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Financial District Staple Sai’s Vietnamese Finds New Home Two Blocks Away
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Financial District Staple Sai’s Vietnamese Finds New Home Two Blocks Away

Joe Kukura
May 24, 2023

38-year-old Sai’s Vietnamese restaurant is getting a new, bigger home after losing their lease last year, heading two blocks away to the Bask restaurant at Columbus Avenue and Jackson Street.

Northern Iranian restaurant Komaaj now open in former Good Frikin’ Chicken space
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Northern Iranian restaurant Komaaj now open in former Good Frikin’ Chicken space

Joe Kukura
May 18, 2023

One-time northern Iranian pop-up Komaaj is now a full-fledged brick-and-mortar restaurant at the former home of Good Frikin’ Chicken, and their pomegranate chicken (and sumac beef and smoked salmon belly) are still pretty frikin’ good.

The renamed Emperor Norton street sign is now up in Chinatown
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The renamed Emperor Norton street sign is now up in Chinatown

Joe Kukura
May 08, 2023

The 600 block of Commercial Street is now truly renamed Emperor Norton Place, after City Hall approved the renaming in April, and SFMTA did quick work in getting the sign up last week.

New outdoor movie series Ferry Flicks playing every Friday night in May at the Ferry Building
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New outdoor movie series Ferry Flicks playing every Friday night in May at the Ferry Building

Joe Kukura
May 05, 2023

San Francisco starts up its outdoor movie season again Friday night, as the new series Ferry Flicks brings beer and SF-centric movies like “Vertigo,” “Bullitt,” and “Sister Act.”

Plans afoot to return Diego Rivera mural to City College, make it visible from the street
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Plans afoot to return Diego Rivera mural to City College, make it visible from the street

Joe Kukura
May 02, 2023

Diego Rivera’s largest mural ‘Pan American Unity’ is slated to return to its original Ingleside home at City College of San Francisco, and would sit behind giant glass windows that make the mural visible from sidewalks.

Bayview’s Sam Jordan’s Bar & Grill sold to new local owner
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Bayview’s Sam Jordan’s Bar & Grill sold to new local owner

Joe Kukura
May 01, 2023

The owner of the Mission District’s Taqueria Vallarta and El Trebol has purchased the former Sam Jordan’s Bar & Grill, raising hopes for new life at the Bayview bar that was once SF;s oldest Black-owned bar.

Treasure Island gets an SF Public Library Branch, which is basically a kiosk
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Treasure Island gets an SF Public Library Branch, which is basically a kiosk

Joe Kukura
Apr 26, 2023

The new Treasure Island mini-library is an “automated book kiosk” sitting outside a convenience market, but anyone with a library card can check out books for free.

Instagram-friendly new cocktail bar Rendezvous serving drinks in popcorn boxes and bongs in the Marina
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Instagram-friendly new cocktail bar Rendezvous serving drinks in popcorn boxes and bongs in the Marina

Joe Kukura
Apr 24, 2023

The kitsch is strong at the new Cow Hollow-Marina District cocktail bat Rendezvous, where your cocktail could be served in a bong, a box of popcorn, or with a rubber duckie floating in it.

Mexican food spot Tia Margarita celebrities its 60th anniversary this weekend
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Mexican food spot Tia Margarita celebrities its 60th anniversary this weekend

Joe Kukura
Apr 20, 2023

Tia Margarita is busting out the whole enchilada for a three-day 60th anniversary bash this weekend, but still with the same menu, horseshoe bar, and neon sign that it opened with back in 1963.

A Parkside cannabis dispensary upstairs from a restaurant gets approved, but its ‘edibles lounge’ not approved
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A Parkside cannabis dispensary upstairs from a restaurant gets approved, but its ‘edibles lounge’ not approved

Joe Kukura
Apr 19, 2023

Taraval Street’s Gold Mirror restaurant will be getting an upstairs cannabis dispensary called Green Mirror, over the objections of many neighbors, but it was not granted the “edibles consumption lounge” the dispensary had wanted.

The new Señor Sisig in Oakland is now open, and it’s got a full bar
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The new Señor Sisig in Oakland is now open, and it’s got a full bar

Joe Kukura
Apr 14, 2023

Friday marks the grand opening of Mexican-Filipino fusion standout Señor Sisig’s new Oakland location, infused with Oakland vibes in both its interior design and its menu.

Emperor Norton will get a street named after him in Chinatown
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Emperor Norton will get a street named after him in Chinatown

Joe Kukura
Apr 13, 2023

The 600 block of Commercial Street in Chinatown will be renamed “Emperor Norton Place,” in honor of San Francisco’s greatest Victorian-era icon and eccentric, Emperor Joshua Norton.

Bodega SF to open new ‘underground drinking den’ The Felix on Saturday night
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Bodega SF to open new ‘underground drinking den’ The Felix on Saturday night

Joe Kukura
Apr 12, 2023

A new speakeasy-style basement-level cocktail bar is opening Saturday night beneath Bodega SF, as The Felix brings Chinese- and Vietnamese-inspired cocktails to the Tenderloin.

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