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SF’s Iconic Cable Cars Celebrate 150th Anniversary
Bay Area Favorites, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News San Francisco’s iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half in style after city leaders, public transit fans and historical reenactors kicked off a birthday celebration downtown on Wednesday. Learn More: Celebrating 150 Years of Cable Cars The cable car, known today as a classic symbol of San Francisco, more...
70¢ Scoops at SF’s Iconic 1953 Ice Cream Shop
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Summer, Wow Mitchell’s Ice Cream celebrates 70 years in San Francisco with a special anniversary deal on National Ice Cream Day. On Saturday, July 16, 2023, get 70¢ single scoops (or go baller and get a double scoop for $1.40) for any regular cone and cup. The promotion for the historic ice cream more...
Check Out Presidio Tunnel Tops’ New Meadow Coming in 2025
Bay Area Favorites, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Presidio Tunnel Tops to Expand w/ New Picnic & Gathering Space The Presidio Trust today announced it will expand the iconic Presidio Tunnel Tops by adding new parkland for a picnic and gathering area along with high demand visitor amenities. New “Outpost Meadow” Coming End of 2025 Outpost Meadow will be created by transforming a more...
SF’s 127-Year-Old Anchor Brewing to Close Down
Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open By Jeff Ballinger, Bay City News A landmark company in San Francisco has turned off its taps. Anchor Brewing Company officials announced early Wednesday that it will cease operations and liquidate the business — established in 1896 — citing economic factors including declining sales since 2016. The company gave employees 60-day notices more...
Stern Grove RSVPs Open May 18 at 2pm Sharp
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival for free summer concerts in the park is stellar. Now it’s time for you to RSVP so you don’t miss out. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th at 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open more...
The Bay’s Most Gorgeous Wildflower Bloom is Just 20 Minutes South of SF
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to KTVU for letting us know about the amazing super bloom that’s happening RIGHT NOW at Mori Point just south of Pacifica (see map), just about a 20 minute drive south of San Francisco. At this 110-acre park right on the rugged edge of the coast, you’ll get to see more...
Here’s the Rival Plans for SF’s Castro Theatre
Bay Area Favorites, Controversy, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Thanks for Hoodline for letting us know that the Castro Theatre Conservancy has finally released their rival plan on what they would do with the Castro Theatre if they were put in charge (and if they could raise $20 million) There’s more drama unfolding at SF’s historic Castro Theatre. Amidst the controversy more...
“Bay Lights” Set to Dazzle Again on Labor Day Weekend 2023?
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates Thanks to The SF Standard for sharing the good news that the “Bay Lights” might be returning soon with $7.5 million raised out of $11 million fundraising goal. Back in March, the “Bay Lights” went dark after 10 years as part of a planned shutdown to repair it and make it more...
Stern Grove 2023 Lineup Just Dropped… And it’s Amazing
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival for free summer concerts in the park is stellar. Now it’s time for you to RSVP so you don’t miss out. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th at 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open more...
SF’s “Bay Lights” Are Back On Due to “Glitch”
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open On March 5th, the Bay Lights officially went “dark” after 10 years – part of a planned shutdown to take 6-months to repair the lights and bring them back brighter and bigger than ever on Labor Day Weekend 2023. But there’s a catch. Actually, a glitch. The Bay Lights actually turned more...
SF’s Magnificent “Peak” Magnolia Bloom is Here (2023)
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco One of San Francisco’s most breathtaking natural marvels, the annual bloom of more than 200 rare and historic magnolias with trees reaching 80 feet, is typically at its peak from mid-January through March at the SF Botanical Garden. Velvety silver buds on the often bare branches of these elegant trees, many rare and more...
80,000 Free Tulips Are Coming to SF’s Union Square
Bay Area Favorites, Freebies, Spring Flowers, Wow In honor of International Women’s Day, on March 4, 2023, a colorful display of more than 80,000 tulips will cover Union Square in San Francisco. Best of all, you’re invited to visit the site and pick your own bunch of tulips to take home or give to a woman who more...
Hyped ‘Boichik Bagels’ Opening New South Bay Shop
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that Berkeley’s extremely popular Boichik Bagels, is opening up a new location in the South Bay. The runaway hit bagel sensation, which New York Times featured in their article “The Best Bagels are in California (Sorry, New York), currently has two locations: its more...
Iconic SF Park Gets Fresh New Grass for 2023 Picnics
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Yerba Buena Gardens is installing brand new grass that will be ready for picnics in the new year. Yerba Buena Gardens shared on Instagram, “Fresh sod has been rolled in and the lawn is now closed as we … watch the grass grow. 🍃 We anticipate the lawn will be established more...
Sneak Peek Inside SF’s Famous Storybook Christmas House
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, San Francisco You may have seen Caleb Simpson‘s famous house tour videos on Tik Tok and Instagram. He makes MTV Cribs-style videos for this generation. Normally, his videos feature apartments in New York from everyday people to designers to celebrities, but now the content creator has popped up in San Francisco. In this more...
