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Easy, Noisy Living: Nor-Cal's Best Summer Music Festivals

Hella Weights: Ask A Metal Dad, with Brian Posehn!

When you think of the No. 1 metal comedy dad, one name usually comes to mind: Jimmy "James" Hetfield. But comedian Brian Posehn comes in at a close second. We first came to know Brian from the HBO cult sketch comedy Mr. Show. He has since blown the fuck up, appearing in things like The Sarah Silverm ... More >>

3 Free Apps To Help You Survive the Fall Holidays

As we move toward November it isn't too soon to get ready for Thanksgiving and beyond. Whether you are looking to cook, shop or find a place to take (or escape from) your relatives, there are plenty of free iPhone apps help you prepare for the coming onslaught. If you're staying in the city, the (sh ... More >>

Outside Lands Introduces Beer Lands to Fest, Summer Pairings Series Starts This Weekend

Outside Lands returns to Golden Gate Park on August 10-12 and makes a bid for being one of the city's biggest food fests with even more edible options than ever. A Taste of the Bay Area features 58 local food vendors including new businesses such as the Del Popolo monster pizza truck and brick and m ... More >>

SF Beer (and Food!) Week Highlights Include Night Cheese and a Circus

Man cannot live on beer alone. Or, at least it's not recommended. While the focus of SF Beer Week is squarely on the brew, there are dozens of events that explore the intersection of beer and food. If you're reading SFoodie, then you probably have a stomach. Fill 'er up at these unique pairing event ... More >>

Bouncer Goes Apiary at the Fairmont

The Less You Spend, the More Interesting Fifth Floor's Wines Are

Amy Goldberger in the Fifth Floor wine room​There might be no better sign of where San Francisco's fine dining scene is in 2011 than the wine list at Fifth Floor. It's a pricey hotel restaurant, reviewed today by our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. Yet the list is currently managed by wi ... More >>

High-End All-You-Can-Consume Fest at Ferry Plaza on Sunday

Lou BustamanteFeasting inside the Ferry Building​Where: Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero) When: Sun., July 10, 6 - 9 p.m. Cost: $95 online via Eventbrite The rundown: Summer is finally here and so far, it's been a stunner. We finally got to see what the fireworks ... More >>

A Guide to NorCal Music Festivals

Ten Worst Celebrity Cookbooks

The must-have celebrity accessories change as frequently as the daily fro-yo flavors. Move over small dogs, adopted children, and Birkin bags, this is the age of celebrity cookbooks. Eva Longoria, G Pal, Sheryl Crow (author of If It Makes You Healthy), and of course Bon Appetit coverwoman Gwyneth, a ... More >>

Outside Lands Announces Local Food and Wine Lineup w/ Flour Water, Ritual Coffee, More

Christopher VictorioBecause this will make you hungry.​ Outside Lands has always made an effort to bring in highlights of the local food and wine scene to festival goers. Every year the offerings get a little bigger, and this year's festival is no different. For its return to a three-day forma ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

TomKat Asian Street-Food Preview at Sutton Cellars' Jug Sundays

Lou Bustamante​Jug Sundays/TomKat Preview at Sutton Cellars Where: Sutton Cellars, 601 22nd St. (at Illinois) When: Sun., April 17, 2-5 p.m. Cost: $5 tasting fee, refundable with any wine purchase The rundown: This weekend, Sutton Cellars continues Jug Sundays, the wine equivalent of a keg ... More >>

Where Do San Francisco's Firefighters Live?

​Coeur D'alene? Really?Not long ago, SF Weekly played with a data application the Bay Citizen created regarding where the city's employees live. It turns out, a number of city workers -- including more than a few firefighters -- live in far-off realms such as Placer County, Los Angeles, or even Sa ... More >>

Neldam's Bakery Closes, Radish Gets a Name

​​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene.Well, SFoodie wishes we had some heartwarming tale to tell you, since it's been a slow day for restaurant news.Paolo L. of Grub Street learned that Neldam's Danish Bakery in Oakland has closed ... More >>

Last Night: Gappy Ranks at Paradise Lounge's Cooyah!

