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FREE Hot Dogs and Rock ‘n’ Roll
I find hot dogs to be one of the most disturbing forms of meat, second only to sausage. But when times are tough, you take food where you can get it — not to mention slammin’ beats and cheap booze. Luckily, Hot Dogs & Asteroids on the first Tuesday of

Grab a Cheap Bite At SanJalisco Mexican Restaurant
Prior to a couple of weeks ago SanJalisco had been a name unfamiliar to me. This is probably due to the fact that this restaurant held the name of Los Jarritos for nearly 22 years until the change occurred in 2010. In any case, SanJalisco is one of the best

Broke-Ass of the Week – Isaac Fitzgerald, Editor at The Rumpus
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not. Wanna be a Broke-Ass of the Week? Holler at us here and we’ll send you the questionnaire. If

FREE Monday Yoga Classes at Satori!
Do you have an enormous boner for yoga and its ability to help you reach nirvana? Do you have perhaps just a passive interest in using it to get in shape? Then rejoice, because Satori Yoga Studio is offering a FREE yoga class on Monday afternoons! This is a rare

Thieves Tavern: Does It Get Any Better?
With skinny jeans and ironic moustaches abound, Thieves Tavern is a superb watering hole for not only hipsters but all San Franciscans. Honestly, an entire post could be devoted to the Bloody Marys (served with FREE waffles if you so desire) and whiskey selection at this place. Saving that for

Pay Your Respects to Casa Sànchez This Week
San Francisco has been the birthplace of many an iconic brand over the years, from Levi’s to Rice-a-Roni to the It’s-It. Among this pantheon of venerable marketing greats you will surely find a smiling lad astride an aerodynamic elote that goes by the name of Jimmy the Cornman. For some of you out

RSVP to see Mark Farina at SF Public Works for FREE this Friday!
For those of you old enough to remember the late 90s, you should then remember Mark Farina and his whole Mushroom Jazz phenomenon (which was produced on local label Om records) which rocked the electronic scene for over a decade. Farina is known for his Chicago house, acid jazz and

Comida Corrida at Mission Favorite La Oaxaqueña
Now that the city is beginning to see an influx of high end restaurants introducing San Franciscans to concept of Mexican food being a little bit more beyond tacos and that divinely corpulent prince of Mexico’s most northern territories, the burrito, it’s not as hard to find things like sopes, huaraches, squash blossoms,