San Francisco Hayes Valley Mid-Market
Market Street’s upscale Zuni Cafe is eliminating tips altogether
When the James Beard Award-winning Zuni Cafe reopens for indoor dining, they’ll be closing the gap between front-of the-house and back-of-the-house wages by eliminating tips and adding a 20% service fee. Read More
San Jose
Where to celebrate American Craft Beer Week in San Jose
With sunshine in the forecast for next week and Santa Clara County in the glorious Orange Tier (hey, everything's relative!), you may be about ready to celebrate. We're thinking about toasting rising vaccination rates and the warm weather with a cold craft beer from a local brewery in honor of American Craft Beer Week, May 10–16. Read More
San Jose
Microsoft buys large plot of San Jose land in proposed NorthTown development area
In a surprise move, Microsoft has bought some 21 acres of land on the proposed NorthTown mixed-use development site in north San Jose. Read More
San Francisco Castro Mission
Mission Bay coffee truck Spro Coffee expanding to the Castro this summer
Castro residents will soon have another cafe option in the neighborhood. Mission Bay-based mobile cafe Spro Coffee Lab will be opening its second location at 500 Church St., formerly Mauerpark. Read More
San Francisco
San Francisco enters 'Yellow' tier; indoor bars can reopen without food on May 6
While many bars across the city have spent money on heat lamps and outdoor patio platforms, and partnered with nearby food businesses in order to abide by public health orders that drinking can only be done with a "bona fide meal" in front of you, the last of those rules for bars goes away starting on Thursday, May 6. Read More
San Francisco Castro Pacific Heights
Chef Melissa Perello on the reopening of Octavia and Frances: 'It's like opening two brand new restaurants'
It's been a long 14 months of total closure for a pair of acclaimed neighborhood restaurants, Octavia and Frances, both of which were opened by chef Melissa Perello in the last decade. And she says that the team is taking the task of reopening them one step at a time, with Octavia happening first. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Pastrami shop 'Hot Johnnie's' opening in the Castro this summer
Later this summer, Hot Johnnie's pastrami sandwich shop will be opening in the Castro at 4077 18th St., formerly Nizario's Pizza. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
Tenderloin Museum event this week remembers The Blue Lamp and other Tenderloin dives
Former Blue Lamp bartender and author Rachel Kushner will headline a virtual event this week to remember the storied Tenderloin dive known for its live music. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
AIDS Memorial Quilt panels to be displayed Sunday in Castro
Castro residents and visitors out for a Sunday stroll will have the opportunity to view panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt at two locations around the neighborhood this weekend. Read More
San Francisco Mission
Alamo Drafthouse New Mission Cinema will reopen in July
The beautifully restored and boozy movie theater will bring back the light, camera, and action in July, though no specific dates or films have been announced. Read More
San Jose
Pictures: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose celebrates the birth of endangered lemur pups
San Jose's Happy Hollow Park & Zoo on Friday announced the birth of two critically endangered lemur pups. The adorable babies and their mama have an off-view den for quiet time out of the limelight, but visitors with a bit of luck may be able to spot them. Read More
San Francisco Hayes Valley
Hayes Valley's 20th Century Cafe to close in June
Get your ten-layer Russian honey cake while you can. After eight years on Gough Street, pastry chef Michelle Polzine's ode to the cafe culture of Vienna and Prague, 20th Century Cafe, is calling it quits. Read More
San Jose
Baby whale caught in fishing line off South Bay coast, rescuers seek help
A baby whale tangled up in fishing line that was first spotted off the Southern California coast last week appears to be heading towards the Bay Area, and rescuers hope the public can help locate it. Read More