San Francisco’s singular food scene celebrated at Chat Room (PHOTOS)
Thanks to those who came out and we’ll see you next season!
Drinking Companion: Summertime bliss at Pitt’s
Stupefy your seasonal affectivity with a boozy slushie and the tender pipes of Fred Durst
Balompié Cafe is the Mission’s finest World Cup hotspot
For four decades, Balompié has served up pupusas, beer, and the world’s most popular game
Natalie Gee’s exit interview
Her bid to become the Sunset’s next supervisor failed, but Gee’s charismatic campaign has some lessons for her future
Local fermenters are relishing the ‘krautmaxxing’ moment
From fashion pubs and health gurus to Mr. MAHA himself, our collective consumption of fermented cabbage is at an all-time high
It happened here: When the American Front marched on Haight Street
How a posse of neo-Nazis and hipsters in San Francisco helped create today’s right-wing troll army
Jackie Fielder will return to City Hall ‘clear-eyed’ and ‘eager to serve’
During her leave of absence, the D9 supervisor largely missed the budget fight, but will find herself navigating equally complex situations
Stop AI protestor sentenced to jail, hopes to reconnect with Rafael Mandelman
The anti-AI group is shifting its focus away from AI companies and toward City Hall
Drinking Companion: Bank on the Irish Bank
Office workers, tourists, and children of the Gael flock to this FiDi alley EOD for craic and pints on plastic chairs
Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem
AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that
A disco historian’s fabulous disco playlist
Ahead of his appearance at Green Apple Books Books on the Park, ‘A Night at the Disco’ author Christian John Wikane’s tunes for your own Good Times
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Privacy rights advocates push back against data collection devices in Castro bars
Badlands management says they will continue to use Patronscan despite public outcry
Dressed as ‘Wizard of Oz’ characters, protesters sought an audience with Mayor Lurie
Dorothy and friends tried to talk to the man behind the curtain and ask him to have a heart, a brain, and some courage
Peter’s Friends: A guide to the Bay Area notables on Peter Thiel’s leaked invite list
Not just anyone can attend Dialog, the ultra-elite gatherings of thought leaders and ‘90s child actors hosted at locations around the world
Dotcakes are the new Dubai chocolates are the new compost cookies are the new cronuts
The viral cake that has New Yorkers waiting on lines at 6 a.m. is a repackaged panaderia staple
Manic Monday
Even Stanford grads are angry at the system
Plus, after being stuffed in lockers his whole life, Zuck was allowed to sit with the jocks at the pep rally
‘Nerdy escorts’ are selling intimacy-as-a-service to AI founders
Plus, in the tasteslop era, we’re keeping our eyes peeled for bad tech streetwear
Culture
The phone-freein’ Bob Dylan
One of the last deviceless places in the Bay Area was a concert at the Greek Theatre
Politics
Steve Hilton is the Del Taco of Republican candidates
The Atherton-dwelling, mid-tier Fox News talking head running for governor is more super bad than supervillain
Food & Drink
People are celebrating videos of Safeway security roughing up shoplifters
Thanks to Meta glasses, muscular loss prevention at some Bay Area supermarkets has gone viral
Business
Can you actually buy a house with Anthropic stock? Probably not
‘You can’t just say, I’ll sell my house for a thousand almonds, or, in this case, a thousand shares of OpenAI or Anthropic’
Tech
‘AI’s not going to break your heart the way real life does’
Poet Shawn Smucker talks to Gazetteer SF about art, loneliness, and his viral poem, ‘Please Use AI’
Immigration
What will SF law enforcement do if ICE kicks in your door? Ask again in a few weeks
If SFPD, the Sheriff, and the DA have a plan to protect our Fourth Amendment rights, they’re not sharing it
