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Bay Area Holiday Tradition “Bethlehem A.D.” Ending After 30 Years
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Christmas Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that one of the USA’s largest living nativity scenes is hosting its final Bethlehem A.D.. a Bay Area tradition for the past 30 years. Sadly, the “Disneyland of Nativity scenes” is hosting its last event in 2022 because the land has been more...
“SantaCon”: SF’s City-Wide Santa Pub Crawl is Back for 2022
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fun & Games, San Francisco “SantaCon” is San Francisco’s annual city-wide Santas-only pub crawl happening on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Join the private SantaCon SF Facebook Group Get details on 2022 events at the public SantaCon SF Facebook group This flash mob-type event brings together hundreds of slightly sober people dressed in Santa costumes parading around the city, visiting more...
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco After two years, The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is finally back in person. Now in its 38th season, this is your chance to visit old-timey London, at the historic Cow Palace Exhibition Halls. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a one-of-a-kind immersive adventure into Victorian London ~ an elaborate holiday party with more...
After Heavy Snow, Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort Opens Early (Nov. 18)
Bay Area Favorites, Reopening, Tahoe It has been an incredible snowy week at Palisades Tahoe. Mother nature has delivered an astounding 39 inches of snow on our upper mountain in the past 7 days. That’s more than three feet. For the past few blogs, we’ve been saying that we planned to open lower mountain for Opening more...
“Off the Grid” Fort Mason: Night Market Season Finale (Nov. 11)
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, San Francisco California’s largest recurring street food festival is shutting up shop for the end of its 12th season. Grab your friends and prepare to dish out for the last time this season on Friday, November 11, 2022. During the season, every Friday night, 25+ food trucks roll into Fort Mason’s parking lot and more...
Golden Gate Park’s Lighted Forest is Back for 2022
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Entwined, the iconic illuminated art installation, returns to Golden Gate Park on December 1. Entwined will be hosted at Peacock Meadow for its third season from December 1, 2022 to March 12, 2023. This dazzling forest of light first welcomed parkgoers as a safe and joyful outdoor destination in 2020 and more...
SF’s Iconic ‘Hot Cookie’ Rolls Back Prices to 1997
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that San Francisco’s famous Hot Cookie in the Castro, 407 Castro St., is celebrating 25 years. Established in 1997, Hot Cookie is a Castro icon – famous for its large selection of freshly-baked, chewy cookies, its notorious Penis and Vagina Cookies, more...
Brand New Bi-Rite Market Coming to Russian Hill
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, San Francisco Thanks to Eater San Francisco for sharing the news that cult favorite Bi-Rite Market is opening its third shop in San Francisco. Bi-Rite has been a San Francisco institution for more than 80 years, and now they’re expanding with a new location in Russian Hill, which joins locations in Divisadero Street and more...
SF Closer to Preserving 100-Year-Old Castro Theatre’s Interior
Bay Area Favorites, LGBTQ+, Local Icons, San Francisco Recently, San Francisco Heritage joined other community stakeholders at the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission hearing in support of expanding the historic landmark designation for the Castro Theatre to include interior elements. SF Heritage also recognized the importance of the seating and LGBTQ+ and film programming in the theatre’s significance. The 100-year-old more...
Union Square’s Ice Rink is Back November 2
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, San Francisco San Francisco’s favorite holiday tradition returns to the San Francisco Bay Area this holiday season. Since 2008, The Safeway Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square has delighted children and adults with its holiday-themed ice park located in San Francisco’s Union Square. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Safeway Holiday Ice Rink is more...
Two Bay Area Pizzerias Ranked as Best in the World
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that two Bay Area pizza joints have just made the list of the best pizzerias in the world. San Francisco’s Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, 1570 Stockton St, took the number 10 spot on the 50 Top Pizza World 2022 list. Chef and owner Tony more...
“Winchester Mystery House” Halloween Haunt is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Get Out: Events, Halloween, Sponsored Looking for one of the Bay Area’s scariest Halloween events? After two years of scaled back shows, the Bay Area’s premier Halloween haunt is back in full force for 2022 with an all-new storyline, new characters, and terrifying new scares – plus themed bars, games and more. New for 2022 An all-new more...
Fire Destroys Mission District’s “Double Play” Sports Bar
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Causes, Fire Updates A popular sports bar in San Francisco’s Mission District was heavily damaged in a fire Saturday, September 24, 2022. The Double Play Bar and Grill, a longstanding bar located at 16th and Bryant streets steeped in baseball history with its proximity to the former site of the old Seals Stadium, burned more...
SF’s “Wu Tang Flan” Gets Brick-and-Mortar Spot in 2023
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Takeout / Delivery, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to EaterSF and SF Gate for letting us know that after years of doing pop-ups throughout San Francisco, “Chicano Nuevo,” a Baja-inspired restaurant will finally open up a brick-and-mortar location in Bernal Heights in 2023. Chef and owner Abraham Nuñez, brought his family recipes from Chula Vista to Excelsior trying more...
SF Zoo’s Adorable “March of the Penguins” Welcomes 5 Penguin Chicks
Adorable, Bay Area Favorites, San Francisco Saturday was the day for the annual — and very popular — March of the Penguins at the San Francisco Zoo. The March of the Penguins is one of the zoo’s most popular events. This morning, five adorable Magellanic penguin chicks — two females and three males which hatched between mid-April more...
