Live & Kicking: George Chen’s China Live Readies For The Return It has now been fully fifteen months since the Covid-19 pandemic brought much of San Francisco life to a shuddering halt. When the Coronavirus descended on the Bay Area in March of last year, it brought the kind of wholesale … Read the rest
Pizza Life: The Best Coal Fired Pizza, Coast To Coast When I relocated to Manhattan from San Francisco nearly twenty years ago, it was a move I made with some ambivalence. I wasn’t keen on the winters, and until I got to know New York, it just seemed like a … Read the rest
Hearing Tomorrow: Do You Want To See Washington Square Park Closed? Tomorrow, November 13th at 3:00 p.m., our Board of Supervisors will finally hear an appeal from the neighborhood concerning the possible closure of North Beach’s Washington Square Park. As some of you already know, the Square is set to be … Read the rest
Suiting Up At Al’s Attire: The Boots Arrive Clothes are a funny thing. As humans, we collectively spend an awful lot of time thinking about the various items we wear on our bodies. Clothes make the man, they say, and there is undeniably some truth to it. In … Read the rest
Carlos Santana Rocks Al’s Attire At NBA Finals As we turn the corner into summer, It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in San Francisco. And truth be told, it’s kind of a relief to have the NBA Finals and the big North Beach Festival behind us. … Read the rest
Pho Gough Brings Sacramento Noodlers To Cow Hollow In a neighborhood that has seen more than its share of restaurant closings recently, there’s a new noodle house on the horizon: Pho Gough. Due to open in Cow Hollow this Friday, the restaurant is the first San Francisco … Read the rest
Limited Time: Dazzle Bar Pop-Up Breezes Into North Beach Tomorrow Everyone is different, but we’ve all got rituals when it comes to looking our very best. Whether it’s a straight-razor shave, a shoeshine or getting your curls blown out, its always good to know we’ve got these things in our … Read the rest
George Chen’s Chinatown: A Walk With The Owner Of SF’s China Live It all started with a phone call last Tuesday morning. It wasn’t a number I recognized, but I picked up anyway. “Joe? George Chen.” A pleasant surprise: I had reviewed Chen’s genre-redefining restaurant China Live in September, and spoken to … Read the rest
North Beach Event: A Crab Feed For The Kids At Salesian Club San Francisco is a city known for its distinct neighborhoods, and perhaps none of them possesses more charm and mystique than North Beach. There have been a lot of reasons posited for our unique position in the public’s imagination, and … Read the rest
A Cuisine Comes Full Circle: California Mexican Steps Up With last month’s publication of the 2018 Michelin Guide for the Bay Area, the big story was San Francisco’s surpassing of New York as America’s fine dining capital. To be sure, it’s a big deal: we’ve now got seven 3-starred … Read the rest