Things To Do In San Francisco / Bay Area

Wine Kitchen: Small Plates and Gentrification on Divisadero

Divisadero is under construction. At least that's how it feels walking the stretch between Fell and Geary -- on every block there's at least one storefront boarded up with... More »

Pacific Puffs: The Sweet Side of Food Trucks

Before we started logging a serious number of hours and calories exploring food trucks, a friend asked what our favorite food truck was. "Oh, the cupcake truck," we... More »

Raise a Pint For Session Beer Month

Don't get us wrong, we love big, bold, "extreme" beers as much as the next beer geek. That being said, sometimes we just want to have a few beers with friends on a sunny... More »

The first time we rolled into Bernal's newest bar, the Royal Cuckoo, we were not expecting to undergo a profound transformation. But that's exactly what happened. We were greeted by a harmonica-toting bouncer who then passed us on to a blind and drunk organ player. He chatted us up for... More »

Fruity umbrella drinks and floral patterned booths, each with an island destination name like Hawaii and Tahiti spelled out in bamboo, divert attention from the wood paneling and anything-but-tropical stale air. But it's this tacky tiki charm, decent jukebox, and strong drinks, all... More »

Ahoy, mateys, step aboard -- the interior be lookin' like the hull of a ship, yet the clientele be lookin' like they just came from landlubberly finance jobs downtown, scurvy curs washed ashore from a fancy watering hole on Upper Polk Street, all of which they did. While there's ample... More »

Steve Ignorant stirred great controversy among the punk community last year when he announced that he would be performing the songs of his seminal English anarcho-punk band Crass, whose sound, ethics, and radical politics have long shaped punk itself. Even the band's breakup was noble:... More »

Anyone craving a look inside the lives of comedians need not look further than Funny Mondays at Deco Lounge. The small, dark room opposite the barroom in this Tenderloin gay bar is typically split between comics and non-comics, the former filtering in and out to hit other open mics in... More »

This lively cafe and beer garden almost exclusively caters to a country and western palate. If that sounds limited, you've clearly never enjoyed a cold IPA in the warm sun whilst spinning some Hank Williams, an experience you can faithfully replicate at Atlas. (Albeit with a goat... More »