Tenderloin

02 Mar 2011

Cinema Speakeasy: The Best Excuse to Get Hammered on a Weeknight!

Okay, I am officially going out and drinking on Thursday night even though I told myself I would cut back on the booze during the week.  This is too amazing to pass up because, seriously, who doesn’t like a good movie-based drinking game?? Tomorrow night GAFFTA (aka Gray Area Foundation

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
01 Mar 2011

Cinema Speakeasy: The Best Excuse to Get Hammered on a Weeknight!

Okay, I am officially going out and drinking on Thursday night even though I told myself I would cut back on the booze during the week.  This is too amazing to pass up because, seriously, who doesn’t like a good movie-based drinking game?? Tomorrow night GAFFTA (aka Gray Area Foundation

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Jan 2011

Party Like A Scot at Edinburgh Castle’s Annual Robert Burns Night

What is haggis?  Why aren’t kilts a hispter staple by now?  Where is Scotland anyway?  If you find yourself asking these burning questions yet are too lazy to type a couple phrases into Google, head down to Edinburgh Castle Pub‘s Robert Burns Night on Saturday.  I guarantee you’ll learn all

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
30 Dec 2010

Happy Hour at Olive

If someone’s going to coax me into traipsing through the streets of Little Saigon, sidestepping crack pies and used condoms, they better be taking me somewhere worth it. Enter: happy hour at Olive. From 5-7pm, you can munch on artisan pizzas for $8, as well as stuff like pomme frites,

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0
02 Nov 2010

Three Hour Hosted Bar from Metrowize!!

Metrowize seems to be big believers in getting people drunk, and I for one am all for that.  This is the 6th installment of their hosted bar party and it seems to be getting bigger each time.  While I hadn’t heard too much of them before their last party, the

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
20 Aug 2010

A Very Happy Hour at 800 Larkin

Let me preface this post by saying that I never go to the Tenderloin after sundown. I’m scared of it, okay? I just know I’m gonna be that dumb bitch that gets chased down and  stabbed in the ass by a homeless guy after refusing him money (my coworker told

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0
11 Aug 2010

FREE Drinks at The Ambassador on Thursday Night!

Friends, I’m not gonna lie.  I’m not really into club-y, lounge-y type places.  I much prefer the dive bars that are so dark and filthy that none of the other patrons can see — literally — that I haven’t showered in days and wouldn’t give two shits if they could.

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
29 Jul 2010

$3.00 Luxuries in Little Saigon

The ornate columns flanking Larkin at Eddy may be the newest landmarks designating the southern corner of the Tenderloin known as Little Saigon, but one of the most well known and beloved landmarks is the delicious Saigon Sandwiches. It’s a pretty straightforward, albeit tiny, operation specializing in the delectable banh

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0