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Last Call at Drug-Dealing Tenderloin Market

​San Francisco is no fool -- the city knows a bodega when it sees one. And Razan Market and Deli, at Ellis and Jones streets in the Tenderloin, has all the telltale signs.For starters, the store is open 24 hours a day at one of the city's least savory corners -- though the doors do get closed and ... More >>

Watch Complete A-Hole Steal Bike Outside S.F. Walgreens

​The only thing more infuriating than sharing the road with cars is having your bike stolen and being forced to become another car on the road. Just once, wouldn't it be great to catch those a-holes in the act of cutting your lock and pedaling off with your wheels? The Mission District P ... More >>

This Whole 'Food Desert' Thing? Maybe That's Not the Problem

apdesign / ShutterstockActually, it's not quite like this.​For the past decade or so, there's been a big push to identify "food deserts" -- low-income neighborhoods and even cities that don't have ready access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Plant markets in those deserts, the thinking has gone, a ... More >>

Kids' Letters to Santa Demonstrate Everything Wrong with America Today

Explore The BruceLike prayer, but secular​This Sunday The Oakland Tribune ran a selection of kids' letters to Santa. Some clever editor or layout person made a point about things by placing the following two letters right on top of each other: Dear Santa, I'm so happy I am saying a hello to you. I ... More >>

Best Practices for Getting Out of Berkeley Bowl Alive

​Berkeley Bowl. You hear its siren song, beckoning you, telling of a grocery store built from your dreams. Aisles packed with fair-trade cocoa, bulk bins overflowing with every type of spelt pretzel, and a produce section that'll make you slap your mama. It truly is a paradise, but as Sartre so fa ... More >>

Bouncer Spies the Clipboard Peeps at House of Shields

​Berkeley Bowl. You hear its siren song, beckoning you, telling of a grocery store built from your dreams. Aisles packed with fair-trade cocoa, bulk bins overflowing with every type of spelt pretzel, and a produce section that'll make you slap your mama. It truly is a paradise, but as Sartre so fa ... More >>

Walgreens Fresh Eats Spread Across San Francisco. Are They Worth Eating?

The renovations began rolling out in May: Dozens of Walgreens stores across San Francisco ripped out their one-hour photo processing desks -- no longer needed in the age of digital cameras -- and replaced them with chilled cases of sandwiches, chopped fruits, and microwave-and-serve entrees. One Chi ... More >>

Ken Ken Ramen Sets Up Shop, Three Twins Displaced from Fire, and Umami Burger's Menu

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. The popular pop-up Ken Ken Ramen is moving in to its own brick-and-mortar. Grub Street reports they're setting roots in the Mission at a commercial space that they'll have to transform into a restaurant. ... More >>

Michelle Obama Makes a Deal with Walgreens

Michelle Obama proves that the White House is not in a food desert.​ According to the Obama Foodorama blog, Michelle Obama announced at a press conference yesterday that Walgreens, Walmart, and SuperValue, as well as several regional grocers, have agreed to open 1,500 stores in regions designated ... More >>

Safeway Sues Over San Francisco Tobacco Ban

Butt out, Safeway says.​Safeway Inc. has sued San Francisco over a law banning tobacco sales in stores containing pharmacies, claiming that the law gives an unfair advantage to markets that don't sell prescription drugs.The lawsuit calls the tobacco ban "arbitrary and capricious," and "a denial of ... More >>

Baking from Tartine Bread, Part I: Always Begin With Failure

​The day I received an advance copy of Chad Robertson's Tartine Bread I decided, in lieu of my weekly post about a local bread, to bake the basic country loaf from the book. Despite my previous grumbles about the opaque ordering system at Tartine, I think Robertson's breads are amazing, and if h ... More >>

The Halloween Candy Kids Crave Most? SFist Poll Seeks to Find Out

rochelle, et. al./Flickr​I admit it: I once lived through a bad Martha patch. For Halloween that year I decided that what trick-or-treaters wanted wasn't miniature Kit Kats or bags of M&M's, but tiny cups of warm cider and doughnuts I fried myself. I couldn't have been more wrong, of course. T ... More >>

Can You Beat These Giants Fan Get Ups?

