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Business Briefing: SF coworking space incubates lesbian restaurateurs

October 11, 2023

In the coming weeks Suki and Katya Skye will open a restaurant near San Francisco's Polk Gulch neighborhood featuring fare from their Eastern European roots.

B.A.R.'s Bestie balloting begins

by Cynthia Laird
Sep 25, 2023

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

Local restaurants get grants

by BAR staff
Sep 20, 2023

The Golden Gate Business Association, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, and Grubhub held a reception last week and distributed grants to local restaurants.

Business Briefing: Queer owner's garage fermentation trials produce thriving cider business

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 13, 2023

While working at various San Francisco restaurants in the late 1990s and 2000s, Bex Pezzullo was studying to earn her certification as a sommelier.

Art project seeks to bridge Castro's past, present

by John Ferrannini
Aug 16, 2023

A new art installation in the Castro is seeking to bring the LGBTQ neighborhood's history alive while at the same time enliven empty storefront spaces.

Business Briefing: From Castro start, yoga practice spreads across SF

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 9, 2023

Twenty-five years ago David Nelson got his start as a yoga proprietor when he opened his first studio in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district in 1998 with co-owner Darren Main.

Business Briefing: Wine purveyors uncork joviality in SF SOMA district

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jul 12, 2023

Sommeliers and friends Cara Patricia and Simi Grewal opened their wine bar and shop DECANTsf in San Francisco's South of Market district on May 1, 2019.

Castro shop sending LGBTQ books to red states

by John Ferrannini
Jul 11, 2023

A Castro neighborhood bookstore is doing its part to fight homophobic and transphobic book bans by sending boxes of books with LGBTQ themes to organizations in conservative areas.

Business Briefing: Marking 3rd anniversary, Castro chocolatier hosts drag brunch

by Matthew S. Bajko
Jun 14, 2023

As it marks this month its third anniversary in business at 3901 18th Street in San Francisco's Castro LGBTQ neighborhood, Kokak Chocolates is shaking up its menu items and eying expansion into breakfast and lunch options.

Business Briefing: Gay vintner couple readies Napa events venue, guesthouse

by Matthew S. Bajko
May 10, 2023

Over the course of a Monday afternoon in mid-April at their Yountville home, husbands Joe Wolosz and Jeff Durham showed off their culinary skills as they discussed how the dishes they prepared paired with their Gentleman Farmer wines.

Harnessing the Power of Blockchain Technology for Video Games

by Advertising Department -- Sponsored content
Apr 21, 2023

Blockchain technology is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about topics in the tech world, and for good reason.

Business Briefing: For 25 years, AsiaSF choreographer has kept the beat

by Matthew S. Bajko
Apr 12, 2023

Growing up in San Francisco's Little Hollywood neighborhood Ronnie Reddick began modeling at the age of 17.

Business Briefing: Desert flora inspires SF-based skincare line hault

by Matthew S. Bajko
Mar 8, 2023

Over the years San Francisco resident Brian Diethorn has found visits to Joshua Tree National Park straddling the Colorado and Mojave deserts and to Palm Springs in the Coachella Valley to be rejuvenating destinations.

Castro Merchants back lesbian tech confab — with conditions

by John Ferrannini
Mar 2, 2023

After bitterly criticizing last year's Lesbians Who Tech and Allies' confab in the Castro, the merchants association decided Thursday to back the group's return to the LGBTQ neighborhood this fall — with conditions.

Beleaguered Castro seeks signs of hope

by John Ferrannini
Mar 1, 2023

January's abrupt closure of Harvey's lit a fire under mounting anxieties that San Francisco's storied Castro LGBTQ neighborhood is in decline.

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