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  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    SF Archdiocese Calls SF Weekly Mother Teresa Story a 'Dark Day for Journalism'

    Photo courtesy Tyrone CefaluMother Teresa, pictured with Donald McGuire​We've been getting quite a range of reaction to yesterday's cover story on Mother Teresa's links to convicted pedophile priest Donald McGuire. Documents obtained by SF Weekly indicate that the "Saint of Calcutta" might have ur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    Super Duper Burger's Got Big Plans

    ​With three locations already -- SoMa, Marina, and Castro -- and one expected early next year in Mill Valley, Super Duper is set to burger-fy the Bay Area. We sat down with owner Adriano Paganini to talk about his next moves, possible future locations, and whether or not the menu will be expan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Apple Closes Stores, Puts iPhone 5 Rumor Mill in Motion

    Guess we'll have to go buy a PC then​The temporary shutdown of several Apple stores has people wondering whether there's a connection to the highly anticipated iPhone event to be held at Apple headquarters in Cupertino on next Tuesday.Considering that a number of stores have closed and reopened p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Interview with Slow Hand BBQ's Dan Frengs

    Jonathan KauffmanSlow Hand's Texas-style barbecue ribs.​ I tasted Dan Frengs' extraordinary ribs at last month's New Taste Marketplace, but Frengs' Slow Hand BBQ stand also shows up outside Mission bars The Homestead and Dirty Thieves and, farther afield, the Concord, Walnut Creek, and Brentwood f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Woodchipper Accident Leaves Man Dead

    ​In an instance of a  macabre nightmare occurring in real life, a Concord man was yesterday killed in a woodchipper accident. Antonio Barajas, 33, was loading tree debris into the chipper, when a rope became caught in the machine, entangled him, and dragged him into to chipper. Barajas was ap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    San Bruno Fire: What Does PG&E Rupture Portend For 'The Big One'?

    Smi23leIs this going to be our fate, writ large, when The Big One hits? ​Turns out, what you don't know can hurt you. It can even kill you. We don't give much thought to the network of aging PG&E piplelines running beneath our feet,and powering the flames beneath our pots and pans. But a ruptu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Flavor Brigade: Philly Italian Water Ices and Frozen Custard in Oakland

    Tamara PalmerSour apple water ice.​Flavor Brigade's Braedon Galloway was stunned to see a non-neighborhood customer waltz in last week, even more so when we told him we'd come to Oakland's Dimond District specifically to see his frozen dessert shop. Open since January, Flavor Brigade has flown ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Bay Area Beard Luminary Jack Passion to Host National Facial Hair Championships

    Jack Passion in recent years; his beard has grown bigger, though no redder​Jack Passion is, quite simply, the John C. Holmes of beards. The Walnut Creek native's facial hair resembles a rhododendron bush. He's the only person we know who could smuggle a bottle of champagne into a ballpark in his b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    The 2010 S.F. Michelin Guide Dropped Today -- If You Care

    Today saw the official release of Michelin's San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country Restaurants Guide 2010, the fourth edition of the local star search. Michelin director Jean-Luc Naret told SFoodie 10 inspectors did the field work for this year's Nor Cal guide -- the same inspectors who do table res ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Bay Links: Sex Appeal, Mattress Money & Mad EMTs

    Heather Thomas​Is SFGate picking on Heather Thomas? (You know! Heather Thomas! From the Fall Guy! Anyway.) She seems to think so. [Politics Blog]Is a Walnut Creek public school using teen's sex appeal to raise money? [SFist]Late-night bicycle burrito delivery? Goodbye, waistline. [Mission Mission] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Ambition Goes All Wilt-y: S.F. Restaurant Closures in August

    ipodgirl/FlickrEighty-sixed.​There were some major folderoos in the dog days. Pres a Vi, the ambitious small-plates-and-wine-bar spot that occupied major footage in George Lucas' big, bland Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio, closed, leaving its much smaller progenitor, Va de Vi, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    DVR Alert: 'Man v. Food' Host Devours San Francisco (Kind of)

    photomato/Flickr Watch Adam Richman stuff himself here. It may not have foodies buzzing the way Anthony Bourdain's visit last spring did, but fellow Travel Channel glutton Adam Richman visits San Francisco tonight to overeat on Man v. Food. Richman feasts on gut-bomb sandwiches at Yelpers' f ... More >>

