San Francisco
San Francisco Fillmore Ingleside
Two SF McDonald’s offering free food as enticement to get vaccinated
The McDonald’s in the Fillmore and Ingleside are both offering “one free menu item” for those who get their vaccine shot, but the deal only applies if you’re not yet vaccinated. Read More
San Francisco Union Square
Shake Shack opens at Westfield Centre food court on June 28
Starting next week, San Franciscans don't have to go to Cow Hollow to get your Shake Shack fix. The chain is opening its second San Francisco location in the heart of downtown, at the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall (845 Market St.), just a hop and a skip from the Powell Street BART station. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle Mission
Driver crashes into and destroys parklets at Aquitaine & The Boombox
Early Friday morning, the driver of a vehicle crashed into and destroyed two parklets at Church and Market streets. Read More
San Francisco Upper Haight
New Haight and Ashbury-themed shop ‘Haight & Ashbury’ opens at Haight and Ashbury
A new "Welcome Center and Counterculture Museum Shop for the Haight” brings a breath of fresh air, and bouquets of fresh flowers, as boutique shop Haight & Ashbury celebrates the neighborhood's rich history. Read More
San Francisco Embarcadero
Ferry Building farmers market celebrates ‘Juneteenth on the Waterfront’ Saturday
Black-owned food businesses serve up Juneteenth feasts by the Bay at this weekend’s Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Read More
San Francisco Nob Hill
The Tonga Room sets reopening date in July
SF's kitschiest Tiki bar experience, The Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street), will be welcoming guests and people who just want to Instagram the rainstorms starting July 9. Read More
San Francisco
This weekend's Pride events celebrate Juneteenth and the city's re-opening
Pride is being celebrated through the month of June in San Francisco, but this weekend offers a wide variety of events — virtual and in-person — including several that honor Juneteenth. Read More
San Francisco SoMa
SOMArts to host its first in-person event since the pandemic June 23 — celebrating queer resilience and togetherness
Here 4 U, a happening described as an ode to chosen families and the inherent strength of the LGBTQIA+ community, will feature performances by local drag queen favorites Nicki Jizz, Dulce de Leche, and Yves Saint Croissant that will pedestal queer creativity. Read More
San Francisco Presidio Presidio Heights
Shock jock Michael Savage ousted from Presidio Trust board of directors
Clearly unqualified in the first place, conservative commentator and Trump appointee Michael Savage is gone from the Presidio board as Biden cleans house. Read More
San Francisco Financial District Mission SoMa
News from the Bay 'hoods: Marlowe sets July date for reopening, Old Jerusalem is back, and more
As (some of) the masks come off, here's some news this week about more things reopening in SF and elsewhere around the Bay. Read More
San Francisco Ingleside
The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck is coming to Stonestown Galleria on Saturday
Say hello again to the Instagram trap on wheels known as the Hello Kitty Cafe Truck, which holds court all day Saturday at the Stonestown Galleria. Read More
San Francisco North Beach
30-year-old North Beach staple The Stinking Rose seeks new owner to reopen, keep it going
The Stinking Rose (325 Columbus Ave.), which opened in 1991 in North Beach and maintains a loyal clientele of tourists and garlic-loving locals, has been closed throughout the pandemic. And now we learn that it won't reopen unless a new owner steps in and wants to keep the concept going, with the original owners deciding to retire. Read More
San Francisco Excelsior
OG dispensary ReLeaf will be reborn in Crocker-Amazon
One of San Francisco’s original cannabis dispensaries will be back at a new location, as ReLeaf gets Planning Commission approval right at the SF-Daly City border. Read More
San Francisco SoMa
Widely pre-panned YOLO Nightclub, in the former Slim’s, set to open June 18
The ladies will be scantily clad, but men must adhere to a highly non-sexual dress code, when the old Slim’s reopens as YOLO Nightclub next Friday, June 18. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
See the Tenderloin's pothole artist's first museum show and live resin installation this weekend
Artist Rik Lee Leipold is celebrating their first museum show, and will host an artist talk and live resin casting of a pothole outside of the Tenderloin Museum on Saturday, June 12, 2021. Read More
San Francisco Divisadero SoMa
Namu Stonepot closes its Divisadero location; team set to open unnamed food hall — with pizza! — in SoMa
Namu Stonepot (553 Divisadero) is no longer serving its loco moco bowls and stonepot rice from the Divisadero space where it's lived since 2017, but the menu is still being served at Dolores and 18th, and will be appearing at a new food-hall concept the team is opening soon on 9th Street. Read More
San Francisco Mission
Osito, a tasting-menu restaurant centered on live-fire cooking, aims for October opening in the Mission
Osito, a much-delayed restaurant with a celebratory, communal tasting-menu concept centered around live-fire cooking of meat and fish, is finally taking shape and aiming for a fall opening at 2875 18th Street (at Florida). Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle Mission
Castro CBD votes to end private security camera proposal funded by tech entrepreneur
On Monday, the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District (Castro CBD) voted to scuttle its proposal to install a private network of 125 security cameras. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Cruisin' the Castro Walking Tours resumes in-person tours & releases virtual tour
Just this week, Cruisin' the Castro Walking Tours announced in-person tours have resumed, and she's released a new 45-minute virtual tour titled "The Castro - A Community Advocating for Equality." Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
Tenderloin bar crawl will hit up five neighborhood bars on June 15th — and includes a treasure hunt
In celebration of California’s Big Reopening Day next Tuesday, a Gold Rush-themed bar at 460 Larkin Street is teaming up with four other Tenderloin watering holes for a joint bar crawl that will be held the same day. And yes, there will be treasure maps involved. Read More
San Francisco Hayes Valley
The Brixton is expanding to the former Stacks space in Hayes Valley
We all knew that the Stacks space (501 Hayes St.) at the corner of Octavia and Hayes likely wouldn't stay empty for long, and as the pandemic wanes we learn that the owners of Cow Hollow's The Brixton (2140 Union St.) are set to open a new location — their third — there in the coming months. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Gilbert Baker Foundation unveils Pride Flag art exhibit 'In Their Own Voices' at Harvey Milk's former camera shop
On Tuesday the Gilbert Baker Foundation in partnership with the GLBT Historical Society unveiled a new Pride Flag pop-up art exhibit "In Their Own Eyes" at Harvey Milk's former camera shop at 575 Castro Street. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Italian restaurant Vico Cavone headed to Castro's former Firewood space
A new Italian restaurant called Vico Cavone will be opening this fall inside the former Firewood space at 4248 18th Street, helmed by a former server at Poesia. Read More
San Francisco
Take a hike to celebrate the Crosstown Trail this weekend
This weekend marks the second anniversary of the launch of the Crosstown Trail, a 17-mile route across San Francisco that connects Candlestick Point to Lands End, and there are events to celebrate. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle Mission
Castro Business Briefs: Sancha Sushi, Monster Goblin Games open, Last Rites reopens, more
A new board game shop as moved into the former Comic Book Beardies, a new sushi spot has opened in the former Miyabi space, and more. Read More