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Best of the Bay 2026: City Living Winners

Best Street Fair, Best Night Market, Best Tattoo Parlor, Best Yoga Studio, Best Gym, Best Hotel, more

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Best of the Bay 2026: Food & Drink Winners

Best Burrito, Best Dive Bar, Best Best Pizza, Best Brunch, Best Date Restaurant, Best Sports Bar, more

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Welcome to Best of the Bay 2026!

Thousands of you voted in dozens of categories, now it's time to see who won our 52nd annual Readers' Poll

Best of the Bay Marke B. - October 8, 2026

Best of the Bay 2026: Arts & Nightlife Winners

Best Cinema, Best Live Music Venue, Best Drag Show, Best Strip Club, Best Karaoke, Best Comedy Club, more

Best of the Bay Marke B. - October 8, 2026

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2026: Shopping Winners

Marke B. - October 8, 2026

Best Bookstore, Best Bike Shop, Best Cannabis Dispensary, Best Flea Market, Best Thrift Store, Best Shoe Store, more

Opinion

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

Saikat Chakrabarti - October 7, 2026

Billionaires won't flee. The state won't lose money. But taxing the rich in CA could spread nationwide.

Lit

Michael Pollan would prefer we don’t offload our human mess onto AI

Lou Fancher - October 7, 2026

Berkeley's famed consciousness hunter patrols the edges in 'A World Appears'—and finds things are more complex than we think.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Horrified by election season? Have we got a slasher for you

Charles Lewis III - October 7, 2026

Terror Vault's latest will make you wish you could hide in the booth. Plus, Shotgun's 'Fall Show' is a senior meet-cute treat

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Under the Stars: Fall at the Fillmore heats up with stellar sonic residencies

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 7, 2026

Plus: Mr. Leroy Burgess goes live on 'Big Time,' Meshell Ndegeocello and Cat Power fire up a Human League classic, more music

The stunning No on Prop. I lies

Campaign Trail Chris Carlsson - October 6, 2026

The real 'slush fund' is what billionaires are spending to attack affordable housing

Yes, groping can be sexual assault—even for gay men

Editorial Marke B. - October 6, 2026

The reaction of some older gay men, including elected officials, to the allegations against Manny Yekutiel have been tired and disheartening.

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 5, 2026

Plus: 'NAZA' and 'The Social Reckoning' hit local screens, Mahershala Ali goes gonzo, 'Never After Dark' chills, more

Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 5, 2026

Intimate new doc reviews lauded comedic actor's long career with a spicy, never-seen-before interview.

The Democratic Party finally apologizes—sort of—for endorsing Manny Yekutiel

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 5, 2026

Some members call for Chair Nancy Tung to resign. But with the billionaires still in charge, is that accountability?

Nobody who stuck with Manny Yekutiel has apologized to the sexual assault survivors

The Agenda Tim Redmond - October 4, 2026

Plus: Some actual moves to fight evictions and protect tenants in a rent emergency. That's The Agenda for Oct. 4-11

The big Congressional debate fail: Moderators who didn’t do their jobs

Campaign Trail Tim Redmond - October 4, 2026

Journalists are supposed to call the candidates out when they don't answer the question or lie. That didn't happen.

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Kukje Bakery

Best of the Bay Tamara Palmer - October 4, 2026

Standalone bakery from a family-owned Daly City supermarket beats big Korean shopping marts with sweet and savory treats.

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 3, 2026

At Mill Valley Film Fest, 'threeASFOUR: Full Circle' asks how artists' visions can stay commercially viable.

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Art Mary Corbin - October 3, 2026

Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories

Best of the Bay voting EXTENDED to Mon/5!

Best of the Bay Marke B. - October 2, 2026

Get on it: Just a few more days left to tell us what you love!

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Movies

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Plus: 'NAZA' and 'The Social Reckoning' hit local screens, Mahershala Ali goes gonzo, 'Never After Dark' chills, more

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 5, 2026

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

Screen Grabs: Starry floodgates open at Mill Valley Film Fest 49

Screen Grabs: Local auteur JP Allen stays offbeat, indie, and frisky

Music

Under the Stars: Fall at the Fillmore heats up with stellar sonic residencies

Plus: Mr. Leroy Burgess goes live on 'Big Time,' Meshell Ndegeocello and Cat Power fire up a Human League classic, more music

Music John-Paul Shiver - October 7, 2026

Portola 2026 review: The pops, the flops, the drops

Drama Masks: A queen who brings chills—and a carry-on

One more in the can: Hot Tuna returns to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Art

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories

Art Mary Corbin - October 3, 2026

Kate Razo’s portraits are anything but by the book

An extraordinary pianist plays her way through immigration limbo

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

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Housing

SF is about to run out of affordable housing money—unless Props. I and C pass

Ten years of bond money is spent. The next bond isn't until 2034. Thousands of units will stall if the voters don't approve annual funding

Housing Tim Redmond - September 17, 2026

Why is SF encouraging a notorious landlord to build luxury housing in Lower Haight?

How cities are going to lose all control over housing development, soon

The Chron discovers, sort of, that Wiener’s housing bills are a con

Politics

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

Billionaires won't flee. The state won't lose money. But taxing the rich in CA could spread nationwide.

Opinion Saikat Chakrabarti - October 7, 2026

Yes, groping can be sexual assault—even for gay men

The Democratic Party finally apologizes—sort of—for endorsing Manny Yekutiel

Nobody who stuck with Manny Yekutiel has apologized to the sexual assault survivors

Opinion

How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40

Billionaires won't flee. The state won't lose money. But taxing the rich in CA could spread nationwide.

Opinion Saikat Chakrabarti - October 7, 2026

A Luddite AI that self-destructs? Why not?

Why won’t the media call a lie a lie?

The world, and my life, changed on Sept. 11, 25 years ago

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Performance

Drama Masks: Horrified by election season? Have we got a slasher for you

Terror Vault's latest will make you wish you could hide in the booth. Plus, Shotgun's 'Fall Show' is a senior meet-cute treat

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - October 7, 2026

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