San Francisco
Free Outdoor Movie Nights Return to SF for 2023
Free Movie Screenings, Outdoorsy, Reopening, San Francisco The 2023 PROXY Spring Series of outdoor cinema is back and kicks off on Friday, March 24, 2023 at the Proxy Community Walk-in Theater. Presented by Here for Now, these free evening film screenings at the Proxy Walk-In Theater begin at 7:45 pm with ‘doors’ opening at 7 pm. Come early to more...
Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason on March 24th
Eat & Drink, Reopening, San Francisco California’s largest nighttime street food festival is back in San Francisco every Friday beginning March 24, 2023. Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center returns for its 13th season celebrating the variety, diversity and passion of the Bay Area food truck scene and beyond. With over 50 food creators throughout the season, more...
de Young Museum Hosts 8 Free Weekends in 2023
Brand New, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco The US Premiere of “Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence” at the de Young Museum received grant from Google.org providing eight weekends of free admission to the exhibition and support for vital public programming, including school and youth curriculum. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (the “Museums”) just announced the more...
SF Drafts Plan for Reparations for Black Residents: $5 Million Payout to Each?
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News San Francisco supervisors voiced early support to provide reparations to Black residents for enduring systemic racism over the past 200 years. The 100-plus recommendations the supervisors heard from an advisory committee on Tuesday included $5 million payouts to every eligible Black adult, personal debt and tax more...
SF’s Cherry Blossom Parade is Finally Back After 4 Years
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Welcome to the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions and the biggest on the West coast. Since 1968, the Festival serves to cultivate the continued alliance between Japan and the United States using culture as its bridge. Each year, over 220,000 people attend more...
New SoMa Cocktail Bar “The Harlequin” Opening in June 2023
Bars, Brand New, San Francisco A brand new cocktail bar is coming to San Francisco‘s Yerba Buena neighborhood. Thanks to San Francisco Business Times for sharing the details that the team behind SoMa bars Alchemist Bar & Lounge and Woodbury and Members Only and Finders Keepers in Lower Nob Hill, are debuting a new bar called more...
SF’s Martin Luther King Jr. Pool Reopens
Good News, San Francisco We’re excited to share that Martin Luther King Jr. Pool reopened earlier this week with a limited schedule after completing repairs to its roof, as well as other maintenance work around the facility. A special thanks to our structural maintenance team including our roofers, painters, electricians, iron workers, sheet metal more...
SF’s Historic 1892 Roadhouse Damaged by Fallen Tree
Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Fallen Tree Severely Damages Historic Trocadero Clubhouse Iconic San Francisco landmark and event space in Stern Grove red-tagged by City SAN FRANCISCO, CA – An approximately 85-foot eucalyptus tree fell onto the Trocadero Clubhouse in Sigmund Stern Grove early Saturday morning, causing severe damage to the San Francisco Historical Landmark, the San Francisco Recreation more...
SF Ranks Last for “Best Tippers”
San Francisco CNBC recently shared a list, compiled by restaurant software firm Toast, that ranked 12 US metropolitan cities to determine which city has the best tippers. Cleveland, Ohio topped the list. On average those in Cleveland leave a 20.6% gratuity. However, San Francisco ranked dead last. We leave an average 17% gratuity. more...
SF’s “Princess Diaries” Home Up for Sale for $8.9 Million
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous stately home, located at 2601 Lyon St., is best known as the fictional Grove High School as depicted in the 2001 fairytale comedy The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. The 100-year-old mansion whose exterior served as Mia Thermopolis’ school in the hit film has just more...
Yet Another Shop in Union Square Closes for Good
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that unfortunately yet another Union Square store has closed up shop. Canadian outdoor apparel and gear brand Arc’teryx quietly closed its only San Francisco store located at 300 Grant Ave on January 15, 2023. On the same day, it also closed its Walnut more...
The Presidio is Getting New Restaurant in Summer 2023
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco The Presidio Trust and rising Chefs Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz announce a lease agreement for indoor and outdoor restaurant space at the historic Building 101 on the Presidio’s Main Parade Lawn, formerly occupied by The Commissary. The new restaurant will offer brunch, lunch, dinner, and cocktails celebrating eastern Mediterranean foods more...
SF’s Lighted Forest Ends March 12? Not So Fast…
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Another update! (As of 3/11/23) – Good news for people who love Entwined! According to Box Shop SF, due to the wet weather the organizers are unable to de-install their lighted forest as they were planning on doing after March 12th. So, for the time being, the lights will stay more...
All of SF’s ‘Amazon Go’ Stores Closing April 1
Goodbye, San Francisco Hoodline recently shared that Amazon is closing all four of its Amazon Go stores in San Francisco. Amazon announced that Amazon’s San Francisco brick-and-mortar cashless stores, located at 300 California Street, 98 Post Street, 575 Market Street, and 3 Embarcadero Center, will close on April 1, 2023. Amazon has stated it more...
New Food Hall Coming to Haight’s Old McDonald’s Site
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that San Fransisco’s former McDonald’s in the Haight, located at 730 Stanyan, will become an 8-story mixed-use building with affordable housing and also a new food hall. The site has sat vacant and has been used for temporary activities intended to serve the more...
