Holiday food and wine Your to-do list November is a month so Julie Mitchell’s trip to Terzo. p. 13 busy you’ll want to make a list The Tablehopper on Isla Vida Afro-Caribbean Grill. p. 14 so you don’t miss the big auto show, holiday ice rinks, Veterans Lynette Majer’s holiday wines. p. 15 Day parade, and more. p. 18

MARINATIMES.COM CELEBRATING OUR 34TH YEAR VOLUME 34 ISSUE 11 NOVEMBER 2018 Sports Beat Warrior town Golden State Warriors president Rick Welts on leaving Oakland, and what the future in San Francisco holds

BY MIKE MURPHY

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Left: Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian Woman with a Flower, 1891; right: Breton Girl, 1889. PHOTOGRAPHS BY OLE HAUPT, © NY Golden State Warriors — let that fact sink in CARLSBERG GLYPTOTEK, COPENHAGEN, IMAGES COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO for a moment — begin their final season at the Ahistoric Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, head coach Steve Kerr recognized the importance of the occasion. Paul Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey “We love Oakland,” Kerr shared in his 2018 Opening Night pregame comments. “We know the new arena in BY SHARON ANDERSON was a key member of the post-Im- (1894) shows women in repose, San Francisco is going to be amazing, but this place is pressionist era of painters along with seemingly lost in thought on a bed of special. Our success is a source of pride for the city. We n the de young’s first exhi- Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, violet and pink shapes that symbolize feel the same pride in Oakland. We are the Bay Area’s bition dedicated to the work of and Georges Seurat. Known as an shade cast by a tree. A more tradi- team but we’re leaving Oakland, the arena, and there’s Paul Gauguin, Gauguin: A Spir- explorer of inner and outer worlds, tional still life painting, Flowers and no easy way to slice it. That’s why we’ve got to make it a Iitual Journey explores the work of Gauguin’s non-naturalistic use of bold Cats (1899) offers a subtler version unique season for our fans here.” the artist as it relates to his personal color and flat, stylized shapes seem of Gauguin’s painting talents — still In an extended, exclusive interview with the Marina relationships and his search for spir- to reflect the rich interior life of his with the signature flattening of space Times, Warriors team president and chief operating offi- ituality. Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin subjects. Reclining Tahitian Women ART WORLD, continued on 16 SPORTS, continued on 4

Editorial Board Responsible Eating

ry-farmed animals), it isn’t just about the animals. It’s also about what you Campaign’s over: put in your mouth, and thus, in your body — and that’s something every- one should care about. Time to vote Last month there was another out- break of drug-resistant salmonella Our recommendations for linked to raw chicken that sickened 92 people across 29 states, resulting ballot measures on this in 21 hospitalizations. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, month’s important ballot which is investigating, hasn’t found a common supplier among the cases, orthside voters tend to be politically which means it is likely widespread engaged, and 2018 is shaping up to be a year throughout the poultry industry. of greater-than-normal activity. It is good that While there may not be a common Nvoter interest and enthusiasm are high in this election. supplier, I can guarantee one thing From money to data to housing to animal welfare, San they all have in common: Factory Francisco (and California) voters are being asked to farming, where chickens are raised Grass-fed beef is more humane and better for you. PHOTO: ROBERT FORD make law on a broad range of topics. When we go to bed inhumanely in tight, filthy quarters. on Nov. 6 or wake up on Nov. 7, we will know the results An October 2018 report co-au- of some significant questions that were put before voters thored by researchers from a range this fall. Where to shop sustainably of public-interest groups including We assume that includes you, the Northside voter and Consumer Reports and U.S. Public Marina Times reader. Have you voted? Will you vote? for your holiday table Interest Research Groups highlighted Or will you magnify someone else’s vote by not partic- another problem with factory farm- ipating? ing practices: Widespread antibiotic Due to the high level of interest and the great impor- Know where your food comes from use. They assigned failing grades to tance of this fall election, we offer here our recom- 22 of the 25 largest burger chains in mendations for various propositions. There are a lot of BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS write me off as an “animal freak” America. It turns out your beloved important ballot measures — some good, some bad — (guilty) or point out how much more In-N-Out isn’t any better than and we urge you to make sure the Northside has its say hen i talk about the expensive it is (true). While I sup- McDonald’s — only Shake Shack and on these matters. importance of shopping port Proposition 12 (which creates BurgerFi serve antibiotic-free beef. EDITORIAL BOARD, continued on 8 Wsustainably, some people larger, more humane spaces for facto- RESPONSIBLE EATING, continued on 10 Contents In This Issue 17 18

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News Calendar Around the city November events Our news roundup catches you up on the The holiday season gets into full swing this latest with the Presidio Trust’s Campus for month, and you can take in It’s a Wonderful Change proposals for the Fort Winfield Scott Life on stage, catch an abundance of film site, a report on the ubiquity of Uber and Lyft festivals on screen, take the family or just vehicles on our busy city streeets, a lottery your someone special to the holiday ice winner at the Marina Safeway, our terrible rinks, catch Joan Baez in concert, visit 3 roads, and a roundup of facts and figures. the Renegade Craft Fair, enjoy the holi- day tree-lighting ceremonies, stock up at Northside the end-of-the-season plant sale, bring the Neighborhood views kids to see The Velveteen Rabbit, and much When people say they love the city but are more. 18 thinking of escaping its problems, District 2 Supervisor Catherine Stefani says City Hall At Home needs to up its game to provide better quali- Home cooking for all ty of life for residents. 6 Kevin Frazier predicts that a recently signed state law could spawn a new generation Food & Wine of cooks and caterers in the Marina’s tal- The season for seasoning ent-filled kitchens. 20 The Tablehopper reports on the opening of Isla Vida Afro-Caribbean Grill on Fillmore, Family the closing of Russian Hill’s Zarzuela and MomSense The Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant, the Liz Farrell gives guidance for holiday cook- pending arrival of Abrazo and Fiorella, ing with your children. 21 plus developments at Gioia Pizzeria; Julie Mitchell visits Cow Hollow’s Terzo; Susan Real Estate Dyer Reynolds shares her recipe for crab Speeding up housing arancini; and Lynette Majer highlights some great holiday wines. 12 John Zipperer says Mayor Breed is doing something to try to speed up the long, slow Arts & Entertainment pace of housing development in the city; plus our monthly sales chart. 22 Film and books Michael Snyder keeps the food theme going by looking at some delicious foodie films ONLINE SPECIALS you’ll want to add to your diet, including Weekend Traveler Patty Burness heads to Haute Cuisine, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Mostly Eugene, Ore.; Coastal Commuter Michael Martha, The God of Cookery, and The Trip Snyder isn’t big on giving thanks; complete to Spain; and check out the latest Marina events listings; and more. best-seller list. 16 marinatimes.com

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The return of star Kevin Durant is one of the big questions hanging over the Warriors’ future. PHOTO: CYRUS SAATSAZ Sports laughed. I was at home and I said, C’mon, continued from cover the Warriors?” Kerr remembered. “I think there was a young guy named Steph Curry cer Rick Welts discussed his history with in the building that night, who this whole the Oakland Arena as well as the new thing has sort of revolved around in so Chase Center opening next year in San many ways as this all has crystallized.” Francisco. Welts says the atmosphere in San Fran- Welts, a 2018 inductee into the Basket- cisco will be much of the same. ball Hall of Fame, remembered his first “The vibe may even be better,” Welts time in Oakland for a Warriors game. offered. “There’s going to be a little better “Well, it was 1978 when I was with the scoreboard, the food is going to taste a lit- Seattle Supersonics. The Coliseum Arena tle bit better, getting in and out, it’s going had the same reputation then as it does to be better. I really do think that. The now — a really hard place for a visiting atmosphere of being in the district where team to win a basketball game. If you there’s a lot of other activities going on in want to pick one thing that’s been consis- addition to the game that night, I think tent throughout the history of Oakland it’s going to change the fans’ experience I Want Your House it’s been this great home court advantage on how they plan their day and how they that the fans have given the Warriors, plan their arrival, their departure, and Here in the Wild West... whether or not the team is performing the things they can do in addition to the selling real estate is a high-stakes game well on the court. It was amazing to come game. I think it’s going to be a really much to the arena for the first time and see that richer experience.” It takes a maverick to get you the highest price and crowd that everyone talked about. I can After this season, the Warriors will be close the deal without a hitch. I rope in the buyers, understand why people thought it was moving from the oldest arena in the NBA such an intimidating place to play.” to the newest. Winning a title this season steer them your way, and do all the wrangling it takes Welts added, “It is a very, very knowl- and more championships in Chase Center to win. And...if your house needs work, I do that too. edgeable crowd, but for whatever reason may be just as simple as keeping the core the level of sound seems to go to a differ- three of Stephen Curry, Klay Thomp- Give me a call today! ent place in this building than it does in son, and Draymond Green together, and other places. 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MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES NOVEMBER 2018 5 Election Supervisor Candidate A new direction A real plan to reduce street homelessness

BY NICK JOSEFOWITZ The city’s latest approach is Navigation outreach workers document that 7 out of ness, or the services that they benefit from Centers, which come with more supportive 10 folks they contact who are sleeping on that are not specifically designed for the an francisco has the highest rate services and fewer rules than traditional the street would prefer to sleep in a shelter. homeless, like CalFresh and CalWORKS. of street homelessness in the country, shelters. But they also kick most people There is no way we can work to spend but this reality is not an inevitable out after 30 or 60 days and are scheduled GIVING PEOPLE THE CARE THEY NEED our funds more effectively if we don’t Sconsequence of high housing prices, wid- to close before they even open. Right now Many folks experiencing homeless- know how much money we’re spending ening inequality, or deinstitutionalizing the there are some 686 Navigation Center beds ness and living unsheltered also struggle today. As supervisor, I will make sure mentally ill. Cities across the country have and 1,203 traditional shelter beds for the with mental health issues or drug addic- the city tracks every dollar we spend on aggressively built the shelter beds they need thousands experiencing homelessness every tion, and sometimes both. They are often homelessness — not just with a one-time and do not have thousands of people living night. In two years, there will be 288 fewer unable to care for themselves, and some audit but continuously and systematically. unsheltered on their streets. San Francisco Navigation Center beds due to closures. of those with untreated mental illness can City Hall also does not know whether has fewer shelter beds today than in 2004. City government’s recently released become violent. This is a crisis for our city. the services it provides to the homeless It’s time for new leadership and a change Five-Year Plan to End Homelessness only As supervisor, I will work to put in population are working and doesn’t sys- of direction. As your supervisor, I will calls for one new Navigation Center with place the legal framework to allow the city tematically track results. As supervisor, I draw on the best practices from other cit- 65 beds and no new shelters through 2022. to place people into care when they are will work to adopt a performance-based ies and work to deliver 3,000 new shelter unable to care for themselves and are a approach to contracting, in which each beds, 300 new mental health treatment DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO threat to our community. But San Francis- homeless service provider is rewarded for beds, and deep accountability for the hun- STREET HOMELESSNESS co has fewer mental treatment beds than successfully getting folks off the street and dreds of millions of dollars City Hall My vision for new shelter facilities in 2004, and the California Hospital Asso- helping them rebuild their lives. spends on homelessness every year. includes comprehensive services similar to ciation estimates that we are hundreds Navigation Centers that give those experi- of mental health treatment beds short of WE NEED A NEW APPROACH CITY HALL’S FAILURE: encing homelessness the best opportunity what we need. That’s why, as supervisor, I For far too long city government has HOW WE GOT HERE to rebuild their lives. They will not be will work to deliver 300 new mental health made decisions that directly resulted San Francisco’s 10-Year Plan to End temporary facilities; they will be designed treatment beds so we have a place to treat in thousands upon thousands of peo- Chronic Homelessness in 2004 called for for folks to live there until they find per- and care for those who are suffering on ple sleeping on our streets every night. defunding shelters and pouring money manent housing. our streets. Responsibility for this failure, ultimately, into supportive housing in the hope that Unlike many responses to homeless- rests with our elected leaders. Addressing enough units could be built to find a home ness, building new shelter facilities is fis- ACCOUNTABILITY AT CITY HALL street homelessness must be City Hall’s top for all those who were chronically home- cally feasible, coming in at $25,000 per City Hall spends hundreds of millions priority. We can do better. That’s why I’m less. It was well-intentioned but unfeasible. bed. The total buildout cost for 3,000 new of dollars each year on the homeless pop- running for supervisor, and hope you will Over the 10-year plan, homeless num- shelter beds — if spread out over eight ulation, but it hardly understands where Pick Nick this November. bers didn’t budge. And yet by 2014 there years — would be less than $15 million the money goes. It doesn’t track the cost were 33 percent fewer shelter beds than annually and could be funded by cutting of providing medical services and ambu- Nick Josefowitz is a candidate for District 10 years earlier and sharply more people back on programs that are not cost-effec- lances, for instance, despite a budget ana- 2 supervisor. To learn more about his cam- experiencing homelessness with nowhere tive at getting folks off the street. lyst report showing that medical costs paign, visit NickJosefowitz.com. This is a to go but the street. 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6 NOVEMBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM From the District 2 Supervisor Something to fight for The future of our neighborhoods

