SF City Guides
SF’s Iconic “Golden Boy” Pizza Opening New Spot
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, San Francisco Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that San Francisco’s iconic North Beach pizza joint Golden Boy Pizza is opening up a new location. The newest location will be at 1447 Taraval Street in the Parkside neighborhood, which was formerly home to another Italian foodie spot, Marco Polo Italian Ice more...
14 Fun Things to Do This Weekend (Feb. 9-11) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Weekend Events Guide 14 Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This Weekend: February 9-11, 2024 Your Weekend Plans: Take to the streets for North Beach’s annual Mardi Gras 2nd Line Parade, see SF’s Balmy Alley transform into Lovers Lane for a Valentine’s Day Block Party, be on the lookout as the World more...
SF Offers 2 Hours Free Parking in Chinatown All Month
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation To help bring more people to Chinatown, San Francisco just announced that it is now offering 2 hours free parking at the Portsmouth Square Garage throughout the month of February to help celebrate Chinese New Year. 2 Hours Free Parking at Portsmouth Square Garage – Feb. 2024 733 Kearny Street (btwn, Clay more...
2024 SF Symphony Winter Sale (Feb. 1-8)
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5 Fun Things to Do This Weekend (Feb. 2-4) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Weekend Events Guide 5 Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This Weekend: February 2-4, 2024 Your Weekend Plans: Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at SF Chinatown’s Flower Market Fair, Lunar New Year X Black History Month Festival, shop the indoor/outdoor Sucka Flea Pop-Up at El Rio and more! See our full weekend more...
SF’s UN Plaza is Getting a Mini Lighted LED Forest
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Beginning Friday night, January 26, 2024, elements from artist Charles Gadeken’s illuminated installation Entwined Meadow will dazzle visitors to UN Plaza with changing light and color, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The nine shrub sculptures, each composed of hundreds of LED lights at varying heights, arrived at more...
9 Fun Things to Do This Weekend (Jan. 26-28) in San Francisco + Bay Area
Lunar New Year, Weekend Events Guide 9 Fun Things to Do in the SF Bay Area This Weekend: January 26-28, 2024 Your Weekend Plans: Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at Oakland Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Bazaar, support the San Francisco Giants for the free FanFest Tour in San Jose, hunt down SF’s giant Lunar New Year dragon statues more...
GG Park’s Stow Lake Has a New Name: “Blue Heron Lake”
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Recreation and Park Commissioners recently approved changing the name of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park to Blue Heron Lake. William W. Stow, the lake’s original namesake, was a State Assembly Member between 1854 and 1857 and served on the City’s park commission in the 1890s. He was also more...
A Mini 1939 “World’s Fairs” is Coming to SF for One Day Only (Jan. 20)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco A mini version of San Francisco’s 1939 “Worlds Fair” is coming to Treasure Island for just one day only on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Dan and Armando Vargas, master model builders, are creating an exquisite miniature model of the Golden Gate International Exposition. The illuminated model is almost complete and the Vargas more...
This is What SF’s New “Harvey Milk Plaza” May Look Like
Brand New, LGBTQ+, San Francisco San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Plaza will be reimagined as a welcoming, vibrant space that honors and celebrates Harvey Milk’s life and legacy, celebrates his enduring importance to the LGBTQ+ community, and inspires all by acting as a beacon of hope to marginalized communities worldwide. The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza more...
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...