So you call yourself a fan at heart. Big boop-boop-a-deal. We want to see it in your fashion.At Wednesday's game, no one could beat this little lady right here. The Giants' own little Miss Betty Boop. We suspect this might be a recycled Halloween costume, but it rocked nonetheless, and the dudes nex ... More >>

Terminal People

The closure of the Transbay Terminal was a chance to help some of the city’s most hardcore homeless. But many didn’t want help, and others couldn’t be helped.

Will San Francisco Ban Cigarettes at Pharmacies -- Again?

Your purchasing options at city pharmacies may be shrinking...​City may expand tobacco ban to all pharmacies It takes a mighty clumsy law to make clear-thinking people think like Big Tobacco's lawyers -- but San Francisco passed just such a law in 2008.The city forbade pharmacies such as Walgreen' ... More >>

San Francisco Green Product Guide: Cancer For Everyone!

The city's green police are here -- you fat, carcinogenic slob​San Francisco doesn't just hate Happy Meal toys. It hates wheat tortillas, too. The city's Department of the Environment put its eco-friendly, S.F.-approved product guide online this week, boasting a list of products that the city is m ... More >>

The Jelly Belly Goes Drinkable

Tamara PalmerAlso available in cherry and green apple.​Fairfield's Jelly Belly has just introduced a line of cane sugar-sweetened soda, available at local Walgreen's stores. The introductory price ($4 for four) is decent, and natural flavors keep it from being too sickly tasting, but the artif ... More >>

Easter Candy for Anybunny's Budget

Charles ChocolatesYou can gnaw on the box when you're done with what's inside.​We totally live for candy-coated holidays, and Easter is no exception. Forget the Peeps and instead peep these confectionery suggestions for all budgets: Under $75 For the special people who have Easter birthdays ... More >>

Scent and Sensibility

Charles ChocolatesYou can gnaw on the box when you're done with what's inside.​We totally live for candy-coated holidays, and Easter is no exception. Forget the Peeps and instead peep these confectionery suggestions for all budgets: Under $75 For the special people who have Easter birthdays ... More >>

SF Weekly Names Winners of Masterminds Arts Grants

Hanna Quevedo​Thanks to Project One for hosting a great party and all the artists who helped make a terrific show last night. We wish we could have given out grants to everyone, but we only had enough money to give out three. Hanna Quevedo​Without further ado, here are the artists who took ... More >>

Tragic Shortage of Ugly Holiday Sweaters Threaten to Ruin Several Ironic Parties

The phenomenon of Ugly Sweater Parties is fast becoming a holiday staple, but the demand for hideous sweaters may have exceeded supply in one San Francisco neighborhood. Mission District shoppers looking for an acrylic sweater decorated with a giant glitter reindeer head and whimsical antler sleeves ... More >>

Confusion About Butter Mints Laid to Rest -- Sort Of

A little from column A, a little from column B!​Last week, we wrote about Walgreens Butter Mints, a seemingly ill-conceived reinvention of the traditional dinner mint. Because of their pastel yellow hue, we assumed the little tablets would taste like their namesake.Two diligent readers swiftly wro ... More >>

Don’t Be Chicken

A little from column A, a little from column B!​Last week, we wrote about Walgreens Butter Mints, a seemingly ill-conceived reinvention of the traditional dinner mint. Because of their pastel yellow hue, we assumed the little tablets would taste like their namesake.Two diligent readers swiftly wro ... More >>

Goodbye Gum, Hello Butter Mints!