BY CATHERINE STEFANI I will always remember walk- The progress I have made is only ing down the street with my a start; we still have more work an Francisco is an daughter and feeling heartbro- to do. amazing city, and I love ken after she asked me why a The city needs to do a better it. Nowhere in the world man was living on the street and job keeping our streets clean. I Scan match the character of our no one was taking care of him. advocated for additional invest- neighborhoods, beautiful open Unfortunately, this experience ments in street cleaning services, spaces, and cultural diversity. is commonplace on our streets including four staff dedicated to For almost two decades, I have today, but it doesn’t have to be. keeping District 2’s busiest cor- been a dedicated member of That’s why my work at City Hall ridors clean — such as Union, our community. I am raising my is focused on changes to help Chestnut, Lombard, and Fillmore family here, have been an active my family and yours stay in San Streets. As part of this invest- City Hall is the address to go to if you want to tackle the chal- member of the Cow Hollow Francisco. ment, I also requested an analy- lenges facing San Francisco. PHOTO: KING OF HEARTS Neighborhood Association, and As your supervisor, I have sis of street-cleaning services to served the community working been able to take the first steps to ensure we are effectively using create 1,000 new shelter beds In the past nine months, many as a legislative aide to the past address these problems. Public current funds. Our city needs and completing the 1,300 sup- people have come to me saying, two District 2 supervisors. This safety is one of my top priorities. extra resources to deal with our portive housing units already “I love San Francisco, but I just month, I would like to take some We need more officers on our dirty streets right now. However, in the pipeline. The people we don’t know anymore. I’m con- time to reflect upon my last nine streets, and that is why I advo- we will not fully solve the street see suffering on our streets also sidering moving.” This has to months as supervisor and why I cated for and secured 250 addi- cleanliness problem without get- need help treating mental health and will change. I have and will am hopeful for the future of San tional officers in this year’s bud- ting to the root causes of the and addiction as well. This is continue to push for public safe- Francisco. get. SFPD officers and command problem, the thousands of strug- why I requested an audit of ty, accountability, and progress. Like you, I have felt the mas- staff cannot solve the property gling people living on our streets. funding to nonprofits providing After serving as chief of staff sive changes San Francisco has crime epidemic in our city with- The greatest challenge San homeless services, am exam- to supervisors Farrell and Ali- experienced in the last few years out additional resources. I have Francisco faces today is help- ining the coordination of ser- oto-Pier, fighting for common- due in part to one of the worst worked relentlessly with our ing the thousands of homeless vices for these people between sense gun reform with Moms recessions in our nation’s history police captains to increase police people, many of whom suffer city departments, and will work Demand Action for Gun Sense followed by a growing economy, presence on our streets and tar- from severe mental health and with Mayor Breed to expand in America, and advocating for along with a nationwide opioid get hot spots, and car break-ins substance abuse problems, living the use of conservatorship. We my neighborhood, I know the epidemic. The city faces many are down 20 percent versus last on our streets and in shelters. cannot allow people to enter effort and dedication needed to pressing challenges: a property year. I also recently held hearings San Francisco has had thousands a hospital only to end up back make substantive progress on crime epidemic, a homelessness on safety in our neighborhoods of homeless for decades, but the on the street hours later, and I challenging issues. I will contin- crisis, a rising cost of living, and and on public transportation, problem feels significantly worse am determined to ensure peo- ue to fight for the reforms need- lack of street cleanliness, just to like Muni and BART. Regard- in the past couple years. ple suffering from mental health ed to make our city safer and name a few. These are making less of the time of day, residents We need to get homeless and substance abuse problems more beautiful. I do not know it hard for people to stay in should feel confident they can people off the streets and into receive sufficient acute medical how to quit and will not until San Francisco and raise families safely walk through our neigh- shelter faster. 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Editorial Board Proposition 6: Voter Approval for continued from cover Future Gas and Vehicle Taxes and 2017 Tax Repeal Initiative SAN FRANCISCO BALLOT MEASURES This attempt to repeal the 2017 increas- es in the fuel tax and vehicle fee would Proposition A: San Francisco Embar- also require that the public vote on future cadero Seawall Improvement Bonds increases. This would needlessly tie the If passed, San Francisco would issue up hands of lawmakers, it would leave our to $425 million in bonds to fund badly critically underfunded infrastructure needed repairs and improvements to the (already some of the worst in the nation, Embarcadero Seawall and Embarcadero see News Briefs, page 2) in worse shape, infrastructure for flood and earthquake and it is in reality only a cynical attempt safety. to get Republican voters to the polls. If We recommend: Yes the GOP wants its voters to turn out, it should turn out better candidates. Proposition B: San Francisco Person- We recommend: No al Information Protection Policy Char- ter Amendment Proposition 7: Permanent Daylight This proposition would amend the Saving Time Measure city charter to include guidelines for San With cooperation from the federal gov- Francisco to create policies for businesses ernment, this proposition would tell the to protect personal data of residents. state legislature to put California on per- We recommend: Yes manent daylight savings time and free us up from the unnecessary twice-yearly Proposition C: San Francisco Gross time switch. Receipts Tax for Homelessness Services We recommend: Yes Initiative This would add a new tax on businesses Proposition 8: Limits on Dialysis in the city that have more than $50 mil- Clinics’ Revenue and Required Refunds lion in revenue (or a percent of payroll Initiative expenses for businesses with more than Dialysis clinics would be required to $1 billion in revenue) and use the money issue refunds if their revenue is above a to fund housing and homeless services. certain amount. We recommend: No We recommend: No

Proposition D: San Francisco Mari- Proposition 10: Local Rent Control juana Business Tax Increase Initiative This proposition would impose a tax Local governments would be freed of from 1–5 percent on marijuana business- the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act’s es with revenue of more than $500,000, restrictions on imposing new rent control. with exemptions for retail sales of medical We recommend: No marijuana. We recommend: Yes Proposition 11: Ambulance Employ- ees Paid On-Call Breaks, Training, and Proposition E: San Francisco Partial Mental Health Services Initiative Allocation of Hotel Tax for Arts and Ambulance companies would be able to Culture require that their workers remain on-call This measure would reallocate a small during paid breaks; employers would also portion of the city’s hotel tax from the be required to provide additional training general fund to arts and culture services. for EMTs and paramedics and give them We recommend: Yes some paid mental health services. We recommend: No STATE BALLOT MEASURES Proposition 12: Farm Animal Con- Proposition 1: Housing Programs and finement Initiative Veterans’ Loan Bond This would ban the sale in the state of If passed, the state would issue $4 bil- meat from animals that were confined in lion in bonds for housing programs and spaces smaller than specified amounts. veterans’ home loans. We recommend: Yes We recommend: Yes Note: Proposition 9, billionaire Tim Proposition 2: Use Millionaire’s Tax Draper’s latest attempt to divide-and-con- Revenue for Homelessness Prevention quer California, was removed from the Housing Bonds Measure ballot by the California Supreme Court. This proposition would authorize the state to pay for $2 billion in bonds for DON’T FORGET TO VOTE homelessness prevention by tapping rev- The deadline for registering to vote in enue from a tax on millionaires (which the Nov. 6 election was Oct. 22. You can comes from 2004’s Proposition 63). vote by mail or in-person at City Hall We recommend: Yes ahead of Election Day or at your local polling place on Election Day. Proposition 3: Water Infrastructure Vote by mail: Ballots were sent to per- and Watershed Conservation Bond Ini- manent vote-by-mail voters one month tiative before the election. They can be request- This would issue bonds worth $1.5 ed seven days before Election Day. Your billion to pay for water-related infrastruc- returned mail ballot must be postmarked ture and environmental projects. on or before Nov. 6 and must be received We recommend: Yes no later than Nov. 9. You can return your mail ballot in person by 8 p.m. on Nov. 6. Proposition 4: Children’s Hospital Vote at your polling place: On Elec- Bonds Initiative tion Day, polling places will be open 7 Children’s hospitals would receive pro- a.m.–8 p.m. You can also drop off your ceeds of $1.5 billion in bonds. sealed and signed vote-by-mail ballot at We recommend: No any polling place on Election Day. Find your local polling place at sfelections.org/ Proposition 5: Property Tax Transfer tools/pollsite/index.php. Initiative Vote at City Hall: Voting in City Hall This proposition would make it easier (1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room for homebuyers at least 55 years old or 48) started 29 days before Election Day: with severe disabilities to transfer their Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; tax assessments, potentially freeing up a Saturday and Sunday the two weekends lot of larger homes sellers were afraid to before Nov. 6, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; and Tues- sell due to tax consequences. day, Nov. 6, 7 a.m.–8 p.m. We recommend: Yes Details at sfelections.sfgov.org.

