Can SF’s theaters save Mid-Market? This lawmaker says it’s showtime
It’s a San Francisco show tune set on sad repeat: Once-vibrant Market Street is overrun by crime, blight,…
SF theater has changed for good. The next act will be dramatic
Live theater, which once dominated San Francisco’s entertainment scene, nearly went extinct during the pandemic. Producers and theater…
Former teenagers throw final rager to honor SF Centre
The San Francisco Centre Mall used to be the place teenagers went to be teenagers. But then, like…
SF drops another $32 million on street ambassadors. Here’s where the money’s going
San Francisco has directed another $32 million into a growing ecosystem of private street-monitoring organizations tasked with responding…
A massive nightclub is coming to SF — and a superstar DJ will perform at the launch
A multi-hyphenate entrepreneur and video-game wiz will unveil his first nightclub next year in San Francisco, and he’s…
See inside this secret downtown clubhouse that sold for the first time in 145 years
The 145-year-old Odd Fellows temple on Market Street has changed hands for the first time, in a $6.75…
Rent hike drives out original tenant of Ikea’s SF food hall
There’s more change on the horizon for Ikea’s struggling Mid-Market food hall. Saluhall, which recently parted ways with…
Downtown’s dead mall gets seized by lenders, opening the door to a revival
After languishing downtown with no owner for more than two years, the San Francisco Centre Mall has been…
We asked what to call this SF neighborhood. You gave us some clever responses
This week, The Standard polled readers about a mystery neighborhood at the center of San Francisco. Situated on…
What do you call this area in the center of SF? (Poll)
Last Wednesday, I found a wallet on the northwest corner of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that…