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‘Wildhawk’ sign up outside the former Lexington Club

March 16, 2016

UPDATE 3/21/16: A spokeswoman for PlumpJack said the scheduled opening date for the bar is Wednesday, April 6, not March 23, the date listed on Wildhawk’s Yelp page. ORIGINAL POST: Wildhawk has come to roost – well, its sign at least. Friend of Capp Street Crap Jeff passed along this photo taken outside the cocktail […]

BEARelict

February 25, 2016

Booze for breakfast? Previously: Bear down Ruff morning Bearly upright

Bar done: El Tin Tan is closed

February 11, 2016

El Tin Tan, the last old school Latino bar in the neighborhood west of Mission Street, has closed. A walk by the 16th Street bar Wednesday evening found signs removed, the door locked and an Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control notice for change of ownership in a front window. It’s unclear what the new owners […]

Take this Wooden Nickel

January 12, 2016

The Wooden Nickel wants to be the neighborhood’s living room. The Mission’s newest bar celebrated its soft opening last weekend in the former Truck spot at 15th and Folsom streets, despite some finishing touches still left to be done and a sign yet to be hung out front. Even so, its transition from a themed […]

No last call for Mission Bar

December 26, 2015

Lovers of stiff drinks with no pretense rejoice: neighborhood staple Mission Bar is safe for the foreseeable future. Laura Callahan, who owns the 2695 Mission St. dive bar, told Capp Street Crap that she signed a 10-year lease with her landlord in October with the option to renew. Concerned she might have to move her […]

Old Amnesia? Forget about it

December 15, 2015

Amnesia has undergone a not-so-subtle facelift. Closed for two-and-a-half weeks for renovations, the Valencia Street bar reopened late last week and spent Saturday and Sunday celebrating with two days of free music. A visit there Monday night found the bar feeling bigger and looking sleeker and brighter. The interior was also sparser, with its ceilings opened up to reveal wood beams. […]

BREAKING: The Elbo Room is sticking around for two more years

December 8, 2015

Was just alerted to this Facebook post by Elbo Room owner Matt Shapiro. Will update this post as more information becomes available.

Yumazing! Gus’s Community Market is now open

November 20, 2015

Stopped by Gus’s Community Market for its official opening today and it was awesome. The sister store of Haight Street Market and Noriega Produce located at 17th and Harrison streets, Gus’s is large and bright with a great selection of meat, cheese and produce. The dessert selection was also pretty impressive. Here’s some of stuff that caught […]

Good news music lovers, Elbo Room will stick around — for a few more months at least

August 18, 2015

Slated to be replaced with condos, the Elbo Room was supposed to be closing around the beginning of November. Now it looks like the Mission bar and club has been granted a bit more time. In a Facebook post today, owner Matt Shapiro wrote that the venue will stay put at least until the end […]

In an ode to the Lexington Club, “Uptown Homos” debuts tonight

August 12, 2015

Missing their old haunt, two devotees of the shuttered Lexington Club are putting on the first of what they hope will be a monthly queer night at the Uptown bar. Uptown Homos, “a dyke, lesbian, unicorn, trans queer night of flirtation,” takes place tonight, from 6 to 11 p.m. Kelly Robbie Hansen and partner Tanya […]