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Good Taste: Asian supermarket sweep nears
Good Taste offers weekly tips on eating well in the Bay Area. If you’re as much of a fan of big Asian grocery stores as we are, there’s a lot to look forward to around here right now. San Francisco and the Bay Area have always been rich with stores like these, of course, from Duc Loi to H Mart, and we’re happy to see more on the horizon (though please support your local family-run spot). Here’s what to look for later this year and into 2025.
A Mysterious New Fillmore Street Landlord Appears to Be Forcing Restaurants and Shops Out
Dianne de Guzman is a deputy editor at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups. The future of a handful of long-running restaurants and small businesses is up in the air, as a thorough report by the San Francisco Chronicle details the quiet purchases of buildings along a stretch of Fillmore Street. The purchases seem to be leading toward an upheaval in commercial businesses in that corridor, including some long-running restaurants. Here are three things to know about the businesses impacted, who’s suspected to be at the center of the buying spree, and what’s happening now.
Alamo Drafthouse Poised to Take Over Shuttered Bay Area Cinemas
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is poised to take over two Bay Area theatre locations that went dark last month, according to published reports. The Austin-based operator is reportedly close to deals to reopen the former ShowPlace Icon theatres at San Antonio Center in Mountain View and Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara.
San Bruno opens new aquatics center, funded by PG&E settlement after 2010 pipeline explosion
One city is taking a step forward from a tragic day 14 years ago after a gas pipeline owned by PG&E exploded in a San Bruno neighborhood, killing eight people and destroying dozens of homes. Settlement funds from the disaster have now built a new community recreation and aquatic center, which opened on Saturday."It's great to see a combination of all the work and all the time put in by a lot of folks," said Parks and Rec Commissioner Mike Palmer.Palmer gave us a look inside the new San Bruno Recreation and Aquatic Center. It has three pools, a fitness...
This ‘martini dive bar’ is the best new cocktail spot in the Bay Area
If you order the eponymous cocktail at Tallboy, a self-described “martini dive bar” in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood, you’ll get a drink that’s not only stiff and strong but teetering on the edge of saline. That’s no accident. To get the Tallboy Martini just right, owner...
Mountain View parents outraged by school district’s $189K meditation deal
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON)—Mountain View Whisman School District parents expressed their frustrations Thursday after finding out the district had signed a $189,000 school-approved contract for what they describe as 160 “guided meditation sessions for District Leadership team members.” The MVWSD signed an agreement with Alycia Diggs Chaves, owner of Blue Violet Energy and a self-described […]
Music without words: Promising local band Yeobo debuts with video at Flintstone House
Last week, I had the thrill of seeing the mind-blowing trio Khruangbin perform live at Berkeley’s amazing Greek Theatre. It was a lot of money and a lot of driving, but for a lot less of both, I can now see another trio walking the same path as Khruangbin — three musicians, only drum, bass and guitar, no vocals, a chill psychedelic groove that can send you soaring.
A new class of scrappy roasters are making the Bay Area’s most exciting coffees
The toasty smell of roasting coffee wafts out as Tanya Rao leans over a spiraling pool of ever-darkening beans. Around her, other roasters hunch over their own whirring machines, surrounded by bags of finished product. Rao has been working out of CoRo, a coffee collaborative in southwest Berkeley, since 2019,...
Parents grill Mountain View Whisman over coaching, mindfulness contracts for district admins
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Parents and community members spoke out at a Thursday, Aug. 22, Mountain View Whisman school board meeting opposing district contracts for leadership coaching, staff wellness and public relations work, decrying it as a poor use of taxpayer funds. The board heard from public commenters...
Weekend Express: Fall Arts Preview: What’s ahead for the Peninsula’s biggest arts season in years
The Peninsula’s biggest arts season in years is here. Read on for a look at what’s coming up this fall in music, on the stage, in visual arts and author events. Arts briefs: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Nancy Pelosi, Pride cabaret and more. This week, see...
Community briefs: Soul 4Kidz will hold free concert on Aug. 25
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Join children’s soul band Soul 4Kidz at the Belle Haven Community Campus to hear family friendly soul music. The concert will take place at the campus located at 100 Terminal Ave. from 11 to 11:45 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Soul 4Kidz is...
Fall Arts Preview: The arts make a grand entrance
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Though spring is traditionally the season when everything comes back to life, it’s hard to beat the fall for seeing the Peninsula’s many arts groups come back into blossom. And this fall, the arts are once again in full bloom everywhere. That...
Flavored Bubbles Will Rain Down From the Ceiling at the New Merchant Roots in SoMa
Dianne de Guzman is a deputy editor at Eater SF writing about Bay Area restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups. Step past the blue gates of the new location of Merchant Roots in SoMa and prepare to become fully immersed in the world of this fine dining restaurant. This isn’t your typical white-tablecloth space with whispered conversations; instead, it’s a place with fine dining chops and service that leans far into the playful feelings that food can invoke.
Stanford University Expands Grateful Dead Curriculum With New Course Taught By David Gans
A new continuing studies course offered by Stanford University will expand on a previous class taught by David Gans covering the music, history, and cultural impact of the Grateful Dead. Did It Matter? Does It Now? The Music and Culture of the Grateful Dead is an eight-week, live online course...
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