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For the last year Duboce Triangle neighborhood Association (DTNA) has been fighting to keep a new mega-chain store, CVS Pharmacy, at bay from moving a standard, suburban cookie-cutter, style store i
San Francisco Trans and Dyke March organizations have both endorsed honoring Bradley Manning during their upcoming annual pre San Francisco Pride parade marches on June 28th and 29th respectively.
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Our pals over at the blog Uptown Almanac report local Dolores Park neighbor, Dr.
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After eight months of legal maneuvering, court dates, postponement, news stories and posts like this one the bell has finally been rung in this particular battle between Supervisor Scott Wiener and
San Francisco Police Department is asking the Castro community for help in finding a suspect wanted in connection with a violent assault that took place June 8th on Hancock Street near Sanchez Street
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Many readers have noted the bar/nightclub space located at 2344 Market Street is undergoing a remodel.
There has been a real flurry of events in the Castro over the last month and we've done our best to keep up with it all.
The long Labor Day weekend approaches and loads has been happening in the Castro since our last roundup.
Apple announced earlier this month at its Worldwide Developers Conference focused on the new iOS 7 operating system for mobile devices that they're planning on installing a kill switch in the new iPho
Thirty four years ago tonight is the anniversary of the Castro's White Night Riots.
As we posted last week Illy, the international coffee brewer, is set to bring its high-end product to the Castro (2349 Market Street).
Since Sunday June 30th the Castro has been awash in crime if one is to judge by the reports that have been surfacing via popular blogs Mission Loc@l and SFist.
On Tuesday Castro's San Francisco AIDS Foundation's (SFAF) sponsored clinic, Magnet, pulled out all the stops and invited the community to come and celebrate 10 successful years of helping keep San Fr
Take advantage of a great opportunity to visit the one of a kind, San Francisco GLBT History Museum today located in the heart of the Castro at 4127 18th Street.
Since July 4th week-end hundreds of poisoned meatballs have been found at local parks including Twin Peaks where three dogs have been made sick and one died this week.
A stencil that's been seen around the Castro on and off for the last year is of our venerable, unofficial, Mayor of Castro Street, the late Supervisor of District Eight- Harvey Milk-who was brutally
We want to wish all our readers and their loved ones-wether families they've been given the luxury to choose or the ones they're related to a very warm and happy Thanksgiving.
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Though the nudity ban isn't officially a law yet, word comes this morning that U.
The Rainbow Honor Walk, a project to spotlight LGBT people who have made significant contributions to society, took another step toward fruition with the announcement of a winning design for the des
Twin Peaks Tavern stands as the unofficial gateway to the Castro.
Today is the 3rd annual Small Business Saturday.
There's been growing discussion amongst many in the community regarding a perceived rise in crime in the neighborhood.
It seems of late there have been an endless stream of crime report posts on the Castro Biscuit.
The California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled on the 15th that marriages for LGBT people can continue despite an emergency request from Prop 8 supporters to halt them.
Real Estate & Development in ...
Anyone who lives in the Castro knows two things: the real estate market is experiencing one of the largest booms in the modern era and rents are climbing quicker than ever.
Our latest sweep of Castro area news on new builds, great eats, and boozy celebrations you need to know: The Castro's newest big build over at 2200 Market Street, the first of three building sprou
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In a first of its kind case the cyclists who mowed down a man crossing Castro Street at Market last March has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular manslaughter.
Step up to the ring folks-things are about to get dicey, once again, in local Castro, Queer political circles.
Merchants of Upper Market Castro (MUMC) held it's monthly, members only, meeting December 6th.
The weekend approaches and the neighborhood is chock-full of fun-filled clubs, movies and events.
Fisherman's Wharf staple and tourist favorite, See's Candies, is hoping to expand their empire into the Castro.
District 8 Supervisor, Scott Wiener, is fed up with all the double parking he sees in the Castro and the City in general.
This week-end will see a couple extra hundred thousand people invade the City for the annual, sold-out, Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park and the ongoing America Cup sailing races tha
As we posted in June, the proposed new build to be erected atop the Arco Gas station (376 Castro) at the corner of Market and Castro Street designed by architect Mitchell Benjamin has met all the re
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Tis the Season of Lists.
300 to 400 Trans people and their allies took part in last nights Million Trans March for Inclusion & Tolerance.
