Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco)

21 Jun 2009

Wallet-friendly Advice From Your Friendly El Rio Bartender

As a general rule, I feel odd writing about events going on at my place of employment.  One because its redundant and two..well, best leave that one alone. Most people that have lived in the city for more than five years or live in the Outer Mission/ Bernal/ Excelsior hoods

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26 May 2009

Mad as Hell-Civic Center at 5 p.m. Tonight

Protesting never costs anything (unless you get thrown in the Big House, I guess) and for most San Franciscans is a crowd favorite varying from cause-du-jour to meaningful, visceral, in-your-face shit. Like most Californians know by now, the State Supreme Court handed down their convoluted ruling this morning and, naturally,

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25 May 2009

Drinking by Numbers at 440

I guess if you wanted to categorize 440, it could best be described as SOMA-light.  It’s no Chaps II mind you, but if daddies and random acts of oral sex are too intense for you, then you may want to have your Castro Street experience elsewhere.   One incentive to

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09 May 2009

Super-Cheap Snacktime on 16th – Antojitos San Miguel

  People can often be weirded out by street grub, and the location thereof will probably make or break the decision to consume it.  That’s why it’s an especially uphill battle for Antojitos San Miguel to pull in prospective customers.  Although, they have commuters breezing by them all day and

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07 May 2009

$1 Oyster Happy Hour on the Waterfront, Mon./Thurs.

When you’ve been in the city long enough, one begins to live in routines, sometimes only frequenting the same neighbourhoods, food joints and bars on a day-to-day basis.  Sometimes you need to change things up or entertain someone whose visiting.  It goes without saying that, with few exceptions, places like

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04 May 2009

Courting Bill W.- Two-4-One Fun at the Midnight Sun

Among the Castro bars, the Midnight Sun earns marks for consistency.  Atmospherically, it can best be described as a giant television.  There is never any natural daylight inside, as that there aren’t any windows, and it boasts no less than five television sets with either a constant rotation of gay

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10 Apr 2009

APB: Clorox Becomes Scatalogical Crime Fighter…And So Can You!!

  This might be old news to some of you but the chance to win money never gets old:   Heeding the anguished calls and pee-dances of San Francisco homeowners and their construction crews alike, Oakland’s Clorox Corporation has decided to deploy its chlorinated missionaries across the bay and onto

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