300 block of 29th Avenue -- a quiet residential block near upscale Sea Cliff. Jewel thieves plotted what police are calling a ... More >>

Bay Bridge Explorer App Lets You Drive on New Bridge

​The ever-changing shape of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is about shift again over Memorial Day weekend as part of a larger effort to retrofit one of the world's busiest bridges. And as you might recall, drivers don't adapt well to the  abrupt changes. Remember the confusion and crashes on th ... More >>

S.F. Rising: Sunday Cornbread from Sweet Adeline Bakeshop

Jonathan KauffmanCornbread from Sweet Adeline's.​A weekly survey of bread in San Francisco ― the baked and the fried, the artisan and the novelty.Name Source: Sweet Adeline Bakeshop, 3350 Adeline (at 63rd St.), Berkeley, 510-985-7381. Price: $3 Toast-appropriateness: Not really a toasting bre ... More >>

In Case You Were Wondering, Jello Biafra Hates S.F.'s High-Tech Geeks and "Shitty Indie-Pop Bands"

Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine​Jello Biafra, the former high-pitched voice of the Dead Kennedys, isn't known for holding his tongue. Whether he's helming a punk rock band, running his Alternative Tentacles label, or even just speaking onstage, the guy always has something - ... More >>

Pollo Campero Coming to S.F., Berkeley to Gain Artisan Butcher Shop, and Off the Grid

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. As SFoodie first reported in 2010, there was a rumor going around about the popular Guatemalan fried chicken chain, Pollo Campero, coming to San Francisco. Today, Inside Scoop confirms these rumors are tr ... More >>

Ike's May Expand, Mohave Has to Wait, and Weird Fish Reopens, This Time with DJ Booth

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Beloved sandwich shop Ike's Place may be headed to the other side of the Bay Bridge. Grub Street reports, via Berkeleyside, that owner Ike Shehadeh is looking along Berkeley's Bancroft Avenue for a potent ... More >>

Dubstep Takes Over the Fillmore District This Saturday, Rest of the World Soon After

Irie Cartel is one of the DJ groups performing at the free Fillmore Dub Music Festival on Saturday.​If you're reading this blog, you've probably already heard of it -- it's heavy, it wobbles, and it's not the Bay Bridge. A fast-growing electronica genre with roots in reggae and dub music, du ... More >>

Pizza and Belly Dancing, Taking on a Curse While Making Fresh Tofu, and More

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Last week we mentioned two pizza places eyeing S.F., the opening of Pachino, and the shutdown of PizzaHacker. Just in case that wasn't enough pizza news, Fisherman's Wharf is getting ready to welcome a ne ... More >>

"Emperor Norton Bridge" Turns 75

The man, the bridge, the resolution...​Other than partially collapsing, falling apart, and swelling into a costly boondoggle, San Franciscans don't think much about the Bay Bridge. For 75 years now it's been an ugly duckling and an afterthought. So most of us probably don't remember that our Board ... More >>

Love Letter to a Big Metal Workhorse

The man, the bridge, the resolution...​Other than partially collapsing, falling apart, and swelling into a costly boondoggle, San Franciscans don't think much about the Bay Bridge. For 75 years now it's been an ugly duckling and an afterthought. So most of us probably don't remember that our Board ... More >>

Thick Fog, Howling Winds to Turn Bay Area into Setting for Scary Movie

What you can't see or hear could hurt you​Bay Area residents will have to weather yet another morning of intense and dangerous fog as they make their way into work. Be careful on the Bay Bridge!   But the typical fall fog will be blown away by atypical fall winds starting tomorrow morning, br ... More >>

The Old Gray Mare: At 75, the Bay Bridge Remains Hardworking and Overlooked

What you can't see or hear could hurt you​Bay Area residents will have to weather yet another morning of intense and dangerous fog as they make their way into work. Be careful on the Bay Bridge!   But the typical fall fog will be blown away by atypical fall winds starting tomorrow morning, br ... More >>

Occupy SF: Should Protesters Stay or Should They Go? (Video)

​Noon came and went without action at Justin Herman Plaza today, the deadline by which the city wanted the Occupy SF tents to move to a new site near 16th and Mission streets -- and still there was no consensus among campers about whether the group should move or not. (The guy above certainly was ... More >>

Bay Bridge Bus Crash Clogs Morning Commute, Injuries 1

Well, this is what it feels like​Traffic headed into San Francisco is backed up on the Bay Bridge after an early morning crash shutdown a lane.The far left westbound lane is closed after an AC Transit bus collided with three other vehicles shortly after 6 a.m. According to media reports, the bus d ... More >>

President's Day Weekend: Another Carmaggedon?

Closed for business​What better way to celebrate the founding fathers than with hair-pulling traffic and even more of a clusterfuck than usual for Bay Area commuters? The westbound deck of the Bay Bridge heading into San Francisco will be closed at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 until 5 a.m. on Tuesda ... More >>