Article written by Guest Writer: Sean M. Sanford When I heard that my good friend Jeff Hanford was opening a restaurant called Bearing West in the outer Sunset called Bearing West, I was plum tickled. Jeff has been slinging food and drinks in this wonderful city for decades; from the

In nearly a decade of bartending all over San Francisco, I’ve had my fair share and then some.
And for many who work behind the bar in this town, it is often the shot of choice. Fernet delivers a punch of complex flavor as an invigorating stimulus in an over-stimulated environment.

A nod to Mary Ellen Pleasant, the mother of civil rights in California, this year’s label features the Eucalyptus trees she planted outside of her manor on Bush & Octavia.

The Performer You Should Know series highlights local artists before they perform something awesome, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Every now and again you need to see good jazz music in a low-lit bar, to remind you of

While friends in both cities asked why I planned to return, they asked the same question two different ways. Portland asked with the doubt of a dysfunctional parent, one who knows the answer and resents it. “It’s so expensive there. Isn’t that why you left in the first place?” I

It is pretty awe-inspiring to watch women run with, and then throw, the equivalent of a telephone pole into the air

Hundreds of motorists throughout California have been arrested for driving while intoxicated this Labor Day weekend. Amid extraordinary heat and holiday traffic, some people still managed to get behind the wheel. California Highway Patrol stated that just thirty-six hours into the holiday weekend, they arrested more than six hundred people

So your friends are off to the playa, their requests off from work (if applicable) approved months in advance. It’s Burning Man and you’re “stuck at home” in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. What’s to appreciate about San Francisco while thousands of its residents are away? 1. Reduced