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December 22, 2011
Changes in North Beach
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. As some restaurants gear up for their Christmas dinners, and others prepare to bow out before the end of the year (such as 2223 Restaurant, Citizen Cake, Leticia's, Namu, Spork), today brought a couple sn ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
Karen Solomon's 2011 Find: Proper Deli Food in San Francisco
Alex HochmanWise Sons Deli's chocolate babka.SFoodie is calling up food types around the city to ask them about their favorite discovery of the past year, whether it's new or ancient, an ingredient or a person. We'll be running their responses through the end of the year. San Francisco-based f ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Hong Kong Lounge II Opens, Local: Mission Eatery's Plans for 2012
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The second, smaller Hong Kong Lounge has officially opened, according to Eater SF. Earlier we mentioned the location would be a few blocks up Geary from the original restaurant, and have a limited menu, b ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Don't Ring in the New Year with Gunfire
That's how most of us felt about 2011The San Francisco division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is asking all you trigger-happy people to please refrain from ringing in 2012 with celebratory gun shots -- it's just not safe. And if you don't believe us, Special Agen ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Ridiculously Spacious Bay Area Home for Sale, Only $29 Million
You, too, could live here ... working as a servantHere's something that will surely stoke contempt among the Occupy Movement: A San Francisco suburban home is on the market. Its asking price? Only $29 million!The mega mansion, which sits on 6 acres in the quiet town of Hillsborough, is secured by ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Hey, Drunks: DUI Checkpoint Planned for New Year's Eve
You're screwed!San Francisco police have really honed their skills in nabbing wasted drivers this season, where they've already arrested 84 DUI suspects, a 29 percent increase from this same time last year. And they aren't stopping there. Police are planning yet another sobriety checkpoint on New ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
San Francisco Falls in Rankings to Nation's 22nd Drunkest City
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story erroneously presented 2010's Daily Beast rankings, in which San Francisco was America's 3rd drunkest city, as the 2011 rankings. As is apparent in the comments section of this blog post, the links on the Daily Beast site are a little confusing, and our ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
San Francisco's Top Headlines of 2011
Total respectWhat were the top San Francisco headlines of 2011?DAMN YOU, ED LEE!!!San Francisco still brokeBevan Dufty tilts at windmillTwitter's business model now includes 140 tax breaks or lessChris Daly suddenly respectable business owner
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December 30, 2011
Man Robbed While Peeing in North Beach Alley
Those robbers really took the piss out of himIf you're a robber looking to score an easy victim -- urine luck!Police say that a San Francisco man was robbed as he urinated in an alley at about 1:55 a.m. on Friday. According to police, the man had met friends at a nearby bar, and as they were deci ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Banana-Sam, Stolen Monkey, Communicates to his Fans via Twitter
He's back!Banana-Sam, the squirrel money that was snatched from the San Francisco zoo last week, is getting a fresh start in 2012. The 2-pound primate was found roaming Golden Gate Park over the weekend, and is now resting at his more secure home at the zoo. The 17-year-old monkey is currently no ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
SF Weekly Letters
He's back!Banana-Sam, the squirrel money that was snatched from the San Francisco zoo last week, is getting a fresh start in 2012. The 2-pound primate was found roaming Golden Gate Park over the weekend, and is now resting at his more secure home at the zoo. The 17-year-old monkey is currently no ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
San Francisco's Minimum Wage Is Now the Nation's Highest
micro10x / ShutterstockClearly a woman making minimum wage in SF.As of January 1, 2011, San Francisco's minimum wage went up from $9.92 to $10.24, which now makes it the nation's highest. California state's federal minimum wage is $8 -- that means San Franciscans are paid 28 percent more than min ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Gayest City in America Is ... in Utah?
