A Mission fixture for almost 70 years now, the 500 Club has resisted every wave of gentrification since San Francisco became cool, and it shows. It’s a well cared-for place, but not the least upscale.

If you were to walk past Gold Club on a lonely Friday evening in downtown San Francisco, chances are, you wouldn’t look back. Save for the royal blue lighting and cursive gold sign ...

Children and sail their small sailboat as the San Francisco Model Yacht Club races their remote controlled sailboats on Spreckels Lake at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area ...

But a buffet in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood is trying to fit that bill. “After years of patiently waiting (and drooling over the memories), we at Gold Club are ...

However, a buffet in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood fits that bill — and then some. The iconic $5 lunch buffet at Gold Club is back after a years-long hiatus, the strip ...