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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
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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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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
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Best of the Bay 2026: Shopping Winners

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

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

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

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

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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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Music

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

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

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

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

Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

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Intimate new doc reviews lauded comedic actor's long career with a spicy, never-seen-before interview.
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Kukje Bakery

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

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

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

John Yoyogi Fortes’ eccentric narratives pop with Filipino heritage nods

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Artist's culturally inquisitive, subversive work draws on underground comics humor to tell deeper stories
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Best of the Bay voting EXTENDED to Mon/5!

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

Under the Stars: Dive into the wiggy world of Australian post-punk

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Plus: Octo Octa + Eris Drew = alchemical rave, gyrofield has 'Great Jobs,' Slug Beat gets modal... new releases for you
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Food & Drink

Good Taste: Steph Curry’s new menu has game

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The Eighth Rule’s new à la carte food options start at $15 per person, and open up the swanky Union Square bourbon bar's palate.
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Big Week

Big Week: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Castro Street Fair, Black Art Week, Mahmoud Kahlil…

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Stardella, Octo Octa, Plock Swedish Candy, Yasmin Levy, Marika Christine, 'The Crypt-O-Keepers'—what to do!
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Lit

Join us at Litquake’s free Out Loud book fair this Sunday at Yerba Buena Gardens!

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Dozens of local publishers, poets, writers, and thinkers come together to uplift LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Bay Area writers in the sunshine.
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Music Review

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

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Texts crapped out and the chicken was hidden, but massive dance music fest delivered with Despacio, Four Tet, Robyn, more.
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