Of the 461 listings on the San Francisco Registry of Legacy Businesses, only one is owned and operated by an Indian entrepreneur. New Delhi Restaurant was a sensation right out of the gate. Not long after it opened in 1988, it had already become a magnet for Indian celebrities and American luminaries, from Deepak Chopra to Anthony Hopkins to Julia Child. President Bill Clinton stopped by in both his election campaigns. --- Founder Ranjan Dey was a prototype for today’s celebrity chefs. At t...| 7x7 Bay Area
Historically, Litquake hasn’t been prefaced by actual earthquakes, but this year seems set on keeping us on our toes. Coming to San Francisco and the East Bay October 9th through 25th, the Bay Area’s long-running, beloved literary festival begins with a can’t-miss opening night party and ends with the famous (some might say infamous) Mission District Lit Crawl, with more than 50 overlapping events over four hours. --- Here are some of the events that caught our eye this year at Litquake...| 7x7 Bay Area
Stories of goblins, ghosts, and vampires. Tales of an Edo empire run by women. A boy who travels the world in search of treasure after his body becomes rubber. A Roman architect time-traveling to a Japanese bathhouse. These are all plots from manga, Japanese comic books or graphic novels. Translated as “pictures run riot,” the art form has billions of fans around the world. --- With more than 600 works, including both original drawings and digital ones, Art of Manga at the de Young Museum...| 7x7 Bay Area
Who’s partying this week? You are. There’s so much to celebrate: San Francisco’s first Good Neighbor Week, Latinx Heritage Month at Canela, and Filipino American History Month in SoMa. Plus, it’s Bay Area Black Arts Week, the Emeryville Art Exhibition is back, and there's a celebration for Taylor Swift’s new album at Alamo Drafthouse. You’ll have to squeeze in Hardly Strictly somehow. --- Jump ahead to this week's top events: Experience the best of SF during the San Francisco Good...| 7x7 Bay Area
Pumpkin spice is back with a vengeance, which can only mean one thing: Halloween is on the way. For the goth at heart, the spooky season is the happiest time of the year. If you're looking for a more entertaining way to celebrate your dark side than handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, you're in luck. There are festive food and drink happenings all October long. Pick a tour, make a dinner reservation, and get ready to creep it real. --- Boulevard goes all out around Halloween(Courtesy of B...| 7x7 Bay Area
It’s been a long wait but 7x7’s Big Eat is finally served. This year's list of 100 must-try dishes in San Francisco draws from a wide range of classic joints, trending restaurants, comforting neighborhood spots, and hole-in-the-wall favorites from Bayview-Hunters Point to North Beach, and Potrero Hill to the Outer Richmond. --- A handful of these dishes have long graced the Big Eat (think Zuni’s chicken, King Henry VIII cut at House of Prime Rib, orTadich Grill’s hangtown fry). Others...| 7x7 Bay Area
You might find yourself asking, “What does Socola mean?” Good—that’s exactly what CEO and chief chocolatier Wendy Lieu hoped her future customers would wonder when she named her business the word for “chocolate” in Vietnamese. --- At Socola, you won’t find Dubai style—and you won’t need to. They are doing their own delicious thing with inventive and interesting flavors that incorporate home and heart. Take their Little Saigon Box, a “complete Vietnamese meal” in chocolat...| 7x7 Bay Area
Mix up your fun however you like. Go for Negroni Week cocktails, estate wines, mezcal tastings, or tequila dinner. Switch up the vibe at Manny’s analog night, queer harvest fest, or an adults-only bouncy castle play session. Then shake up your perspective at a transit art fair, slow food fest, or 1890 Bryant Street Studio's open-door weekend. --- Jump ahead to this week's top events: Turn on DND for a night of analog fun at Manny's. Catch La La Land on the lawn at Dolores Park. Peek into th...| 7x7 Bay Area
When it opened in 2022, Shuggie’s Trash Pies + Natural Wine was a prescription for everything that had been ailing us: two years of pandemic-induced illness, shutdowns, economic instability, and social isolation. We craved joy and connection, excitement and silliness. Shuggie’s captured that zeitgeist with its truck-driver-meets-drag-queen décor, with its voluptuous and cheeky serving dishes, with its throwback ‘80s hand chairs. --- Shuggie’s was a symbol of our shift from the 2D, co...| 7x7 Bay Area
Shop the brand’s cool, girly clothes in Russian Hill.Plus, check out performance denim at Duer’s new Hayes Valley store, pick up fresh jewelry from Erin Hupp x Goldstories, get into surf culture with a hoodie from SRF by Heidi Merrick, and refresh your skin with a soothing Italian facial at Montage ...| 7x7 Bay Area
On a recent episode of the podcast Pivot, host Kara Swisher mused to her guest co-host about who she would like to design the Oval Office if she were president. Her choice? San Francisco designer Ken Fulk, whose style she described as louche with a little too much velvet. --- That style is on display at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, which Fulk founded in 2018, turning the former Romanesque church into a glamorous, massive art space south of Market. Looking around on September 12th, the openi...| 7x7 Bay Area
Say prost:It’s time for Oktoberfest! Join the party downtown on Friday or DIY yours through the month at Radhaus. Other cheers-worthy events in the mix include an Alter Ego pop-up at Kaiyō, whiskey tastings at Luma Hotel and Redwood Room, and aperitivo hour at Delfina. Plus, celebrate the return of the San Francisco Greek Food Festival and Portola Music Festival. --- Jump ahead to this week's top events: Dust off your lederhosen for Oktoberfest on Front. Be the change at the annual Califor...| 7x7 Bay Area
From House of Nanking noodle recipes in print for the first time to a dystopian tale of a robot noodle shop from Annalee Newitz, and Bay Area butterflies to Marin County’s Toluma Farms treats, here’s the current crop of books we’re reading this season. --- Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond: An Illustrated Guide, by Liam O’Brien Self-taught lepidopterist and illustrator Liam O'Brien has spent decades learning about and loving butterflies. In this new guide, he shares st...| 7x7 Bay Area
Going from right swipes and flirty DMs to IRL communication can be stressful, especially when it comes to first dates. The pressure to be creative and authentic without blowing your whole paycheck is real. How do you pull together fun, quirky, or meaningful experiences that give you and your date a ...| 7x7 Bay Area
Prep your palate for sweet treats. Check out George’s Donuts drool-worthy Che Fico collab, Salt & Straw’s apple delights, and Bonjour Bakehouse’s French pastries. Treats also abound at celebrations across the city: it’s time for cake with Claude the Alligator at the Cal Academy of Sciences, Duboce Park, and Project Open Hand, and edible spreads for Malaysia Day at Damansara, Latin American Heritage Month at Mägo, and Cheese Fest at the Ferry Building. Nom nom. --- Jump ahead to this ...| 7x7 Bay Area
This fall, the spotlight will shine on another memorable season of art, dance, theater, and music in the San Francisco Bay Area.Whether your tastes lean classic or contemporary, there are plenty of reasons to clear your calendar, from MoAD's Unbound: Art, Blackness, and the Universe and Francisco Mo...| 7x7 Bay Area
Make the most of every day (and the long weekend) this week.Labor Day unleashes San Francisco's second summer. Let loose with the Mission Bowling Club, Geeks Who Drink, and party-goers in Mint Plaza. Seize the day before Ruth Asawa’s retrospective leaves town or at Non Stop Bhangra's Indian wedding ...| 7x7 Bay Area
