Closing of a Venue

The Uptown is Closing After 39 Years in the Mission
The hits keep coming this year with the news that beloved neighborhood bar, Uptown, is closing. Mission Local broke the news yesterday giving us all an heartbreak we didn’t see coming. At this point, should we be able to see these things coming? According to the breaking story, “Uptown, the

Palmetto and The Kon-Tiki Room in Oakland To Permanently Close
Palmetto and The Kon-Tiki Room in Oakland will be permanently closing at the end of the month. This is according to an instagram post that Palmetto shared just yesterday on October 6th. This is just another blow in a long list of shuttered favorites within The Bay. “We are closing

Eat, Game, & Sing in San Francisco This Spring!
It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

The Hemlock Tavern is Permanently Closing
Word just came in that another long time favorite SF dive bar is closing forever. Not only that, the entire building is being torn down. BAS reader Tyler Harbaugh sent me a tweet that came from the Hemlock Tavern’s instagram account. As you can see below, there is no ambiguity.