Gappy Ranks​Gappy RanksJuly 14, 2010 Cooyah at Paradise Lounge Better than: A gap year in Thailand after college With camera flashes blasting, and a 150 or so amped reggae fans thrusting hands in the air, British reggae artist Gappy Ranks (the stage name of Jacob Lee Williams) got his first tast ... More >>

Altoids Stout and Chipotle Mead: A Report from the National Homebrewers Conference

Homebrewers AssociationEvery year, beer hobbyists from all over show up to geek out.​MINNEAPOLIS ―Once a year, brewmasters take a back seat to those who brew in the trenches (read: kitchens or garages). At the National Homebrewers Conference (NHC), organized by the American Homebrewers Assoc ... More >>

San Franciscans Stink at Returning Census Forms

There's San Francisco, on the far left...​Was it the brightest thing for the government to stack its deadlines so U.S. Census Deadline Day is just 24 hours after Tax Day? Perhaps not. But that question isn't on the census, which is due today. If census return rates had been a horse race, your humb ... More >>

Hair of the Dog: Piccino's Heavy Artillery

C. AlburgerPiccino's egg-topped Salciccia pizza.​For mornings after one or 10 too many, SFoodie offers a weekly recommendation on where to run when a hangover calls. Hey, it happens to the best of us. In lieu of the boozy hangover fighters you're used to, Piccino is offering up bread, eggs, a ... More >>

Fish & Farm: 'Tis the season for comfort food

Meteor Hunting in San Francisco Tonight? Good Luck.

Sacre bleu!​Get ready for some serious galactic debris, San Francisco. According to NASA, the peak visibility of the Perseids meteor shower will come tonight around midnight (most visible after the moon sets), revealing dozens of streaming fireballs across the night sky every hour until dawn. Soun ... More >>

Raising the Roof: San Francisco Places Well In Solar Power Study -- But Not at the Top

Look, Ma! Solar panels and a three-car garage!If asked to guess which city in California sported the most rooftop solar installations, you might well guess San Francisco, right? And if asked which city would be most likely to include such information on its official travel brochure or within the stu ... More >>

Portuguese Bistro-Slash-Food Shop Horatius Brings Drama to Potrero

It's part café, part food shop and event space, with a dose of Williams Sonoma thrown in for good measure. The sprawling, soaring new food venture Horatius opened in Potrero Hill late last month (350 Kansas at 16th St.), with a crest-y logo that'd be right at home at the mall (preppy polos for& ... More >>

Sunday: Maker Faire 2009 at the San Mateo County Expo Center

Maker Faire Sunday, May 31 San Mateo County Expo CenterPhotos by Sam Prestianni Better Than: watching Star Wars with my robot girlfriend. Freaks and geeks welcome! That was the unofficial motto of the 4th Annual Maker Faire, Make magazine's premier showcase for do-it-yourselfers of all stripes who ... More >>

Ex-Chez Panisse Cook Breaks Down Butchery Essentials in June Classes

fLeMmA via FlickrGo ahead -- try this at homeNot that long ago, a guy might take a class to learn how to make fettucine. These days, knowing how to take down a hog is considered essential housekeeping, but it's not something you can pick up by surfing Epicurious. "Butchery is something you can't tea ... More >>

Voodoo on the Vine

The origins of the increasingly popular Biodynamic wine are steeped in the occult and bad science.

Photos: Makeshift Shrine for Slain Hells Angel

Photos: Week on the Street (Part 2)

Baby, Te Amo

Adorable new Italian cafe and wine bar in the Mission already draws many fans

Smiles to Go

Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in an off-kilter road movie

Five Best 24-Hour Restaurants

Best Cheap French

Reps Etc.

Calling All Yahoos

Worried about what John Poindexter's up to as federal information czar? Call his home number and ask.

The Comforts of Home

Home

House of Tudor

Bubble blowers, tranny divas, and a Roxie rent party

Reel World

Monthly gathering of indies; East Bay documentary maker Judith Ehrlich; the first S.F. Docfest

"Q" Is for Comfort

Q

Side Dish

Red Rover, Red Rover; Wine Country Grows in the City; Wick, Wick, Whack; Every Positive Has a Negative

Heartless Beauty

Chaya Brasserie

2,000 Millimeters Under the Sea

Forbes Island

Dante's Paradise

Way Down South

Leftovers

Side Dish

The Pain of It All

Bay Area bread-makers challenge the French for world baking supremacy

Dish

Fire Trek

Why do San Francisco emergency workers live so far away?