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A New Orleans Woman is Giving Out $1000 Tips
Anyone who waits tables for a living holds out hope that they will someday be the lucky recipient of an extraordinarily large tip. The “Tip the Bill Challenge” from a couple of years ago went viral when generous customers started leaving 100% tips and then grateful servers posted photos off

Good News: Tommy’s Joynt Apparently NOT Permanently Closed After All!!
Great news! Despite being listed as permanently closed on Yelp and Google, and having the phone number disconnected, it looks like Tommy’s Joynt may not be shut down after all! Chris Henry, owner of Tommy’s Joynt, just emailed me saying, “We’re not permanently closed! We’re temporarily shut down due to covid and

100 Best Cheap Eats in the Bay Area
This list of great places to eat in the Bay Area will leave you smiling and probably drooling. All these joints are incredibly well priced, locally owned, delicious, and serving takeout in 2020. Check their links for store hours, menus, and ordering info, because things are always changing these days,

New Facebook Sing-a-Long Group Brings Smiles to Neighbors & Essential Workers
Guest Post by Shannon E. Bolt These days, we might think of “essential workers” as the ones who are allowed to imitate normal life beyond their front doors, even though it comes at great risk to their own health. For San Francisco realtor Ilana Minkoff, walking her dog in Cole

Columbus Cafe Being Sold to its Employees
Finally some good news in the world of local San Francisco businesses! Legendary North Beach dive bar Columbus Cafe is being sold to three of its long time employees.

Doc’s Clock’s Final Day in Original Location Announced
As we announced before, legendary Mission dive bar Doc’s Clock will be shutting down and moving further along Mission St. Here’s the final details that I just got from Carrie who owns the joint: Our last date at the current location will be Saturday June 3rd. We hope to be up

Good News: Doc’s Clock is Moving, Not Closing
The rumors are not true! We are not closing. Due to circumstances beyond our control we will be closing the doors at our current location, 2575 Mission Street (Mission and 22nd), and moving one block away to 2417 Mission Street (Mission and 20th). Luckily, we have found a new landlord who wants our friendly neighborhood bar in his building.

Doc’s Clock Has Been Saved!
Back in February we broke the unfortunate news that Doc’s Clock would be closing once their lease was up in 2017. Everyone was pretty sad about that since it’s such a wonderful bar. I’ve personally had a long loving relationship with it for over a decade. But today there is good