We're sad to report that The Bead Store, one of the anchors of the Castro's unique, small town flavored businesses, has closed up and relocated to the Lower Haight due to escalating store rents and
Despite all it's efforts to quell the LGBT communities justifiable unhappiness over the Pope's pick of Proposition 8 author, Salvatore Cordileone, as new Archbishop of the San Francisco diocese many
Ask any true historian who's studied the trajectory of the modern-day LGBT movement in San Francisco: "Which leader embodied the spirit of 'Gay Pride'?
As we posted on Tuesday, and have been covering extensively since first announced, the Scott Wiener led Castro Street Redesign Project did receive the go ahead approval from SFMTA Board to start const
Fall has finally arrived.
Friday, amid growing complaints about loitering homeless from local merchants and a small, very vocal, cadre of neighbors, the benches located at the Harvey Milk Plaza were removed.
About fifty activist gathered at Harvey Milk Plaza this afternoon to voice their anger and objections of the unilateral decision removing public bench seating from Milk Plaza by
Breaking: A group called the Vibrant Castro Neighborhood Association (VCNA) has launched a Change.
Producers of the 2012 Castro Street Fair held their check distribution party at the Lookout bar in the Castro on Tuesday, December 11 and beneficiaries of numerous local nonprofit organizations took
Thursday, December 13th San Francisco City Attorney urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against San Francisco’s nudity ban filed by nude activists who say the ordinance violates their Constit
This past Tuesday the San Francisco Giants premiered 2012 World Series Film, a movie chronicling their season's effort at The Castro Theatre.
Today the Castro Biscuit honors the memory of one of our neighborhood's most famous citizens-the original Queer Disco diva-Sylvester-who lost his struggle against AIDS twenty four years ago today.
An insider tipster has alerted the Biscuit that the large parcel of land located at the corner of Sanchez and Market next door to the Castro SFFD Station House #6, the historic 115 year old, Augusto
Tuesday, December 18th, the newly reformed AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power of San Francisco (ACT UP/SF) held a dual demonstration and protest targeting Gilead Sciences as AIDS profiteers over their
Greystar, the largest property management company in the US out of South Carolina, has revealed their most detailed, and at this point unapproved plans, for the prime real estate plot of 2198 Market
Since 2008 the Dudoce Triangle Neighborhood Association (DTNA) has been working in association with San Francisco Beautiful and a coalition of organizations to keep our sidewalks free from additiona
In the Top Chef wars of San Francisco where winners are awarded coveted Michelin Stars and losers close doors and wander away licking their Yelp inflicted wounds the Castro's Frances (3870 17th Stre
The Castro's sidewalks are crammed.
Beginning January 25th and running through February 3, 'Noir City' San Francisco's unique Annual Film Noir Festival (FNF) returns to the Castro Theatre bringing with it 27 films for your viewing pleas
Castro's Sup.
As we posted Oct.
On Friday, Jan.
Monday a wide coalition of 200 activists from the Castro and nearly every City neighborhood gathered on the eastside steps of SF City Hall to voice their outrage over Supervisors Scott Wiener (Dist.
The last bell has rung in the fight between the pro-nudity camp and the City.
Friday, Feb 1st, the day the Castro's Supervisor Scott Wiener's polarizing nudity ban took effect in the City a small group of San Franciscan naturists defied the new law by disrobing at City Hall c
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Dating can be a blood sport in the Castro.
Joey Arias, cabaret star and NYC legend, returns to the Castro Theatre on Valentine's Day after a two-year absence with a show he describes as, "a love letter to San Francisco".
Starting tomorrow, August 28th, the City agency in charge of setting fees at all SF street parking meters, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), has announced a rate changing pilot pr
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In a stroke of brilliance SFPD Anti-Bike Theft Departments at Mission and Park Stations, both serving the Castro, have launched a Twitter account posting electronic wanted posters of suspected or co
The Snitch over at SF Weekly alerted us that the Casto's Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott St) next to Duboce Park is putting together a new photography show focusing on LGBT families.
As we've been posting and following since the Castro Biscuit's inception the Castro and the immediate surrounding areas of Octavia/Mid Market and the Mission are experiencing the largest residential
As 2013 draws to a close Paragon Real Estate has put out their annual analysis of City homes sales categorized by neighborhood.
As we've posted, 38 Dolores, the multi-floored, box-like mega development with 82 newly minted condos sitting atop 30K square feet of Whole Foods has recently dropped onto the hot and available Cast
The Venn (1844 Market St), one of the Octavia Corridor/Market Street new builds that sits at the foot of the Castro next to the LGBT Center, is set to start allowing tenants to move in by December o
The Castro is its own micro-ecosystem within San Francisco's larger, ever-changing, and evolving metropolis.
