...s focus on Asian small plates. He'll be based at the San Francisco location (314 Sutter St., near Grant) and will do some cooking there, but the current kitchen staff "is great...

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on October 15, 2008.

...s focus on Asian small plates. He'll be based at the San Francisco location (314 Sutter St., near Grant) and will do some cooking there, but the current kitchen staff "is great...

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on October 14, 2008.

From north to south: Fabio Flagiello has put the finishing touches on a totally revamped menu at Brio, the Burlingame restaurant (1190 California Drive) where he took over in July.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on October 8, 2008.

...harbinger of all shoes waterproof, Merrell, has opened its flagship store in Union Square— at 285 Geary Street. Bonus feel-good marketing move: the company is donating money, meeting space, and "services" to...

Published by Curbed SF on October 8, 2008.

Where: 333 Grant Ave #405, Financial District

Published by Curbed SF on October 7, 2008.

From north to south: Fabio Flagiello has put the finishing touches on a totally revamped menu at Brio, the Burlingame restaurant (1190 California Drive) where he took over in July.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on October 7, 2008.

...found right here in SF's financial district. Specifically, at Barbary Coast Consulting, located at Third and Market (It's one of the most gorgeous offices we've had the pleasure of getting...

Published by SFist on October 7, 2008.

...radius of the hotel." Yes, we are curious as to what constitutes a "majority" too. 905 California Street, at Powell; (415) 989-3500; website [EaterWire...

Published by Eater SF on October 6, 2008.

6 p.m. // Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason) // $14-$55

Published by SFist on September 22, 2008.

...this gin-kissed, vermouth-scented elixir is the Pied Piper Bar (in the Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery at Market, 512-1111), best known for its striking century-old Maxfield Parrish mural. But...

Published by SF Weekly on September 19, 2008.

A cable car climbs California Street at dawn as San Francisco wakes up. From flower vendors setting up for the day to joggers getting in their runs before work and early morning commuters grabbing coffee, watch the heart of the Financial District come to life in a video on SFGate.com. "Morning Life" can be found at sfgate.com/ZEWL.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 19, 2008.

The district, which covers many of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph Hill, features more major candidates than any other race and promises to be the most expensive.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

The district, which covers many of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph Hill, features more major candidates than any other race and promises to be the most expensive.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

The district, which covers many of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph Hill, features more major candidates than any other race and promises to be the most expensive.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

The district, which covers many of San Francisco's most famous neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph Hill, features more major candidates than any other race and promises to be the most expensive.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

It was business as usual at the Cala Foods supermarket on Nob Hill this week. Customers lined up six deep at the cashiers and shoppers crowded the well-stocked aisles.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 18, 2008.

...The second location of Bar Crudo, the popular raw bar restaurant atop the Stockton Tunnel (603 Bush St.), is getting closer to opening - December is the projected date - but it turns out that...

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 17, 2008.

...The second location of Bar Crudo, the popular raw bar restaurant atop the Stockton Tunnel (603 Bush St.), is getting closer to opening - December is the projected date - but it turns out that...

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 16, 2008.

According to the description on the meeting agenda, VIP zones would be established around downtown, the Yerba Buena center, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and Union Square as areas subject to "special enforcement of drug laws, aggressive panhandling, sitting/lying on sidewalks" and other "quality of life crimes."

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

According to the description on the meeting agenda, VIP zones would be established around downtown, the Yerba Buena center, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and Union Square as areas subject to "special enforcement of drug laws, aggressive panhandling, sitting/lying on sidewalks" and other "quality of life crimes."

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

Michael Tornabene is a designer Page and Turnbull, Inc., a Nob Hill District architecture firm specializing in preserving historic buildings, notably the asbestos-laden Old Mint and the Ferry Building. He said the Bay Area is distinguished by its thousands of gorgeous Victorian, Edwardian, and Craftsman homes, as well as its green sentiment. Restoring old buildings can be tricky because their features aren't standardized. Even so, their age can also be their best virtue.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

It takes an arctic village to show that global warming will soon get us all. Come to a screening of Gerard Underman's new documentary, Belonging, in which natives from the Canadian Arctic talk about how their world is disappearing right under their feet. With the ice gone, the Inuit lose hunting territory, and the exposed ocean waters increase the number of volatile storms that put the aboriginals in harm's way.

Published by San Francisco Bay Guardian on September 16, 2008.

...boxes. The dining room will include communal tables as well as more intimate “cocktail cubbies” (905 California St....

Published by Zagat San Francisco on September 16, 2008.

...and North Africa. Like its brethren, the cafe will feature a heated enclosed sidewalk patio (6 Claude Ln....

Published by Zagat San Francisco on September 16, 2008.

Sunday Streets, which ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., involved closing traffic lanes between Chinatown and the Bayview.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

Sunday Streets, which ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., involved closing traffic lanes between Chinatown and the Bayview.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 15, 2008.

Beloved S.F. eateries such as Acme Chophouse, Chaya Brasserie, Foreign Cinema, Il Fornaio, Kuleto's, Perbacco, PlumpJack and others will be on hand to serve up appetizers and drinks as "San Francisco Restaurants Unite to Fight Hunger." Now, more than pregnant women can eat for two (or three or four), as all proceeds benefit the San Francisco Food Bank.

