After Two-Year Hiatus, Festa Coloniale Italiana Returns To North Beach August 16, 2022 In a city replete with great neighborhoods, North Beach is considered by many to be San Francisco’s best–and it’s not hard to see why. As one of its original settlements, North Beach is a jewel box of San Francisco history, … Read the rest
Burrito Justice: El Farolito Finally Opens In North Beach July 18, 2022 San Francisco has been a food town since its early years, and to this day it remains one of the most gastronomically obsessed cities in America. The numbers tell the story: according to the most recent estimates, San Francisco has … Read the rest
Local Color: The Source For Vintage Posters In San Francisco June 10, 2022 When I originally decided to move to San Francisco over two decades ago, one of the main things motivating me was the history of the city—and the fact that history is still so visible today. From Alcatraz to the Palace … Read the rest
Popular SF Taqueria To Open First Mexican Wine Bar In The US June 8, 2022 Everyone has an opinion about Yelp, it seems. I understand the criticism: the platform is overloaded with inane reviews, and negotiating the mudslingers definitely requires a critical eye. But there’s also a very good reason the website has remained … Read the rest
What’s New At Tony’s Pizza Napoletana? So Glad You Asked May 25, 2022 After a decade and a half as a North Beach resident, you can imagine I’ve seen a lot of people come and go. And in a neighborhood like ours, that of course goes for bars and restaurants as well; after … Read the rest
Mayor Breed Honors North Beach Legend Al’s Attire May 12, 2022 I love nice clothing of all sorts, but for me there’s nothing quite like a good pair of shoes. No other single element of style makes more of a statement—or inspires the same level of loyalty among the fashion inclined—than … Read the rest
One-Man Kitchen: La Fusión Shines In San Francisco’s FiDi February 22, 2022 When Eduardo Bonilla opened La Fusión in San Francisco ten years ago, he was coming off a fifteen year stint at Zuni Café, Judy Rodgers’ venerated Market Street eatery. It would be his first restaurant, and here the chef … Read the rest
More To Love: Four New Pizzas At Tony’s Pizza Napoletana February 17, 2022 There are a lot of good things about North Beach, and as regular readers know, I spend a fair amount of time enumerating the neighborhood’s virtues here on the blog. I’ve been here for a decade and a half now, … Read the rest
Local Photographer Markelle Palombo Takes A Higher Profile February 8, 2022 North Beach is a neighborhood that has long been known for its creative types, and happily that hasn’t changed too much. Even after the retail shakeout of the last couple of years, we’ve still got storefront galleries–with more apparently on … Read the rest
Vintage Posters: The Old Things Are The Best Things January 31, 2022 I love old things. Looking back, it seems like I always have. My mother loved antiques, and spent a good part of her life buying and selling them for a living; she was a picker, in her words, and didn’t … Read the rest