Bay Area Updates
SF’s Restaurant Week 2021: Spring Edition (April 9-19)
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Indoor Dining, Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay San Francisco Restaurant Week returns this spring, April 9-18, 2021 with special pre-fixe menus from over 140 restaurants all over the city. Thanks to SFGate for sharing the details of some of the best deals for SF Restaurant Week that they’re excited about. Highlights include many Chinatown restaurants participating in SF Restaurant more...
Children’s Fairyland Rides are Back April 7
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fun & Games, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Children’s Fairyland in Oakland is reopening its rides and bringing back its puppet shows and performances. With Alameda county’s recent move to the Orange Tier, we are incredibly excited to announce that Children’s Fairyland will be reopening its rides this Wednesday, April 7. In addition to our rides being available at a limited capacity, the more...
SF’s “How Weird’ Street Faire” is Back September 12
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco How Weird Street Faire has announced its plan to come back for its 22nd edition on September 12, 2021. The Faire returns to Howard and 2nd Streets in Downtown San Francisco “to celebrate peace, dance in the streets, be inspired by art, shop exotic stores,reunite with our friends, generate waves of more...
San Francisco’s Sunday Streets is Back in 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco just announced the return of Sunday Streets in 2021 beginning with the Rise Together Season. Sunday Streets in its large-scale format is slated to return in October (location and date to be announced). Until then, San Franciscans can enjoy the spirit of Sunday Streets beginning in April at Rise more...
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is Back for 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fairs & Festivals Yerba Buena Gardens Festival recently announced that its back for 2021 with in-person programming. Yerba Buena Gardens Festival is excited we’ll be able to gather in person soon! We are planning a shortened season along with a variety of artful activities that will enliven Yerba Buena Gardens. Upcoming activities will come in more...
SF’s “Lone Palm Bar” is Now “No Palm Bar”
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay Oh no….The Mission’s tropical art deco cocktail lounge Lone Palm Bar has now lost their only palm tree. Thanks to Helmut the Schmidt for sharing the photos of the lone palm tree now in pieces. According to Shotwells Bar, the tree was sick and the property manager wanted it removed. Hopefully, the more...
San Jose’s “Al Fresco” Dining Extended Through All of 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open San Jose’s City Council recently voted unanimously to extend the city’s Al Fresco dining program through the end of 2021, which was set to expire March 31, 2021. The program was launched in May 2020 which allowed more than 130 businesses to set up outdoor dining in public, city-owned spaces. San Jose more...
SF’s Brand New Huge Food Hall La Cocina Opens April 5
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco The 7,000 sqft marketplace is the nation’s first women-led food hall Thanks to Eater for sharing the news that the nation’s first women-led food hall is opening soon in a former US post office building. In the heart of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, the 7,000 sq.-foot La Cocina Municipal Marketplace will more...
Indoor Concerts Are Back April 15th
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open California’s Department of Public Health just announced updates to gatherings, receptions, conferences, and indoor live events and performances, effective April 15. The basics is that larger indoor venues (over 1,500 capacity) can have 10% capacity in the orange tier, or up to 35% capacity if everyone is vaccinated (or tests negative). more...
SF Giants Require Vaccines or Negative Test to Go to Games
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open After a long year, the Giants will welcome fans back to Oracle Park on Opening Day, April 9. Under the public health order issued by the San Francisco Health Officer, the Giants can operate the ballpark at up to 22% capacity with special testing/vaccination requirements for entry to Oracle Park. Read more...
Final Days: SF’s Lighted Forest Ends on April 4
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open It’s the final weekend to take in Golden Gate Park’s “Entwined” lighted forest. An illuminating art installation in Golden Gate Park transforms Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of otherworldly shapes and ever-changing light every night. “Entwined,” by San Francisco artist Charles Gadeken, honors Golden Gate Park’s 150th Anniversary. Related Story: An Amazing “Lighted more...
SF’s 50+ Year Olds Are Now Eligible for the Vaccine
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, Vaccines 50+ year olds, you’re up. Starting April 1, all people age 50 and over are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in San Francisco. This significant expansion in vaccine eligibility comes as the City approaches an important milestone in its unprecedented vaccination effort: nearly half of people in San Francisco more...
SF Giants Allow 22% Capacity at Oracle Park for 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open After a long year, the Giants will welcome fans back to Oracle Park on Opening Day, April 9. Under the public health order issued by the San Francisco Health Officer, the Giants can operate the ballpark at up to 22% capacity with special testing/vaccination requirements for entry to Oracle Park. San Francisco more...
San Mateo County Fair Is Back for 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Fun & Games, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Mateo County Event Center just recently announced the return of the County Fair. San Mateo County Fair will be one of California’s first major in-person events since the outbreak of pandemic. San Mateo County Event Center recently announced that they will host an in-person county fair this summer after being more...
East Bay Bike Party Returns After 1 Year Hiatus
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Outdoorsy It’s been over a year since East Bay Bike Party put the brakes on its monthly roving party on wheels. Its last ride was in March 2020, titled, the Social Distance Ride, before the Bay Area went into its Shelter-in-Place lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, East Bay Bike Party, notes, more...
