Market Street Archives

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Getting flaky at Smörgåsland

Tamara Palmer - April 23, 2024

The pastry-stacked promise of IKEA’s new bakery and food hall in downtown SF.

Elections

Here come the billionaires: Election 2024

Tim Redmond - December 24, 2023

Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It's really about Breed's re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city.

Lit

In ‘Portal,’ John King tells the strange and wondrous saga of the Ferry Building

Marke B. - December 13, 2023

Beloved landmark came with surprising amount of drama and alternate realities, vividly detailed in Chron critic's new book.

Onstage

All aboard ‘Schick Machine’ for a poetic percussive journey

Marke B. - December 12, 2023

Contemporary music champion Steven Schick performs as a mad-genius instrument inventor making sense of a disquieting world.

Food & Drink

Good Taste: Hot donut summer, Cliff House redo—tuck into our 2024 dining preview

Tamara Palmer - December 7, 2023

Mark up your calendar for these highly anticipated Bay Area debuts and reopenings.

Lit

Beep, beep: Meet your Muni drivers, colorfully illustrated

Marke B. - November 2, 2023

New art book 'Muni Is My Ride' captures the deeply committed, fundamentally human side of our daily public transport

Environment

Wells Fargo CEO ‘arrested’ for climate crimes in Extinction Rebellion action

Joel Schechter - October 17, 2023

Yes, it's political theater—but people who profit from the destruction of the planet should at some point be held accountable.

Best of the Bay

Cafe du Nord: Best of the Bay 2023 Editors’ Pick

John-Paul Shiver - October 16, 2023

The (actually) underground indie music venue drew us downstairs repeatedly, with casual vibes and terrific programming.

The Agenda

Armed guards, public safety, the future of Laguna Honda Hospital …

Tim Redmond - September 10, 2023

... plus a discussion on the need for district elections of supervisors. That's The Agenda for Sept. 10-17

News + Politics

Tenderloin tour upends ‘doom loop’ narrative

Christopher D. Cook - August 27, 2023

There's a lot more to the neighborhood than the national media wants to report.

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