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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.
The Stud Announces Its Grand Opening at Its New SoMa Location Will Be April 20
SF’s oldest LGBTQ bar is dragging itself back onto the scene, as they’ve announced a grand reopening date of Saturday, April 20 at their new Folsom and Seventh street location, with liquor licenses and entertainment permits secured.
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 […]
Richmond’s Heroes Club Designated a Legacy Business
In a shop window on Clement Street between Ninth and 10th avenues, a large blue robot stands guard over the entrance to the Heroes Club, with its fists in the air, ready to battle for right against…
Workers at Legendary Bay Area Sex Shop File for Union Election
A Covid outbreak at the company helped spark the push for organized labor.
8 free holiday wallpapers, illustrated by neurodivergent artists
The L.A. Times partnered with Creativity Explored, which supports a neurodiverse community of artists with developmental disabilities, for its annual holiday wallpaper project.
How Five San Francisco Restaurants Have Survived Decades of Ups and Downs
The chefs and owners behind five long-running San Francisco restaurants share their tips for success and most valuable lessons learned
Unexpected allyship: How a California church became “the midwife of the modern LGBTQ movement”
Before the Stonewall Riots, there was the Vanguard Sweep. And it all started at the Glide Memorial Church.
San Francisco Burger Joint Loved by Anthony Bourdain Is Expanding
A longtime North Beach eatery is preparing to double down on the neighborhood.
This 40-Year-Old, Aaron Peskin-Approved Vietnamese Restaurant Reopens Near San Francisco’s Chinatown
Sai's Restaurant found a new home where North Beach and Chinatown meet.
This Family Owns a Century-Old San Francisco Chinese Restaurant. Now They’re Saying Goodbye
Sam Wo’s owners hope new investors can revive the Chinatown institution.