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Magic Mushrooms are Now Decriminalized in SF
Brand New, City Insight, Healing, San Francisco This just in...’shrooms are now decriminalized in San Francisco. Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 and unaminiously passed a resolution that makes entheogenic plants including peyote, ayahuasca, and psilocybin mushrooms San Francisco police’s lowest priority. Plus it more...
Huge New In-N-Out w/ 29 Car Drive-Thru Planned for San Jose
Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that a brand new In-N-Out is opening in the Bay Area. The new location, proposed for 3150 and 3158 Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose, near Westfield Valley Fair and Santana Row, will have a massive 29-car drive-thru and would have indoor seating for 84 more...
Sonoma County Launches Basic Income Pilot Program
Brand New, Getting Help By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation Sonoma County will be spearheading a pilot program to provide a guaranteed minimum income to over 300 low-income families to study whether poverty is reduced and economic mobility is enhanced, the county announced Thursday. The Pathway to Income Equity program began taking applications Thursday. more...
Gorgeous New Mural Unveiled in SF’s Glen Park
Brand New, Murals, San Francisco San Francisco’s newest mural, Burnside Mural+, celebrates Glen Park’s rich history. The new mural stands at the end of the Glen Park Greenway at 55 Burnside Avenue. The project when completed will feature a beautifully tiled stairway leading up to Bosworth Street. Burnside Mural+ will tell the storied history of the more...
New SF Taqueria “El Rey” Offers Free Tacos (Sept. 2-3)
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Freebies Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that a brand new taqueria has opened in San Francisco in the former Myriad Gastropub spot. Compared to lots of its neighbors in the Mission, El Rey Taquiza Artesanal, located at 2491 Mission Street, focuses on tacos versus burritos. To celebrate their grand more...
Massive Indoor Vietnamese Market & Food Hall Coming to San Jose?
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Groceries / Supermarkets Thanks to Eater SF and SiliconValley.com for sharing the news that a massive Vietnamese market could be coming to San Jose. Real Estate Executive Do Van Tron purchased the former Sears store in San Jose’s Eastridge Center with plans to transform the space into a bustling Vietnamese market and food hall more...
World’s First Fully Autonomous Restaurant Opens in SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining Thanks to CNBC for sharing the news about Mezli, the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. The first fully-robotic restaurant just opened on August 28, 2022 in San Francisco’s Spark Social food park, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North, in the Mission Bay neighborhood. The Mezli founders thought of the idea as grad students more...
Insta-Famous “Alfred Coffee” Coming to SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that Alfred Coffee, the influencer-beloved coffee chain based out of Los Angeles, is opening in San Francisco. The coffee chain, as seen all over Instagram for its photo-worthy “But First, Coffee” sign, will be opening up inside a brand new boutique hotel called more...
Single Map May Soon Connect All Bay Area Transit
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation The Bay Area’s myriad transit agencies could soon utilize a single mapping system after the region’s transportation planning agency approved a contract to streamline transit information and guidance. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Operations Committee approved a $6 million contract Friday with the mapping company Applied Wayfinding more...
Señor Sisig Coming to SF’s Ferry Building (August 24)
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco San Francisco favorite slightly overpriced (but still f*cking delicious) filipino fusion street food Senor Sisig is opening up a new brick and mortar location in the Ferry Building on August 24, 2022! You’ll get all your yummy sisig favs, with a new menu of shareable bites plus sisig tortas, bite-sized ube more...
BART Testing New Unlimited Ride “Bay Pass”
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation, Travel The Metropolitan Transportation Commission — in conjunction with BART and all other transit agencies participating in the Clipper fare payment system — this week launched a two-year pilot program to study the impact of a single pass that will provide some 50,000 Bay Area residents free access to all bus, more...
SF’s New Rooftop Club w/ $300k Memberships Opens in 2023
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco A super spendy new Japanese restaurant and private club is launching right in the middle of Salesforce Park, the 5.4 acre rooftop park located in the heart of SoMa. In a move that’s sure to raise eyebrows, although technically a public park, Salesforce Park does allow for private leasing of restaurants more...
“Bike Library” of 500 E-Bikes Coming to Oakland?
Brand New, Oakland, Transportation Oakland is launching an electric bike library as part of a brand new pilot program. The City of Oakland will use the Clean Mobility Options Mobility Project Voucher funds of $1,000,000 to fund a new electric bike library, which could launch as early as this winter, according to Oaklandside. Electric bikes are more...
Would You Pay $6,000 for Cruise of SF Bay & The Delta?
Brand New By Victoria Franco, Bay City News Foundation Starting early next year, tourists can take an 8-day cruise valued at more than $6,000 through San Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento, Vallejo and Napa. American Cruise Lines, a small-ship cruise line with headquarters in Connecticut, will offer their first roundtrip tour beginning Feb. 17, 2023, with more...
Popular Mexican Coffee Chain Plans SF Cafe
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that a popular Mexican coffee and bakery chain, La Borra del Café, is planning to open a San Francisco shop. The chain has its eyes set in the Castro neighborhood, at 2175 Market Street, in a ground-floor retail space of an apartment complex. The more...
