If you thought United Nations Plaza already had every conceivable business transaction possible, you were dearly mistaken my friend.  Sure it’s got a farmer’s market, a bazaar, an illicit drug trade, and the sidewalk sale of stolen goods in front of Carl’s Jr….but no, that’s not enough.  While San Francisco

As we’ve seen over the past few years, Cafe Royale does some pretty friggin cool events, and tonight is a perfect example.  For the next three Mondays, you can catch the San Francisco Theatre Pub’s Pint Sized Plays at the afore mentioned place that does figgin cool events.  What are

You’ve probably heard of The Monk’s Kettle, the 16th St. Mission bar/restaurant with arguably the best beer list in San Francisco and the notoriously long wait to get in for dinner, but you may not have stopped in because it’s not exactly broke-ass friendly. Or so I thought.  Though I’ve eaten

I know, Sundays nights are rough, especially for the employed ones; early morning meetings are looming around the corner and every one is wishing why, oh why, can’t it be the weekend still. Think of all the fun we had killing that mime for sport, building nuclear reactors in our

If you’re not going to Outside Lands, feel like getting out of the city for a spell, and love science, then head over to Saucy-lito this Sunday! The Bay Model Visitor Center is giving a FREE guided tour, and let me tell you what, you won’t want to miss this!

Update for 2016: This originally appeared in my SF book. While North Beach has changed for the better, and my attitude with it, my opinion of Sam’s is still the same. I love that place! I’m posting this today in honor of the passing of Mile “Pops” Shawa, the owner of

You know how you live in a city for a long time, but never do the super touristy things in that city?  For example, I’ve never done the double-decker hop-on, hop-off bus tour, been across the water to Alcatraz, or had sex with a hooker-tranny in the ‘Loin. But today

It’s no secret that Broke-Ass staff enjoy eating while standing, and if recent food trends are to be believed everything just tastes better when you order it from a Roach Coach Gourmet Food Truck. Which probably explains why these Street Food/Food Cart/Taco Truck events have been popping up all over