SF is Getting a Monthly Lap Dance Contest — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
The Tenderloin will soon be graced with a monthly event called “So You Think You Can Lap Dance?” — because this...
The TenderloinA collection of 28 posts
Tokyo’s Best Ramen Restaurant is Coming to SF
Once relegated to 99¢ college dinners — and usually overlooked at sushi restaurants — ramen has really blown up. Remember the insanity...
The Tenderloin Loses its Chic Performing Arts Center
By Jeremy Lybarger In 2013, a San Francisco-based development company called Group I paid $16 million for a 25,000-square-foot...
I’ve started looking for a place to move.
I’ve started looking for a place to move. The other day my landlord posted a notice on my door...
Tenderloin SRO Being Revamped as Boutique Hotel — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
San Francisco’s housing crisis is a hot topic for many current and former residents, but while for some it’...
The Battle Over One of SF’s “Most Dangerous Streets” — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Jeremy Lybarger They call it a “radical agenda” and attack it with a ferocity more typical of, say, anti-vaxxers...
This is How SF Plans to Solve Our Poop Problem
By Jules Suzdaltsev If you spend enough time in certain parts of San Francisco, you know that our city has...
Sneak Peek: New PianoFight Theater Opens Tonight — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
San Francisco is getting a new kind of theatrical venue, PianoFight, that opens to the public tonight. When you think...
We Like to Move It Move It Event Recap
By The Bold Italic High above San Francisco on the 21st floor of the Hamilton building, guests of Trulia and...
A Startup Trying to Solve the TL Food Problem — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
It might be easier to get trendy cocktails in the Tenderloin these days, but you’d still be hard pressed...
Watch This If You Love Dirty Old Bars — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Jennifer Maerz It’s fine to pay $13 for a cocktail from time to time, but I’ll always love San Francisco’s dirty old dive bars the most. Although some of my favorites have...
Jerry Stahl Shot Heroin with a Tenderloin God — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Jerry Stahl is the author of eight books, including I, Fatty; Bad Sex On Speed; and Permanent Midnight, which was...