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Recreated from an original Cliff House postcard c. early 1900s. Holiday Parties at the Cliff House The Terrace Room Pasture-raised hens produce eggs with rich, golden yolks. PHOTO: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS Offering sweeping views of the Pacifi c Ocean, historic ambiance and delightful Responsible Eating roam, graze, and exhibit natural behavior. continued from cover Certified by California Certified Organic cuisine, the Terrace Room is a truly unique Farmers and Animal Welfare Approved, private event venue for groups up to 120. I could fill this entire newspaper with all meat processed at Belcampo Butchery Private Events Direct 415-666-4027 cases like these (don’t even get me start- is also USDA inspected. [email protected] ed on the cruelty and health dangers at For the holidays, you can preorder their factory egg farms), but I’d rather tell you pasture-raised turkeys. Last year they sold how to avoid them. As we prepare to set two breeds: The more traditional Organic The Lands End Room our holiday tables, here are the Northside Broad Breasted White ($7.99 per pound) Located in the Sutro's Restaurant the suppliers you can count on when it comes and the Heritage Bourbon Red ($11.99 per Lands End Room is a semi-private to seafood, meat, and poultry and other pound), which is closer to a wild turkey items. (leaner, darker, gamier). Call ahead to see space for smaller parties of 17 – 50 what they’ll have for the 2018 holidays. offering California cuisine, awesome SEAFOOD Other good choices for ordering your ocean views and Sutro Baths history. Alioto-Lazio Fish (440 Jefferson Street, holiday bird (or roast) include Prather Large Parties Direct 415-666-4005 415-673-5968, crabonline.com) is one of Ranch Meat Company (Ferry Building the last family-owned and operated fish- #32, 415-391-0420, prmeatco.com) and [email protected] ing companies in San Francisco, with a Marina Meats (2395 Chestnut Street, 415- Call soon to book your event! rich history that harkens back to patriarch 673-6700, marinameats.com). Tom Lazio’s demand for quality, fresh- 1090 Point Lobos • San Francisco • 415-386-3330 ness, and reliability. They’ve added a few OTHER ITEMS CliffHouse.com modern touches (you can order online) For house-made Jewish specialties, try but San Francisco residents are fortunate Wise Sons (1520 Fillmore Street, 415-787- enough to have this iconic spot in their 3354, wisesonsdeli.com), which marries backyard. classic deli recipes with California’s best With local Dungeness crab season set to ingredients. Bagels are boiled and baked begin this month (fingers crossed) it’s time daily, coriander-pepper crusted pastrami to place your orders for whole crabs, or is smoked over real hickory, and corned crabmeat if you don’t want to crack it and beef is brined for a week with a secret “A place worth finding.” clean it yourself. Cracking and cleaning a blend of spices. Also not to miss: Freshly crab is actually quite simple, and you get to baked Jewish rye bread made with organ- keep the crab “butter” — the tasty innards ic rye, babka filled with 62 percent bitter- that add flavor to sauces and soups. The sweet Guittard chocolate, unctuous clas- An Eater 38 Restaurant Alioto-Lazio boats will soon begin har- sic smoked salmon (delicious on one of FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM! vesting local waters at least 25 miles out those fresh bagels with double-whipped in the Pacific Ocean (weather and season cream cheese), and the signature ’strami permitting), so place your orders early. salmon (that’s right … pastrami-spiced This is the best wild-caught crab you’ll salmon). find in the Bay Area. (Editor’s Note: Crab Finally, when you buy eggs for your pricing hasn’t been determined yet.) holiday baking, always look for “pasture For oysters, head over to Hog Island raised.” Terms like “free range” and “cage Oyster Company (Ferry Building #11A, free” are just industry buzzwords that 415-391-7117, hogislandoysters.com), allow factory farms to sell more eggs at where you can order their Tomales Bay higher prices. “Cage free” means hens were beauties by the bushel (if you haven’t tried allowed to move about the henhouse but oyster stuffing, you’re missing out). still live in over-crowded, dirty conditions. “Free range” require that hens be “allowed” MEAT AND POULTRY outside, but they’re often discouraged with Belcampo (1998 Polk Street, 415-660- the use of small doors leading to small 5573, belcampo.com) burst on the scene in concrete spaces. 2012, reinventing the meat industry with “Pastured” means hens roam a natural a mantra of compassion and sustainabil- pasture doing natural things (pecking, Named one of “The 38 Essential San Francisco ity that resonated with health-conscious dusting, eating bugs) during the day while and ecologically sensitive consumers. They roosting in a hen house at night to keep Restaurants, Spring 2017” –Eater San Francisco built their own supply chain on 25,000 them safe from predators. These days a acres of farmland at the base of Mt. Shasta, lot of people keep chickens as pets, so taking full ownership and control of every a quick search for “eggs” on sites like aspect from raising the animals to the pro- NextDoor will help you find neighbors cessing to their retail shops. selling their fresh eggs. I buy my eggs that Prime Rib Every Night! Their beef is grass-fed and finished, way — I know all “the girls” by name and at the Marina’s Best Kept Secret! contributing to a diet rich in essential bring them treats like kale and watermel- vitamins, minerals, and balanced Omega-6 on. The eggs come in a pastel rainbow of and Omega-3 fatty acids. 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Isla Vida Afro-Caribbean Grill is making some amazing-looking chicken and Commemorating the Cubanos. PHOTO: MELISSA DE MATA 100th anniversary of Armistice Day & the Two big closures on Russian end of World War Hill and what is moving in

BY MARCIA GAGLIARDI There is not a specific closing date set, so head over for a final paella and tortilla FILLMORE and “gracias” for all the years of great meals Congrats to Jay Foster, Matthew Wash- while you can. Zarzuela will operate until ington, and Erin Traylor for getting Isla the transfer process is complete, and the Vida Afro-Caribbean Grill (1325 Fillmore new duo is planning on getting the keys the Street) open in record time. Boom. Isla first week of November. They hope to get Vida is serving up wood-fired meats like a couple soft openings done by the end of jerk rotisserie chicken, tostones, Cubanos, November and open to the public the first Welcome Medal Victory Medal and made-to-order churros. Chef Jay Fos- week of December. ter says, “With Isla Vida, we explore the The room will be updated with cosmet- PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 4618 next chapter of soul food, through the ic upgrades and new furniture, fixtures, African diaspora in the Caribbean. We awnings, tabletops, china, glass, and silver even custom-made a wood-fire grill for to create a warm and inviting ambiance. the kitchen. Cooking on an open fire lets Pawlik is happy to remain in the neighbor- us prepare the food the way our ancestors hood, and loves the idea of continuing to did.” offer a great dining experience. COMET CLUB To recap, this black-owned business took Some changes over on Polk Street: After Dancing • Specialty Cocktails • 12 Brews on Tap over the former Black Bark BBQ space, and six years in their location, Will and Karen they’re interested in hiring people from the Gioia are moving Gioia Pizzeria (2240 Fillmore neighborhood (as they say in a Polk Street) to Hayes Valley, and opening press fact sheet: “Training and mentoring is a slice shop in the former Two Sisters an integral part to the Isla Vida mission and Bar & Books space (579 Hayes Street) in vision of bringing early 2019. When Black-owned busi- they reopen in the nesses back to the tinier 900-square- Fillmore neighbor- Isla Vida will explore the foot space, they’ll hood.”). They are be serving whole offering a fast-ca- next chapter of soul food pies, pizza by the sual experience, slice, meatballs, and intend to run via the African diaspora chicken and meat- their own deliv- ball Parmesan hero ery service. Hours in the Caribbean. sandwiches, salads, are Wednesday and daily specials. through Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with You’ll be able to dine in or take out. They 3111 Fillmore St. San Francisco 94123 plans to open at 10 a.m. on the weekends are going to miss their neighbors, but want- 415-567-5589 • CometclubSF.com for brunch soon (there’s outdoor seating, ed to streamline into a smaller space with too). Welcome to the neighborhood! counter service (like their Berkeley shop, which they’ve had since 2004). RUSSIAN HILL Taking over their space will be a second Some big news on Hyde Street: After location of Outer Richmond’s Fiorella, so at being open since 1994 (as long as I have least quality pizza will continue from Boris lived in San Francisco), Andy Debbane Nemchenok and Brandon Gillis. Look for and Lucas Gasco’s beloved Spanish stalwart nightly dinner and weekend brunch, too; Zarzuela (2000 Hyde Street) will be closing stand by for dates and more. Get ready for soon for a new project and ownership that some fun wallpaper. is taking over. After opening in 1994, Brigitte and Executive chef Michael Pawlik — who Andrew Thorpe have closed fondue palace has been cooking at Russian Hill neighbor The Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant (2323 Frascati for the past 12 years — will be Van Ness Avenue) so they can retire (off moving in with his co-owner and girlfriend to Florida they go!). Eater reports “The Amanda Banks Barker to open Abra- Matterhorn’s landlord will retain the restau- zo (which they are defining as “a warm rant’s chalet decor and hopes to find a new embrace”). Pawlik will be paying homage operator from Switzerland.” to what Zarzuela has built there over the past 24 years, offering a Spanish-forward, Marcia Gagliardi writes a popular insider Mediterranean menu, but it will not include weekly e-column, Tablehopper, about the traditional tapas. Banks Barker, who is the San Francisco dining and imbibing scene; get bar manager of Mamanoko in the Marina, all the latest news at tablehopper.com. Follow will be putting together the wine list, as well @tablehopper on Twitter and Instagram for as offering sherry-based cocktails. more culinary finds.

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BY JULIE MITCHELL when my favorite lipstick is dis- Miguel Tzab, its former chef de continued: distraught. What will cuisine, is now the executive chef. uess what?” i asked I do without it? my friend. “I’m going to Thankfully, Terzo has stayed A SPOT WITH STAYING take you to my favorite put, a small place with some POWER Grestaurant in the city. And I know of the friendliest waitstaff ever, On a recent Monday night you’re gonna love it!” despite the fast pace at which they around 8 p.m., Terzo was hop- I can’t remember exactly when navigate gracefully between the ping. My friend was late com- I first had dinner at Terzo in Cow kitchen and the dining room. It ing from the East Bay, so I had Hollow, but I’m pretty sure it has a truly great wine list, espe- plenty of time to people watch was soon after it opened in 2006. cially wines by the glass; and a and sip a glass of wine. I’m a fan I do remember absolutely how menu that never fails to retain old of dry whites, and I had plenty A cozy night at Terzo. PHOTO: COURTESY TERZO I felt the minute I walked into favorites while adding seasonal to choose from: everything from the warm, intimate space with specials. Terzo is the place I take California chardonnay and sauvi- pear, toasted walnuts, Gorgonzo- creamiest polenta with regggiano its gleaming wood bar, wooden dates, girlfriends — and when gnon blanc to Spanish albarino. la, and balsamic vinaigrette. My cheese. tables sans tablecloths, partially she’s in town from New York — An unfamiliar varietal caught my eyes wandered toward the roast- We were both stuffed and had exposed brick walls, and hanging my daughter, Annie, who loves eye: a French picpoul de pinet. ed mixed vegetables with honey to decline when asked about Edison light bulbs. I felt at home. the restaurant as much as I do. The hostess, who had greeted me and manchego and the butternut dessert. But the memory of the And that was before I had even Mark Gordon, original chef warmly and offered me a choice squash soup with brown butter flourless chocolate cake with sampled Terzo’s delectable assort- and now chef emeritus, and busi- of tables, asked if I’d like a taste. and sage, but they’ll have to wait cocoa-nib-toffee whipped cream ment of Mediterranean-inspired nesswoman and owner Laurie It was tart yet rich, and I imme- for another visit. The server made and the vanilla ice cream sun- small plates and desserts to die Thomas, named this spot Terzo diately ordered a glass that the sure the plates came two at a time, dae with caramel-chocolate sauce for. Suddenly I had a new favorite — the word “third” in Italian — equally cheerful server brought and all of them were as delicious (self-processed chocolate junkie restaurant. inspired by a trip to the coastal right away. It was a nice pour; as I remembered. here) persist. regions around the Mediterra- Terzo doesn’t stint on anything. For larger plates, we ordered FOOD FIT FOR A FOODIE nean. The menu represents influ- roasted wild Coho salmon with Restaurants may come and go, I am definitely a foodie. I read ences from Italy, Spain, Portugal, MENU NEVER DISAPPOINTS faro, zucchini, and bell pep- but special spots like Terzo will about every new restaurant that Morocco, France, and the Middle My friend arrived and ordered pers; Greek-style braised chick- remain at the top of my list. Its opens in the Bay Area, and I East. Gordon is an experienced a glass of Italian red, immediately en with orzo, yogurt, lemon and cozy vibe, pleasant staff, and reli- make plans to visit all that sound chef who also served as exec- picking up his menu. “I’m hun- fried rosemary, a dish I recalled; ably innovative, satisfying menu intriguing. That doesn’t exactly fit utive chef at Rose’s Café, Ter- gry,” he announced. We decid- and braised Niman Ranch pork can’t be matched. my budget or my lifestyle because zo’s sister restaurant across the ed to share the hummus (which shoulder with mashed pota- Terzo: 3011 Steiner Street, 415- I am also both loyal and a crea- street. Thomas owns both restau- is some of the best hummus in toes and green beans. I had a 441-3200, terzosf.com; Sunday– ture of habit. If I like a place, a rants (she also owned the recent- town) with house-made pita; small plate for my entrée, toma- Thursday 5:30–9:30 p.m., Friday– dish, I’ll go back again and again. ly closed Rose Pistola in North the grilled Monterey Bay cala- to-braised pork meatballs with Saturday 5:30–10 p.m. When a good restaurant closes, Beach). While Gordon still plays mari with lentils, spinach, and creamy polenta — such tooth- I feel exactly the same way I feel an active role in Terzo’s kitchen, aioli; and the arugula salad with some, tender meatballs, and the E-mail: [email protected]

