I love old things. Looking back, it seems like I always have. My mother loved antiques, and spent a good part of her life buying and selling them for a living; she was a picker, in her words, and didn’t
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In 2007, roughly one year after I moved to North Beach from Lower Manhattan, Sotto Mare opened its doors on Green Street. They chose a busy location, directly between the street’s two most storied watering holes, Gino & Carlo and
As much as any neighborhood in San Francisco, North Beach has undergone vast, often disruptive changes over the years. Between soaring rents and bust-and-boom business cycles, we’ve seen it all here. Despite all that, when you talk to locals about
Every once in a while you come upon a restaurant and a chef that reminds you what it’s all about. In July, I wrote here about one such chef, the remarkable Eddy Bonilla of La Fusion, who has been
After suffering through one of our coldest summers in years, this month San Franciscans are rejoicing at the return of sunshine and warm weather. Our long-awaited Indian Summer has arrived––and for the most part, crowds seem to be following suit.
When I returned to San Francisco in 2006, fresh from eight frenetic years in New York City, I was looking for a place to settle down–a city that I could call home. Initially, I chose North Beach because the people
This last year has been an endurance event, and as we slide into Summer, it’s a great pleasure to see the crowds finally returning to San Francisco. No one is happier than the retailers of course, and there’s one in
As one of America’s premier food cities, San Francisco is known across the world for being loaded with great restaurants. And while the pandemic took a heavy toll on the industry, the number of new openings we’ve seen this year
This fall, one of the most venerated traditions in all of Italian history will be observed right here in humble North Beach: the Statuto Race. The fourth oldest foot race in the United States, the Statuto was originally scheduled
Welcome back, everyone! After two grueling lockdowns and 456 days of Covid-19 restrictions that hamstrung nearly every sector of the economy, California is finally open once again. As of June 16th, the mask mandate has been drawn down to public