The Riptide Rises
August 18th, 2015, was a very bad day indeed. I awoke to the sound of blaring sirens in my Outer Sunset neighborhood, and naturally assumed they would Dopler-effect their way past and carry on to some distant emergency as they always do. Not this time. They parked themselves outside
$2 Booze For Industry Workers Every Tuesday at the Riptide
The Sunset is almost never a destination when it comes to nightlife, which is probably why places like the venerable Riptide are so fond of specials. Not that they’re all that worried about drumming up business anyway, since their following is very loyal and pretty local. It’s touching nonetheless, that
FREE Food and Music for a Good Cause at the Riptide
Jeff over at The Riptide has been doing some pretty awesome events lately that involve you eating and dancing for FREE. Remember this one and this one? Yeah, dude is not fucking around. This time for Wet Wednesday a professional chef ,who is one of the Riptide regulars, will be
FREE Surf Films and Pizza at The Riptide
It’s probably pretty hard to be broke if you live all the way in the Outer Sunset because those cab fares can’t be cheap. But like any decent neighborhood it must have its share of cheap neighborhood bars, otherwise people wouldn’t live there, right? The Riptide must be pretty rad
FREE Food and the Chance to Win a Surf Board at the Riptide
This one comes straight from my man Johnny Funcheap. This Wednesday the Riptide, is throwing a bad ass party to kick off the Outside Lands Festival. This little fiesta is to raise money for the Save The Waves Coalition and there will be FREE food, surf movies on the big
50% off New Glasses + Free Shipping!
We wrote about the 6 rad reasons why shopping for glasses on GlassesUSA.com will change the way you buy glasses forever. You can read about that here. But here's the important part: YOU GET 50% OFF + free shipping on your first pair of frames. Click to find out more!
BREAKING: The Beloved Riptide Bar Catches Fire
Reports just came in that the beloved honky-tonk by the beach just caught fire. It’s a real shame, that’s a great Sunset bar, built in 1941. Stuart’s taken at least two different pubcrawls there. We love the Riptide, it was the only real music venue in the area. Word is it
Is Mark Farrell Pro-Housing Or Just Pro-Developers?
Mark Farrell’s proposed policy to reduce affordable housing requirements in San Francisco has been criticized for not addressing the serious housing shortage and not providing enough funding for affordable housing projects.
The Best Bay Area Events for 6/27-7/3
By Jerucifer, Arts & Events Editor Summer is officially here and that means more chances to get out to rad events! There’s more free shit this week, plus some awesome concerts and shows. I hope you’re all ready for how dope this week is gonna be!! Here’s what I’m most excited about