MARINATIMES.COM MARINA TIMES NOVEMBER 2018 13 Food & Wine P hil’s Electric Co . La Vita Delizioso Recipe SINCE 1941 SALES SERVICE PARTS Crab arancini an ideal SPECIALIZING IN holiday appetizer MIELE • SEBO • ELECTROLUX • BLUEAIR Fried rice ball filled with crab and cream cheese ORECK • RICCAR • DYSON • SANITAIRE BY SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS ROYAL • HOOVER • KENMORE s for many ital- ian Americans, my childhood Thanks- Agiving and Christmas Eves were all about seafood. Expert Christmas brought the traditional Sicilian Feast of the Seven Fishes, while LAMP REPAIR Thanksgiving meant local Dungeness crab served steamed with lemon and butter, roasted with garlic and herbs, or tossed with ELECTRIC SHAVERS: BRAUN • NORELCO • REMINGTON pasta aglio e olio (spaghetti Crab arancini with mascarpone dipping sauce. with garlic and olive oil). PHOTO: SUSAN DYER REYNOLDS I loved all of it, but per- haps my favorite prepa- 1½ teaspoons chopped letting any excess drip back Buy your new ration was my mother’s fresh Italian parsley into the bowl. Transfer arancini — rice balls filled ½ cup all-purpose to the breadcrumbs and with crab and mascarpone flour move gently with fork to vacuum from a (Italian cream cheese) and 2 large eggs, beaten coat evenly. Use your dry fried until golden. Before with 2 tablespoons hand to transfer the coated you write to tell me it’s water ball to the clean sheet pan. VACUUM EXPERT “not Italian” to add cheese 1½ cups panko (Japan- Repeat with the remaining to seafood, let me say I ese bread-crumbs) arancini. Refrigerate for at Great vacuums to fit yourneeds and budget. normally agree (as did my High smoke point oil least 30 minutes or up to grandfather), but it works (such as avocado, peanut, 4 hours. 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Pour 2 to 3 inches of oil DID YOU going, and the delicious While the rice is cook- into a Dutch oven or large, results — crunchy, brown ing, squeeze the crabmeat high-sided sauté pan and KNOW... outside and creamy, crab- in a clean dish towel to heat until a thermometer filled inside — are well remove excess moisture. reads 350°F (I do it by eye worth the effort. Arancini Add the crabmeat, mas- — oil is ready when it shim- MILES can also be made ahead carpone, lemon juice, mers and bubbles gather of Port of MEGAWATTS and frozen for up to a lemon zest, and parsley to around a wooden spoon). 24M+ month. You can use any the cooked rice, and fold Fry the arancini a few at a San Francisco VISITORS YEARLY of solar power kind of crustacean (lobster, together with a spatula time, being careful not to 7. 5 waterfront to the waterfront 1. 8 generated shrimp, snow crab, Alas- until well combined. crowd them, until golden AGE of Embarcadero kan king crab, lump crab), Spread the mixture brown (about 4 minutes if FERRY RIDERS Seawall — Needs but it’s best with local evenly on a sheet pan and freshly made or 6 minutes if 5M+ each year 100+ critical improvements Dungeness. And be sure cover with plastic wrap, frozen). Using a spider (wire to buy the freshest crab piercing the plastic in a mesh strainer), transfer the available (see page 10) as it few places to allow steam arancini to the rack to drain. will be the firmest and the to escape. Refrigerate until Sprinkle with fresh lemon 300,000+ DINING sweetest. I’ve also included the mixture is cold (about zest and parsley if desired. CRUISE PASSENGERS annually 62 experiences the recipe for my mother’s 2 hours). Serve warm with wedges of simple mascarpone dip- With moistened hands, lemon for squeezing. STAY IN THE KNOW! ping sauce, which is the roll the mixture into golf- TEXT “SFPORT” TO 66866 perfect companion to the sized balls (I use a meatball MASCARPONE DIPPING arancini. scoop but a small cookie SAUCE Wine pairing: Keep the scoop also works), placing Italian theme with a crisp, them on a clean sheet pan 1 cup mascarpone dry Orvieto, such as Tenuta as you go. You should end cheese, room Le Velette Orvieto Classi- up with around 22 arancini. temperature co, or a Prosecco like Villa Create a breading sta- ¾ cup sour cream Sandi. Both can handle the tion with a clean sheet ½ teaspoon finely fried cheesy richness while pan, three bowls, and three grated lemon zest not overwhelming the deli- forks. Place the flour, beat- ¼ cup chopped fresh cate crab. en eggs, and breadcrumbs Italian parsley in the bowls. Use one hand Salt and pepper DUNGENESS CRAB as your “dry” hand and the Squeeze of lemon juice ARANCINI other as your “wet” hand. With the dry hand, drop a In a bowl, combine the 1½ cups water rice ball into the flour and mascarpone, sour cream, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt move gently with fork to lemon zest, and parsley. ½ cup Arborio rice coat it on all sides. Using Season with salt and pep- ½ cup fresh Dungeness the dry hand, pick up the per to taste. Add squeeze crabmeat ball, shake off any excess of fresh lemon juice. Mix ¼ cup mascarpone flour, and drop it into the again. Transfer dip to indi- 2 tablespoons fresh beaten egg mixture. Use vidual ramekins and serve lemon juice fork to uniformly coat the alongside arancini. 1 tablespoon finely ball. With your wet hand, grated lemon zest lift the ball out of the eggs, Email: [email protected]

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BY LYNETTE MAJER Blanc balanced out the peachy long hang time (additional time honey-floral big mouth feel of on the vine after reaching the very month, my husband the Viognier. I like it as a stand- desired brix [sugar] level). I’m attends a luncheon (guys- alone sipper served cold to keep not going to tell you I recalled only, but I digress) in var- those big flavors at bay, and it the lemon notes referred to by Eious Sonoma County locales, could work to calm some slightly the winemaker; all I know is it from private homes to event spicy/salty seafood and poultry tasted delicious enough to buy, spaces. Everyone brings a bottle dishes. and we enjoyed it once again, of wine, and although the menu sans food, while overlooking the is not revealed in advance, it’s Paradise Ridge 2014 Blanc de Mendocino coast. always invariably abundant and Blanc Sparkling Russian River Another fun sparkling these delicious, and a great time is Valley ($44) and 2014 Spar- folks produce is a sparking shi- had by all. This could easily be kling Shiraz, Russian River raz, popular in Australia, and Enjoy a pinot with your party. PHOTO: DRAGONIMAGES any holiday gathering: people, Valley ($52) showing up more frequently food, and wine with the primary This winery’s larger location in stateside, although probably still Anderson Valley and appreciated flooded with a lot of pretty awful focus on the gathering, not food Santa Rosa burned to the ground trying to gain acceptance. While the lone, friendly low-key server pinots, but it’s recovered, thanks and wine pairing. The holidays in the 2017 fires, with its surviv- you may wince at the thought who said, “the wines sell them- to wineries like Landmark that are all about celebrating, so here ing LOVE sculpture becoming of sparkling red wine, give it a selves.” Housed in a Craftsman are serious about producing the are some wines to add to your an iconic symbol of hope amidst try, it’s the holidays, after all, bungalow featuring work from best expression of this delicate party. the widespread massive destruc- and this one has a great pedigree local artists and surrounded by varietal. I asked five tasting room tion that remains to this day. from the Rockpile and Russian lush gardens, the property with folks which pinot they’d serve at Valley of the Moon 2016 Pinot While reconstruction is ongoing, River AVAs. The winemaker outdoor tables feels like you’re Thanksgiving, and I got a vari- Blanc–Viognier ($22) its smaller outpost in Kenwood calls it “a party in a bottle,” and visiting a good friend’s home — a ety of answers (further to my After a long cross-country air- thrives. Referred to by employ- while I do prefer white bubbles, far cry from the production-line ongoing point that wine is sub- line trip, my husband asked if I ees as the “red happy house,” it’s a I am intrigued by red ones, and feel of its sister cellar down the jective), and Landmark makes wanted a glass of wine (is there cozy space with a few tables and wouldn’t hesitate to bring this road. We were equally delighted a variety of excellent pinots, so ever a question?), and brought a small tasting bar. The atmo- to a holiday gathering, where it with the crémant — an elegant, the varied responses aren’t that me this. As a vehement Char- sphere is warm, friendly, and would certainly be a standout (if creamy, not-so-bubbly sparkling, surprising. donnay fan, I’d previously been welcoming to people and dogs you are thinking Cold Duck here, perfect for those who aren’t keen The organic La Encantada on the fence about this blend, alike. banish the thought. It’s nothing on traditional bubbles. vineyard in the Santa Barbara but this time I found it deli- On a recent visit, we enjoyed like the sweet bubbly popular in County Santa Rita Hills AVA is cate, bright, light, and refresh- the blanc de blanc so much, we the early 1970s, which was based Landmark 2016 La Encantada a cool-climate vineyard heavily ing. While I do like Pinot Blanc chose it to celebrate our upcom- on the German conglomeration Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot influenced by fog and marine with its full-bodied crispness, ing anniversary. The grapes are of leftover dregs.) Noir ($55) winds, which results in a lovely, Viognier’s creamy, floral, honey from the acclaimed Russian While chardonnay is my go-to heavier style pinot, rich and ele- mouth-feel is usually pretty hit River Valley Bazzano vineyard Scharffenberger NV Mendoci- white, pinot wins for red. A gant with berry flavors and both or (mostly) miss for me, but the and are dry-farmed, which no County Crémant ($25) good pinot that is. After the spicy and savory notes. two together seemed to be the stresses the grapes and inten- I was charmed finding this movie Sideways debuted over ticket. The dry and crisp Pinot sifies their flavor, as does the gem of a tasting room in the 10 years ago, the market was Email: [email protected]

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Left: Paul Gauguin’s Reclining Tahitian Women, 1894; right: Flowers and Cats, 1899. PHOTOGRAPHS BY OLE HAUPT, © NY CARLSBERG GLYPTOTEK, COPENHAGEN, IMAGES COURTESY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO

Art World sions: Paul Gauguin shows a group of Highlighting the artist’s time spent in of the stylized figurative sculpture in New continued from cover Fa’afafine friends discussing works that the Pacific region en route to Tahiti in Zealand. There’s a clear connection of Gauguin created during his time in the 1895, carvings and images from New Zea- influence between the abstract human and vivid color pallet in the lively orange Pacific. land, The Marquesas Islands, and Tahiti figure carving with its hard, graphic lines flowers against a wall painted more like a will be on view from Fine Arts Museums and Gauguin’s approach to his own art. sunset than an interior. CERAMICS AND CARVINGS of San Francisco’s own holdings in the Assisting in the presentation of More than just paintings, this exhibi- Oceanic arts. Cristina Hellmich, curator Gauguin’s work in a new, contemporary TAHITIAN THEMES tion features 15 of Gauguin’s experimen- in charge of the Arts context was the Adventure and exploration also came tal ceramics and elaborate wood carv- of Africa, Oceania exceptional part- in the form of collaboration and travel. ings along with period photography and and the Americas nership with the Collaborations with Van Gogh and Emile his letters and writings. Included among at the FAMSF says, Adventure and Ny Carlsberg Glyp- Bernard furthered Gauguin’s experiment the woodcuts is Femme cueillant des “I am pleased we totek in Copenha- with flattened fields of vibrant color and fruits et Oviri (Woman Picking Fruit and can highlight some exploration also gen. Containing dark outlines that later influenced paint- Oviri), (1896-97). In a daring and for- lesser-known as- one of the world’s ers like Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. ward-thinking approach to composition, pects of his life, came in the form of finest holdings of This exhibition progresses from early (ca. a bold white highlight bisects the wood- including his wife’s Gauguin’s works, 1873) drawings of his wife, Mette Gad, to cut’s visual field, which tells the story of critical role in his collaboration and travel. The Glyptotek col- well-known works inspired by his travels a woman picking fruit among dark trees career, and offer laborated with the to Tahiti. with a haunted figure in the foreground, contemporary perspectives through FAMSF to bring together more than 60 Among Gauguin’s painting subjects are cropped at its left eye, regarding the a new video installation. The striking Gauguin works on view. people believed to be indigenous Mahu viewer. Stylized shapes and dreamlike works of Maori, Marquesan, and Tahi- or Tahitian “third gender” individuals. In subjects continue as a theme in Woman tian art from our own collection will Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey: Tue.–Sun., Samoa, the term Fa’afafine is an equivalent with Mango Fruits (ca. 1889), a carving allow visitors to learn about Gauguin’s 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Nov. 17 through April 7, term for a queer minority considered to be in oak painted in festive colors. A smiling fervent interest in the art and spirituality $28, de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea gifted in the spirit of more than one gen- woman picking mangoes sits in the mid- of Oceania.” Tekoteko (gable figure) of Garden Dr., 415-750-3600, famsf.org der. Artist Yuki Kihara was commissioned dle of a darkened, lush jungle surrounded Ko Tuwhakairiora, (ca. 1880) is part of to create a video work that will debut with by mischievous grinning monkeys as the FAMSF’s permanent collection. Made Sharon Anderson is an artist and writer in this exhibition. Filmed in Upolu Island disembodied heads of women who may from wood, abalone shell (paua), and Southern California. She can be reached at Samoa, her piece entitled First Impres- represent spirits look on. human hair, the work is a good example mindtheimage.com.

