SF City Guides
SF Debuts Five Giant Dragon Sculptures for Chinese New Year (Jan. 28 – March 2)
Artsy Fartsy, Lunar New Year, San Francisco February 10, 2024, marks the first day of the Year of the Wood Dragon. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco is proud to bring back the public art project, Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon, to its list of festivities this Lunar New Year. The public art project, more...
SF’s 2024 Chinese New Year Parade w/ Awkwafina as Grand Marshall
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 24-25, 2024). Typically, nearly 100 more...
Fun Things to Do This Weekend (Jan. 19-21) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Weekend Events Guide Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This Weekend: January 19-21, 2024 Your Weekend Plans: See SF’s brand new 2024 heart sculptures, take a night stroll to see Napa’s Lighted Art Festival, road trip to Sacramento for San Francisco Giants 2024 FanFest Tour and much more! See our full weekend events more...
One of Oakland’s Top Burger Spots, “Sidebar” is Sadly Closing After 15 Years
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, Oakland Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the unfortunate news that Oakland’s gastropub Sidebar, located at 542 Grand Avenue, is set to close on January 27, 2024 after nearly 15 years. The restaurant opened its doors on the northeast shore of Lake Merritt in February 2009. Sidebar describes itself as “an old school more...
SF’s 40-Year-Old Fillmore Safeway is Shutting Down
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Housing, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the unfortunate news that San Francisco is losing a much-needed grocery store. The Fillmore District’s Safeway, which has served the neighborhood for the past 40 years, located at 1335 Webster St., is set to close in March 2024. It’s one of the only major more...
20+ Fun Things to Do This MLK Weekend (Jan. 17-20) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Weekend Events Guide “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 20+ Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This MLK Jr. Weekend: January 17-20, 2025 Your Weekend Plans: Join in for a National Day of Service over MLK weekend, get outdoors for Free National Parks Day, and much more...
GG Park’s Powerful Art Exhibit w/ 350 Statues Says Goodbye
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, San Francisco Monumental Reckoning, a poignant and radically inclusive art exhibit to honor Black lives and the history of African descendants, will enjoy a closing ceremony at noon on January 12, to mark the end of its two-year exhibition in Golden Gate Park. Monumental Reckoning surrounds the vacant plinth in the Music Concourse where more...
SF Now Has 30 New Sidewalk Gardens
Brand New, Green, Outdoorsy, San Francisco San Francisco now has 30 beautiful new sidewalk gardens. Sidewalk gardens beautify neighborhoods, create a natural habitat for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators, reduce stormwater runoff, and increase the lifespan of adjacent trees. SF Parks Alliance took to Instagram to send a thank you to its volunteers for helping to beautify more...
Clothing Store Hollister Says Bye to San Francisco
Goodbye Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that yet another retailer has closed down in the San Francisco Centre mall, formerly the Westfield San Francisco Centre, located at 865 Market St. Teen brand Hollister, sister company to Abercrombie & Fitch, has closed its only San Francisco store. The store quietly closed shop more...
Bikes Now Allowed on BART’s Escalators
Bay Area Updates, Green, Transportation BART is going all in on bikes! Beginning January 1, 2024, bikes are now allowed on most of the escalators throughout the BART system to help make it easier for people to bring their bikes on board the train. This change was approved by the BART Board of Directors at the more...
SF’s Only Adidas Store Set to Close
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that yet another retailer is leaving the San Francisco Centre mall, formerly the Westfield San Francisco Centre, located at 865 Market St. Sneakerheads, take note, Adidas is closing its doors in San Francisco. Adidas’ final day will be Saturday, January 13, 2024. Thankfully, if you more...
9 Fun Things to Do This Weekend (Jan. 5-7) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Weekend Events Guide 9 Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This Weekend: January 5-7, 2024 Your Weekend Plans: Make a difference and join the 300-Strong “Civic Joy” Tenderloin Trash Pick-Up, celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Japantown, explore Chinatown on a guided tour, and get cultured at Bank of America’s first more...
One of SF’s Few Remaining KFCs Has Closed
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Goodbye One of the last remaining KFCs in San Francisco quietly shut down over the holidays. San Francisco’s KFC located at 200 Duboce Avenue was a combo KFC / Taco Bell location for years. Back in October 2021, the Taco Bell portion of this KFC location shut down. The Taco Bell sign more...
Filipino Fast Food Chain Jollibee Returning to Downtown SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Downtown San Francisco will once again have a Jollibee, the world famous fast food chain that hails from the Philippines. Its previous downtown SF location, near Moscone Center, closed in 2011. The popular chain filed applications back in 2020 for its new location, and according to the San Francisco Standard, construction more...
Avoid SF Parking Tickets w/ Help from Brand New App
Brand New, Getting Help, Transportation Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for sharing the news about a brand new app to help prevent parking tickets. A local San Francisco couple, Pablo Felgueres and MaryLouise Howell, was sick of getting parking tickets for forgetting to move their car for street cleaning. So, over a weekend, they got more...