As we've posted and many other media sources have noted, evictions are up tenfold in the City for 2013.
Castro Supervisor Scott Wiener finds himself at the center of controversy again regarding his proposed legislation seeking City parks have posted, uniform and enforced operating hours.
Last night over the course of the evening about 100 people attended a protest organized by the Harvey Milk Democratic Club (HMDC) in Dolores Park voicing their opposition to Castro's Dist.
THEN: The traditional Castro Halloween street party was first established in 1946 by Cliff's Variety Store owner, Ernie DeBaca, who decided to hold a costume contest for the local children.
There's little doubt it's an ugly rental market in the Castro right now.
San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) announced today that they would no longer be using condoms as evidence in suspected sex worker cases on a trial basis for the next six months.
The Castro's huge, sixty year old Halloween event that began in 1946 and ended officially in 2006 may be a thing of the past but that doesn't stop the party from happening.
Despite a vocal and concerted effort by City homeless advocates and a Dolores Park protest spearheaded by the Harvey Milk Democratic Club, the full Board of Supervisors voted, 'yes' on Castro Superv
The Century (2200 Market St), another lux new build on Market St near the intersections of 15th and Sanchez in the Castro, is nearing completion.
The next phase of the long-awaited renovations to our beloved Dolores Park is set to begin January of 2014.
Tuesday, Jan.
Michael Cabanabuan of SF Gate blog, City Insider reports, that despite the ominous news reports and the high-pitched whining, nobody got a ticket for failing to pay a parking meter on Sunday in the
Designers of the proposed project slated to rise atop Arco Gas Station (376 Castro St.
2013's getting ready to be history, but not before you and yours have one more Auld Lang Syne sing-a-long and raise a glass of cheer.
'Looking', the HBO series filmed in the Castro and throughout the City that we've been following since inception, has released a second longer trailer touting its comedic Queer boy wares.
Castro Biscuit staff got up really, really early this morning like many Castro denizens on pins and needles awaiting what we hoped would be a victorious announcement from the US Supreme Court disman
We're sad to report that the celebration for the City's beloved baseball team, The Giants', winning the World Series over the Detroit Tigers in the Castro has left two non-profits and two businesses
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America's drag version of royalty, Lady Bunny, is in town this week pulling out all the stops at a couple of different gigs around the Castro and the City.
Beginning tonight, Friday Feb.
Dist.
Castro Street is set for a major overhaul as we've posted on several occasions in the past months.
The City and County of San Francisco and SFPD Chief, Greg Suhr are the subject of a groundbreaking lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and activist Bob Offer-Westort, alleging
Last year Under One Roof, the 21-year-old non-profit retail store that raises money for AIDS charities, shuttered its long-term Castro location (518 Castro St) citing changing economy, slumping sale
One of the hallmarks of a society and a people is how well it honors it's history.
The hot bed of new real estate developments along the Upper Market Corridor leading to the Castro got another contender recently with the addition of a 4 story, 47 unit, with 40 underground parking
Supervisor Scott Wiener has pushed forward with his agenda to wipe nudity out of the Castro by proposing new laws and regulations to the Board of Supervisors.
San Francisco Pride Committee (SFPC) surprised everyone earlier this week when they announced they'd chosen controversial, Gay soldier and WikiLeaks figure, PFC Bradley Manning, as Honorary Grand Ma
SF's State Assembleyperson, former Castro Supe and one time Mayoral candidate, Tom Ammiano, Homeless Bill of Rights cleared a major hurdle on Tues.
On January 29th around 10 p.
Before the Castro became the epicenter of the modern-day LGBT universe it was an enclave to the super freaky, hippie, try-anything-once, Queer, flower children.
If you grew up in the City or the Castro chances are you know about the Randall Museum.
One of the Castro's hot condo buildings popping up at the very edge of the neighborhood along Market Street is nearly ready.
The brouhaha around SF Prides hasty withdrawal of Bradley Manning's invite as Hon.
Last night thieves broke into the Equality California (EQCA) Castro office at 2370 Market Street next to Catch restaurant and made off with an estimated three to five thousand dollars worth of compute
Sad to report the loss of Ron Lanza, one of the City's and the Castro's most vibrant, flying under the radar Queer pioneers in politics and art.
