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Cal favorite Henry’s scores big with the food
This is Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer’s Between Meals column, an update of the restaurants he visits as he searches for the next Top 100 Restaurants. His main dining reviews, which include a ratings box, are written only after three or more visits. While the food at ...
Scooters on SF’s streets: What’s not to like?
Love ’em or hate ’em, those electric scooters zipping around downtown are the future. Pedestrians and motorists may scream. City officials may confiscate them by the dozens. But the fact is that young people, especially younger women, are more comfortable on the scoots ...
San Francisco would defy federal law with safe injection sites
San Francisco’s Department of Public Health made a splash in January when it announced in this column that it would open the nation’s first two safe injection sites in July. Similar sites, where injection drug users can shoot up under supervision, have existed in Canada, Australia and ...
Kehinde Wiley, SF Art Institute alum, points its 2018...
Graduating students at the San Francisco Art Institute were dazzled by former alum-turned-presidential portraitist, artist Kehinde Wiley , who delivered the commencement ceremony’s keynote speech at the Nourse Theater on May 13. The Los Angeles native, who graduated from the Art ...
Newsprint tariffs hit newspapers hard
“Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel,” the saying goes. Yet the Trump administration is picking a fight with American newspapers over something they buy at even greater cost and quantity: newsprint. The administration recently slapped tariffs and ...
Survey: The Bay Area’s Michelin-starred chefs on #MeToo and...
What do you do when your industry is under fire for being one of the worst offenders when it comes to sexual harassment in the workplace? “The way we will change this culture will be to have many conversations with everyone,” wrote chef Dominique Crenn of the two-star Atelier Crenn on ...
René Magritte at play with reality at SFMOMA
One natty SFMOMA patron ( Sandy Walker ) wore a bowler to the May 16 preview of “René Magritte: The Fifth Season,” but everyone else was pretty conservative. Make no mistake, however, this was a dramatic occasion — with Belgian diplomats and officials present — celebrating a major ...
Pressure? It’s on Rockets, not Warriors, in Game 4
Houston coach Mike D’Antoni may not have been serious. Maybe he was just trying to ease the mood around his team. But he was dead wrong Monday when he declared that “ the pressure’s all on them .” The Warriors won’t feel an ounce of pressure in this game. They’ve ...
On 100 years of women serving in the California Legislature
Are women finally on the way to having the political voice we need and deserve in California? The record number of women running for office and the emergence of the #MeToo movement suggests a rising tide of political and cultural change. While we all hope that is so, let ...
Warriors need Draymond Green’s ‘tremendous’ defense...
We finally know what it takes to make a Draymond Green technical foul not a point of national obsession: A 41-point victory. Green’s foul — part of a double technical given to him and Trevor Ariza — came late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 when the ...
Dogpatch’s jumble of styles suits once-industrial...
Dogpatch is a slice of San Francisco where the allure is tied not to the architecture, but to a sense that anything goes . Small Victorians look out at large warehouses, and both are fine with that. So it’s fascinating to watch developers hire good local architects to try to embed that ...
No place like home for record-setting Warriors
As the Warriors prepare for Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday, they can find comfort in their surroundings — because postseason games at Oracle Arena are a devastating, historic mix. Golden State earned its 16th consecutive home playoff victory Sunday, setting an NBA record. ...
Ask Mick LaSalle: ‘Black Panther’ notwithstanding,...
Dear Mick: Can you explain to me why so many stories in movies cannot be told in chronological order rather than with constant flashbacks and/or jumping from one time frame to another? Susan Hough, San Rafael Dear Susan: Some smart flashbacks in “ ...
2018 James Beard Award winner linked to sexual harassment lawsuit
The James Beard Foundation has been vocal about taking sexual misconduct into account when it comes to its lauded awards, yet one of its 2018 winners has in the past been linked to a sexual harassment lawsuit. Miljenko “Mike” Grgich of Grgich Hills Estate in Rutherford is ...
BART seeking state permission to shut down walkway notorious...
BART officials are planning to seek permission from the State Fire Marshal’s Office to shut down an entrance and walkway to the underground Civic Center Station that has become a haven for drug users. “It’s ground zero for injection drug use,” said BART Director Bevan Dufty , whose ...
A bright touch for the ugly utility boxes on city sidewalks
Utility boxes, those bulky green or beige bunkers that sprout along urban sidewalks like weeds, were once very controversial in San Francisco. The boxes, which stand about 4 feet high and contain equipment for high-speed internet and other communication services, were the ...
SF’s legacy restaurants hang on amid changing tastes
The Chronicle’s list of the 100 best restaurants came out the other day, dessert in a region obsessed with food and the good life. Business is booming; 18 new restaurants made the top 100 this year. But what about the old restaurants? After all, eating and drinking is the ...
On muted singing and mighty swinging
Sports snorts ... •If NFL owners vote to leave the handling of pregame player protests up to the individual teams, what will Raiders owner Mark Davis do? Local hero Marshawn Lynch (local as in Oakland, not Las Vegas), has been a sit-down guy during the ...
California lags other high-tax states on state and local...
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have already passed bills intending to circumvent the new $10,000 limit on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes. California, which has the highest state income tax rate in the nation, hasn’t passed any workaround bills, although two are ...
Warriors fans: Relax, this is what you wanted
Relax. Take a breath. Everything’s going to be all right. The Warriors took a beating in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals , but what did you expect? More importantly, what did you want? The Houston Rockets were the NBA’s best in the regular ...
Giants beat Rockies, Brandon Crawford reveals genesis of hot...
Brandon Crawford is hoping May lasts forever and June never arrives. Actually, the way the Giants’ shortstop is locked in, he probably believes he can hit all summer. That’s what happens when a guy gets on a roll like this. Every pitch is fat, every swing is ...
Mountain thunder, lightning mean summer has arrived
The thunder rumbled across the mountains, a low, steady roll that carried for miles. On Saturday evening, as I cooked dinner at our fire pit, I gazed above a distant ridge, where the thunder seemed to originate. About a minute later, a lightning bolt fired across the dark sky. ...
Pop Quiz: The Killers’ Brandon Flowers on festivals, lineup...
There’s a good reason the Killers took a five-year break before releasing their latest album, “ Wonderful, Wonderful .” Make that plenty of reasons: writer’s block, personal upheaval, internal discord. So while the Las Vegas band is back and ready to headline the BottleRock Napa Valley ...