Outdoor Dining
This New Sausalito Restaurant is Ideal for Cycling and Slurping Mussels
Ah…cycling over the Golden Gate Bridge. Threading tourists with selfie sticks and jersey-strapped cyclists over the Pacific Ocean is sort of like if Tron lit up a Fisherman’s Wharf suspended a mile in the sky. Antony and I, on our own fancy-ish bikes with far less dynamic threads, didn’t mind
Parklets Are Now Permanent, Supervisors Approve ‘Shared Spaces’ Forever
What we call ‘parklets’ are not really parklets, because San Francisco parklets existed long before COVID-19 way back in 2011. Those fabulous outdoor dining booths borne of the COVID era are technically called “Shared Spaces,” and they are now a permanent fixture of our streets and sidewalks. The Chronicle reports
The KQED & Noise Pop Festival Looks Awesome
When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited. KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street
Mayor Breed Announces Outdoor Dining Can Return, Salons Can Reopen Thursday
On the heels of Monday morning’s announcement that California has lifted its stay-at-home orders, Mayor London Breed just announced Monday afternoon that outdoor dining can resume on Thursday, January 28. She also added that hair salons and nail salons can also resume indoor business Thursday, as long as mask and
Orbit Room Launches ‘Lunar Lot’ for Cocktails and Pizza
This year alone, we’ve learned that the moon has water, the atmosphere of Venus contains a chemical so difficult to synthesize that it almost certainly comes from organic life, and the U.S. Navy believes in UFOs now. Only in 2020 would these things barely make a blip, but maybe Mercury
North Beach First Friday Art Walk Relaunches Tonight w/Safety Precautions
Here’s something to be excited about: an outdoor, socially distanced, art walk is going down in North Beach tonight (9/4)! Working with the City, the folks from North Beach First Fridays have secured permits to partially close Grant Avenue and Green Street for tonight’s event from 5pm-9pm. As Romalyn Schmaltz, one of