The San Francisco LGBT Aging Policy Task Force (LGBTAPTF), launched in October of 2012, has put out the call for our honored elders living within the confines of the City and the Castro who identify a
The Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's scion of LGBT newspapers and longtime Castro town crier, announced online that they've signed a letter of intent with growing media monolith, San Francisco News
Evictions in the Castro and throughout the City have hit a twelve-year high that hasn't been seen since the first dot.
UPDATE (9PM): the version of the TIC condo conversion ordinance backed by Supervisor David Chiu was given initial approval by the Board of Supervisors, 8-3, and the version backed by Supervisors Wie
This morning the Biscuit caught up on a few past posts we've been following but a big part of what makes the Castro so vibrant are all the events, party's, nightclubs, protests, and quite often, day
What a historic week-end in the Castro.
Castro Community on Patrol via the BAR reports that two of the group responsible for the robbery and vicious assault on a young woman post Pink Saturday thats enraged the neighborhood and the City h
Tucked behind the historic MUNI F trolley line station Castro's newest store for all things cool has just opened at 3979B 17th Street between Castro and Hartford streets called Local Take.
San Francisco is known for being on the cutting edge of AIDS treatments.
Halloween aka Gay Christmas is quickly approaching and the City is abuzz with events, parties and only during October spooktacular special affairs.
We've covered the new 38 Dolores build extensively since the tear down of its former occupants S&C Ford began and plans for luxury rentals first broke.
Bryan Goodwin, a 30-year-old Oakland resident, well-known throughout the Castro community, was struck by a car and killed Monday night while crossing the Market/Octavia St.
According to a tweet from the San Francisco Film Commission first caught by our pals over at Haighteration the new HBO queer boy comedy, Looking, being shot throughout the Castro and City since Septem
The developers of the new build at 2175 Market and 15th Street are proposing a 'Market Square' retail space setting on the first floor of the Castro's latest luxury, mixed use retail/condo structure
David Weissman's latest film, We Were Here, the monumental documentary homage about San Francisco's early response to the AIDS pandemic, returns to the Castro Theater on World AIDS Day this Sunday D
It was announced this week that the Castro's historic and beloved live music sister venues, Cafe Du Nord and the Swedish American Hall (2170 Market Street), have been sold.
Hope your day is filled with the intent and spirit of the season --good friends, good times, abundant joy and love.
Don't let the big smile and gentle manner fool you -- Cleve Jones is a political scrapper and he knows how to fight the good fight.
Since the Biscuits inception we've posted about different works of street art that have popped up in the neighborhood as we've come across them.
One of the last of the old school neighborhood gay bars, The Pilsner Inn (225 Church St.
As the Biscuit's posted Sup.
We've posted a great deal in the past month or so about a myriad of stories in the Castro that have generated quite a bit of interest.
Ever wondered what the Castro neighborhood looked like from its early days when San Francisco was relatively young and unformed and how it transformed into what you see today?
A memorial will be held Saturday August 11th for Sister Boom Boom, aka Jack Fertig, who passed away on Sunday, August 4th from liver cancer.
Twenty three years ago tonight what started out as a protest and demonstration on behalf of people living with AIDS by the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power of San Francisco (ACT UP/SF) erupted into t
Bevan Dufty, former District 8 Supervisor, has a new job as point man on homelessness and housing here in the City for Mayor Ed Lee.
Last Wednesday at the City's LGBT Center, in a first of its kind, historic town hall meeting nearly 200 people who lived through the first two waves of the HIV/AIDS pandemic came together to commisera
55 Laguna Street, the lot picked to become San Francisco's first, unique, LGBT, Senior, low-income, housing complex recently received some much needed funds from the City helping to keep the one o
As we posted starting in March and May, HBO is setting a new Queer themed dramedy in the Castro, San Francisco, and other environs of the Bay Area.
OPENING: At the furthest borders of our Gayborhood, near the SF LGBT Center between Octavia and Gough, Proposition Chicken is set to open in early October at 1750 Market Street in the former Yum Foods
District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener recently announced via his online newsletter that the neighborhood is looking for some special volunteers to act as Castro Street Ambassadors.
In a recent post about Frances, the Castro's highly revered and only Michelin Star earning restaurant, a Biscuit reader bemoaned in our comment section, "This is no surprise (about Frances accolades
As we here at the Castro Biscuit recently posted- the San Francisco Police Dept.
The Biscuit wanted to give all neighborhood MUNI riders the heads up on upcoming MUNI service slow down and which lines will be directly effected.