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16 NOVEMBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Michael Snyder on . . . Film More foodie films on the menu Films to whet your appetite

BY MICHAEL SNYDER in good hands with Andrew, director, David Gelb, so it isn’t who knows his way around an strictly a foreign film, although he cinema subgenre of oven. it’s set and shot in Japan and foodie movies may be an There are so many food- it’s in Japanese (with subtitles). acquired taste (sorry), but skewed movies I didn’t cover It concerns a remarkable sushi Tit’s sizeable and engaging enough four years ago or that have been chef: 85-year-old Jiro Ono who that I actually wrote an entire released since my original piece owns and operates a Michelin column about it in November on the topic, I decided to restrict three-star restaurant located in 2014. Now, here we are again, on the list this time by considering a Tokyo subway station that only the cusp of the big winter feast five foreign films that fit the seats 10 patrons. While the film trifecta — Thanksgiving, Christ- menu — all of them quite appe- explores the art of preparing and mas, and New Year’s, when food tizing in their way. Just be glad serving sushi with care and del- Catherine Frot in Christian Vincent’s Haute Cuisine. PHOTO: COURTESY and drink consumption is more I’m not suggesting The Cook, icacy, it also covers the master’s WILDBUNCH.BIZ than conspicuous. In the spirit of the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover thorny relationship with his two the season (with a glass of spirits which, despite an opulent, glo- sons who are also in the family cartoon-like slapstick comedies road-trip series that began with at the ready), I find myself seek- riously shot banquet presented business. from the 2000s (Shaolin Soc- The Trip — a ramble through a ing out feature films that will throughout, has a climax that cer and Kung Fu Hustle), the series of gourmet destinations in sharpen my appetite as the hol- is definitely not for the weak of ‘MOSTLY MARTHA’ (2001) Chinese filmmaker’s most antic northern England. Still, The Trip idays approach, or can serve as stomach. It was remade into a and funny movie may very well to Spain offers more of the scin- distractions — audiovisual hors less-than-impressive American be this one about a craven, tal- tillating repartee, one-upman- d’oeuvres, if you will — when the ‘HAUTE CUISINE’ (2012) version (No Reservations) that entless chef who has attained ship, and dueling impressions, family assembles but has to wait Depicting a highly skilled starred Catherine Zeta-Jones, superstar status through fakery, plus a few serious ruminations for the turkey to finish cooking. woman’s struggle to make her but the original is a winsome sees his career fall apart, and on aging from Coogan and Bry- If that sounds contrived, so mark in a challenging job, this romantic comedy with a pinch becomes determined to regain don that accompany their ongo- be it. But I can tell you the French offering is inspired by of drama from Germany. An his status through unconven- ing investigation of Europe’s fin- combination of a food-oriented the true story of a celebrated obsessive, successful chef (Mar- tional means. It’s a thorough- est dining spots. Throw in the movie and a delectable meal chef from the provinces who is tina Gedeck) finds herself ly awesome, cross-genre cra- various savory dishes that make can be a two-pronged pleasure. surprisingly tapped to be the reevaluating her life and drawn zy-quilt — top-shelf Chow fun their way from kitchen to table My friend Andrew actually personal cook to the president to her ebullient Italian sous that also manages to satirize to gullet before our eyes, and invited a gang of gastronom- of France. She undertakes the chef. The scenes of rigorous cooking competition shows like there’s plenty to recommend this ically astute pals to his house gig, and undaunted by the jeal- food preparation are great as is Iron Chef. third helping. on a few occasions to view ousy of the Élysée Palace kitch- the chemistry between the two renowned food-oriented mov- en staff, she prevails through her leads. ‘THE TRIP TO SPAIN’ (2017) Michael Snyder is a print and ies that were followed by tasting passion and the excellence of Even with the welcome return broadcast journalist who covers menus based upon the cuisine her cooking. ‘THE GOD OF COOKERY’ of stars, comic actors, and real- pop culture on Michael Snyder’s depicted on screen. It’s possi- (1996) life confederates Steve Coogan Culture Blast, via GABnet.net, ble the movies he screened — ‘JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI’ Although Stephen Chow may and Rob Brydon, The Trip to Roku, and YouTube, and on KPFK/ including Big Night and Tampo- (2011) be best known in the United Spain is not quite as delicious Pacifica Radio’s David Feldman po — made us so hungry we’d The only documentary on this States as the screenwriter, direc- as The Trip to Italy, which was Show. You can follow Michael on devour anything, but we were list is the work of an American tor, and star of two hilarious, the second of the duo’s culinary Twitter: @cultureblaster

Art Space Art and history Second Look, Twice at the Museum of African Diaspora

BY ANTHONY TORRES global terrains and histories, has affected Reflecting on Second Look, and how world societies and cultures, and that social histories inform art, the words of the ow on view at the Museum African diasporic movements have been late great poet, musician, and songwriter of the African Diaspora is Second integral to forging new identities, shared Gil Scott-Heron’s ‘Bicentennial Blues’ Look, Twice: Selections from the senses of place(s), and the formation of new come to mind, as they reference cultural NCollections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and social realities and communities. genealogy as a way of informing our lived His Family Foundation. The exhibition That said, space does not allow for realities: features the work of 15 acclaimed artists full engagement with the various works working in the medium of printmaking. on display in Second Look. However, I But, the blues has always been Their art seeks to blur and move away would like to comment on several aquatint totally American from “essentialist” notions that make etchings by Louisiana Bendolph (b. 1960) As American as apple pie general assumptions regarding the work and Loretta Bennett (b. 1960), descendants As American as the blues of artists of African descent and that focus of Alabama’s famous Gee’s Bend quilters, As American as apple pie on ethnicity as being central in constituting as a way of addressing the significance of The question is why? a particular “type” of art. Second Look, the various works on exhibit as condensed Why should the blues be so at home Detail of Loretta Bennett’s No Way, No Twice, by contrast, highlights the diversity, emblems of shared histories that bind our Way, color aquatint, spitbite aquatint here? variety, and specificities of the work within American and global histories, however and softground etching, 2006. COURTESY Well, America provided the this group of artists. different. COLLECTION OF JORDAN D. SCHNITZER. atmosphere Here, the diverse constellation of works The etchings on display are the result — by Louisiana Bendolph, Loretta Bennett, of collaborations between the artists, as it honors the ability of a small group of America provided the atmosphere Bob Blackburn, Mark Bradford, Willie Bendolph’s family, and the Gee’s Bend quilters from Gee’s Bend, Ala., to resurrect, for the blues and the blues was born Cole, Leonardo Drew, Ellen Gallagher, Sam quilters. The textile-to-paper translations, through their resilience and ingenuity, Gilliam, Jr., Glenn Ligon, Gary Simmons, via the medium of print, can be thought inherited knowledge that all too often is If “the blues was born” on slave ships, Martin Puryear, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene of as symbolic forms that pay homage excluded from academic and institutional as Gil Scott-Heron said, then so too are Thomas, Julie Mehretu, and Kara Walker to ancestral histories by referencing the histories of art — such as the quilting the histories that informed the quilting — serves to illustrate that the work of exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend, which tradition of Gee’s Bend. tradition of Gee’s Bend and the work on artists of African descent engages myriad traveled to various museums and was The etchings also conjure the visual display in Second Look, and histories of subjects in individual ways that defy the presented in 2006 at the de Young Museum. vocabularies of the Gee’s Bend quilters, the African diaspora, in which we all share categorization and characterizations of the The quilts that appeared at the de Young descendants of slaves, who endured lives and are implicated, in one way or another, work based in others’ notions of race. brilliantly demonstrated the quilters’ ability steeped in an intimate knowledge of whether we know it or not. In fact, the artistic offerings demonstrate to translate harsh cultural experiences into physical and spiritual hardships, and who highly specific individual print practices personally useful and satisfying things of created utilitarian art objects that serve Second Look Twice: Wed.–Sun. through that anchor MOAD’s philosophical beauty. Indeed, the allusion to The Quilts of a similar function as art and music — Dec. 16, $12, Museum of the African orientation: that the “origin of the species” Gee’s Bend exhibition is relevant, because it to comfort, inspire, and uplift needy and Diaspora, 685 Mission St., 415-358-7200, in Africa, and the African diaspora across illustrates how the past informs the present, exhausted bodies and souls. moadsf.org

