Restaurant review: Hi Hat, your neighborhood pizza joint
Hi Hat opened in about mid-2025 in the space of former pizza parlor, Pi Bar. They employed a magical being our server called “the Wizard.”
What’s on now at San Francisco museums, March 2026
It’s museum time. Some great shows close today – Sunday, March 1 – Manet and Morisot, Suzanne Jackson and MoAD over time.
History Worth Knowing
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People We Meet: Junior keeps watch at Mission and 30th
Junior has lived at Mission and 30th streets for at least 21 years, nearly half his life, maybe longer. He mostly survives on odd jobs.
S.F. tenant in ICE custody faces eviction trial from detention center
A San Francisco tenant from Russia is set to lose his eviction case because he’s in ICE custody and cannot appear in court.
State clears S.F. General Hospital’s response to social worker’s killing on campus
A state inspection found “no deficiencies” at S.F. General Hospital following the lethal Dec. 4 stabbing of a social worker on campus.
Restaurant Reviews
Review: At Bar Brucato, savor the bitter and the sweet of it all
Bar Brucato opened less than a year ago, the interior itself is a bit out of place, in a good way – airy, plant-filled, and café-like.
Review: At Beretta, what’s old is new again
Recently, the restaurant had a makeover; both the interior and its menu got spiffed up.
People We meeT
People We Meet: Anna So can’t stop, won’t stop opening new restaurants
When Anna So came to S.F. from Thailand in 1986, she didn’t bring much. What she did have turned out to be essential: She knew how to cook.
People We Meet: The Sunset’s Khalid Zakzouk gives them something to chalk about
Khalid Zakzouk walks to Irving Street, two large tubs of Crayola chalk sticks in tow. Hours later, a new drawing emerges on the sidewalk.