San Francisco

Once a week, American Bites restaurant in North Beach transforms into an Argentinian tango club, or milonga — and, sorry, no jeans or sneakers allowed.

A new restaurant scheduled to open next month will delight the fans of Niku Steakhouse and food lovers in general in San Francisco’s Design District.

The fight is apparently on to save a beloved jazz club on Haight Street.

For many, this week is all about Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, plus its related parties and shows. But even if music megafests aren't your jam, there's plenty of fun to be had around the Bay Area this weekend, from the World Dog Surfing Championships to the Fremont Festival for the Arts and more.

The battle between a big private school and a little farmers market could end, as Supervisor Eric Mar has brokered a compromise deal, and the Outer Sunset Farmers Market has just won a ten-month extension either way.

A new restaurant and bar in the works in North Beach is hoping to ramp up San Francisco’s jazz scene in a major way.

Mexico-based chain La Borra del Café has proposed to move into the long-vacant ground floor retail space 2175 Market Street (at Sanchez and 15th streets).

A SoMa cocktail destination hit with wage theft claims, vendor lawsuits, and management mistakes is planning to reopen this week in a new location and with a new approach to the whole enterprise.

While Secession Art & Design went mostly virtual during the pandemic and closed its Mission-Bernal storefront earlier this year, it is having a 15th anniversary party in the neighborhood this week with a pop-up gallery.

The Malaysian cuisine of Mahila will be reborn as Azalina’s, in the conspicuously-muraled Aviary building at Ellis and Leavenworth Street in September.

The geometric wonder at Folsom and Spear Street just added a wonderful addition, as the SF Board of Supervisors approved a beer and wine license for its forthcoming ground-floor Mili Wine Bar.

Underdogs, which has locations in Inner and Outer Sunset, has opened a third spot in South Beach, across the street from the ballpark, in the former Pete's Tavern.

Foster City officials are facing severe backlash after approving a plan to kill geese that have overrun the city's parks and lagoon.

North Beach has deep counterculture roots. So maybe it's not surprising that an underground gallery and community art space dedicated to punk rock recently opened in a quiet alley off Grant Avenue.

It may not have the magnitude of the boba tea trend, but Korean corn dogs are the latest food craze slowly taking shape in the Bay Area.

An April tent fire destroyed an Amos Goldbaum mural at Church and 15th Streets, but Goldbaum is restoring it now and expects to finish by the end of the week.

A well-known and well-liked restaurant owner chalked up a big victory this week in his fight to expand his beloved establishment in the Mission.

This weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area, see iconic art, enjoy outdoor comedy, head to a music festival, see a circus or join a socially conscious bike ride.