SF Weekly readers might remember just how upset the gay community was when San Francisco was booted down the list of gayest cities in America last year. To add insult to injury, the Advocate has not only decided San Francisco is still not the gayest city, but that Salt Lake City -- home of the God-w ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Sleaze Capital: Kayo Books' Dirty Novels Are Second to None
SF Weekly readers might remember just how upset the gay community was when San Francisco was booted down the list of gayest cities in America last year. To add insult to injury, the Advocate has not only decided San Francisco is still not the gayest city, but that Salt Lake City -- home of the God-w ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Man Stabbed to Death in SOMA, Homicide No. 1
Man downPolice say a man was stabbed to death in SOMA early this morning, making it San Francisco's first homicide of 2012. Officers told reporters that at about 2:40 a.m., they found the man on the corner of Sixth and Stevenson streets, bleeding with a stab wound. He was taken to San Francisco G ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Wired Searches Out Roofie-Detection Devices
Don't get roofied: Discreetly dip one of these in your cocktail.In the wake of last weekend's horrifying roofie-rape report -- a woman visiting San Francisco was drugged at a bar downtown and awoke in a man's bedroom in the Sunset -- Wired has published a primer on roofies (GHB, K, Rohypnol) and ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Burma Superstar's New Location and The Ice Cream Bar Readies to Open
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. With an hour-and-half average wait time (on a Tuesday!) at the original Burma Superstar on Clement, we can't say we're surprised the owners are looking to open their fourth (second in the City) location. ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Joseph Minozzi Identified as Man Stabbed to Death
Homicide No. 1The Medical Examiner identified 30-year-old Joseph Minozzi as the man who was stabbed to death early Thursday morning in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood.At about 2:40 a.m. on Thursday, Minozzi, a Hayward resident, was found bleeding on the corner of Sixth and Stevenson streets fro ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Lost in the Night: Dancing Among Drag Zombies at SOME THING's Anniversary Party
Kahley Avalon EmersonLittle Miss Hot Mess and Mona G. Hawd sing "Mack the Knife" SOME THING The Stud Jan. 14, 2012 Better than: Being gored to death by a pack of zombies. San Francisco has a rich history of drag performance. Look back, and the founding of organizations like the Internationa ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Bay Area Residents Can't Seem to Weather Cold Weather
Grow a pair, San Francisco San Francisco can pride itself on plenty of things -- the mild weather being one of them. We don't suffer from extreme conditions -- no mind-melting heat waves, no hurricanes, and the only snow residents will see here is those fake flakes at City Hall over Christmas.But ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Occupy San Francisco to Shut Down Financial District
Lauren SmileyOccupy San Francisco is unleashing itself all over San Francisco's financial institutions come Friday, in what protesters are saying will be the largest street protest the city will experience since the anti-war demonstrations in 2003. It's been several weeks in the making, ever sinc ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Ecco Sends Roasters To Origin
For coffee roasters, it's common, if not necessary, to send a staff member to what has been deemed "origin" -- the coffee's producing country -- to sample and learn about the coffee they might soon purchase. Traditionally, the task of world traveling and then purchasing the beans has fallen to ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Wicked Grounds Returns, Dottie's True Blue Cafe Reopens This Week, and More
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. You can get your kinky caffeine fix at Wicked Grounds again! LiveSOMA reports the cafe, which serves as a major hub of the local BDSM community, reopened over the weekend. If you'll remember, it initially ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
The Dancing Pig is on the Way, 20 Spot Details, and Yet Wah Remains Closed -- For Now