Tired of freshening your breath with the pedestrian odor of spearmint or wintergreen? Well, American eating habits are here to help you out of the doldrums. Spotted at our local Walgreens pharmacy, these technicolor tablets look just like wedding mints, but promise to taste like butter. The front of ... More >>

What a Predicament: City Attorney Defends Crappy S.F. Law Against Ultimate Corporate Force of Evil

I am the law!​ Like a duel to the death with the prize to the victor being death, it seems there are no winners in this morning's legal showdown between San Francisco and Philip Morris at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Well, the winner may be "your lungs," but, at best, the loser would be "your ... More >>

How undocumented aliens shopping on Market Street can find an inexpensive trip home

I am the law!​ Like a duel to the death with the prize to the victor being death, it seems there are no winners in this morning's legal showdown between San Francisco and Philip Morris at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Well, the winner may be "your lungs," but, at best, the loser would be "your ... More >>

Man Arrested for Battery (Theft)

The Taraval Police Station blotter carries yet another story of a thief with prior convictions getting nabbed for (very) petty theft. This week's story is posted below:05/27/09  5:25pm                  &nb ... More >>

Is He Sponge Worthy? Local Company Makes This An Easier Decision.

The real-life discontinuation of the women's contraceptive, the Today Sponge, inspired one of the most memorable episodes of the television show Seinfeld. Upon discovering that her birth control method of choice would soon disappear from stores, the sexually active (and apparently responsible) Elain ... More >>

San Francisco Walgreens Stores Report Panicky City Residents Have Bought Up Supply of Air Filtration Masks

It may help you win the Cobra Commander look-alike contest, but will it stave off Swine Flu?In San Francisco, Walgreens may be even more ubiquitous than sourdough bread. And yet, thanks to Swine Flu-related purchasing binges, you'd be hard-pressed to find any air filtration masks in the drugstores' ... More >>

The 25 Worst/Least Likely Names For the Newsom Baby

The French delegation humbly suggests "Marcel" for a boy or "Germaine" for a girlWhat the hell is going on there at City Hall? Sean Elsbernd, Ross Mirkarimi, Michela Alioto-Pier's staff, random statues -- everyone is cranking a kid these days. Can we tie this in to the Sean Penn scenes filmed on loc ... More >>

This Just in (From Germany!): Walgreens to Buy Seven San Francisco Rite Aids

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

Plastic bags still in SF stores despite ban

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

Meredith Brody Mint 3 Musketeers Still As Gross as Regular 3 Musketeers

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

Minty Fresh II

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

Puccini and Pinetti's Touristy Location Trumps Its Cuisine

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

S.F. Signs of the Apocalypse

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

With These Cheese Puffs, I Thee Wed

Seven more Walgreens -- and their wonderful billboards -- are headed for S.F.The ubiquitous San Francisco corner Walgreens store is about to grow even more so: The drugstore chain, only slightly less prevalent in the city than chinese restaurants or sand, has entered into a deal to purchase seven Ri ... More >>

The Twelve Days of Cochina

Ignore Marga Gomez's political forays and giggle along with her sex talk

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on April 6, 2005

Best Cards

Crafty Cards

Tally Ho

We thought we'd lost the motorloaf forever. Then we checked the phone book.

Butterfat on Wheels

A rolling ice cream social

Letters to the Editor

Week of September 18, 2002

Gluing for God

Members of the Church of Craft worship through the divinity of, well, crafting

Anticipation

Two performance artists show you can learn a lot about humans by observing them in waiting rooms such as lobbies, train stations, and airports

Dog Bites

Two performance artists show you can learn a lot about humans by observing them in waiting rooms such as lobbies, train stations, and airports

Cothran

Two performance artists show you can learn a lot about humans by observing them in waiting rooms such as lobbies, train stations, and airports

Don't Delay, Act Now

Two performance artists show you can learn a lot about humans by observing them in waiting rooms such as lobbies, train stations, and airports

A Breath of French Air

Alain Rondelli is a soothing, sophisticated surprise on chaotic Clement Street