Making my way home through the Gayborhood I chanced upon a sight not likely seen in to many other places in the world other than SF's Castro: a married, straight dude holding a sign announcing he se
Recently over at the DNA Lounge's blog, the popular SOMA nightclub and home to Trannyshack, we read they'd been told by SFPD that they must, "install video surveillance that records everything our cus
Ana Matronic, best known to audiences as the lone female founding member of the decidedly Queer dance/rock outfit Scissor Sisters, who've recorded four critically acclaimed albums, earned three BRIT
San Francisco's (D) State Senator, Mark Leno, has introduced a new bill, SB 635, that would allow bars and clubs to serve alcohol until 4AM.
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SF Pride Parade's embattled organizing committee has decided to hold a public forum on the controversy surrounding the selection of accused Wikileaks whistle-blower, PFC Bradley Manning, as one 2
For the last year, all over the Gayborhood, these fanciful, elemental, mobile sculpture, structures have been popping up at intersections, street signs and hung from the sides of buildings with greate
Supervisor Wiener has thrown out the idea of assessing a per ticket surcharge on the City's big entertainment draws like the SF Giants or Outside Lands music festival to help pay for MUNI's woefully
This weekend is one of the busiest in San Francisco history with multiple events occurring all over the The City with the Castro Street Fair at the center of the all the fun.
For the first time in the history of the annual San Francisco Fleet Week Castro is no longer declared an off limits zone by the Armed Forces thanks to the repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell by President O
Castro Street Fair was a lot of fun today with a little bit of something for everyone.
Today is officially the last day to register to vote in California.
Castro Biscuit would like to congratulate local hero and pal, Cleve Jones, on another year around the globe.
In 2009 a huge community push was begun to get the United States Post Office to create a commemorative stamp in honor of Castro's home town hero and civil rights icon, Harvey Milk.
MUNI is a mess.
Emblazoned along a large wall on 16th Street near Sanchez stands one of the most enduring and largest pieces of Castro neighborhood street art.
Many visitors to San Francisco get easily confused and MUNI has maps available at every bus shelter to help guide the way as one trips about our fair City in search of all the sights.
Handbills appeared through out the Castro today inside newspaper boxes, on telephone poles and placed on the side of buildings calling District 8's Supervisor, Scott Weiner, out on his reported stan
Following President Obama's much celebrated reelection on Tuesday the local LGBT for Obama campaign headquarters housed on the first floor, store front space once occupied by NaNa Clothes-Market
The Castro and the City are experiencing an unprecedented building boom as we've noted in several past posts.
Bank of the West has been given the go ahead by the Planning Commission to build a 3300 square foot bank on the first floor of the new mixed use/condo build going in at 2299 Market Street.
Howard Wallace, best remembered as the mastermind behind the Coors boycott that began in the 1970's after the company touted it's discrimination of Gays, died November 14 after a difficult battle wi
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the assassinations of out Supervisor Harvey Milk who represented the Castro and Mayor George Moscone of San Francisco.
As dusk approached hundreds of San Francisco city elected officials, family, friends, co-workers and citizen's from every walk of life gathered at the steps of City Hall to pay tribute to the lives
We awake this Friday to find yet another odd twist in the world of Castro neighborhood politics.
December 1st is World AIDS Day, a commemoration of those lost to the AIDS pandemic.
San Francisco and the Castro were pummeled by a mean winter storm, the third in five days.
Today marks what many in the Castro hopes is the final chapter of nudist letting it all hang out at Jane Werner Plaza.
The San Francisco Dyke March, which marked its 20th anniversary in 2012, is seeking new, bright, invigorated and creative talent to help organize the 2013 year's event as several key leaders are ste
As reported in the Dec/Jan 2012-13, Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association (DTNA) Newsletter, decreases in funding over the years have restricted the Department of Public Work’s (DPW) ability to
There's something magical about the twinkling lights of a holiday display that brings out the kid in everyone of I've ever met.
A coalition of local Castro merchants have taken up the fight to stop a proposed mega-Starbucks on Market at Sanchez Street.
Danny Nicoletta has been living and working within the Castro and it's Queer world since 1975.
Since the Castro Biscuit was born out of Roy's fertile imagination over beers and laughs with pals in the waning quarter of this year we've attempted to inform, entertain and pique your interest wi
Every January as a new year starts so do many new California laws or proposed increases in services that effect everyone in the neighborhood throughout the year.
The GLBT Historical Society and it's museum located in the Castro is a wealth of information on how the City evolved as a Gay mecca.
