Arts & Entertainment Octogenarian Steals the Show With ‘Best Technique’ at Rikki’s Lesbian Pie-Eating Contest In honor of Lesbian Visibility Week last month, Rikki’s sports bar held a raucous pie-eating contest, with a contestant named Jenn winning grand prize, but “best technique” went to 81-year-old Babs Daitch who recently starred in an award-winning documentary.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Michelle Tea’s 'Valencia,' Boozie Brunch, Culinary Cinema, and California Turns 175 This week: Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ turns 25, and California turns 175; Boozie Brunch boosts local restaurants while Culinary Cinema pairs films with three-course meals; a state park thrives post-wildfire and Point Molate is opening to the public; plus, puppy yoga, cat Pilates, and Bay Area makers.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro's First Women's Sports Bar, Rikki's, Opens Wednesday A bar dedicated primarily to celebrating women's professional and collegiate sports, which also doubles as the first lesbian bar to open in the Castro in decades, makes its debut on Wednesday.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 16th Street Queer Bar Mother Makes Bon Appetit’s ‘Best New Bars in the US’ List The Mission District bar Mother, in the former home of Esta Noche, has put itself on the map by making Bon Appetit’s “11 Best New Bars in the US” roundup.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission District’s Bond Bar (the Former Esta Noche) May Become New Lesbian-Centric Queer Bar The ownership behind Thee Parkside may have a new “womxn and femme-centered queer bar” on tap in January, apparently in the 16th Street spot currently occupied by Bond Bar, which is the former Esta Noche.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink PlumpJack Group Purchases The Lexington Club, Closure Date Announced Any replacement for the long-loved, soon-to-close Lexington Club was sure to draw criticism and even controversy. So, let the lamentations begin. Backing up a bit: When the Mission's
Arts & Entertainment Fondue, Indigo Girls Karaoke: Lesbians Design Their Dream Bars When Buzzfeed learned of the Lexington Club's impending closure, they asked real live lesbians to design their own dream bars. As queer spaces become a diminished presence in America, the fanciful