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ACT: Men in Boats Tue.–Sun., through Dec. 16 Strand Theater (1127 Market St.) This provocative, laugh-out-loud show is per- November Events formed by a diverse cast of female-identifying actors who infuse America’s historic myths of male conquest with a sly blast of subtext in not to miss this month a retelling of 19th-century explorer and one- armed Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell and his band of explorers. $25–$75, 415-749- North Beach Citizens Fall Community 2228, act-sf.org MAJOR EVENTS COMMUNITY Recognition Award Dinner CORNER Sunday, Nov 11, 6–9 p.m. Reginald & Ruckus: Werewolf Napa Valley Film Festival S.F. Italian Athletic Club (1636 Stockton St.) Hunters Daily, Nov. 8–12 Cow Hollow Association Social Founded by Francis Ford Coppola, North Fri.–Sat., Nov. 9–10 & Thu.–Sat., Multiple Napa Valley venues Thursday, Nov. 1, 6–8:30 p.m. Beach Citizens is a community-based Nov. 15–17, 7:30 pm This festival features over 100 new independent Sessions (1 Letterman Dr., the Presidio) nonprofit serving the needs of the homeless Phoenix Theatre (414 Mason St.) films, over 300 filmmakers, 150 wineries, 50 chefs, Connect with your neighbors, meet the and those at risk of being homeless in North wine pavilions, and multiple special events. See board members, and learn about important Beach, and will honor Ruth Yankoupe for her This West Coast premiere comedy follows website for pricing, nvff.org neighborhood news and events. All are community contributions. $175, 415-772-0982, two men on the trail of hunting a scary beast, welcome; members receive a free drink. Free. northbeachcitizens.org pausing only occasionally for tea, a bit of Joan Baez Register at [email protected] a poem, maybe to sketch an interesting drooping toadstool. $25, 800-838-3006, Thursday, Nov. 15, 8 p.m. brownpapertickets.com S.F. Masonic (1111 California St.) MUSEUMS & The acclaimed artist-activist and Bay Area GALLERIES Playwright Festival resident celebrates her new album, Whistle Fri.–Sun., Nov. 16–18 Down the Wind. $200 & $280, more seats Veiled Meanings: Fashioning Jewish Buriel Clay Theater (762 Fulton St.) available resale; seats limited, 800-653-8000, Dress, from the Collection of The Israel sfmasonic.com See the three finalists from the Lorraine Museum, Jerusalem Hansberry Theatre Playwrights Competition Thu.–Tue. through Jan. 6 61st Annual International Auto Show Festival: Miss Laura Mae of Harlem, by J Contemporary Jewish Museum (736 Mission St.) amal Williams; Queen, by Brie Knight; and Daily, Nov. 21–25, 10 a.m. This exhibition will focus on how clothes balance Flow, by Cleavon Smith. $15–$45, 415-345- Moscone Center the personal with the social, how dress traditions 3980, lhtsf.org See 2019 model cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans distinguish different Jewish communities, and Fisherman’s Wharf Veterans Day how they portray Jewish and secular affiliations from the world’s major manufacturers. $10, 415- 42nd Street Moon: Dames at Sea 331-4406, sfautoshow.com Parade within a larger societal context. $14, 415-688- 7800, thecjm.org Wed.–Sun., Nov 28–Dec. 16 Sunday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St.) Jefferson St. (North Point to Leavenworth Sts.) S.F. Open Studios 2018 Sweet, innocent Ruby arrives in New York HOLIDAY Show your support for all who have served Sat.–Sun., Nov. 3–4, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. with big dreams and lands in the chorus of a HAPPENINGS our country in this parade along the wharf, General’s Residence (Upper Fort Mason) new show, but the theater is about to be torn with a special remembrance of the 100th A significant number of artists working in various down. Can sailor-turned-songwriter Dick find anniversary of the ending of World War I, styles and media will display their work at the a new venue while juggling temperamental which ended 11-11-18, at the 11th hour. oldest and largest open studios program in the diva Mona, frazzled producer Hennesy, and Because of the importance of this historic country. Free, 415-861-9838, artspan.org starry-eyed Ruby? $30–$70, 415-255-8207, event, the United States has made this a 42ndstmoon.org National Centennial Commemoration. Free, East Meets West: Jewels of the visitfishermanswharf.com Maharajas from The Al Thani Collection PHOTO: FLYSNOW Tue.–Sun. Nov. 3 –Feb. 24, 9:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. MUSIC: CLASSICAL Legion of Honor (Lincoln Park,100 34th Ave.) Veterans Day Interfaith Service Old First Concerts: Persephone Monday, Nov. 12, 11 a.m.–noon This exhibition explores the cultural and material exchanges between India and Europe through Chamber Ensemble Presidio Chapel (130 Fisher Loop) jewelry and precious objects ranging from Sunday, Nov. 4, 4 p.m. The Interfaith Center will host a service to Holiday Ice Rink at the 17th century to the present and features Old First Church (1751 Sacramento St.) honor American veterans of all wars with prayer, Embarcadero Center more than 150 pieces made in India or Europe meditation, and music. Free, 415-561-3930, This recently formed, intergenerational women’s associated with Mughal emperors, maharajas, interfaithccc.org chamber group is dedicated to programming Daily, Nov. 5–Jan. 6, 10 a.m. and their courts. $28, 415-750-3600, famsf.org music that highlights the integration of both Embarcadero Plaza Small Business Saturday traditional and contemporary vocal and Enjoy nine weeks of ice-skating fun during the Student Art Sale and Open Studios Saturday, Nov. 24 instrumental chamber music. $25, 415-474-1608, holiday season at the largest outdoor rink in Sat.–Sun., Nov. 10–11, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Nationwide oldfirstconcerts.org the city with 90-minute sessions starting every S.F. Art Institute (Fort Mason Center) Shop the city’s small local businesses on this even hour. Skate rental $5, admission $7–$12, Explore and purchase the work of over 100 day between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 415-837-1931, embarcaderocenter.com emerging artists working in a wide variety of Shopping locally sustains our neighborhoods PHOTO: FLICKR.COM/LIDOCAINEUS media. Nov. 10 events include lecture (1–2 p.m.), and keeps tax dollars in the community. So get film screenings (2–4 p.m.), and studio tours out there and spend! (3:30–4:30 p.m.). Free, sfai.edu Holiday Ice Rink in Union Square Daily, Nov. 7 –Jan. 21, 10 a.m.–11:30 p.m. GALAS & BENEFITS Union Square Ring in the holiday season at this outdoor rink Museo Italo Americano 40th with 90-minute sessions starting every even hour. Anniversary Gala $13–$18 (includes skate rental), 415-781-2688, Saturday, Nov. 3, 6–11 p.m. unionsquareicerink.com Bimbo’s 365 Club (1025 Columbus Ave.) S.F. Opera: It’s a Wonderful Life Celebrate with a festive open bar reception and 31st Annual Embarcadero Center a sumptuous seated dinner, followed by dancing Select days, Nov. 17–Dec. 9 and fun. $250, 415-673-2200, sfmuseo.org War Memorial Opera House Lighting Ceremony & Carnival You know the story about George Bailey on Friday, Nov. 16, 4–7 p.m. Project Glimmer 7th Annual Luncheon the snowy bridge contemplating his end in Embarcadero Center Art and China after 1989: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Frank Capra’s classic film. Now see the West Don’t miss this annual tradition of the dramatic Theater of the World Coast premiere co-commissioned by the S.F. Bently Reserve (301 Battery St.) illumination of Embarcadero Center with Opera with music by Jake Heggie. $26–$398, Celebrate the many ways Project Glimmer 17,000 lights. A carnival (4 p.m.) includes a Thu.–Tue., Nov. 10–Feb. 25, 10 a.m. 415-864-3330, sfopera.com continues to inspire at-risk teenage girls and SFMOMA (151 Third St.) Disney on Ice show followed by the lighting women to believe in themselves by letting PHOTO: SFOPERA.COM This exhibition presents an extensive survey of (6 p.m.)., and fireworks. Free, 415-772-0700, them know their community cares. Contact a historical period of Chinese contemporary embarcaderocenter.com chrissy@ projectglimmer.org for ticket art, and looks at the bold movements that information. Telegraph Quartet anticipated, chronicled, and agitated for Tree Lighting Celebration Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. the sweeping social transformation that Daily, Nov. 21–Jan. 1, 5–10 p.m. Walk to End Alzheimer’s brought China to the center of the global Conservatory of Music (50 Oak St.) Pier 39 Saturday, Nov. 10, 9:30 a.m. conversation. $25, 415-357-4000, sfmoma.org The quartet-in-residence performs a program See this new nightly tree-lighting show on the Start/Finish: AT&T Park PHOTO: DETAIL OF CAO FEI’S WHOSE UTOPIA, ©CAO FEI featuring Eastern European modernist compos- pier’s 60-foot Christmas tree at the top of each Choose from a three- or one-mile route. ers, including Dvo ák, Schulhoff, and Enescu. hour and synchronized to holiday music. Free, All funds raised further the care, support, Reservations recommended. Free, 415-503-6275, 415-705-5500, pier39.com and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s sfcm.com Association. Free (walkers are asked to make a THEATER 29th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony personal donation), 415-463-8502, alz.org S.F. Symphony: MTT Conducts Waitress Friday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m. Beethoven’s Ninth Simply the Best Dinner & Gala Tue.–Sun. through Nov. 11 Union Square Fri.–Sun., Nov. 23–25 Saturday, Nov. 10, 5:30 p.m.–midnight SHN Orpheum Theatre Arrive early for the best viewing and Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason St.) Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female Davies Symphony Hall entertainment, which precedes the 6:50 p.m. ABC7’s Cheryl Jennings emcees this event creative team, this irresistible new hit features Join Michael Tilson Thomas and the Grammy lighting. The tree will be illuminated nightly that raises awareness and funding for early original music and lyrics by Grammy nominee Sara Award-winning S.F. Symphony Chorus for this with 43,000 twinkling energy-efficient LED detection and lung cancer research, honors Bareilles and tells the story of Jenna, a waitress glorious symphony performed in honor of the lights and 700 shining ornaments throughout survivors, and top physicians and clinicians and expert pie maker, who dreams of a way out of 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal the holidays. unionsquareshop.com/ working to fight lung cancer. $500, 415-821-9693, her small town and loveless marriage. $55–$256, Declaration of Human Rights. $89–$200, 415- treelightingunionsquare.html abreathawayfromthecure.org 888-746-1799, shnsf.com 864-6000, sfsymphony.org

