Category: Local

  • New overpriced t-shirt store coming to 16th St.

    The former site of Artist Xchange on 16th St. is now painted black and papered over, and will soon become yet another overpriced t-shirt store. […]

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  • Real street food

    You can make creme brulee or pizza on the street corner and call it street food. But while it might be tasty, it’s still not […]

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  • I <3 SF

    Screw NY! SF is where it’s at. Spotted in the window of New Jack City, 15th and Guerrero.

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  • Say bye to plywood

    And say hello to the new exterior for Locanda, which for some reason still has a sign for Ramblas. The opening date was pushed back […]

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  • Carl Fucking Sagan!

    Spotted in the patio of The Sycamore.

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  • Lone Star Swan’s written works

    Lone Star Swan, 16th Street’s favorite eccentric pigeon caretaker, was immortalizezd in a mural. But did you know he’s also a writer? Swan occasionally hands […]

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  • Dangerous Muni Metro tricks

    Muni Diaries recently mentioned a couple of dangerous Muni Metro tricks at Van Ness Station. An unusual way to ride the escalator Bad place to […]

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  • Lovelife

    Do you, um lovelife? Spotted at the Richard Gamble Memorial Park. (That’s the weird little park at the West end of the Sunset Tunnel, if […]

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  • San Francisco terminology defined

    Whether you read one of San Francisco’s terrible newspapers or our “witty” blogs, you’ll run into terminology that might be a bit baffling to the […]

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  • No No Name Sushi

    It’s official: No Name Sushi (aka Nippon Sushi) is gone. The recently-rebuilt space is now for rent. According to the agent’s website, the rent is […]

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