A Postcard From 1956: Caffe Trieste Turns 63 When it comes to the culture and history of North Beach, Caffe Trieste holds a unique position in our beloved neighborhood. For better than two generations, this little Italian caffe has served as a makeshift sanctuary and community center for … Read the rest
North Beach Regular Shakes Up Berkeley With Artisanal Cheesecakes Unlike any other place I’ve lived, North Beach has its way of working its way into your heart, of leaving its mark on you. People come and go here, as in any city. But whenever I speak to someone who … Read the rest
It’s All About The Kids: Bummer & Lazarus, A Dog Musical It’s a classic San Francisco story. Nearly as celebrated as their sometime companion Emperor Norton, Bummer and Lazarus were a pair of stray dogs that wandered the streets of the city’s rough-and-tumble Barbary Coast in the early 1860’s. As the … Read the rest
The Salesian Club Crab Feed: North Beach’s Biggest Indoor Party North Beach has always been a place unto itself. San Francisco’s most storied neighborhood, today it remains a place of anomalies, of quaint anachronisms and jarring contradictions. A cloistered little village in the middle of one of America’s busiest cities, … Read the rest
High Expectations: North Beach’s First Professional Cannabis Event Having spent the last twenty years bouncing back and forth between San Francisco and New York, I’ve been to a lot of events. I put in eight years on the advertising circuit in Manhattan before moving to the Bay Area, … Read the rest
Pizza Life: The Best Coal Fired Pizza, Coast To Coast When I relocated to Manhattan from San Francisco nearly twenty years ago, it was a move I made with some ambivalence. I wasn’t keen on the winters, and until I got to know New York, it just seemed like a … Read the rest
A Wonderful Time Of Year: La Vigilia And Sotto Mare As evidenced by the chill in the air, in San Francisco our holiday season is now in full swing. North Beach is resplendent as ever in the wintry light, our church towers and Italianate architecture seemingly intended for this time … Read the rest
Seasonal Plumage And Al’s Attire: The Suit Arrives It’s undeniable: there’s just something about the pleasure of wearing new clothes. Anyone who has ever been on an important interview (or an equally crucial date) can attest to the truth of the cliché. Clothes do make the man, and … Read the rest
Napa Uncorked: The Judgment of Paris California’s prominence in the wine world is so well established today, it’s hard to imagine a time when it could have been otherwise. In reality, it isn’t necessary to go very far back in our past to discover a California … Read the rest
Hearing Tomorrow: Do You Want To See Washington Square Park Closed? Tomorrow, November 13th at 3:00 p.m., our Board of Supervisors will finally hear an appeal from the neighborhood concerning the possible closure of North Beach’s Washington Square Park. As some of you already know, the Square is set to be … Read the rest