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Cruise Down Mission with Why I Ride: Low and Slow
Thursday, September 2nd Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderFrom the plate glass windows and penny arcades to the small plate restaurants and stylish swill holes, Mission Street changes her gown to accommodate her guests as often as the seasons change elsewhere.
Somewhere in between the women in the picture hats and the latest bumper crop of flannel and hair, there was a time when ... Read More →
$3 Beer and Delicate Nibbles at the Rotunda Every Thursday
Thursday, August 19th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderAs far as cheap haunts are concerned, the Rotunda at Neiman-Marcus would hardly qualify in anyone’s ledger, however it is one of those places visiting friends and relatives have fond memories of from past trips to the City or who have been told about by name-dropping neighbours just back from a ... Read More →
Go-Go Dancing and Leather at Chaps II
Monday, August 9th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderBarfly be thy Name – Chaps II
My flat mate, Nevin, is currently working on a piece about the ins and outs of go-go dancing for the folks over at The Bold Italic. He’s put himself on display at a few spots already, but so far I’ve missed the opportunity to catch his act. ... Read More →
Broke-Ass Porn: El Paletero
Saturday, July 31st Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderOnce a week we present Broke-Ass Porn. It’s visually stimulating material for the financially impaired. If this shit doesn’t get you going, you’re not as broke as you thought.
$3.00 Luxuries in Little Saigon
Thursday, July 29th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderThe ornate columns flanking Larkin at Eddy may be the newest landmarks designating the southern corner of the Tenderloin known as Little Saigon, but one of the most well known and beloved landmarks is the delicious Saigon Sandwiches.
It’s a pretty straightforward, albeit tiny, operation specializing in the delectable banh mi, or Vietnamese sandwich. If you ... Read More →
A Night at the Uptown, Minus the Prostitutes
Monday, July 26th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderBarfly Be Thy Name – The Uptown
“Seedy, working girl bar” is the way I’ve heard the Uptown best described ever since moving to the city, but on a recent Friday night there wasn’t a lady of the evening to be found. I was meeting my friend Sabina, in for the evening from ... Read More →
Coating Your Stomach at Rossi’s Deli
Monday, July 19th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderCheap liquor usually isn’t a problem on Castro, but cheap food can be little harder to track down- with the exception of pizza by the slice, which only sounds great when your stomach resembles a wineskin.
Before you embark on your next flash flood, stop by at Rossi’s Delicatessen for food that isn’t necessarily of the ... Read More →
Jim’s Restaurant – The Mission’s Classic Greasy Spoon
Monday, July 12th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderJim’s is one of those places that leaves one wondering how exactly it’s managed to survive in such a pure form. It’s right in the heart of it all, with the likes of Foreign Cinema and Cha Cha Cha for neighbours and yet it still manages to operate as an old neighbourhood diner. Not some ... Read More →
FREE Enchiladas and Surf Flicks for a Good Cause
Thursday, July 8th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderSalty wardens of the waves, Surfpulse.com is throwing another one of their Second Surf Sundays this weekend at Joxer Daly’s to help raise fund for ArtSeed.com and their continuing effort to bring youngins in to touch with artsy types.
The carrot to entice you on your journey to the damp sidewalks of West Portal is free ... Read More →
Tamale Happy Hour to Raise Money for AIDSWalk
Thursday, July 8th Written by Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact FinderLocal housing heroes Dolores Street Community Services like a good shindig and tonight they’re holding their WowWowWowWow Happy Hour featuring the cookies and milk of barflies, tamales and beer, to raise some masa for their AIDSWalk sponsorship.
You get two different kinds of tamales for $8 and can wash them down with $2 cervezas y $3 ... Read More →
