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EaterWire: Michael Mina Looking for Pastry Cooks He Might Not Have to Pay

Photo by Ann Larie Valentine. San Francisco's Mayor is all about jobs these days (now that he's running for office again) and took to the Twitter to announce HireSF. Among the listings? A number of hospitality gigs through Starwood... (original story)

Polls: Is Street Food Going Corporate?

Photo by Jason Tester With the outrage, and then backlash, from the revelation that the Waffle Mania Belgian Waffle Truck was serving waffles with batter shipped from Belgium (Quelle horreur!), San Francisco making it easier for existing restaurants to... (original story)

Breaking Snooze: A tweet about a cockroach found...

A tweet about a cockroach found at the Naan and Chutney in the Lower Haight last week has gotten the entertainingly excitable Uptown Almanac in meta-meta-media-criticism mode and going "Bukkaketa all over" the SF Weekly's coverage of the Twitter coverage... (original story)

CurbedWire: Casting Call for 'My First Place': The eighth season of HGTV's "My...

The eighth season of HGTV's "My First Place" will be hitting San Francisco, which means it's open casting season! The production team's looking for "interesting, energetic people" who plan to close on their first home ever by this summer. Want... (original story)

Japan thwarts Atlantic bluefin tuna export ban

Fishing nations won a victory over environmentalists Thursday when a U.S.-backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna was overwhelmingly rejected at a U.N. wildlife meeting. Japan won over scores of poorer nations with a campaign that played... (original story)

The Dish: Fog City Pub Opens Near the 'Loin (Updated)

As it used to be still is, via Google Maps A tipser in the comments yesterday pointed out that the Fog City Pub opened for business in a space formerly occupied by a Carl's Jr. franchise a Ritz Camera... (original story)

Proposed S.F. condo tower, 555 Washington, clears hurdle

Plans to build a 248-unit tower next to the Transamerica Pyramid passed a significant hurdle March 18 as the San Francisco Planning Commission approved the Environmental Impact Report for the project. (original story)

555 Washington Loves Republicans: It's just as bad as when...

It's just as bad as when driving an SUV meant you were a generous donor to al Qaeda— the Weekly points to a shrill editorial at the Guardian, pals that they are, about 555 Washington. Because Aegon, owner of Transamerica... (original story)

Yelp Wanted: Electronic Countermeasures for Amateur Restaurant Reviewers

Photo by Amber Rae Lambke A server and former manager who would like to remain anonymous passed along an idea that might help business owners keep tabs on customer experiences in a newfangled way:If you have an iPhone, you... (original story)

Linkage: The Earthquake Insurance Question, and East Bay Zoning Issues

["Forty Minutes At That Spot," via Curbed SF Flickr photog Jeremy Brooks] · Worth it to get earthquake insurance? [Inside SF RE] · Art Agnos op-ed: Saltworks is really great! [SFGate] · Oakland: housing vs. industry battle royale [IBA]... (original story)



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