# cool factory (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover cool factory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Weekend Itinerary: The best events and eats for Aug. 21-23 in SF](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/21/weekend-itinerary-best-events-eats-aug-21-23-sf/) _2026-08-21 · Stephanie Gerson · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Don’t let Fogust keep you inside. From a free movie night in the Marina to wrestling at Ocean Beach, we planned a full weekend of the city’s best bites and happenings. ## [This ski-themed bar proves after-work drinks are so back in San Francisco](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/21/shotski-bar-sf-best-happy-hour/) _2026-08-21 · Astrid Kane · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Boozy and slightly unhinged, Shotski’s Alpine Lodge is how Future Bars is getting its groove back. ## [This Mission restaurant took a decade to open. The fish taco was worth the wait](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/20/chicano-nuevo-review-new-restaurant/) _2026-08-20 · Astrid Kane · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Chicano Nuevo’s $95 tasting menu turns a humble beach-town staple into an elaborate, deeply personal expression of Abe Núñez’s cooking. ## [Welcome to San Francisco’s restaurant merch renaissance](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/20/restaurant-merch-art-sf/) _2026-08-20 · Madeline Taub · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ From pasta Joy Division album covers to Mario-themed hats, chefs and owners are treating merch as art. ## [Why secrecy as a service is the new real estate must-have for the super rich](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/20/real-estate-privacy/) _2026-08-20 · Jillian D’Onfro · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ Agents say they’re increasingly helping homebuyers mask their identities. ## [Aspiring tech workers grapple with fewer openings, more competition](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/20/entry-level-tech-jobs/) _2026-08-20 · Natallie Rocha · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ As AI makes entry-level jobs scarce, young workers are getting creative to get noticed. ## [The restaurant is freezing. Please close the damn door](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/19/off-menu-san-francisco-restaurants-close-doors/) _2026-08-19 · Sara Deseran · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ It’s Fogust, and I want to eat tomatoes without my coat on. ## [‘He’s exploiting them’: Celebrated SF gallerist accused of stiffing artists, collectors](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/19/jonathan-carver-moore-gallery-unpaid-artists/) _2026-08-19 · Sam Mondros · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ Jonathan Carver Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise in San Francisco’s art world for championing Black and queer artists. Now, more than a dozen are claiming unpaid debts. ## [Meta trial over child safety begins. It could change social media](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/18/meta-trail-child-safety/) _2026-08-19 · Natallie Rocha · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ The high-profile lawsuit from four states, including California, will put Instagram and Facebook’s handling of young users in the spotlight. ## [This ‘French-adjacent’ Divisadero bistro already feels like an old favorite](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/18/esme-review-divisadero-french-bistro/) _2026-08-18 · Lauren Saria · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ With affordable prices and a knack for making the familiar feel fresh, Esme is off to a strong start in the Lower Haight. ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sU7H1qDkQyGF) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [A Waymo could soon take you to Sea Ranch](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/waymo-expand-sonoma-redwoods/) _2026-08-17 · Natallie Rocha · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ California approves the company’s expanded service area, which includes the East Bay and Sonoma County. ## [SF’s only Friulian restaurant serves pure comfort food](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/polenta-friulian-trattoria-review/) _2026-08-17 · Astrid Kane · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Alamo Square’s charming Polenta fits hand-in-glove with the city’s dense constellation of niche Italian restaurants. ## [Uber drivers won a 12-year fight to unionize. Robots have already taken the wheel](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/uber-drivers-union-robotaxi-threat/) _2026-08-17 · Garrett Leahy · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ Rideshare drivers just had the single biggest unionization effort in U.S. history, but robotaxis are weakening their most powerful weapon. ## [Even starter homes in SF are selling for double the asking price](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/double-the-list-price-sales/) _2026-08-17 · Emily Landes · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ At least two homes in the city’s southwestern neighborhoods, both listed at around $1 million, sold for more than twice the asking price this summer. ## [His AI boss fired his human coworker. He’s not worried](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/17/ai-boss-fires-worker/) _2026-08-17 · Jessica Blough · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ Andon Market’s AI manager “Luna” fired its first employee in the “high-tech meets slow life” boutique. ## [‘We gave them hell’: The people who fought Google buses remember battles won and lost](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/16/gave-hell-people-who-once-fought-google-buses-remember-battles-won-lost/) _2026-08-16 · Jesse Alejandro Cottrell · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ Thirteen years ago, their protests against SF’s tech buses made headlines. Now they warn that the AI boom is making things even worse. ## [6 weekend getaways to squeeze in before summer ends](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/15/sf-bay-area-weekend-getaways/) _2026-08-15 · Lauren Saria · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ From a beachside day trip to a three-night glamping adventure, these destinations are vetted and within half a day’s drive of San Francisco. ## [The mysterious case of Glen Park’s most polite thieves](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/15/relay-attacks-car-break-ins-polite-thieves/) _2026-08-15 · Jillian D’Onfro · Business - The San Francisco Standard_ In one instance, a miscreant neatly stacked the papers in a car that’d been rifled through. ## [After three years and a shuttered Safeway, North Beach gets its ‘Gross Out’ moment](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/north-beach-grocery-outlet-opens/) _2026-08-12 · Madeline Taub · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ San Francisco’s newest grocery store is Grocery Outlet, which is opening Thursday on Bay Street with bargain prices and snack brands you can’t find anywhere else. ## [Earn pappardelle for life at Pasta Supply Co’s newest location](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/earn-pappardelle-life-pasta-supply-co-s-newest-location/) _2026-08-12 · Madeline Taub · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Anthony Strong takes an unusual approach to crowdfunding the Cole Valley outpost of his popular restaurant and marketplace. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zNMV2Vyoiq0m) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [SF is getting its first ‘play cafe’](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/sf-getting-its-first-play-cafe-parents-small-kids/) _2026-08-12 · Madeline Taub · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ A Pac Heights mom will open Little Maison, a “third space” for parents and their kids. ## [The C-word restaurant owners never want to be called](https://sfstandard.com/2026/08/12/off-menu-san-francisco-restaurant-chainlets/) _2026-08-12 · Sara Deseran · Food & Drink - The San Francisco Standard_ Why does San Francisco worship its scrappy little restaurants — until they grow?