Numbers Don’t Lie: Cantina Los Mayas Is The Best Mexican In The Bay Area By Joe Bonadio My first taste of anything resembling real Mexican food was as a 12-year-old growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Following in the steps of my oldest sister, my brother Jim had relocated to San Francisco the previous … Read the rest
Conquering Setbacks, Petite Lil’s Lights Up Legendary ‘Washbag’ Space Like all things, neighborhoods are subject to cycles. They wax and wane; businesses come and go, and within a matter of a few years, yesterday’s sleepiest corner can morph into today’s hottest new destination. As one of San Francisco’s original … Read the rest
Classes With Glasses: Chocolate And Wine Events Come To North Beach When it comes to specialty retail, North Beach has always had a full plate. In addition to some of the best bars and restaurants in the city, we’ve got some of the best Italian pastry shops anywhere, and Grant Avenue … Read the rest
Local Photographer Markelle Palombo Takes A Higher Profile North Beach is a neighborhood that has long been known for its creative types, and happily that hasn’t changed too much. Even after the retail shakeout of the last couple of years, we’ve still got storefront galleries–with more apparently on … Read the rest
Taqueria Los Mayas: San Francisco’s Cinco Solution Well, it’s May First, and you know what that means. And no, I’m not talking about rent: it’s time to make your plans for Cinco de Mayo. Granted, some of you out there may not take this quite as seriously … Read the rest
Los Mayas To Open First Mexican Wine Bar In Bay Area One of the things I love to hear most right now is talk of new businesses starting out, especially in the beleaguered restaurant category. It takes serious huevos to open up a restaurant right now, and I have nothing but … Read the rest
North Beach Restaurants Adapt As They Weather Covid Crisis San Francisco loves its restaurants, and that’s no secret. Our eateries, from the grandest to the most humble, are a fundamental part of our lives, and have for decades been a cornerstone of our city’s identity. And seven weeks into … Read the rest
Panuchos Passes The Baton: North Beach Welcomes Newcomers ‘Barrio’ It’s a fact of life in North Beach: as many restaurant options as we have, Mexican has always been something of an underrepresented category here. Of course, some of that can be explained by the Italian dint of things in … Read the rest
North Beach Echoes: Music Venues We Miss Among its manifold charms, North Beach has one of the richest musical traditions of any neighborhood in the United States. In the popular imagination, North Beach and jazz are almost synonymous, and looking back, it isn’t hard to see why: … Read the rest
North Beach Fix: Indian Summer Edition Time marches on, even in the treasured time capsule that is San Francisco’s North Beach. Change is inexorable, and after ten years here in the Beach, I’ve learned to take the constant transformation with a grain of salt. I’ve seen … Read the rest