As we posted on December 26th, a small protest inside Cliff's Variety Store on Christmas eve around the sale of SodaStream Soda Maker, a carbonating water system manufactured in the disputed Israel
Hi Tops, the Castro's first Gay sports bar, opened to great fan fare not too long ago.
In October of 2012 we posted how the SFPD, responding to pressure from AIDS activist groups like ACT UP/SF, Human Rights Commission and a coalition of AIDS Service Organizations (ASO), were starting
Recently the Advocate published an analysis of our country as they went on the hunt for the 'Gayest Cities in America', 2013.
We like supporting hometown artists.
It's being widely reported in USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle and other sources that District Nine Sup.
It's award season.
Newly re-elected Board of Supervisor's president, David Chui, handed the Castro's Scott Wiener the reins to one of the City's most plum appointments: Chair of the Land Use & Economic Development C
As we've posted several times, the Castro's venerable LGBT bar, Twin Peaks Tavern, perched on the corner of 17th Street and Castro, has been in contention to be elevated to San Francisco historical,
In less than two weeks the San Francisco law banning public nudity-unless for specific purposes or events-takes effect on February 1st.
In December we reported on a violent carjacking that took place in the heart of the Castro, November 30th on Hartford Street.
Mayor Ed Lee broke out the tiny umbrella he uses during his tight rope act this week as he picked a precarious path over political, shark infested waters urging all involved in the hotly disputed t
The three-day trial of 48-year-old Richard Serra, a self-described 'novice' naturist, arrested amidst his first ever public disrobing for alleged public masturbation was found 'not guilty' after a s
The Castro is always packed to the gills with event choices that are fun and interesting to do.
On a beautiful and warm Sunday the Castro found itself at ground zero, once again, in the ongoing battle around the City's new legal stance on public nudity.
Supervisor Scott Wiener, not exactly known for his 'Hey Mr.
The 2013 debut of the Nitey Awards will take place on March 4th at the historic Castro Theatre.
In the waning week of February the much anticipated final, final plans for the Dolores Park redesign were revealed by SF Parks and Recreation, Sup.
As we posted in December of 2012, Magnet, the Gay/Bisexual mens health center funded by SF AIDS Foundation (SFAF) is looking to expand services and size by taking over the former space occupied by S
Supervisor Scott Wiener's long road to a brokered peace between brick and mortar SF eateries and the City's ever-growing, mobile gastronomic canteen operators and defining new, more complete and clear
City resident and cyclist, Chris Bucchere, 36, charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in the death of a pedestrian, prelim trial began Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court.
Many of our long-term Biscuit followers know we're fans of finding great pictures that tell the story of our neighborhood though the ages.
Did you know that soon you'll be able to rent bikes, like the way you rent cars via CityShare, all over San Francisco?
The Biscuit has been following and posting about the highly anticipated, 4 million dollar, Castro St.
Monday night saw yet another violent attack and mugging go down in the Castro.
New development in the Biscuit's ongoing coverage of Dist.
SF's Urban Nudist pleas for a restraining order against the City and its two and a half month old public nudity ban received a firm legal swat across their collective naked backsides this week when
Monday night nearly 2500 marriage and LGBT equality activists and their supporters gathered at Harvey Milk Plaza to demand Prop 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) be struck down by the
The SF Chronicle clued us in that over at Castro Theatre, the City's last single screen movie house, the Mighty Wurlizter that's risen from the pit to entertain film goers for generations is in jeop
As we've posted in the past-it seems a universal complaint from both visitors and Castro denizens-that food choices in the neighborhood can be, um, problematic when it comes to consistency and great
SFist posted that HBO, the GLAAD awarded, "most Gay friendly", cable giant will start to film its new Queer themed series around San Francisco and the Castro this coming week beginning April 1st.
Last year Grub Street broke the story that Chipotle, the Mexican formula fast food chain, had inked a lease for the space that had been Home Restaurant, empty since 2011, at the corner of Market/Churc
Easter in San Francisco means one thing if you live in or near the Castro-heading to Dolores Park for a fun day filled with great crowds, pals, entertainment, and activities for the kids-all orchestra
Last month SF based Queer porn company and sexual rebels, Naked Sword, produced a porn parody based on the City's infamous.
Two years ago the Castro Community Business District (CBD), in conjunction with local merchants, decided the neighborhood needed a bit of color and installed large, hanging, flower baskets through out
We try to cover a wide variety of topics here at the Biscuit.