18 NOVEMBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM End-of-the-Season Plant Sale 6th Annual Yoga for Change MUSIC: FILMS & LECTURES Saturday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, 1 p.m. CONTEMPORARY 16th Annual International South Asian S.F. Botanical Garden, Golden Gate Park Grace Cathedral Film Festival Take advantage of this unique opportunity to Come for an inspiring afternoon of yoga led Goo Goo Dolls purchase plants seldom found in commercial by renowned Bay Area yoga teachers Darren Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 1–4 Tuesday, Nov. 6, 8 p.m. nurseries or garden centers. All plants Main and Peter Walters and enjoy live music New People Cinema and Castro Theatre The Fillmore are propagated from the garden’s own by Nat Kendal. Proceeds benefit the students This showcase for films from India, Pakistan, The multiplatinum Grammy-nominated band collections by volunteers. Free, 415-661-1316, of the cathedral’s socio-economically diverse Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia, and the United celebrates the 20th anniversary of their iconic sfbotanicalgarden.org Community Preschool. All ages/abilities States focuses on the theme of healing and the album, Dizzy Up The Girl and will perform the welcome. $20–$75 donation, 415-749-6300, importance of dialogue. $11–$12.50 individual record in its entirety, followed by an additional How CRISPR Gene Editing is eventbrite.com set packed with surprises and more of their films, $130 festival pass, thirdi.org Changing the World many unforgettable hits. $55, 800-653-8000, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 6 p.m. Run in the Dark thefillmore.com 43rd Annual American Indian Film Festival The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) Wednesday, Nov. 14, 8 p.m. Journalist Jennifer Kahn tells how gene-editing Daily, Nov. 7–11 Start/finish: HiDive Bar (Pier 28–30) technology known as CRISPR is transforming Brava Theater Center This 5k/10k to the Ferry Building/AT&T Park everything from pharmaceutical research to This festival is focused on raising the and return occurs simultaneously in 50 cities in agriculture to the process of yogurt-making. representation of native people in the media support of research to find a cure for paralysis. Should we be excited or afraid? $20, 415-597- and will include a celebration of the late Michael $30, runinthedark.org 6705, commonwealthclub.org Smith, founder of this festival. $5–$35 individual programs, $125 festival pass, 415-554-0525, Nature Walk: Ecology of Tennessee aifisf.com Hollow Watershed CHILD’S PLAY Saturday, Nov. 24, 10:30 a.m.–noon Cinematografo International Film Movie Night in the Park: The Lorax Meet: Presidio Officer’s Club (50 Moraga Ave.) Festival and Industry Forum Friday, Nov. 2, 5:30 p.m. Kenny Barron Daily, Nov. 8–11 Learn about the different habitats the Tennessee Hollow Watershed’s main creek runs Presidio Community YMCA (63 Funston St.) AMC Kabuki (1881 Post St.) through and hear interesting stories of the Bring a blanket or cushion and enjoy food Thu.–Sun., Nov. 8–11 Named after the first movie theater in diverse types of plants and animals that depend trucks and face painting (5:30 p.m.); cartoon S.F. Jazz (201 Franklin St.) the Philippines, this new festival features on this flowing stream. Free, 415-561-4323, shorts (6:30 p.m.), and film (7 p.m.) Sponsored Called “one of the top jazz pianists in the film screenings, panels, and even in- presidio.gov by Supervisor Catherine Stefani, in partnership world” by the Los Angeles Times, Barron production previews. $12–$25 individual with the Presidio Trust and the Presidio Y. films, $175–$200 festival pass, 605-508-6000, performs four uniquely different concerts. Visit After Dark: Whales Free, 415-561-4323,presidio.gov website for details. $24–$95, 866-920-5299, cinematografofilmfestival.com sfjazz.org Thursday, Nov. 29, 6–10 p.m. The Exploratorium Meet the Animals PHOTO: SFJAZZ.ORG Just before gray whales appear in the region Saturday, Nov. 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2 p.m. on their journey south, catch an evening for Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way all things cetacean, including our shared Venture into the museum’s new live animal Pink Martini with the S.F. Symphony history. Ages 18 and up, $20, 415-528-4444, exhibit, Wild in California and learn how and Tue.–Wed., Nov. 27–28, 7:30 p.m. exploratorium.edu where the museum’s wildlife residents live in Davies Symphony Hall the wild. Visitors can meet a snake, check out The wildly popular internationally flavored a barn owl, or maybe even touch a tortoise. ensemble, which draws inspiration from a Free, 415-554-9600, www.randallmuseum.org global blend of cabaret, samba, retro pop, and POTABLES & EDIBLES jazz, joins forces with the S.F. Symphony for a S.F. Birth and Baby Fair S.F. International Tea Festival scintillating performance. $65–$170, 415-864- Sunday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 6000, sfsymphony.org S.F. Independent Short Film Festival Sat.–Sun., Nov. 3–4, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Golden Gate Club (135 Fisher Loop, the Ferry Building Marketplace Daily, Nov. 9–11 Sample fine tea from local and global Presidio) This event features workshops, Alamo Drafthouse producers and discover the wonderful world DANCE demonstrations, a nursing nook, tot play The inaugural festival featuring short shorts, of tea brewing, tasting, and blending. $25, space, spa lounge, local resources, innovative long shorts, cool shorts, weird shorts, music sfitf.com With Care products, and more for a one-stop shopping shorts, documentary shorts, experimental Thu.–Sat., Nov. 1–3, 8–9:30 p.m. experience. $10 & $15, 415-967-0223, shorts, genre shorts, and student shorts. $60 S.F. Vintners Market ODC Theater (3153 17th St.) birthandbabyfair.com festival pass, 415-662-3378, sfindie.com Sat.–Sun., Nov. 17–18 This project explores ideas of care and PHOTO: SFINDIE.COM City View at the Metreon (135 4th St.) caregiving through music, dance, and spoken S.F. Symphony Youth Orchestra Try and buy fine wines from as many as 150 word. Conceived as a drama between two Sunday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m. twinned characters, a caregiver and a wounded vintners during this wine tasting and shopping Giving Thanks: Celebrating the event. Explore two rooms showcasing specialty Davies Symphony Hall spirit, it is a physical investigation of vacancy, Enjoy the young talent as they perform an loss, and passion that dissolves the boundary 2018 California Wine Harvest with foods, wines, music, art, and more while exhilarating showcase of Dvo ák’s Symphony between musician and dancer. $30, 415-863- Sustainable Practices and Pairings supporting small, family-owned wineries and No. 7. $20–$55, 415-864-6000, sfsymphony.org 9834, odc.dance Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:30 p.m. meeting winemakers. $125–$150, 415-596-1191, sfvintnersmarket.com The Commonwealth Club (110 The Embarcadero) ODC: The Velveteen Rabbit Golden Bull Join a distinguished panel of vintners and Sat.–Sun., Nov. 24–25 Fri.–Sun., Nov. 2–4 winegrowers as they share their year-long Thu.–Sun., Nov. 29–Dec. 10 Dance Mission Theater (3316 24th St.) journey toward the 2018 vineyard harvest and YBCA Theater (700 Howard St.) This performance features an all-male, multi- their commitment to a healthier environment. Told though music, dance, and a powerful ethnic cast and draws from Pagan rituals and Afterward, taste their outstanding wines. $20, narrative, this play celebrates the unique ceremonies to dismantle male power through 415-597-6705, commonwealthclub.org relationship between a little boy and his feminizations of spatial constructs, touch, and stuffed rabbit and the enduring power of love. listening. $20, 800-838-3006, dancemission.com AC2: An Intimate Evening with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen The popular Milk and Cookies Party ($20) 41st Annual S.F. Ethnic Dance Festival Friday, Nov. 30, 8 p.m. follows the Nov. 25 performance. $15–$65, Auditions S.F. Masonic (1111 California St.) 415-978-2700, odcdance.org Sat.–Sun., Nov.3–4 & Saturday, Nov. 11 The late-night talk show host and the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre journalist, longtime friends, interview each 9th Annual Fall Holiday Enjoy first-rate performances of 80 dance other and take questions from the audience in an Chocolate Salon JUST FOR FUN companies presenting a wide variety of unscripted, uncensored, and unforgettable night worldwide music and dance. Performances of conversation and interactive look Sunday, Nov. 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Veterans Day USO-Style Dance behind the scenes of pop culture and world every 10–15 minutes; reentry allowed. County Fair Bldg. (1199 9th Ave.), Saturday, Nov. 3, 7–10 p.m. events. $90–$120, limited seating, 800-653-8000, $10 (cash only at the door), 415-474-3914, Golden Gate Park Presidio Officers’ Club (50 Moraga Ave.) sfmasonic.com sfethnicdancefestival.org Discover, savor, and taste the finest artisan, Travel back in time to a USO-style dance at the New Italian Cinema gourmet, and premium chocolates. Highlights Officers’ Club in its World War II heyday. Swing include chef and author talks, tastings, and to the 1940s rhythms of The Royal Society Jazz Fri.–Sun., Nov. 30–Dec. 2 more. $20 & $25, fallchocolatesalon.com Orchestra. Military/vintage dress encouraged; NIGHTLIFE Vogue Theatre and Castro Theatre PHOTO: FACEBOOK.COM/CHOCOLATESALON compete in the costume contest! Free, 415- The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco 561-4323, presidio.gov The Thursday Edition and the New Italian Cinema Events of Florence Thursdays, 9 p.m.–2 a.m. present this festival featuring Italy’s newest Renegade Craft Fair Barbarossa (714 Montgomery St.) directors, veteran actors and filmmakers. Visit Anchor Christmas Ale Vertical Tasting The week’s almost over, so celebrate with Sat.–Sun., Nov. 10–11, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. website for pricing and schedule. 415-552-5580, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6–7:30 p.m. guest D.J.s, specials, and dancing. Free with Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center newitaliancinema.org Anchor Public Taps (495 De Haro St.) reservation, 415-434-4204, barbarossalounge.com This curated indie-craft marketplace showcases Enjoy an educational and entertaining tasting the brightest talents in contemporary craft Karen Lovely Band focused on Anchor’s Christmas Ale, which and design for a celebration of all things is a different recipe every year. Learn about Saturday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. SCIENCE & handmade from ceramics to leather goods the beer’s history and how it’s evolved. $20, Biscuits & Blues (401 Mason St.) to paper and more. Free, 312-226-8654, ENVIRONMENT eventbrite.com Get set for an award-winning mix of renegadecraft.com contemporary blues, rock, and American roots Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the music. $24, 415-292-2583, biscuitsandblues.com Fate of the Earth West Coast Craft Winter 2018 Monday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m. SPORTS & HEALTH Sat.–Sun., Nov. 17–18, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. No Plans California Academy of Sciences Planetarium Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center Friday, Nov. 23, 10 p.m.–2 a.m. Astrophysicist Adam Frank studies the origin and Ski & Snowboard Festival This juried exhibition features items that Southside Spirit House (575 Howard St.) evolution of stars and the evolution of planets. Sat.–Sun., Nov. 3–4, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. exemplify the mood and aesthetics of the Every fourth Friday, Southside Spirit House This self-described “evangelist of science” Pier 35 (1454 Embarcadero) West Coast lifestyle through a variety of presents a program featuring local D.J.s, no will describe the 4 billion-year history of Earth, Enjoy complimentary lift tickets (with upgraded media, including wood, metal, leather, and cover charge, and a late-night kitchen. Dance, discoveries of distant planets, exploration of admission), beer tasting, ski and board sales, more. Free, westcoastcraft.com drink, enjoy life. Ages 21 and up, free, 415-543- other planets, and more. $12–$15, 415-379-8000, entertainment, exhibitors/sponsors, and more. 5874, southsidesf.com calacademy.org Free, eventbrite.com E-mail: [email protected]

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As your Commissioner I’ll focus on core functions— communication, transportation, facilities—to strengthen The next restaurant success story might be no further away than your kitchen. PHOTO: WOKANDAPIX our school district and make SFUSD a better neighbor. A new room for innovation Lex Leifheit BY KEVIN FRAZIER for every tongue. The seasonal Off the Grid food trucks at Fort Mason and the he setting of start-up stories Presidio make all kinds of food available for School Board may soon shift from the garage to to Marina residents. The wait times at the kitchen, thanks to a new Cali- local restaurants and long lines at the Tfornia law. Garage-based innovation has Grid gatherings suggest there’s a high Endorsements: Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu long been a seed of entrepreneurship and demand for culinary creativity in the D4 Supervisor Katy Tang • D5 Supervisor Vallie Brown economic growth in Silicon Valley. Up Marina. Microenterprise kitchens can and down the Peninsula, entrepreneurs help increase the supply. use spare time, spare parts, and spare VoteLex.org space to turn their side hustle into the COOKING UP A SUCCESS full-time pursuit of a novel idea. Some Once Marina eaters have identified cite these start-up stories as the latest a particularly talented kitchen, these Paid for by Lex Leifheit for School Board 2018. Financial disclosures available at sfethics.org iteration of the American Dream — the household operations could eventually modern equivalent of turning ingenuity form companies needed to fill vacant and persistence into income and pros- storefronts in the area. It’s true the Marina November 2018 Outreach perity. already has a bevy of restaurants, but not San Francisco now has the chance to every successful kitchen would mature Transit Tips from SFMTA open another room to innovation and into traditional dining establishments. In a Red Transit Lane… make more American dreams come true. Catering businesses, bakeries focused on You CAN: Assembly Bill 626, signed by Gov. Jerry distribution, and instructional kitchens • Make a turn at intersections and driveways Brown in late September, permits the cre- are just a few of the business types that • Enter or exit a curbside parking space next to the lane • Enter or exit with your bike to reach the curb ation of microenterprise home kitchens. could be spun off from successful kitch- In other words, the law allows people to ens. You CANNOT: sell food, with the exception of raw oys- As these home kitchens mature and • Pick-up or drop-off • Double park: Double parking in transit-only lanes is enforced by automatic cameras on ters, prepared in their kitchen. Notably, spread, its likely the Marina’s reputation Muni buses, so you may get a ticket in the mail for those violations. the law requires local jurisdictions to opt for high-caliber culinary experiences will • Drive: People driving and bicycling are only allowed to enter a transit-only lane when in. Once local authorities have assented deepen. With that reputation will come a necessary to turn park or reach the curb. Otherwise leave that transit lane to Muni, to the regulation, residents can apply for core part of the Marina’s vibrancy: visi- taxis and emergency vehicles only. a permit and then sell up to 60 meals a tors. According to San Francisco Travel GET FREE, TRUSTED HELP WITH YOUR CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION! week, all from the comfort of their home. Association (SFTA), visitor spending in The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative provides free legal help from San Francisco amounts to $25 million community immigration service providers at our free workshops. Resources for the KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL a day. Even more impressive, the SFTA citizenship application fee are available onsite. Volunteers needed! For many readers, especially those who Dine About Town program creates more Learn more at sfcitizenship.org have lived abroad, this might seem like than $2.5 million in restaurant spending, When: Saturday, October 27, 2018. Registration is open from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm. No a long-overdue expansion of econom- which evidences how responsive tourists appointment needed! ic opportunity. In countries around the are to coordinated food-based experienc- Where: UC Hastings College of the Law, 198 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 world, extra food provides home cooks es. This is the exact kind of experience with extra income and local residents the Marina could create by establishing Did you know that there is a daily pill to prevent HIV? with extra-fresh food. Yet, in the United a reputation for microenterprise kitchen Find out about PrEP, a daily pill to prevent HIV, through an automated mobile texting States, restrictive regulation predicated excellence. conversation. You can learn about PrEP, have concerns addressed, and even find out where you can get PrEP! You can also refer friends to find out about PrEP through the on health concerns has stifled kitchen These opportunities are knocking at texting service. creativity and, in turn, economic growth. the doors of Marina kitchens. The poten- Text “CITYPREP” to 213-33 (messaging and data rates apply). If San Francisco selects to apply the tial for the law to incite innovation, build Email [email protected] or visit http://sfcityclinic.org/services/prep/asp for more information. regulation, Marina kitchens may be the new businesses, and attract more people first to find profit from their pantry. and resources to the area mean that Mari- This program is sponsored by the Population Health Division of San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH). Three factors make the Marina a partic- na residents should prompt local officials ularly good spot to test your latest reci- to adopt AB 626. It’s true that home- Board of Supervisors Regularly Scheduled Board Meetings November and December Meetings pe: home-cooked innovation here would based cooking carries some safety risks, meet a captive (and hungry) audience; but the permitting process and exclusion Come and see your local government at work, the Board of Supervisors hold there is space for successful kitchens to of the sale of specific foods tied to health weekly meetings most Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. in Rm. 250 of San Francisco City Hall. mature in the Marina; and tourists — concerns should ease the concerns of eat- • Nov.13 • Nov. 27 already attracted to the area for its natu- ers particularly worried about sanitation. • Dec. 4 • Dec. 11 ral beauty and stores — can help spread Here’s to hoping the Marina becomes a LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST the word about Marina kitchens to other hotbed of kitchen-based start-ups. With CHINESE…. SPANISH…. FILIPINO visitors. the holiday season approaching, it’s the Requests must be received 48 hours in advance required for interpretation. For more Reverse Field of Dreams logic — if perfect time to test your Presidio baked information see the Board of Supervisor’s website www.sfbos.org, or call 415-554-5184. you hunger, they will cook — has long potatoes, Fillmore filling recipe, and The City and County of San Francisco encourage public outreach. Articles are translated defined the Marina. Eaters here have Union figgy pudding on local palettes into several languages to provide better public access. The newspaper makes every effort attracted a broad range of food providers. before trying to impress your in-laws. to translate the articles of general interest correctly. No liability is assumed by the City and County of San Francisco or the newspapers for errors and omissions. 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20 NOVEMBER 2018 MARINA TIMES MARINATIMES.COM Family MomSense Family food Cooking with kids BY LIZ FARRELL Start your meal prep a few well. Kids as well as grown-ups hanksgiving will be days early. Involve them in the love to look the part. here before we know it, whole process: If they want to Get all the ingredients and and for many that means mix up the menu and try some- equipment out before you begin so Tthe frenzy of grocery shopping, thing new, let them help you you aren’t running around look- recipe hunting, and hours in the shop so they can learn about the ing for things while your child is kitchen. One way to ease the different ingredients and choos- unsupervised and eager to help. seasonal stress is to enlist some ing produce, and then let them Kids don’t want to watch, they family help. Cooking with your help with actually preparing and want to help, so give them tasks kids can provide wonderful life cooking the meal. they can do on their own. For lessons in addition to family When you start to feel frus- younger children, this could be Cooking with children demonstrates that teaching can be bonding. It is a wonderful time trated, remember you would picking herbs off a stem or pouring educational and fun. PHOTO: ROMRODINKA to engage children and begin to rather have them engaged and dry ingredients into a bowl. For teach them those family reci- helping you than sitting in front older children, it could be making ty so your kids don’t consume My favorite part of cooking pes you hope get passed down of the TV or their iPads. Think a salad dressing and beating eggs raw ingredients that could make with my kids is the pride on their through generations. Also, if also of all the life lessons they — those are hard to mess up. The them sick. faces when eating something they your kids aren’t fans of a tradi- can learn from the experience: busier they are, the less time they • When working near the stove cooked and can share with family tional Thanksgiving feast, you Cooking is a great way to work will have to discover what happens make sure pot and pan handles members. Lots of positive feedback may get more buy-in from them on listening skills and follow- with a fistful of flour. are turned in and away to avoid and encouragement will definitely to try new foods if they have ing directions; for younger ones, hot spills. encourage them to want to help helped to prepare them. Here are pouring and stirring help with PRACTICE SAFETY • For children not tall enough even more next time. Whether it a few tips. fine motor skills; for older chil- The most important part of to reach the countertops, provide is for your Thanksgiving meal or dren, there is math in measur- making this an enjoyable experi- a step stool for a good position. just a random weekend, cooking BE PATIENT ing, reading comprehension in ence is to make sure no one gets They love to have their own spot, with our kids has so many benefits, Thanksgiving is a big meal to following a recipe, and science as hurt, so safety is key. and it is much safer than sitting including nourishing our bodies prepare, so my greatest advice is they learn about where our food • Make sure everyone has on the countertops. and making precious memories. It to be patient. Yes, it will be quick- comes from. washed their hands before and • When it comes to working also goes a long way to improving er and easier to do it yourself, but after cooking. Explain how this with knives, this is a parent’s their nutrition and health. What where’s the fun in that? Those BE PREPARED: MESS relates to food safety and why it preference. We started with plas- more could you want? first few times when they are HAPPENS is important. tic knives but have upgraded to learning to chop, slice, or pains- It will get messy, ingredients • Clean as you go to avoid a kid knife set. Two of my favor- Liz Farrell is the mother of three takingly measure just the right will spill, and your kitchen will spills or falls, but also just to ites are the Curious Chef three- young children and the founder of amount can be frustrating, but likely look like a bomb went off, keep things organized; plus, who piece knife set and the Wusthof TechTalks, a consulting group to remember they will never learn but I guarantee it will be fun. doesn’t like a clean kitchen at the gourmet knife set, both on help schools and families have pro- if we don’t let them try on their Have a broom and cleaning sup- end? Amazon or at any cooking store ductive and healthy conversations own. Also, the more you let them plies on hand and don’t forget to • Ask before you lick. This is such as Sur La Table or Wil- around social media and technol- help, the faster they will get. throw an apron on everyone as an important part of food safe- liams-Sonoma. ogy. Email: [email protected]

