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Posts by madeline wells

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Jimmy Kimmel's firing makes me ashamed to be an American SFGATE columnist Drew Magary on the fallout of Jimmy Kimmel's firing.

Wrote about the Kimmel firing, which felt like a dam breaking. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

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Definitely more than 40 reasons. So thrilled that this story is finally out @madcwells.bsky.social — truly a labor of love 💌

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West Coast's largest news site begins major national parks coverage expansion Major SFGATE expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country.

🚨 I HAVE NEWS 🚨

In January I told you @sfgate.com was doing a major national parks coverage expansion, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most loved outdoors spaces.

Well, we hired a DREAM TEAM 🧵👇 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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Every new Bay Area bookstore is a bar now Book Society, Clio’s, Golden Sardine, Bad Animal and North Light are part of a growing trend of bookstore bars in the Bay Area.

my wife and i have always had an secret retirement dream of opening a bookstore with a speakeasy in back.

guess we’re not alone according to @madcwells.bsky.social’s latest: www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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The SF business seeing record sales after surgeon general's alcohol warning Bars like San Francisco's Trick Dog and ABV and nonalcoholic spots like Ocean Beach Cafe react to the surgeon general's advisory.

“We’re not talking about this fly-by-night trend. We’re talking about a sea change.” www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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The touristy Bay Area restaurants I tried in 2024 that lived up to the hype “Eat Like a Tourist,” my column reviewing San Francisco's most touristy restaurants, has led me to places I wouldn’t normally go within 100 feet of.

after nearly 3 years of braving the Bay Area's finest tourist restaurants for garlic ice cream and $35 fish and chips, it's time to retire my column, Eat Like a Tourist. it's been a great run 🥹 www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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One of SF's oldest restaurant traditions is going nowhere, despite the cost The white jacket is a staple behind the bar at San Francisco's most storied restaurants, from Buena Vista Cafe to House of Prime Rib.

I went deep this morning @sfgate.com on the few Mount Rushmore-worthy SF restaurants still outfitting their staff in white jackets, which are both impractical and expensive, but also wildly transportive to a bygone San Francisco era.

Give it a read: www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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