SF City Guides
Outdoor Bars & Breweries Can Open in SF “Mid-November”
What's Closed / What's Open As part of a wide-ranging updated reopening timeline for the city of San Francisco, the first tangible mention of outdoor bars, breweries and wineries (without requiring the sale of food) was announced today. A tentative goal of “Mid-November” was set for the reopening of bars/wineries/breweries for outdoor operations even if they more...
Indoor Dining in SF Expands to 50% Capacity on Nov. 3rd
Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open As part of a broad updated timeline for reopenings. San Francisco today announced that indoor restaurants will be able to increase their capacity to 50% starting November 3rd. See the latest press release | See SF’s updated reopening guidelines as of Oct. 20 Indoor dining was originally was allowed to reopen on more...
Oakland Zoo’s Free Wildlife Scavenger Hunt Through the Zoo
Adorable, Fun & Games, Things to Do This year, the Oakland Zoo is participating in the 2020 Bay Area Science Festival and hosting Zoo Quest, a free scavenger hunt that places in the zoo. Gather your squad of up to four total adventurers to visit the Oakland Zoo in-person for a unique wildlife-themed scavenger hunt. You will be more...
SF Announces Lots of New Updates for Reopening
Bay Area Updates, Indoor Dining, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Continues Reopening with Expanded Business Operations and Activities Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Now that San Francisco is assigned to the State’s Yellow tier, the City will move forward on reopening offices and expanding capacity at business, including fitness, dining, places of worship, personal services, recreation, and more Mayor London N. Breed more...
Orionids Meteor Shower | 2020
Outdoorsy The Orionids, which peak during mid-October each year, are considered to be one of the most beautiful showers of the year. Orionid meteors are known for their brightness and for their speed. These meteors are fast—they travel at about 148,000 mph (66 km/s) into the Earth’s atmosphere. Fast meteors can more...
SF’s New Outdoor Pool Table at The Wooden Nickel’s Parklet
Fun & Games, Outdoor Dining, Things to Do Miss playing pool? Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know that The Wooden Nickel now has a outdoor pool table in their parklet. How will it work? Reservations are required to play, and you must pay in advance. It’s $30 for 50 mins of play; this allows 10 minutes between bookings to sanitize more...
SF Restaurant Scene Rebounds After Months Long Shutdown
Eat & Drink, Indoor Dining, Outdoor Dining, Support the Bay Thankfully, now that indoor dining has returned to San Francisco, restaurants are on the road to recovery. This past weekend, CBS – KPIX5 noted that restaurants along San Francisco’s waterfront had an air of normalcy. Restaurants such was Waterbar and Epic Steak on the Embarcadero were at capacity. Yes, things looked a more...
Beautiful New Lower Haight Mural Pops Up
Artsy Fartsy, Murals, Only in San Francisco San Francisco-based artist Matley Hurd has debuted a new mural on the corner of Haight & Buchanan. Check out this gorgeous goddess-like figure who brings a welcome pop of color to the neighborhood. The mural was a collaboration between Matley Hurd x Project Artivism x Lower Haight SF. Lower Haight SF captured the cool more...
SF’s Mysterious “Guac Walk” Treasure Hunt Has Begun
Fun & Games, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Want to take a mysterious trek across SF all in the name of guacamole? Embark on the Guac Walk. Will it lead to an ever elusive avocado tree with an endless array of ripe avocados ready for the picking? Will it lead to a swimming pool filled with guac? Probably not, more...
Ocean Beach Parking Lots Closed this Weekend (Oct. 17-18)
What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco Police have announced that the Ocean Beach Parking Lot is closed this weekend, October 17-18, 2020. No specific reason was given, but based on past closures we’re assuming it’s to attempt to prevent crowding during COVID-19 during hot weather ⚠️ Important Info. ⚠️ Ocean Beach Parking Lot CLOSED this weekend. more...
Driverless Vehicles (Without Any Humans) Coming to SF
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles will be soon be cruising the streets of San Francisco – sans humans. The California DMV issued a permit on Thursday, October 15, to allow their vehicles to drive without any human backup drivers. Cruise expects their cars to be on the roads driving solo by more...
Free Fries at Super Duper Burgers for Voters on Election Day
Eat & Drink, Election, Freebies Super Duper Burgers is rewarding voters with free fries. Show up to any Super Duper on Election Day (November 3) and show off your “I Voted” sticker or ballot stub for a free order of fries*. Did you know, technically, it’s illegal to give incentives for voting before or after a federal more...
Record High Temperatures Set in Oakland & Richmond on Thursday
Bay Area Updates, Wow Thursday, October 15 was a scorcher across in The Bay. It was unusually hot for an October day; five record highs were set or tied across the Bay Area. Downtown Oakland set a new record high for 92° F; the previous record was 90°F set in 1974. Richmond hit a new more...
Bay Area Bakery’s “Pain Doughlorian”: Life Size Star Wars Bread Sculptures
Adorable, Artsy Fartsy, Wow Benicia bakery, One House Bakery, has constructed life size Star Wars sculptures made out of bread based on characters from Disney+’s hit show The Mandalorian. One House Bakery constructed their outstanding sculptures for Downtown Benicia’s annual Scarecrow Contest. They created 3 incredible scarecrows including Pain Doughlorian, whose armor is made completely more...
SF’s “Museum of Craft and Design” is Back Oct. 16 w/ MOTO MMXX
Museums / Cultural Institutions, What's Closed / What's Open The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) reopens to the public on Friday, October 16 welcoming visitors to MOTO MMXX, a show-stopping custom motorcycle exhibition guest curated by co-founder and director of Untitled Motorcycles, Hugo Eccles. Originally slated to open in May of 2020, MOTO MMXX was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MOTO MMXX showcases twenty category-defying motorcycles from more...
