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The Revenge's Graeme Clark: "I Create Only For Myself"

Currently touring solo as The Revenge, Scottish producer/DJ Graeme Clark's 20-year career has taken on many aliases. Whether he's producing tunes with house legend Craig Smith as the duo 6th Borough Project or playing a live mix of house and techno in his electronic band Deportivo Street Team with P ... More >>

Weekend Parties: DJ Harvey, Legowelt, Floating Points, and More

Last weekend it was Outside Lands; this weekend it's Identity Festival. And while Identity isn't exactly in the city per se, it's apparently close enough to rub off some of its festive vibe on the city's nightlife: we've got nine-piece disco bands, an old school DJ on a classic soundsystem, a big na ... More >>

The Burritt Room's Mystic Rebirth

In just under two years, the Burritt Room has seen about as much drama as the alley it was named for did in the Maltese Falcon. With opening bartender Kevin Diedrich leaving at the one year mark, taking most of the staff with him to open Jasper's Corner Tap, and veteran bar star Joel Baker coming in ... More >>

Live Review, 3/31/12: As You Like It Brings Tiger & Woods to the W Hotel

As You Like It In the Clouds: Tiger & Woods, Laura Jones March 31, 2012 The W Hotel Better than: Yet another all-nighter in a converted warehouse. The As You Like It collective has only been going for about a year and a half, but in that short time, the loose-knit mélange of electronic DJs and pr ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Tiger & Woods at the W Hotel, DJ Skeet Skeet at Blow Up, and More

Well, it's almost the weekend, and it's time to start figuring out what there is to do. At this point, you've probably heard all about the massive (and controversial) rave scheduled for this Saturday at the Oracle Arena, so we won't mention it. Instead, we've prepared a shortlist of four sure-fire e ... More >>

Trace: Rustic Menu Suffers Aesthetic Disconnect with the Dining Room

Trace, the W Hotel's New Restaurant, Goes Back to the Beat

Matt J. SmithWhat's missing from this picture? 100-decible trance music.​When I was in my 20s and San Francisco was flooded with soon-to-be-worthless stock options, the W Hotel's restaurant, XYZ, was the epitome of dot-com chic. Archly design space, buzzy crowd, food with enough flash (and altitud ... More >>

Obama Dodges S.F. Protesters, Leaves Through Side Door

Flickr/Steve RhodesAaaaand, scene!​President Has Yet to Publicly Address Medical Marijuana CrackdownPresidential visits are a big deal, even in big cities like San Francisco: As president, George W. Bush never visited us. But after President Barack Obama's reception Tuesday -- where some prominent ... More >>

Obama in Town Today Means Endless Traffic Jams

Traffic affects Republicans and Democrats alike ​If you are a wealthy political donor you will probably be dining with the president later today at the W Hotel. And the rest of us? We will be sitting in the painful traffic jams created by President Obama's visit to San Francisco. After his trip to ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Advocates to Protest Obama's Visit to San Francisco

villagevoicemedia.com​Lunch with the president isn't cheap -- it also doesn't come without some clamor.About 200 diners will munch on whatever $7,500 nets them at the W Hotel tomorrow where President Barack Obama -- and medical marijuana advocates -- will be for his fundraiser. Dispensary operator ... More >>

September 2011 Openings & Closures: Hotel Restaurants Change with the Times

Ron StarrThe end of an era at the Ritz Carlton​With the closure of the Dining Room at the Ritz Carlton after 20 years and the W Hotel opening Trace, the City's restaurant scene saw the loss of a traditional, white-tablecloth dinner, and the ascendance of sustainable fare in a modern, sleek set ... More >>

La Oaxaqueña's Return, Gordon Ramsay Will Yell at More People, and Drinks at the W Hotel

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Back from the brink: While it looked as though La Oaxaqueña's brick-and-mortar was a goner, Eater SF shares it's readying for a comeback. Closed since August, the Mexican restaurant says it'll be back so ... More >>

Bi-Rite's Bouncer, Tyler Florence Fires, and Trace Opens

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Waiting behind the red rope for the bouncer to let the group in to Bi-Rite Market has become an unusual, busy-weekend ritual. Grub Street shares, via the Uptown Almanac, with the Fire Marshal keeping tabs ... More >>

A16 Chef David Taylor Blazes His Own Trail of Carpaccio

Photos by Alanna Hale​Eight months ago, executive chef Liza Shaw left the popular Marina restaurant A16. David Taylor, formerly chef de cuisine, has quietly slipped into her place, marking his first time as executive chef. Most recently serving as sous chef at XYZ restaurant in the W Hotel fo ... More >>

New Year's Eve Guide 2011

Season Six of 'Next Food Network Star' to Hold Open-Call Auditions Here

Kim in Cajun Country/FlickrNo, this isn't the real Guy Fieri, just a wannabe like you.Admit it: You bust out your Guy Fieri moves in front of the full-length when nobody's home. In July, you'll have a chance to do it where it counts -- in front of a Food Network casting agent. On July 26 at the W ... More >>

The Dark Prince

He claimed to be Nepalese royalty, but police say Kaushal Niroula is a con man whose crew of gay grifters may have murdered a wealthy Palm Springs man.

Movie Marathon

The S.F. International Film Fest starts this week and keeps going year-round.

Your Guide to the San Francisco International Film Festival

Stop and Smell the Marketing

Modern marketing at a party for the Wallflowers, where Jakob Dylan proves he's a nice guy

Readers' Poll

All-In

A brash Iranian-American wins $1.4 million at poker -- and knows his lucky streak has just started

Haunted Happenings

Halloween Listings

Trendspotting

Where the fashionistas drink

Holiday Guide

Arts, crafts, events, performances, and New Year's Eve

Holiday Guide

Arts, crafts, events, and performances for the holidays

Rikke's Angels

They're young, beautiful corporate headhunters for the high-tech industry. How have they survived the crash of 2001? Simple: By partying like it's 1999.

Fighting Nuns

Oh, brother -- sisters invade the W Hotel

Less Than Seven Zeroes

The dot-com party circuit's dirty little secret

Side Dish

Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Going Up, Spare Tire, Shake It Up, and Star-ing

Side Dish