Distillations: Locanda does not get an A for effort
There’s a thing people sometimes say about Hollywood: For a collection of people that talented to...
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Eating Now
Last meal: Mission Pie will soon close its doors
Mission Pie, the 12-year-old restaurant and bakery at Mission and 25th, deploys the clever slogan,...
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The decline and fall of Mission Beach Cafe was even messier than you thought
Former cafe proprietor admits failing to provide toward workers’ city-mandated healthcare —...
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Rodents. Bankruptcy. Wage Theft. Eviction: Behind the implosion of Mission Beach Cafe
Mission Beach Cafe, a popular brunch spot at 14th and Guerrero streets, announced its likely...
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Distillations: All hail Delirium, a source of nostalgia and hearing loss
The first time I ever went to Delirium, it was because a friend told me he had an awesome bar to...
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Distillations: Things change, but not at Uptown. Thank God — and thank Scott Ellsworth.
Something was wrong as I walked into Uptown, on 17th. A feeling I’d never had in this bar before....
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Custard’s Last Stand: Mission Pie vs. the gig economy
Making pie isn’t like operating an app-based business in San Francisco. There are rules. If you...
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Distillations: Thieves Tavern is a predictable place — which is a welcome respite from an unpredictable world
You’d expect a bar with a name like “Thieves Tavern” to appear in a Game of Thrones knock-off. As...
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Distillations: The Crafty Fox is no walk in the park
The Crafty Fox Ale House, on Mission at 13th, is just a few feet from being under an overpass. It...
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Lucca bids San Francisco adieu
The line at Lucca Ravioli Co. at 9:30 this morning wasn’t all that long. But, then again, there...
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Lucca’s last day: Interviews with the bereaved
Lucca Ravioli Company, a Valencia Street fixture since 1925, will close its doors today. This was...
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Distillations: Doc’s Clock, a once and future dive, stays true to its roots
The bar that would become Doc’s Clock opened in the Mission in 1951. When the owners let it go,...
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Distillations: The Armory Club’s shift from a kink bar to a staid metaphor for San Francisco
The Armory Club’s name is also its epitaph. Opened by the owner of Kink.com back when the fetish...
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Distillations: Sure, The Napper Tandy is an Irish bar. But, more than anything, it’s a Mission bar.
The Napper Tandy is a sports bar that stakes a lot on its Irishness. It goes out of its way to...
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Distillations: Alone together at The Monk’s Kettle, San Francisco’s premier beer bar
It was an off night, where everything went crooked. San Francisco couldn’t make up its mind about...
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Distillations: Holy Mountain the bar isn’t at all like Holy Mountain the movie. That’s not such a bad thing.
Hawker Fare is a large, loud, colorful, noisy, explosion of a Thai restaurant on Valencia. Holy...
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