You read that right! Kasa Indian Eatery is giving out FREE chai those who pop by any of their locations on Valentine’s Day! As the folks there told me: Celebrating love with a cup of free Chai! Event happening at all Kasa locations! No purchase necessary. One per person. Just please

At 8am this morning employees from Tartine’s four Bay Area restaurants and commissary kitchen presented management with an official letter notifying them that the workers intend to form a union. Following the success of Anchor Brewing’s unionization in 2019 and that of VCA Veterinary Hospital in 2018, the workers at Tartine linked up

The “Gay Super Bowl” is just one week after the real Super Bowl this year, and maybe your invtation to the Vanity Fair party got lost in the mail. So if you’re still looking for a kick-ass, glam Oscars party, then the winner is…. You! Because here are the coolest

Growing up in San Diego and living most of my adult life in the Bay Area, hating on Los Angeles was always a bit of hobby. “LA Sucks” pretty much covered all we needed to know about it. That’s all changed in recent years though since LA keeps managing to get cooler and cooler. There’s so much rad art and nightlife going on, and the city is so big, that you can pretty much find something to fall in love with no matter who you are. That said, you have to know where to look.

OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! In a year full of restaurant closures in San Francisco, it’s nice to hear about a beloved Cole Valley bistro making its employees, owners. Zazie, Cole Valley’s fine french foodery has been

The Wooden Nickel is one of my favorite bars in San Francisco. Granted I’m a little biased since it’s near where I live and my good friend/old roommate Nancy Chung owns it. But even if that weren’t the case, I’d still love this bar. Besides the fact that they have

I’m a huge fan of Bender’s Bar and Grill. It’s one of the last great divey rock n roll bars that’s still left in San Francisco. I’ve rhapsodized about them before, but to be succinct, I love that the drinks are cheap, the food is good, and the bartenders are the perfect mix of sweet and surly. Also, the walls are covered in signs from many of my favorite businesses that have closed.

A company called the SMBX, which dubs itself “the world’s first Small Business Bond marketplace”, quietly opened for business, and quickly helped the beloved San Francisco-based knife shop Bernal Cutlery raise $140,000 to fund its expansion.