Published by SF Weekly on September 15, 2008.

The Phelan Building, a Class A office structure, opened on Market Street; the Crocker Bank at 1 Montgomery, the Gump's store at 255 Sutter St., the White House department store on Sutter and thousands of lesser buildings.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 14, 2008.

When officers arrived to the 500 block of Sutter Street, they learned the suspect, Carlos Martinez, had already left the area.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on September 13, 2008.

...a clothes-fitter in Dallas in 1985 and transferred to the San Francisco store at 150 Stockton Street in the mid-1990s. She started experiencing back and joint pain in 1997, was diagnosed...

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 12, 2008.

In response to a reader’s inquiry to our tip line (tips@socketsite.com) we respond: As far as we know, 1018-1020 Pine Street is slated to be eight units (condos) with seven (possibly eight) parking spaces.

Published by SocketSite on September 11, 2008.

For a corner ramp with a bad "lip" Sutter and Stockton streets, the San Francisco Department of Public Works is planning to do long-term fixes by working with the property owner whose basement connects to the corner.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 7, 2008.

For a corner ramp with a bad "lip" Sutter and Stockton streets, the San Francisco Department of Public Works is planning to do long-term fixes by working with the property owner whose basement connects to the corner.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 7, 2008.

For a corner ramp with a bad "lip" Sutter and Stockton streets, the San Francisco Department of Public Works is planning to do long-term fixes by working with the property owner whose basement connects to the corner.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 6, 2008.

Plugged-in people might recall the empty 3,595 square foot penthouse shell at San Francisco’s Ritz-Carlton Residences known as 690 Market #2401. And as a tipster notes, while it's still a shell, it's no longer empty. Yes, it's been "staged."

Published by SocketSite on September 5, 2008.

...managed to speak fairly clearly despite having just walked out of a dentist office at 450 Sutter with a numb upper mouth. Anyway...

Published by Rincon Hill neighborhood blog on September 4, 2008.

The private utility regularly donates to Newsom's pet causes, including a 2003 measure to stop aggressive panhandling and a 2007 push for citywide Wi-Fi. The mayor has appeared with PG&E executives at several events, including one in July to tout the company providing solar panels to Grace Cathedral. Just last week, the company co-sponsored a party the mayor hosted in Denver in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 3, 2008.

In Oakland, the single worst hot spot is the intersection of Broadway and 13th Street near the 12th Street BART Station. In San Francisco, the Halliday Plaza, the shopping area on Market Street near Fifth Street and a busy corner at Third and Market streets have similar characteristics.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 2, 2008.

...Presidio National Park Center in San Francisco. The company has fully occupied the building at 610 Mason St. since 2003. It has four stores in the Bay area: two in San Francisco, and...

Published by San Francisco Tenant Representation on September 2, 2008.

The morning started with elderly cheerleaders performing in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square and activities stretched from the Ferry Building to the Bayview Opera House on Third Street, where the car-free route ended.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 1, 2008.

The morning started with elderly cheerleaders performing in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square and activities stretched from the Ferry Building to the Bayview Opera House on Third Street, where the car-free route ended.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on September 1, 2008.

In the first of two "Sunday Streets" events, roads will be closed to cars from the Bayview to Chinatown, to encourage more outdoor activity.

Published by CBS News (Channel 5) on August 31, 2008.

SUNDAY: Sunday Streets (yay!) will go down along the Embarcadero from Bayview to Chinatown from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Which? Will result in the following street closures: Washington from Kearny to northbound Embarcadero, northbound Embarcadero from Washington to King, eastbound King from Second Street to the Embarcadero, Terry Francois Boulevard from Third Street to Mariposa, Illinois from Cargo Way to Terry Francois Boulevard, and Northbound Third Street from Cargo Way to Oakdale.

Published by SFist on August 30, 2008.

Police say another brazen incident took place right outside the Apple store in Union Square after a couple bought a new I-phone. Lt. Canning described the robbery.

Published by KTVU News (Channel 2) on August 30, 2008.

Police said the fires have been started in Chinatown, the Financial District, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights neighborhoods.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on August 29, 2008.

Police said the fires have been started in Chinatown, the Financial District, Russian Hill, Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights neighborhoods.

Published by San Francisco Crime blog on August 29, 2008.

Two crew members suffered relatively minor injuries, Holland said.Cable cars on the California line will be out of service for the rest of the day as a result of the collision, Holland said. The California line runs east to west from the Financial District, through Chinatown, over Nob Hill and stops at Van Ness Avenue.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on August 29, 2008.

Two crew members suffered relatively minor injuries, Holland said.Cable cars on the California line will be out of service for the rest of the day as a result of the collision, Holland said. The California line runs east to west from the Financial District, through Chinatown, over Nob Hill and stops at Van Ness Avenue.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on August 29, 2008.

Two crew members suffered relatively minor injuries, Holland said.Cable cars on the California line will be out of service for the rest of the day as a result of the collision, Holland said. The California line runs east to west from the Financial District, through Chinatown, over Nob Hill and stops at Van Ness Avenue.

Published by NBC News (Channel 11) on August 29, 2008.

A portion of San Francisco's streets from the Bayview to Chinatown will close to cars for four hours on Sunday and instead be filled with bicyclists, break-dancers and roller skaters.

Published by San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2008.