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Lower Haight.

Dispatches filed from Lower Haight, in reverse chronological order.

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6 dispatches
Culture

Motown Mondays at Madrone Art Bar: The Best Free Cure for Your Case of the Mondays

There's a reason Monday nights in San Francisco don't have to feel like a slow march toward Tuesday's alarm clock.

May 18, 2026
Food

The Dishwasher Who Saved Memphis Minnie's Might Be SF's Best Comeback Story

In a city where beloved restaurants close with depressing regularity — usually replaced by another açaí bowl concept or a tech-bro vanity project —…

May 10, 2026
Politics

The D5 Supervisor Race: Where Gotcha Politics Meets Actual Questions Nobody Wants to Answer

The District 5 supervisor race is shaping up to be exactly the kind of spectacle that makes you wonder if San Francisco's political class is even…

April 27, 2026
Culture

Toronado Saved by a Regular — Exactly How It Should Be

In a city where beloved institutions get swallowed by corporate landlords and replaced with something involving açaí bowls, here's a rare piece of…

April 21, 2026
Transit

San Francisco Celebrates Painting Some Lines on the Ground at the Wiggle

There's a new crosswalk at Duboce & Steiner/Sanchez — right in the heart of the Wiggle — and apparently this qualifies as news in a city that spends…

April 20, 2026
Culture

Motown Mondays Is Great — But What If You Can't Do Mondays?

If you've never been to Motown Mondays at Madrone Art Bar in the Lower Haight, you're missing one of San Francisco's quietly great institutions.

April 16, 2026