In the ongoing saga of the activists currently occupying the former Hayes Valley Farm on Laguna between Oak and Fell, SFPD has confirmed that it has served the members of the encampment a notice to vacate the premises. The occupiers tweeted a photograph of the announcement on June 6 (@LiberateLand), which was quickly picked up by neighborhood blog Hayeswire.
The grounds of the eviction is the group's trespassing on private property, a misdemeanor, says Gordon Shyy, an SFPD public information officer. If the occupiers of the space, which they have rechristened "Gezi Gardens" in solidarity with the protests in Turkey, don't vacate the premises, they could be subject to arrest.
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Next Friday, both the Bay Area Coffee Community and Caffeine Crawl will descend on Coffee Bar's Mission location in one glorious, highly fueled, and delicious party. And it's open to the public. What does that look like? The BACC -- a local organization devoted to building community around coffee -- is putting on the finale of its six-month latté art competition series. If you've never seen a latté art competition, picture something with Top Chef suspense and the theatricality of a dog show, invariably ending like the final scene of the Karate Kid. Picture your morning barista making your cappuccino like their life depends on it. It's blood, sweat, tears, and lattes.
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Consider it Navio 2.0. After a yearlong, million dollar remodel, The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay's dining room Navio is ready for the summer season, complete with a sparkling new coastal theme. Chef Sean Eastwood returns with a seafood-focused menu, including fennel pollen-crusted local petrale sole and grilled Alaskan King salmon in a curry leek fondue. A new wood-fired oven turns out flatbreads and charred baby octopus. Entrées average in the low $30s and appetizers top out around $22. The dining room reflects the marine motif and is dominated by unobstructed panoramas of the restaurant's inspiration, the ocean. 1 Miramontes Point Rd., Half Moon Bay, 650-712-7040.
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When a prescription to "drown your sorrows" is issued by your friends to numb the pain and heartache caused by the conclusion of wonderfully tumultuous spring fling, it'll most likely include either ice cream or beer. We personally prefer a rebound, especially when it comes with beer and ice cream at the same time.
At Ice Cream Bar, the Cole Valley old time soda fountain and ice cream emporium, you can do all of those at once, like in the deliciously sassy The Rebound Fling ($11, Speakeasy Payback Porter, morello cherry ice cream, sour cherry syrup, lactart).
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