#north-beach

#north-beach

Long Weekend, from the team behind Bourbon & Branch, , and , is a North Beach cocktail bar that changes its global theme-everything from the decor, menu, and music-every nine months (a la ).

The Board of Supes, by a 8-2 vote, just undid decades of careful planning work in North Beach and the surrounding neighborhoods, opening the path for larger storefronts and bigger businesses and less diversity in the local shops. District 3 Supervisor Danny Sauter pitched his deregulation bill as a way to address vacant storefronts, but his critics, including businesses like City Lights Books, Tony's Pizza and Spec's, say the neighborhood is thriving, and this is a solution in search of a problem.

The ears of Lucky, her chihuahua and miniature pinscher mix, are pictured here, frozen at the sight of a sworn enemy. I have no doubt this cat could take him down! O'Donnell says. We've seen him a few times, monitoring the neighbourhood from this window. The image's slanted sidewalk is very characteristic of hilly San Francisco. I had to back up a bit and crouch down to get the shot, O'Donnell says.

"I did a lot of pizza festivals over the years. I did one in New York. I was in Naples. I was in Chicago. Then I said San Francisco really has to have a pizza festival but COVID happened, so I couldn't do it. But right out of COVID, I started it. And thought, let's add a beer component. Let's add a bagel component. And here we are," Gemignani said.

But Legends, a dessert-focused cafe, by the same team behind late-night burger spot right next door, is doing its part to make sure ice cream cravings don't have a curfew. The move here is the Dubai Chocolate Sundae. A big plastic cup is layered with strawberries, milk chocolate and pistachio sauces, and crispy shredded phyllo, and topped with a bulb of vanilla ice cream and another drizzle of pistachio sauce.

At the Mona Lisa Restaurant in North Beach, Andrea Bocelli croons over the loudspeakers as diners feast on cacio e pepe, lobster ravioli and Neapolitan pizza. The 46-year-old restaurant is a sensory overload: neoclassical statues wearing motorcycle helmets, rainbow chandeliers hanging from the equally colorful ceiling and a massive mural depicting the "Creation of Adam." Every other free inch of wall space is occupied by framed photos of celebrities:

Petite Lil's offers a preview of a yet-to-open French restaurant in North Beach, featuring oysters, tinned fish, and a 32-ounce bone-in tomahawk served until 1am.