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American Bao Bar: Pop-Up Combines Asian and Southern Cuisines

Ghost Scam Trial: Prosecutor Challenges Defendant's Victimization Story

For the defendants in the ghost scam trial to be acquitted, their lawyers must prove, by a preponderance of evidence, that they committed their crimes "out of necessity." "Preponderance of evidence," jurors are told, "means that you must be persuaded that the things the defendant seeks to prove are ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Bouncer Takes in California Christmastime at Straits

Two New Local Cookbooks Help You Cook Like Chinese Nomads, Improve Your Sex Life

Here's a duo of new Bay Area cookery titles worthy of space in that (compact, apartment) library of yours. Linda Lau Anusasananan is a food writer and former Sunset Magazine cookbook consultant who used her own ethnic heritage as a backdrop to research The Hakka Cookbook (University of California P ... More >>

What the Flug?

Bryan Boogie on His Love for Deep House and Why DJs Shouldn't Be Promoters

Growing up during the height of the '90s Bay Area turntablism movement, local DJ Bryan Boogie decided to save his lunch money to buy equipment from RadioShack at the age of 12. While locals Q-bert, Mix Master Mike, and Apollo were dazzling in DMC battles, Boogie instead found himself drawn to house ... More >>

Google Attempts to Teach Everyone on the Planet That Being Gay Is Not a Crime

Hey homophobes, here's one more big corporation for you to boycott. Today is the day that Google launches its much-talked-about campaign, "Legalize Love." We know what you are thinking -- what do those geeks in Silicon Valley know about love? Turns out, those nerds know a hell of a lot more about lo ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Azul and Its Bar Manager Michael Callahan Bid Farewell to San Francisco

42BelowMichael Callahan at workWith Azul Lounge closing, the question of where bar manager Michael Callahan will end up has finally been answered: Singapore. The veteran bartender has been tapped to help open an American/European style bar called 28 HongKong Street (both the name and the address), w ... More >>

Reviewing S.F. Airport's Terminal 2: Photographic Evidence

A bowl of warm potato chips at Cat Cora.​What with travelers spending more time waiting in airports, and airplane food disappearing (a mixed blessing?), it makes sense that SFO's new Terminal 2 has more food vendors than gates. For this week's full-length review, I took advantage of a couple of sh ... More >>

Shark Fin Watch, Gadfly Alert, the Cereal Shot

polytropos/FlickrShark finning has become a focal point all over the Chinese diaspora for discussions about environmental issues.​Today marks the launch of Talking Points: Notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other miscellanea dredged up from the food media.1. Shark fin watc ... More >>

Tonga Room Execution Stayed. Does Anyone Care?

​Like smoking at work, camel hair coats and a budget surplus, tiki bars are relics of a bygone era, of when Cesar Chavez Street was called Army, when nobody in San Francisco knew what a bike lane was, and organ meat was nothing more than fodder for the cows that we turned into delicious 15-cent ha ... More >>

A "life hacker" is selected by a game of Roshambo to travel the world

Fecal Face, 'Amélie,' Power to the Peaceful, Pineapple Princess, Fillmore Art Walk, and More

Pineapple Princess plays Saturday at the Hemlock ​Whether you're into 1960s Southeast Asian pop, free concerts in the park, or flying dancers, San Francisco has got you covered this weekend. Here's our list of 10 things to do for considerably less than a parking ticket: 10 Years of Fecal Face ... More >>

The Under-$10 Hookup: Lime Tree Southeast Asian Kitchen

Luis ChongThumbs up: Lime Tree's beef rendang.​Last Thursday's KQED Forum radio show with Michael Krasny featured a chat with Bay Area food writers and restaurant critics including SF Weekly's Jonathan Kauffman. During listener call-ins, several requested recommendations for inexpensive dining ... More >>

Todd Solondz interview: On "Life During Wartime"

Comstock Saloon's Jeff Hollinger Talks About Making the Old New

Peter DaSilva/New York TimesJeff Hollinger (left) and Jonny Raglin.​In today's review, I write about Comstock Saloon. The North Beach bar and restaurant is located on the edge of what used to be the Barbary Coast, San Francisco's vice district, which flourished from 1849 to 1914. Bartenders Jonny ... More >>

Pretenders, Protesters Show Up For Trans-Pacific Trade Talks

www.animalliberationfront.comChrissie Hynde ain't pretendin​Foreign trade deals don't need China and Japan in order to be successful, merely relevant. And they certainly don't need to be globe-busting in order to draw demonstrators: several events are planned today as the Trans-Pacific Partnership ... More >>

Curry Mee at Singapore Malaysian: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Slurpable?

Eating in Translation/FlickrNonya enough?​Curry mee is a delicious dish with a great name. When you're settling into a table at Singapore Malaysian (836 Clement at Ninth Ave.), ravenous enough to chew on the menu, it's quite fun to say, or, ideally, howl, spoon and fork already in hand, mouth ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

​Our favorite morsel from the food blogs. Realness on a stick: Bay Area Bites' Thy Tran serves up the most thoughtful take on street food we've seen in a long time. Sure, we can all feel glow-y for August's street food fests, but what would it take to build the teeming, vibrant vendor culture ... More >>

Bad Memories in Little Chinatown

Local Team Going Wok-to-Wok with Asian Chefs in Cook-Off

Asian Chefs AssociationThe bronze-winning 2007 San Francisco team in Taipei.​The Taipei World Culinary Contest has again asked the San Francisco Asian Chefs Association to represent the U.S.A. in a grueling three-day culinary competition. From August 20 to August 23, the home team will go up a ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Today's Odds and Ends

Our favorite morsels from the food blogs and beyond. You mean the answer isn't "pop"?: Maybe you were flashing on the first time you heard "Billie Jean," or remembering how, for the life of you, you couldn't imagine what Macaulay Culkin might have been doing on those Neverland sleepovers. Mission M ... More >>

First Impressions: New Malaysian-Singaporean Cafe in Lafayette

Almost Gold

The Jesus and Mary Chain: From required records to artificial rip-offs

Paul Van Dyk: hardest working Berliner in showbiz

Take TWO

Hawthorne Lane gets a face-lift and shot of youth serum

Nonya Business

The blending of hits and misses at S.F.'s oldest Malaysian restaurant

Running Ahmohk

S.F.'s only Cambodian spot is still going strong in its 20th year

No Mere Novelty

Ware collects his works

Ex Ed

Our inhibitions are lowered, our ex is seated across from us. What to do ...

Outside the Ordinary

Even when it's foggy, there's great, comfortable alfresco dining in San Francisco. Here are some of our current favorites.

The Karmic Kitchen

Annalakshmi brings karmic dining to San Francisco; a convenience store groupie attends the "University of 7-Eleven."

Off the Rails

Even with the radiant Gong Li, Zhou Yu's Train's a wreck

Reps Etc.

Urban Explorer

Some of the best things our critic consumed in a year of eating around a constantly evolving town

Sound Advice

The bored, the gothic, and the really flexible

Zoom Lens

The Fifth Annual New Asian Film Festival

A Romance Glossary

A Reader's Guide to Romance Novels

Brother's

Pacific Grin

Best Restaurant to Which to Take Indecisive Out-of-Towners

Straits Cafe

Mixed Greens

Shanghai Express

Zoom Lens

Ginger Spices Up South Beach

Singapore Slingshot

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Love! Valour! Queer Cinema!

A guide to the Lesbian and Gay Film Fest

Savor the Day

A world of crepes in Noe Valley