This past Saturday, the 6th Annual Dogfest in Duboce Park, the largest dog party in San Francisco, saw massive crowds and perfect weather for a day of fun that helped raise much-needed cash infusion f
Yesterday on the steps of City Hall a coalition of Tenants Rights Groups and Supervisors Jane Kim, Norman Yee and Board of Supervisor President, David Chiu announced they'd come up with an amended p
Today marks the 107th anniversary of the 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake that nearly knocked the City out.
Our pals over at Smell The Truth have reported that the Castro's legally licensed, voter approved, medical marijuana dispensary, Apothecarium (2095 Market St.
Its been quite a week.
We've been following the progress around Dolores Park renovations and most recently posted that after more than fifty meetings over multiple years between the City and the greater community one lone
The public meeting called by SF Pride Committee on Tues, May 7th to address community concerns and questions regarding the de-selection of whistle-blower Bradley Manning as Honorary Grand Marshall o
Peaches Christ-aka Joshua Grannell-is a San Francisco drag-terrorist/cult leader, emcee and award-winning horror film director, writer and co-star of 2010's 'All About Evil'.
Thursday the hotly contested proposal for a new, approximately 2100 sq.
SF Pride Committee has made it official.
MUNI has reported the newly adorned 'red lanes', designated MUNI or taxi only, on the highly congested part of Church Street between Duboce and 16th Streets at the far edge of the Castro District h
Tuesday, May 14th the Planning Commission and pharmacy giant CVS revealed their formula retail remodel plans for the former Tower Records/Market & Noe (2280 Market Street) space and frankly they
As we posted at the end of March HBO shot a pilot for a new Queer boy dramedy recently around the Castro and City.
As the Biscuit has reported several times since January, Supervisor David Campos (District 9), introduced the idea of renaming SFO in honor of slain civil rights leader and Castro icon, Harvey Milk.
As is the case the Castro Biscuit often touches on stories or events over the course of a month (or more) and then conclusions, follow ups, or report backs aren't always so easy to find.
The Examiner reports that last week Supervisor Scott Wiener introduced legislation at the Land Use Committee he heads that will help shut down street musicians who amplify their music, play endlessl
As the Biscuit has reported there have been a spate of violent and dangerous cell phone robberies in the neighborhood in the last six months.
As we posted in December of 2012, Greystar, a huge development company based in South Carolina and the current lease owners of the transitioning, SF mega-plex, Park Merced, is building an 87 unit apar
Castro Biscuit reader Denny Garbuio tipped us that he had noticed some activity over at the old Kard Zone store located in between Radio Shack and the empty store front soon to be remodeled into the
Last night SF's KQED, and corporate co-sponsor, Union Bank, kicked off the Bay Area's PBS stations annual celebration of Pride Month with the 2013 Local LGBT Hero's Awards to a packed Castro Theatre.
The Castro is alive with Summer and the anticipation of all the upcoming LGBT Pride Month events like the 37th Annual SF LGBT Film Festival, Frameline, kicking off at the Castro Theatre (6/20-6/30),
Word came down Friday, June 14th from SF Planning Department that Chipotle's application to put a new restaurant in the old Home local, 2100 Market Street, at the intersection of Church and 14th Stree
ICON (2299 Market Street) Castro's newest boutique, high-end apartment/condo build on the long barren Noe, Market and 16th Street corner lot has pulled back the covers on its facade and let neighbor
The Castro is bursting at the seems with events, parties and madness celebrating LGBT Pride Month in San Francisco.
Following the 9th Circuit Federal Court ruling Friday to drop the stay on Gays and Lesbians to marry in California, same-sex couples are now reportedly getting married all over the Castro, atop Twin
The San Francisco Trans March turned it out for their 10th anniversary on Friday night putting the 'T' in front of the parade where it belongs with an inclusive celebration of all things Queer and b
UPDATE: July 02-Crowd estimates from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Castro Community on Patrol have now been raised to 150,000-double earlier reports.
2013 SF Pride Week End is in the history books denoting impressive society changes thanks to the US Supreme Court dismantling Prop 8 and the pulling the fangs out of DOMA.
OUT Magazine loves to make lists almost as much as we love to read them.
UPDATE: Nine year, NFL veteran and new member of the Oakland Raiders, Chris Kluwe, reading at Castro's Books Inc was standing room only on Tuesday as more than eighty people packed Castro's Books I
The San Francisco Department of Health's Program on Health, Equity & Sustainability released a new, thought provoking interactive map this month exposing the continued growing chasm being create
Construction is progressing irapidly along in over 40 new buildings in San Francisco with a signficant parcel of them erected within the Castro neighborhood or directly adjacent.
