We love to see it — ‘it’ being the ‘Great Sandway’ — The Great Highway, which stretches 3.5-miles along San Francisco’s western neighborhoods, has been a subject of debate since more than two miles of it was closed to vehicular traffic in 2020. Since then, it’s been deemed “The Great Walkway” by many San Franciscans; the upper part of the roadway became…

But it still needs a bit of time to find its footing — Opening a more upscale, untried concept on a block that already holds three Michelin-starred restaurants — State Bird Provisions, The Progress and Avery — is ambitious, to say the least. When it is one that needs tightening up, as brand new Bansang does, it’s even riskier. …

Greener rooftops for a greener world (and SF) — The tops of San Francisco’s buildings are slowly turning green. No, it’s not because of some weird chemical reaction with Karl the Fog — the change is happening because of a 2017 law that requires the newest construction in the city to incorporate solar panels and living roofs. With the…

San Jose came even higher up on the list at #5 — San Francisco is a heavenly slice of Northern California. This seven-mile by seven-mile sliver of the state exists in a state of confounding paradox. On one side of things, SF is a bastion for queerness, urban mobility, and green spaces that overlooks some of the most gorgeous vistas anywhere in…

The San Francisco Standard’s recent display of one-sided journalism is fuel for xenophobia and creates a lack of trust in hyperlocal news — We’re less than three weeks away from an election in San Francisco that features a ballot measure — Proposition H, a.k.a. “Prop H” — that, if backed by a majority vote, will remove SF District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office. More than $2.7 million dollars has been fueled into the…

On Wednesdays, we only dispose of our trash inside this off-pink receptacle — The massive queer mural being painted outside of OASIS in SoMa is genuinely shaping up. In less than a month since we reported on the collaborated piece of outdoor public art, it’s now begun to don familiar shapes. SF-based painter, muralist, and founder of the event’s company Electroluxx Elliott C…

Philip Anschutz has donated well over a million dollars to anti-LGBTQIA+ organizations and conservative academic institutions since 2014 — When I first glanced at the lineup for Portola — a new music festival slated to descend on San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood in late September— I was smitten. Unlike the current lineup for Outside Lands this year, I didn’t cast a disappointing sigh. …

Cole Valley Tavern serves heartwarming food and gorgeous cocktails — Legendary Kezar Bar & Restaurant has been a Cole Valley staple since 1989, but even after revamps, couldn’t quite hang on. The good news is it’s staying neighborhood-owned with local Jim Angelus of nearby Bacon Bacon reopening it as Cole Valley Tavern (he became a partner in Kezar back in…