Now, nearly everyone who works in the orbit of Polk Street’s bar scene is telling a different story: Polk, once a magnet for the Bay Area’s nightlife, has gone oddly quiet on weekend nights.

The last remaining gay bar on Polk Street has found a new owner just in time for LGBTQ Pride month. Scott Taylor, the beverage director at nearby Harris’ Restaurant, is taking over the bar ...

April 9, 2012 / 9:52 PM PDT / CBS San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Residents near San Francisco's growing Polk Street bar scene said they've had enough of what they are calling late night noise.

A 19-year-old woman is accused of racing another vehicle at 108 mph in Polk County. Deputies say when they pulled over Mariah Bateman, she had a 14-year-old passenger with her. Bateman was charged ...

Teardown and removal of the Blackburn building at 810 S. Polk St. will run for the next two to three weeks, said the building’s owners, followed by repaving for a 62-space parking lot that will ...

As Whole Foods Market’s effort to move into the former Lombardi’s Sports store in the Polk Street district could be squashed by a proposed chain store ban in the area, debates about the ...

But you may be surprised to know that one of the most successful musicians in town in that era was a keyboard player whose claim to fame was playing Dixieland jazz in the era of disco, and that he ...

That’s how much he enjoyed it. The Hello Stranger bake sale pop-up serves the Bodega Salmon Schmear Bomboloni outside the Nisei restaurant on Polk Street in San Francisco on March 16, 2025.

Polk County deputies aren't just there to serve humans, they are a full-service law enforcement agency! They proved that Thursday afternoon when Deputy Herrera helped a baby gator cross Shepherd ...

Expect an all-Italian wine list. The Gioia's are working on permitting for sidewalk-seating and brunch is in the future too. Visit Gioia tonight when it opens for dinner at 5 p.m. Full lunch and ...

Chicago police said around 4:15 a.m., a 30-year-old man was escorting another man out of the Deja Vu Showgirls Club, located in the 700 block of South Clinton Street near Polk Street, when a black ...