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The Dancing Pig is readying to jig its way into the Castro this Winter. Grub Street notes that Nirvana closed last week, and the pending BBQ joint is readying to open in February; expect a full bar with a ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Weekend Parties: Laurent Garnier, Octave One, Steve Aoki, and More
Steve Aoki plays the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday There's so much going on in San Francisco these days that it can sometimes be hard to keep track of it all. This weekend is no exception, with a whole crop of alluring events. We've got a big party tonight (Jan. 19) featuring Frenc ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Max's on the Square Slated to Shut, Basque's Bask, and Souvlaki
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Max's on the Square is readying to shutter. A reader alerted us to the fact that servers were given severance notices for the end of February. The restaurant confirmed they are closing, but the exact date ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Do As Catherine Hill Says in This Song and "Save The Gold Dust Lounge"
The Gold Dust, now an endangered species of San Francisco bar.Have you heard? San Francisco's classic Gold Dust Lounge -- a 1933 watering hole that was a regular haunt of legendary local columnist Herb Caen, and hosts a regular live rock 'n' roll band -- is in trouble. Its landlord wants to b ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
S.F. Begins Issuing Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permits Again
It's a go -- for now.San Francisco has begun issuing medical marijuana dispensary licenses again, following a recent state Supreme court decision that will allow local pot dispensaries to do business -- for now. The city's Medical Cannabis Act permitting process had been on hold for several month ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Hey, Critics of the Happy Meal Toy Ban: Banning Fast Food Advertising Does Work
Still from a Burger King adSan Francisco came in for a heap of ridicule last year -- including some from this very paper -- when the Board of Supervisors passed a ban on selling fast-food meals containing toys. The sentiment intensified, of course, when McDonald's easily skirted the ban.&nbs ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Southern Pacific Brewing Readies to Open, 903 Serves Lunch, and Luna Wanes to a Close
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. There will soon be another place to grab a beer in the Mission. Inside Scoop reveals Southern Pacific Brewing is readying to open the doors to its large restaurant and brewery space, spanning two floors a ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Occupy My Street: S.F. Woman Starts Petition Against Out of Control Parking Tickets
The vehicle of oppression.Drivers in San Francisco may rightly suspect they are merely a rat in a giant SFMTA experiment designed to make them spit up as much money for parking tickets as possible before breaking down and buying a bike. Meeting went 10 minutes over? Ticket for you, buddy. Caught ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Newt Gingrich, Here's Why You Would Love San Francisco
Like this, only mean and in a toupeeMashed-potato snowman Newt Gingrich is going around the foreclosure swamp of Florida angering up the easily angered by mentioning San Francisco as if the name of our city is a dirty word.We know what he means by it, of course, when he refers to a "San Francisco fa ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
BREAKING: San Francisco Suspends Medical Marijuana Licensing Program Indefinitely
San Francisco city officials indefinitely suspended the city's medical marijuana dispensary permitting program on Wednesday, according to the Department of Public Health.Pending permits had been on hold since December, after a ruling in a state appeals court case halted similar permitting program ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Police Round Up, Arrest 70 Wanted Fugitives
There are plenty to go around Some criminals are easy to catch -- like the ones who forget to turn off the surveillance cameras while allegedly robbing their own store. But then there are the more experienced and elusive ones who manage to get away with murder, so to speak. . But some of those ac ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
List: What's the Best Voting System for San Francisco?
Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Mark Farrell have proposed measures ending Ranked Choice Voting in San Francisco, while David Campos and John Avalos have proposed allowing even more ranked choices on the ballot. What is the best voting system for San Francisco? Whoever raises the most awareness ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Fillmore Bakeshop's Macarons Might Break Your Face
Tamara PalmerFillmore Bakeshop's blackberry macaron.The dainty image of the macaron is destroyed by the colorful takes on the French cookie at Fillmore Bakeshop, run by the daughter-father duo of Elena Basegio-Carpenter and Doug Basegio. Larger and heftier than their counterparts around town ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
San Francisco Not the Gayest City, but it Is Among the Most "Lesbianish"
Thta's one way to make San Francisco more "lesbianish"San Francisco gays were both shocked and hurt when the community discovered that Minneapolis was more gay than we are. Even more disturbing was the fact that San Francisco didn't make the top 10 gayest cities in America last year. Not that thi ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
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 >>
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February 2, 2012
Sierra Club, Historians File Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Hotel in Presidio National Park
National Park ServiceA possible view from a luxury hotel planned for the Presidio Local nonprofits and environmentalists are suing the San Francisco Presidio Trust to try and stop its plans to build an "unnecessary" 14-building hotel in the Main Post of The Presidio National Park.The Presidio His ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Top Chef Casting Calls Coming to SF
National Park ServiceA possible view from a luxury hotel planned for the Presidio Local nonprofits and environmentalists are suing the San Francisco Presidio Trust to try and stop its plans to build an "unnecessary" 14-building hotel in the Main Post of The Presidio National Park.The Presidio His ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
We're Throwing a Free Party with the Jealous Guys, DJ Dials, Yr Skull, and Free Beer This Week
The Jealous Guys, expressing solidarity with M.I.A. Over here at All Shook Down, we like to throw a little party each year before the Noise Pop festival takes over San Francisco. So mark your calendar: On Thursday, we're inviting you all to the Noise Pop Pop-Up Shop for a get-together featuri ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Newt Gingrich to Campaign Near San Francisco: Lock Up Your Wives
Newt's personal fantasy isn't much different than ours in San Francisco After Newt Gingrich trashed-talked the Bay Area, specifically San Francisco, we gave the polyamorous Republican five really good reasons that he might fancy our fair city, despite the fact we are open to all things good ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Chuck Prophet Takes Fans and Famous Guests on a Musical Bus Tour of San Francisco
Chuck Prophet on the bus last night. More photos after the jump. Chuck Prophet and Guests Feb. 7, 2012 The Catacombs Better than: Going broke at any nearby Mission District restaurant. To commemorate yesterday's release of his new album, Temple Beautiful, S.F. singer-songwriter Chuck Prophe ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Suicidal Man Tries to Lure Cops into Shooting Him
Blue Suicide You can always count on San Francisco for intense drama. A San Francisco man put up a serious fight against police yesterday evening, hoping the cops would kill him in his elaborate plan to commit suicide. According to police, it all started when the suspect banged on his neighbor's ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Weekend Parties: Back 2 Back Celebrates Seven Years of Raving, Optimo Returns, and More
Optimo is set to play Saturday at Monarch. Well, it's February, and you know what that means. Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. Yet, while the floral industry's favorite holiday lies on the horizon, that's no excuse for staying in, drinking wine, and "watching movies." Truth is that thi ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Reminder: Free Party Tonight With the Jealous Guys, DJ Dials, and Yr Skull
The Jealous Guys in the video for "Miss San Francisco." Watch it after the jump. My, my, it's been a big week, what with M.I.A.'s middle finger, that new Jay-Z and Kanye video, the quickly sold-out Hot Snakes show, and what else? We forgot already. Point is, you should come by our party at th ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Starbucks Eyes Pier One, Stealing Belly Burgers' Grease, and More
The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. We're not fond of Starbucks' tire fires and cat pee blonde roast, and now Inside Scoop shares that the vacant Pier One space may become the latest location of the mega-coffee chain. If you'll remember, th ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Border Control Cracks Down on Immigration of Red Roses
CBPRed roses will be getting the pat-down by border control this Valentine's Day to ensure those flowers you give your honey come Tuesday are free of nasty bugs.The U.S. Customs and Border Control will continue stopping every red rose over the weekend, scanning to see if any of those flowers are ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Tradition Pays a Visit
CBPRed roses will be getting the pat-down by border control this Valentine's Day to ensure those flowers you give your honey come Tuesday are free of nasty bugs.The U.S. Customs and Border Control will continue stopping every red rose over the weekend, scanning to see if any of those flowers are ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
S.F. Not the Welfare State of Conservative Nightmares, New York Times Finds
Maybe notSan Francisco is a favorite punching bag of right-wing provocateurs who decry it as a West Coast bastion of European-style socialism. (Whatever that might be.) Sadly, even some of our city's local journalists buy into the pat image of San Francisco as a cautionary tale of the excesses of ... More >>
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