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Lone Mountain 39 Atalaya Terrace 3BR/2+BA $2,685,730 Above 33 permitting time after Planning Commis- one more layer of bureaucracy? We’ll all sion approval. find out. Marina 424 Avila Street 5BR/4+BA $4,995,000 Below 29 “We are in desperate need of new 1372 Francisco Street 4BR/5BA $6,200,000 Below 64 housing, but our current permitting pro- WHAT TO DO WITH 1.3 MILLION cess is too slow as projects are bounced In San Francisco, $1,349,400 was Nob Hill (no sales) back and forth between city departments the median price of a home in August, instead of moving forward,” said Mayor according to a Zillow market report North Beach (no sales) Breed. “Once the on the city. That Planning Com- was up .1 per- Pacific Heights 64 Perine Place 3BR/2+BA $2,470,000 Above 23 mission approves cent from the 2050 Jackson Street 3BR/4+BA $10,500,000 Below 164 these projects, the Breed said the new previous month, Presidio Heights (no sales) city must move and up 7 percent more quickly to director’s ‘sole job’ will from the previous Russian Hill 2341 Leavenworth Street 4BR/4BA $4,147,000 Below 0 get these housing year. Compare units permitted be to streamline the that to Oakland’s Sea Cliff (no sales) so we can cre- $746,100 median ate more homes permitting process. price (with sim- Telegraph Hill 41 Castle 4BR/4+BA $4,100,000 Above 19 for people.” She ilar monthly and said the new director’s “sole job” will annual increases) or San Jose’s $1,104,100 CONDOS be to work with other departments to median price, which was a 15.2 percent BEDROOMS/ ABOVE/AT/BELOW DAYS ON streamline the permitting process and increase from a year earlier. NEIGHBORHOOD ADDRESS BATHROOMS SALE PRICE ASKING PRICE MARKET get housing built quickly. Some of that Zillow expects home values in San Cow Hollow 2701 Van Ness Ave. #406 0BR/1BA $630,000 At 31 streamlining could come in the form of Francisco to rise faster than the national 2701 Van Ness Ave. #209 1BR/1BA $880,000 Above 18 digitizing certain processes so multiple rate over the next 12 months, increasing 2920 Buchanan Street #8 1BR/1BA $1,150,000 Above 12 city departments can review an applica- 7.3 percent versus a national 6.4 percent 3115 Buchanan Street 2BR/1+BA $1,512,500 Above 16 tion at the same time rather than serially. boost. 1755 Filbert Street #3A 3BR/2BA $1,704,000 Above 14 Doug Shoemaker, president of afford- 3112 Pierce Street 3BR/3BA $1,900,000 Below 33 able housing developer Mercy Hous- TOP OF THE CITY ing California, said “Too often, projects Few will be surprised that many Lake St. 5606 California Street #201 4BR/2+BA $1,375,000 Below 52 146 2nd Ave 2BR/1BA $1,515,000 Above 8 can get entangled in conflicts that delay Marina Times readers live in the city’s housing that we need right now, and most expensive housing area. The area Laurel Heights (no sales) these changes will help projects like ours including Pacific Heights, Presidio avoid problems and get directly into the Heights, Cow Hollow, and the Marina Lone Mountain 2811 Golden Gate Ave. 3BR/2BA $1,600,000 Above 12 hands of working families.” is home to the most expensive homes, 135 Cook 3BR/3BA $1,675,000 Above 22 Shoemaker’s comment echoes the sen- according to a new market report from timents of housing developers surveyed Compass. Marina 3513 Pierce Street 1BR/1BA $640,000 Above 23 in “Perspectives: Practitioners Weigh in 3789 Fillmore Street #5 1BR/1BA $1,100,000 Above 29 on Drivers of Rising Housing Construc- QUOTE UNQUOTE 2327 Bay Street 2BR/1BA $1,755,000 Above 7 tion Costs in San Francisco,” a report “If you want to understand San Fran- Nob Hill 1260 Clay Street #202 1BR/1BA $700,000 Above 7 released by UC Berkeley’s Terner Center cisco’s self-inflicted housing crisis, look 1520 Taylor Street #105 0BR/1BA $750,000 Above 9 in January 2018. That report concluded no further than the city’s very first zon- 1252-A Pacific Avenue 2BR/1BA $789,000 At 98 that the city’s lengthy and complex plan- ing law, commonly known as the Cubic 10 Miller Place #1202 1BR/1BA $880,000 Above 0 ning process wasn’t the only thing driv- Air Ordinance, which set a disturbing 1177 California St. #1207 2BR/2BA $1,110,000 Below 28 ing up the cost of housing development, standard for the city’s eventual mis- 1725 Washington St. #403 2BR/2BA $1,225,000 Above 11 but it was a major one. “The most sig- steps. Proposed in 1870, during a time 1333 Jones Street #404 1BR/2BA $1,275,000 Below 90 nificant and pointless factor driving up of rampant real-estate speculation in a 1601 Pacific Avenue #204 2BR/2+BA $1,500,000 Above 5 construction costs was the length of time boomtown renowned for its lawlessness, 1250 Jones Street #1301 2BR/2BA $2,475,000 Below 16 it takes for a project to get through the the new law required boarding houses 1200 California Street #11C 2BR/3BA $2,700,000 Below 126 1150 Sacramento St. #403 3BR/3+BA $3,995,000 At 131 city permitting and development pro- to offer a minimum amount of space cesses,” the report per tenant. Offi- North Beach 33 Vandewater Street #104 1BR/1BA $880,000 Above 27 said. It noted that cials claimed this 33 Vandewater Street #203 2BR/2BA $1,020,000 Above 25 those surveyed would promote “acknowledged Permitting and safer housing and Pacific Heights that city agen- improve residents’ 2364 Pacific Ave #5 1BR/1BA $815,000 Above 80 cies — such as the processing delays rarely quality of life, a 1701 Jackson Street #702 1BR/1BA $980,000 Above 38 planning depart- noble cause for 1800 Washington St.#416 2BR/2BA $1,330,000 Above 23 ment — have improve the project or its government inter- 2299 Sacramento St. #17 2BR/2BA $1,425,000 Above 31 been chronical- vention. But the 1895 Pacific Ave. #102 2BR/2BA $1,500,000 Above 64 benefits to residents. 3008 Sacramento St. #A2 2BR/2BA $1,850,000 At 12 ly understaffed law’s true purpose 1911-A Vallejo Street 3BR/3+BA $4,250,000 Above 0 (leading to capac- — to criminalize 1260 Clay Street #202 1BR/1BA $700,000 Above 7 ity constraints), they also highlighted Chinese renters and landlords so their 1520 Taylor Street #105 0BR/1BA $750,000 Above 9 significant process hurdles that contrib- jobs and living space could be reclaimed ute little to public welfare, but that nev- for San Francisco’s white residents — Presidio Heights (no sales) ertheless drive up the costs of develop- set an ominous precedent. [The law] ment.” laid the groundwork for 150 years of Russian Hill 14 Havens Street #A 2BR/1+BA $1,500,000 Below 12 The lack of coordination between exclusionary zoning or land-use policy 1080 Chestnut Street #6B 1BR/1+BA $1,525,000 Below 94 54 Macondray Lane 2BR/2BA $1,652,000 Above 13 agencies was highlighted in the report, designed to protect the status quo, rather 1350-A Filbert Street 2BR/1+BA $1,700,000 Below 0 and Breed’s new director will be in the than responsibly manage growth. Often 1268 Lombard Street #1 3BR/3BA $3,400,000 Below 67 hot seat to change that. fueled by racism and greed, the dark The Terner report said that unlike cost history of San Francisco urban planning Sea Cliff (no sales) factors “that promote public benefits is a story that’s still being told, its latest (such as energy conservation), permit- chapter being the city’s current housing Telegraph Hill 1825 Stockton Street 3BR/1+BA $1,280,000 Above 28 ting and processing delays, or even small crisis.” 373 Lombard Street #202 2BR/2BA $1,500,000 Above 12 design changes, rarely improve the over- —Hunter Oatman-Stanford, all project or its benefits to residents.” It Collectors Weekly The data presented in this report is based on the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service and is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but cannot be guaranteed as such. 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