What It's Like at Orphan Andy's in Castro
The neon, the red vinyl booths, the counter stools and the jukebox are all still there, and so are the chicken fried steak and the Monte Cristo....
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Saul Sugarman is editor in chief and owner of The Bold Italic. He lives in San Francisco.
Vogue World is coming to San Francisco. It's a naked cash grab for tech money
The announcement today that Vogue World would grace our foggy city on the west coast in 2027 is not especially news that makes sense at first....
What It's Like at Café Zoetrope in San Francisco's North Beach
People love the room and argue about the food, the spaghetti and meatballs gets named more than anything else, and the prices draw the most complaints....
What It's Like at Cinderella Bakery in San Francisco's Richmond District
The location is busy and small, but quite honestly, it’s not that hard to get a table outside. The weather is a surprisingly pleasant microclimate. And the bread that comes with most meals is fucking phenomenal....
What it was like leaving Medium for Ghost
I have middling opinions about platforms like Medium. The Bold Italic couldn't run banner ads. We also didn't have access to Google Analytics, and URLs had weird database markup letters, numbers, and dashes....
Tartine Is Taking Over a Dead FiDi CVS
The bakery has leased the former CVS at 351 California Street at Sansome, a 4,000-square-foot corner space at the base of the J. Harold Dollar Building....
Clint Reilly, Political Consultant and Newspaper Owner, Dies at 79
It's clear that Clint Reilly felt strongly about the publishing business, as do many wealthy men. And like those men, Reilly's passion for media lived in the same room as one for politics....
SF Oasis Finally Reopens
After roughly seven months of work there is now a gold-tiled bar, a fresh crop of murals, a crocodile-textured wall upstairs. Oasis leans hard into a maximalist, Moulin Rouge cabaret....
The San Francisco Trolley Problem: A Game
The trolley problem is a famous ethical thought experiment. This game is a version that's more uniquely San Francisco....
San Francisco Turned Off Its Public Records Watchdog Right When It Was Watching the Mayor
The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, a city commission empaneled since the 1990s to discuss local public records, and to find violations. It cannot meet right now because of new city rules....
How to Do Dore Alley: Your 2026 Guide to Up Your Alley Weekend
I once ran afoul for briefly calling Dore Alley a "sex fair." And let's be honest for a second because yes: there's plenty of sex happening at it. But it is also more than that....
How To Make July 4th Gay Again
Many of my progressive friends have stopped wanting to celebrate the country at all. But I would like to do the exact opposite....