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
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
Suiting Up At Al’s Attire: The Boots Arrive Clothes are a funny thing. As humans, we collectively spend an awful lot of time thinking about the various items we wear on our bodies. Clothes make the man, they say, and there is undeniably some truth to it. In … Read the rest
Carlos Santana Rocks Al’s Attire At NBA Finals As we turn the corner into summer, It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in San Francisco. And truth be told, it’s kind of a relief to have the NBA Finals and the big North Beach Festival behind us. … Read the rest
The Spurs’ Rudy Gay Visits Al’s Attire On Game Day North Beach is a place of hidden delights, and like any proper temptress, reveals her wonders slowly. For 15 years now, Al’s Attire has been one of those charms: a custom clothier and leathermaker that is as idiosyncratic as it … Read the rest
Respect The Craft: Suiting Up At Al’s Attire In North Beach, a neighborhood that makes dressing down an art form, bespoke fashion might sound like a nonstarter. But for Al Ribaya, custom clothing has proven to be anything but. Al’s Attire, the shop the clothier opened on … Read the rest
Steve Kerr & Family Pay Visit To Al’s Attire Here in North Beach, we see our fair share of celebrities, as one would expect: this is where everyone wants to be these days. But like most San Franciscans, here in the Beach we tend to play it cool in … Read the rest