As we posted in March, the long closed Patio Cafe (531-541 Castro St), has been on the hunt for an enterprising restaurant concern to come and run the once beloved and popular for current owner Les
We posted last Friday about up-and-coming new builds in the Castro area nearing completion.
Great news coming from the SFPD this morning as they report an arrest in the brutal assault and robbery of a young woman on Market Street that occurred post Pink Saturday celebration that was caught
Police are asking for the public's assistance.
SF is packed with a cadre of unusual and one-of-a-kind events to check out this weekend from the annual SF Street Food Fest running both Saturday and Sunday in the Mission to the eighth installment of
The Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) is proposing a re-work of transit lines serving the Castro and SF in general.
The much discussed, debated, and met upon Castro Street Design Project that has been the hot topic within the neighborhood since it was first proposed by the CBD and then championed by District 8 Supe
The week-end has arrived and none to soon.
It's been a rough year for SF Pride.
We've gotten a few tips from local residents and readers while walking around the Castro lately regarding business changes going on up and down the main business strip of the Castro.
As we posted early in August, San Francisco Community Recyclers located in the Safeway parking lot (2200 Market St) since the late 70's was served an eviction notice to vacate the premises.
SFist reports Castro resident, Vincent Calvarese, a veteran Lieutenant with the SF Sheriff's Department, was arrested this week for failing to appear at a court hearing to discuss why he'd missed on
Supervisor Scott Wiener, who serves the Castro via his District 8 seat, has been busy, as always, with a variety of issues that directly affect or have ripple effects into the Castro.
[gallery type="square" ids="93195,93227"] The 40th annual Castro Street Fair is slated to jump off this Sunday, Oct 6th from 11AM-6PM and, if all goes according to this years organizers plans, it's su
Rocktober in the 'Stro has started with a bang and looks to be a non-stop, fun-fueled month.
News comes today that local neighborhood LGBT icon, slain civil rights leader and unofficial Mayor of Castro Street, Harvey Milk, will become the first openly Gay person to be honored with a memoria
At last, the highly anticipated Whole Foods Market (2001 Market Street) grocery has opened in the Castro.
Juantia MORE!
On Wednesday morning, a little after 10AM, a MUNI light rail vehicle filled with passengers that was stopped at the Castro Station took off driverless after its operator exited the train attempting
A new group calling itself San Francisco Group for Accountable Government (SFGAG) has started an online petition and campaign to block District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener from attending or speaking at
Sunday, November 17th, San Francisco's nudity ban was challenged, yet again, at Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro when activists disrobed in an act of civil disobedience and were detained and cited by
Accolades: Word comes via Inside Scoop that the prestigious San Francisco Architectural Heritage organization has inducted three Castro merchants into their hallowed Legacy Bar and Restaurant initiati
Correction: Poesia is open for business today not closed for long renovations as earlier posted.
As we initially posted in December of 2012 Greystar Developers --based out of Charleston, SC-- obtained the lease for the land at 2198 Market Street in the Castro, former site of the Delancey Street
The holidays equal fun.
Europe's latest architectural design trend, an ecologically sound 'Passive House', based on today's highest level of cutting edge energy conservation has arrived in the Castro.
The City has rolled out the long-anticipated free Wi-Fi service we posted about back in June starting at Castro Street and spanning Market Street all the way to downtown.
See's Candies is coming to the Castro.
It's Christmas time for many in the Castro.
On Thursday, December 19th, Bandidos the new Mexican concept restaurant being proposed by Jesse Woodward and Dana Gleim (the creative business team behind the well-regarded LGBT sports bar Hi Tops),
On Monday December 23rd the Castro branch of Sterling Bank & Trust (2120 Market Street) was held up and robbed.
Sad news comes via SFist about the LA resident and Brazilian native, Paulo Netto, who we alerted readers was missing under suspicious circumstances last month as his remains were identified by relat
The week end feels like it came a bit early this week with Halloween falling on a Thursday.
Summer in San Francisco is at full tilt boogie with beautiful weather almost every day.
In August of 2009 President Barack Obama posthumously awarded the Mayor of Castro Street, Harvey Milk, the highest honor any civilian can receive from these United States-the coveted Medal of Freedo
This week has raced by and April is nearly at an end.
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