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SF’s Walt Disney Museum Has Rare Free “100 Years of Disney” Exhibit
Brand New, San Francisco To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Family Museum will be showcasing rare and unique objects from the museum’s collection, which highlight important milestones in Walt’s career and his Company’s early history. These artifacts, which include recent acquisitions and fragile materials that more...
California’s 1st Drag Queen School Coming to SF
Brand New, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, Wow Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco will soon be home to California’s first drag queen school. San Francisco’s iconic LGBTQ+ bar The Stud is opening the The Stud School of Drag which will teach the fundamentals of drag performance. The school will offer weekly evening classes covering more...
Sen. Diane Feinstein Public Memorial & Funeral at SF’s City Hall (Oct. 4-5)
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Community, Goodbye, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last week at the age of 90, will lie in state Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at San Francisco City Hall and a public funeral service will now be held Thursday on the steps of the building. On Wednesday, the public will be invited to pay more...
SF’s Massive New Rooftop Restaurant Above Union Square Opens in October
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that San Francisco’s huge new rooftop bar and restaurant, atop the old Macy’s Men’s Store in Union Square, will be opening in October 2023. International restaurant Chotto Matte is opening a massive new rooftop dining experience at 100 Stockton, set to be larger more...
NorCal’s 1st Public “Padel” Courts Coming to Downtown SF in October
Brand New, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Padel, a racket sport enjoying a meteoric rise in popularity across the world, will officially land in San Francisco this October with the opening of two courts in Embarcadero Plaza, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and Park Padel announced today. Construction will begin the week of September 18th on more...
Fun New Japanese Bowling Alley Coming to SF in 2024
Brand New, Fun & Games In these times when all we seem to hear is about businesses closing, thanks to The San Francisco Standard for letting us know that a fun new bowling center and arcade that will be opening in SF soon. A new “Round1 Bowling & Arcade” which originally opened in Japan back in more...
SFO’s Brand New Pokémon Plane Flies San Francisco to Tokyo
Adorable, Brand New, Travel SFO airport has a new specialty plane. You’ve got to see this unique Pokémon-themed plane. All Nippon Airways (ANA) and the Pokémon Company have expanded their collaboration with “Pokémon Air Adventures” by launching a second uniquely painted aircraft, the “Eevee Jet NH.” The aircraft entered service on August 31, 2023, featuring more...
SF’s Oldest Gay Bar “The Stud” is Coming Back!
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, LGBTQ+, What's Closed / What's Open The Stud, the country’s only cooperatively owned LGBT bar that had been in operation for 54 years but shut down in May of 2020 is coming back! SF’s oldest Gay Bar dating back to 1966 was originally located on Folsom where Holy Cow is now. In 1987 the bar moved to more...
SF’s Wild New “Infinity Mirror Rooms” Coming This Fall
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New SFMOMA just announced a second “Infinity Mirror Room” as part of the brand new exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: Infinite Love, the first opportunity for audiences to experience Yayoi Kusama’s famed Infinity Mirror Rooms in the Bay Area. Today, SFMOMA reveals a second Infinity Mirror Room included in the presentation: LOVE IS CALLING, one of the largest and most immersive more...
SF’s New IKEA to Open their First “Nordic Food Hall” in U.S.
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open When San Francisco’s brand new mini IKEA opens on August 23, 2023 at 945 Market Street, it won’t just have a standard IKEA food menu and Swedish meatballs you’re accustomed to. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Mid Market location will also be home to the company’s first U.S. locations more...
This is SF’s New Free Robot Shuttle Bus
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco While the city tries to fight private robo taxis from a full launch in San Francisco, The Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency celebrated the launch of its autonomous shuttle pilot – called the Loop – with agency partners and community leaders, and commenced public service from the Ship Shape Community more...
SF’s New Downtown IKEA Opening August 23rd
Brand New, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open The oft-delayed IKEA on Market Street in Downtown San Francisco finally has an opening date scheduled. Today, IKEA U.S. announced the opening date for the much-anticipated IKEA San Francisco store. The new location will officially welcome customers on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 11 am. IKEA San Francisco at 945 Market more...
SF’s Iconic Red Lanterns Return to Chinatown
Brand New, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Back in early 2023 the hail and wind from the atmospheric river in San Francisco left the iconic red lanterns on Grant Avenue in shreds. The Chinatown Merchants Association had installed these lanterns on Grant over 10 years ago and had become just as important a symbol of Chinatown as more...
150-Year-Old Brewery Back in SF for First Time Since 1920
Brand New, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open When we got word that a new brewery was opening in SoMa, we thought, “cool!” But then we read on SF Standard that this isn’t just any old brewery. Well, it IS an old brewery. Enterprise Brewing Co., which celebrates its grand opening on August 5, 2023 (with weekly parties every more...
SF Gets Brand New Waterfront Market (Starting August 6)
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco There’s a new market on the block, and it’s at your soon-to-be new favorite park! The San Francisco Parks Alliance are partnering with Sunset Mercantile to bring this new market series, The Park Market, to Dogpatch’s best kept secret, Crane Cove Park. Each themed market will feature local makers, live music, more...
