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SF’s Coit Tower Reopens on June 17
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Coit Tower, the iconic white column defining the San Francisco skyline, will welcome visitors Thursday, June 17 for the first time in 15 months, Mayor London N. Breed announced today. The 210-foot welcoming beacon, which also houses the largest Depression Era art collection in the U.S., normally sees up to 1,500 more...
SF’s Cable Cars Are Coming Back w/ Free Rides in August
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Freebies, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, Travel On the first day of California’s reopening, San Francisco city leaders on Tuesday announced updated plans to bring back the city’s public transit lines to full service, starting with its famed cable cars. Limited service along the cable cars is set to return in August, with Muni offering free rides on more...
SF’s “Corona-Gras” 8-Hour Free Dance Party (June 15)
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Get Out: Events, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s Madrone Bar is celebrating California’s Reopening and the lifting of restrictions on June 15th with Corona-Gras – The Return of Fun. The first annual Corona-Gras (/ˈka Ron a ˌɡrɑː/), or Mask-Free-Tuesday, refers to events beginning on or after the lifting of the lock down, also known as Show Your more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Hints at Possible 2021 Festival?
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Could Hardly Strictly Bluegrass be making a comeback for 2021? In the last line of an email sent out to its mailing list around the same time that Mayor London Breed announced that San Francisco would be fully reopening on June 15th, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass wrote a lowkey statement that got more...
Hello Kitty Truck Returns to the Bay Area (June 12-26)
Adorable, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates The adorable roving Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will be returning the Bay Area. There will have tasty treats and super cute merch. Hello Kitty Truck Bay Area Appearances: June 12: Walnut Creek, 10 am – 7 pm at Broadway Plaza in the Event Plaza near Macy’s June 19: San Francisco, 10 am – more...
SF’s Rickshaw Stop Reopens June 25
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Rickshaw Stop is finally reopening their doors after shutting for over a year due to the pandemic. Their first show on Friday, June 25th will be a small seated show featuring ZOLA and Zelma Stone. All attendees must be fully vaccinated and be able to show proof. Rickshaw Stop is located at 155 more...
SF’s Lost Original 1978 Rainbow Flag is Back!
Bay Area Favorites, Causes, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Pride In April 2021, San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society received an archival donation of an extraordinary, unique piece of history they just unveiled to the public on June 4, 2021. The GLBT museum now has a new exhibit featuring a large fragment (10 x 28 feet) of one of the two monumental more...
SF’s Ferry Building Farmers Market’s Brand New Home Delivery Service
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets Bay Area residents can now get their beloved farmers market produce delivered to their doorstep and support local farmers at the same time. CUESA (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture), the Bay Area nonprofit that operates the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market has partnered with The FruitGuys, a family-owned and operated B Corp, more...
SF’s “Bottom of the Hill” Returns August 13
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After more than 500 days of closure, SF concert venue Bottom of the Hill finally plans to reopen on August 13, 2021 for their Soft Opening. Bottom of the Hill, located at 17th and Missouri in Potrero Hill is an intimate neighborhood concert venue that was named, “The best place to more...
Meet Elixir: SF’s 2nd Oldest Bar Dating Back to 1858
Bay Area Favorites, Holidays, Local Highlight This is part of Funcheap’s new series to highlight neighborhood businesses and organizations to try to help them recover and thrive. Do you run a small business that you’d like us to highlight? Email johnny@funcheap.com and tell us what makes your local business unique and how we can help spread more...
Golden Gate National Recreation Area May Increase Fees
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which hosted more than 12 million visitors last year, is proposing an increase to fees for some activities to keep up with the costs of managing the park. Amid the pandemic, many areas of the park have seen a dramatic increase in visitation. Revenue from these fees will contribute toward a variety more...
Oakland Museum of CA Reopens June 18 w/ Free Weekend
Bay Area Favorites, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After 15 months of closure the Oakland Museum of California is finally reopening its doors on June 18. After more than a year of temporary closure due to the impacts of COVID-19 (plus an aborted attempt to reopen in November with a free weekend that needed to be canceled at the more...
North Beach “Specs’ Bar” Reopens May 20
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that beloved Specs’ Bar in North Beach will be reopening on May 20, 2021. The 53-year-old bar at 12 William Saroyan Place, tucked away on an alley just off of Columbus Ave (across from City Lights), had been open periodically for to-go drinks and as a bottle more...
Meet BART’s Unofficial Ambassador: BART-Man!
Bay Area Favorites, Community, Support the Bay Thanks SFGate for spotlighting BART-Man, a local luchador wrestler whos serves as the unofficial wrestling ambassador to BART. If you’re wondering what his origin story is, BART-Man says, “When a radioactive train hit mild mannered Bartleby Leight, he turned into your friendly, neighborhood BART-Man. Vigilante superhero wrestler!” BART-Man wrestles with Hoodslam in more...
You Can Finally Book a Wedding Again at SF’s City Hall
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open How to book an in-person civil marriage ceremony According to a press release by Mayor London Breed today, the County Clerk will begin to accept online appointments for in-person marriage ceremonies today (May 12) and marriage ceremonies (no more than six guests) will resume after City Hall reopens with the first more...