  • News

    August 12, 2009

    Have you seen C.W. Nevius? Tenderloin kooks have

    photomato/Flickr Watch Adam Richman stuff himself here. It may not have foodies buzzing the way Anthony Bourdain's visit last spring did, but fellow Travel Channel glutton Adam Richman visits San Francisco tonight to overeat on Man v. Food. Richman feasts on gut-bomb sandwiches at Yelpers' f ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2009

    SF Weekly Letters

    photomato/Flickr Watch Adam Richman stuff himself here. It may not have foodies buzzing the way Anthony Bourdain's visit last spring did, but fellow Travel Channel glutton Adam Richman visits San Francisco tonight to overeat on Man v. Food. Richman feasts on gut-bomb sandwiches at Yelpers' f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    It Gets Earlier Every Year

    photomato/Flickr Watch Adam Richman stuff himself here. It may not have foodies buzzing the way Anthony Bourdain's visit last spring did, but fellow Travel Channel glutton Adam Richman visits San Francisco tonight to overeat on Man v. Food. Richman feasts on gut-bomb sandwiches at Yelpers' f ... More >>

  • Culture

    February 27, 2008

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    February 20, 2008

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    The Chronicle Mashup: An Amalgamation of All the Stories Our Local Paper Has Covered to Death

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Hot Comments on SF Weekly — Kings of Commenting

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    SF Weekly Letters

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    December 19, 2007

    Paper Chase

    The Guild is up against a cost-cutting mogul and declining revenues, but the union continues to seek converts

  • Culture

    September 26, 2007

    Also Playing

    Theater & Opera

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Flaccid nostalgia

    Theater & Opera

  • Dining

    November 1, 2006

    Stand-Up Double

    We prefer the Italian to the steak at this glamorous Italian chophouse

  • Culture

    February 8, 2006

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    We prefer the Italian to the steak at this glamorous Italian chophouse

  • Dining

    July 20, 2005

    Girls Gone Wild

    Girls just want to eat spicy food and see movies together

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Girls just want to eat spicy food and see movies together

  • Listen Up

    March 17, 2004

    The Self-Loathing Hipster's Guide to [the Universe] S.F. Night Life

    Girls just want to eat spicy food and see movies together

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of September 17, 2003

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Jailhouse Rock

    "I haven't made out with anybody in 36 hours!"

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    War Torn

    Despite their hatred of Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis living in the U.S. oppose Bush's war

  • Music

    December 11, 2002

    Hear This

    Loretta Lynch gives traditional bluegrass a good goosing

  • Dining

    August 28, 2002

    Checking In

    A drinking tour of swanky hotel bars

  • Dining

    March 6, 2002

    Do You Want to Touch My Monkey?

    The new Marina restaurant with the very strange name

  • Music

    December 12, 2001

    Ridin' the wheels of steel

    Why don't you smile now; A Slim's chance.

  • News

    April 18, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of April 18, 2001

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    What's Green and Black and Blue All Over?

    Maybe Nader voters should be slapped around a bit; their leftist purity will likely bring us four very squalid years

  • Film

    October 18, 2000

    Reel World

    Internal affairs; The San Francisco Story; A day at the races

  • Culture

    August 23, 2000

    Improving by Leaps and Bounds

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • Dining

    January 6, 1999

    Side Dish

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • Calendar

    November 4, 1998

    Maps and Legends

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • Calendar

    November 4, 1998

    Night + Day

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Letters

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • Music

    October 7, 1998

    In Heaven There Is No Beer

    Polkacide is San Francisco's longest-running musical in-joke

  • News

    June 24, 1998

    Art on Two Wheels

    There are reasons for building and owning extremely expensive, not especially speedy one-of-a-kind bicycles. The appreciation of craftsmanship. The satisfaction of owning something absolutely unique. The comfort of a perfect fit. The joy of true obsession

  • Calendar

    February 11, 1998

    Night Crawler

    There are reasons for building and owning extremely expensive, not especially speedy one-of-a-kind bicycles. The appreciation of craftsmanship. The satisfaction of owning something absolutely unique. The comfort of a perfect fit. The joy of true obsession

  • News

    July 30, 1997

    Recycling America

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • Calendar

    July 9, 1997

    Unspun

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1997

    Unspun

    As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

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