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The Family Behind Italian Legend Tommaso’s Is Officially Retiring
The Crotti family has announced that they’ll retire from their North Beach restaurant at the end of 2024
Guest Opinion: ALRP knows having a lawyer makes a difference
I’ve just wrapped up my first six months as executive director at the AIDS Legal Referral Panel, which has been providing free legal service to people living with HIV/AIDS for over four decades.
Head to This North Beach Shop for an Elite Sandwich and Beer Double-Header
One catch: It’s available on Thursdays only.
SUPERVISOR PESKIN'S LEGISLATION SUPPORTS BOB'S DONUTS' EXPANSION PLANS AFTER LEASE NON-RENEWAL
Bob's Donuts in San Francisco plans to expand into a larger space after lease issues, continuing its local legacy.
The EndUp Turns 50 and They're Taking Over Union Square With a Dance Party Saturday
That venerable, inimitable, sloppy palace of bad decisions The EndUp was born 50 (and a half) years ago, and they're now getting around to celebrating — appropriately kinda late — with a Union Square takeover dance party.
Anchor Brewing sold to Chobani yogurt king. Yes, the old label will return
Billionaire entrepreneur Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish-born CEO and founder of Chobani, the country’s largest producer of Greek Yogurt, has purchased Anchor Brewing and its 2.17-acre Potrero Hill home.
Little Original Joe’s Unveils New Marina Location in San Francisco with Classic and Innovative Italian American Fare
Little Original Joe's opens a new location in the Marina, offering classic Italian American dishes and a sit-down dining experience.
With grandson at the helm, famed bakery in San Francisco's Japantown celebrates 50 years
A Japanese-American bakery in San Francisco and its famous coffee crunch cake turn 50 years old this year. The man now running the bakery in the city's Japantown seeks to continue his grandfather's legacy.
How the Stud, A San Francisco Queer Bar for the “Freaks,” Was Reborn
“It feels like a home to people like me who had to find their way in the world, who don’t fit in anywhere else.”
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon
Simple Pleasures Cafe, a quaint bohemian-style coffee shop with a larger-than-life personality and a beloved neighborhood destination, was honored as a San Francisco Legacy Business in June 2023.
Sue Fisher King is moving to Fillmore
After more than four decades on Sacramento Street, luxury home goods retailer Sue Fisher King is moving her store to 1913 Fillmore Street.
Long-Stalled Plan to Build Affordable Housing on Top of Chinatown’s New Asia Restaurant Back in the Works
A 2017 idea to build a large affordable housing complex on top of New Asia restaurant in Chinatown has just been rebooted, and the plan would convert New Asia back into the banquet hall it used to be.
Community Music Center Celebrates Grand Opening of New Building
552 Capp St. doubles the size of the institution, no longer San Francisco’s best-kept secret.
Cliff’s Variety
This issue of the San Francisco Bay Times launches a new page dedicated to small businesses in the Castro and beyond. Holding a place of honor as the first business to be profiled in the series is Cliff’s Variety. A landmark of the Castro, Cliff’s has been in business for 88 years and long predates […]