Upper Haight

Lost in the Night: Matrixxman Does Disco at Milk Bar

Spilt Milk presents Matrixxman Saturday, March 23, 2013 Milk Bar Head to the Haight and walk down towards Stanyan. There, sandwiched between a Whole Foods and one of the city's diciest McDonalds, is Upper Haight's one and only real nightclub. Which is weird, if you think about it. After all, this i ... More >>

Drink 2013: Cocktails Listings

Man Investigated for Allegedly Smacking Around His Adorable Pup

A San Francisco man was separated from his dog after he allegedly beat the pup -- for no apparent reason -- in public view in the Upper Haight.According to police, the witnesses were driving to Whole Foods in the Haight when they heard a dog "yelping in distress." The driver spotted the man on the s ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Suck the Monkey

​Watching Mike Moran, co-owner and bartender at Hobson's Choice in the Upper Haight, make a Suck the Monkey ($10, coconut water, a blend of six rums, lime juice) by carefully using a drill and squeeze bottles on a coconut is both impressive and fascinating--besides the professor on Gilligan's Isla ... More >>

Naive Neighbors Invite Alleged Bike Bandit Over to "Hang Out"

​Bike theft in the Upper Haight and Sunset District is so commonplace that one more just doesn't feel worth reporting. However, this particular bike burglary struck us as being chock full of life lessons. According to police, a resident of the 1200 block of Seventh Avenue reported his bike st ... More >>

San Francisco's Top Ten Cocktail Bars

Lou BustamanteBar Agricole's moonraker: Now that's a beaut.​In the last few years, finding a bad drink in San Francisco has become harder than finding a good one. In nearly every neighborhood you'll find a bar filled with fresh juices, high-quality spirits, and a talented bartender conducting ... More >>

Alarmists Behind 'Homeless Haight Brigands' Myth Have a New Enemy: A Three Block Bike Lane

​Last year San Franciscans heard a repeated tale about a band of violent gutter punks who caused upstanding citizens to fear going out at night.The story was bogus. Police were unable make a single criminal case out of the supposed crime wave, despite blanketing the area for weeks.The fabulists be ... More >>

Police Say Same Man Could Be Responsible for Sexual Assault, Indecent Exposure in The Haight

Masturbating man ​San Francisco police are looking for a man who they believe might be responsible for sexually assaulting and exposing himself to women in the Upper Haight. On April 16, at about 2:15 p.m., a man followed a woman from Haight and Stanyan streets for several blocks before he finally ... More >>

Cops Chase Down Cyclist Who Didn't Steal Bike

 Pee Wee isn't the only one who has a good bike story ​Police punished a cyclist on Wednesday even after learning the bike he was riding was not stolen and he was no thief. At about 8:45 p.m on Monday, police spotted a man riding his bike along Cole Street in the Upper Haight. San Francisco p ... More >>

Trading Cars for Bikes: S.F. Merchants Turn Parking Spaces into Bike Spots

A few thousand more of these would be great.​Drivers aren't going to like hearing this: Merchants on Haight and Clement streets are taking away desired parking spaces to make room for more bikes.  As part of a city "bike corral" program, the  neighborhood merchants turned three parking s ... More >>

Faced with Whole Foods Competition, Haight Street Market Expands

Enari L./YelpThe first half of Haight Street Market.​Anyone who has ever lived in the Upper Haight ― me, for example ― has fallen in love with the Haight Street Market. On a street plagued with 18-year-olds from Stockton shopping for bongs, it's a spot where neighbors actually talk to one anot ... More >>

SF Man Dumps His Feces on SFPD Patrol Car

The crap police deal with​And some thought Public Defender Jeff Adachi has been crapping on San Francisco cops lately.A well-known inebriate in the Upper Haight showed SFPD just how he felt about cops by dumping (no pun intended) his feces on a parked patrol car last week. At about 5 p.m. on Thurs ... More >>

Massawa Owner Not Happy About Leaving the Haight

​On Friday, Eater SF reported that Haight Street Market just won approval from the S.F. Planning Commission to expand into the building next door, effectively tripling its space. As anyone who lives in the neighborhood knows, the 30-year-old natural foods store is one of the commercial strip's few ... More >>

Alembic Rolling Out Barrel-Aged Beer Menu

::novocainated::The menu will gradually add all manner of wood-aged and wood-finished beers.​The Alembic is a respite from Upper Haight's head shops and spare changers with adorable pit bull mutts. But the bar known primarily for distinguished cocktails and tasty vittles will soon be offering ... More >>

May Literary Events

Upper Haight Farmers' Market Debuts in Golden Gate Park

A market in the trees.​Yesterday marked the launch of the new Upper Haight Farmers' Market on an unused access road/parking lot just off Stanyan at Waller. Market organizers estimate that 1,500 people showed up to shop in the shadow of cedars and eucalyptus trees ― not bad considering the recurr ... More >>

The Happiest Hours

We do the legwork to find you 30 of the most satisfying places to sip and snack.

Neon Indian One of Many Reasons To Spend Thursdays at Milk

Dagny PiaseckiNeon Indian​"Milk Bar -- isn't that a dance club?" Such was the reaction I got from a couple of jaded music-geeks about last Thursday's free show at the white-walled, un-hipsterfied Upper Haight spot. My answer was yes -- until now. The skinny-jeaned and sloppy-haired turned out in ... More >>

Sweet & Low

Whose Haight?

Street kids expect the neighborhood to welcome them as it did their forebears in the '60s, but residents, merchants, and cops are planning a different future

How Much Is That Dragon in the Window?

Dog Bites thought she was done with head shops. Then she entered the magical world of Sam's.

The Fine Art of Restroom Rating

When you gotta go, you gotta go. But there are places where you really shouldn't.

The Great Outdoors

Eye of the Tigre

Sex on Wheels

Playboy magazine throws a sexual revolution party, and nobody comes

SFO3 1996

Samples

Meet the Dealers

The bud men of Haight Street

Navel Maneuvers

If Adam and Eve moved to Northern California, they'd probably note on the first day that the balmy weather, inspiring vistas, and mellow vibesreminded them of Eden. On the second day, they'd pick up a copy of "Common Ground" and enroll in a self-help cour

Matrix's Happy Face

New statistics contradict Jordan's spin on homeless crackdown