Only in San Francisco
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Drops 2022 Lineup Additions
Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just announced the fourth round of additions to their highly anticipated live return to San Francisco, CA’s Golden Gate Park on September 30-October 2. The three-day, multi-stage, free music festival today adds Elvis Costello, Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Travelin’ Mccourys, Bob Schneider, Moonalice, Cymande, Arooj Aftab, more...
SF’s Free Swim Days Across The City (Sept. 6-7)
Health & Wellness, Only in San Francisco, Swimming / Waterparks As summer continues to sizzle, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will offer free afternoon admission at many of its neighborhood pools on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6-7, 2022. Free family swim hours and locations: Today (Tuesday): Balboa: 2:30-4 p.m. Coffman: 3-4:30 p.m. MLK: 4-5:30 p.m. Sava: 2:30-5 p.m. Rossi: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mission: 2:30-3:45 p.m. North Beach: 2:15-3:15 more...
USA’s Oldest Dim Sum Restaurant is in SF
Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that San Francisco is home to America’s oldest dim sum restaurant. Hidden in an off-the-beaten-path alleyway in Chinatown, at 1 Pagoda Place, is Hang Ah Tea Room, which opened in 1920. The 102-year old restaurant serves handmade dumplings and even bottles up its own 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...
SF’s Castro AIDS Mural Is Back (and Gorgeous) After Graffiti Attack
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, Murals, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco After some jerkwad defaced the “Hope for the World Cure” Mural in the Castro with graffiti back in late December 2021, artists helped restore the mural back to its original glory and gave it a bright and colorful update. In addition to getting covered in graffiti, the mural, originally painted in 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...
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...
One Minute of Stunning Drone Footage of Giant Ocean Beach Waves
Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is an iconic surf spot. Thanks to The Inertia for showcasing Solomon Fragakis’s stunning drone footage over the picture-perfect swells. The one-minute edited video shows just how big Ocean Beach is and how lucky we are to have some of the best waves in the world. This video 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...
The Nation’s First Transgender History Month Begins in SF
Only in San Francisco, Pride, San Francisco San Francisco’s Transgender History Month started Monday with a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall and Mayor London Breed extolling the city’s financial investments in the trans community. August is the month in which the city’s famed Compton’s Cafeteria Riot erupted in 1966 as a response to police harassment of transgender residents more...
SF’s Newest 10-Acre Waterfont Park Coming in 2025
Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission on Thursday approved construction firm Swinerton to build the first portion of India Basin Waterfront Park, a community-led project that will train and hire Bayview-Hunters Point residents. The proposed plan combines the existing India Basin Shoreline Park area and 900 Innes property into one more...
Sculpture Artist of SF’s “Cupid’s Span” Dies at 93
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, Only in San Francisco Thanks to SFist for letting us know that Claes Oldenberg, the Swedish-born, American pop-culture sculpture artist who designed the gorgeous “Cupid’s Span” sculpture along San Francisco’s Embarcadero passed away last week at the age of 93. Cupid’s Span is a 64-foot tall* outdoor sculpture by married artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje more...
Whoops! Tiny “House” Blocks Traffic on Bay Bridge
Only in San Francisco, Transportation, Travel, Wow As if traffic isn’t already bad enough, thanks to KCBS Radio for letting us know that on Wednesday afternoon an adorable little pit stop toilet that looks like SF’s painted ladies being towed eastbound out of San Francisco apparently fell off a trailer and blocked a lane of traffic on more...
SF’s $20,000 Trash Cans Have Finally Hit the Streets
Brand New, Only in San Francisco This week, San Francisco Public Works will place prototypes of our next generation of public trash cans on the street for real-life testing. Community members will have the opportunity to evaluate the cans and give input into the final selection. The prototype cost $20,000, but the final cans will cost (we hope) more...
SF’s Newest Park “Presidio Tunnel Tops” Opens July 17th
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Presidio Tunnel Tops, the most anticipated visitor attraction ever planned for the Presidio of San Francisco, opens Sunday July 17, 2022. Come explore the park and enjoy free family-friendly events and activities on opening day and throughout the whole season, July through October. Built over the tops of the Presidio Parkway more...
