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06 Aug 2010

FREE Booze, Music and More at the Lower Haight Art Walk

It’s summer in the city, and you know what that means — bone-chilling weather and the return of the Lower Haight Art Walk!  Once again, your favorite bars and businesses along Haight St. (between Scott & Webster, if you want to get real technical) will welcome you with activities, discounts,

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04 Aug 2010

Celebrate the Best of the Bay for FREE at Mezzanine on Thursday

Hey kids — time for another party from the folks at the SF Bay Guardian!  To celebrate their Best of the Bay 2010 guide, the Guardian is hosting a FREE party at Mezzanine on Thursday night.  Not only will there be a photo booth, Burgermeister truck, and mingling with the

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01 Aug 2010

Try The Best French Onion Soup in San Francisco at Squat & Gobble

In college, a friend once told me he didn’t like soup.  Fortunately I cut that asshole out of my life, because who wants a friend who doesn’t like soup?  There’s so many different varieties and textures; you can serve it hot or cold; and what the heck do you slurp

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30 Jul 2010

Ty Segall, Bare Wires and The Sandwitches at Amnesia Tonight!

Do you have any idea what Southpaw Records is?  Well, if you’ve ever heard Ty Segall, Bare Wires, or The Sandwitches, you do, because they’re all on this label that’s celebrating its first anniversary at, in my opinion, one of the best bars in the Mission, Amnesia.  Tonight for a $5 cover, you

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28 Jul 2010

Flash Your Zipcard Today for FREE Tacolicious Tacos at Noon

When I ran a red light a couple months ago and my 2000 Mazda 626 was totaled in a freak T-bone accident (that wasn’t freak at all, obviously, because I was the idiot that ran a red light), I thought my life was over.  How would I, a Southern California

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25 Jul 2010

Eddie's Cafe — The Cheapest Breakfast This Side of the Mason-Dixon

Sure, there’s something to be said for going to brunch at Andalu, spending $15 on bottomless mimosas and God only knows how much on ahi tuna tacos (the least appetizing-sounding hangover cure ever), but sometimes you just want that greasy, down-home egg, bacon and hash brown plate without the hibiscus

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23 Jul 2010

Off the Grid: A Street Food Lover's Paradise at Fort Mason Tonight

What happens when a bunch of street food carts and trucks join forces?  LOTS of eating, obviously, at an awesome FREE event tonight at the Fort Mason Center! Off the Grid is kind of like Thanksgiving — it brings together people from the same family with many differences and eccentricities

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