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Free as in Ice Cream: The Ben & Jerry's outlet at...

Published May 7, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

The Ben & Jerry's outlet at the corner of Haight and Ashbury will be handing out free ice cream and coffee drinks tomorrow from noon to three. Sign up for the not so appetizing-sounding Mobile Spinach and hand-packed pints including ...

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Disaster Report: Early this morning, a three-alarm fire...

Published Dec. 22, 2009 at 12:48 p.m.

Early this morning, a three-alarm fire took out a building in the Haight-Ashbury, including its ground-floor resident: Tikka Masala. No one was hurt, but the blaze took a while to corral as it "burned through a first-floor restaurant" so don't ...

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What's Going On Here, Irony?

Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 5:49 p.m.
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Photo by andy54321/Flickr ... We know it closed a week or so ago, but hoarder-like Haight and Ashbury bookstore Forever After Books was a favorite -- a favorite in the cranky-people-who-run-small-businesses-on-upper-Haight genre, that is; where have they all gone? -- even if the bookstore proved it couldn't live up to its name ... RIP, Forever After Books ...

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SFist Interviews: House in Bali's Evan Ziporyn

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Published Sept. 25, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.
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How did you chose the bay area for the US premiere? ... Cal performances got very interested in the piece, and got in line first, so we are doing it there. Berkeley is where I started learning about and playing gamelan. The Bay Area has been the American center for Indonesian culture. So it kinda makes sense both from their point of view, and from my point of view. It feels like coming home ... How did you end up in Berkeley? ... I was playing in the Bay Area, I was also incidentally getting a

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Defecation Situation at Chez Newsom

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Published July 1, 2009 at 1:12 p.m.
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A little something to go with your onion bagel and soy latte this morning: SFAppeal and Matier and Ross both have word that someone, well, took a massive crap at Gavin and Jennifer Newsom's new abode. Ahem. Oh dear. According to M&R, "San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, finally moved into their new home in the upper Haight over the weekend - only to have someone promptly defecate and urinate on their doorstep." Which? Is not that unusual for the Haight-Ashbury

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Magnolia Gastropub & Brewery

Published May 14, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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There is something quintessentially San Francisco about this Haight-Ashbury restaurant and brew pub. The building has enough history to give the place a weathered feel, even if the distressed walls and ceilings are painted on. More important than the look, it ...

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Free Ben & Jerry's Cone Day is Here!

Published April 21, 2009 at 12:57 p.m.
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It's that time of year again, and what great weather for gobbling down a free Ben & Jerry's cone. Help them celebrate 31 years of "scooping the chunkiest, funkiest ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet." Check out their new flavors and old favorites, and decide what you want ahead of time. Here's a list of all participating locations in California. Participating San Francisco locations are Macy's, Haight Ashbury, and Fisherman's Wharf. Store hours are Noon to 8 p.m ...

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