Where to Drink During San Francisco Cocktail Week
This year's cocktail extravaganza kicks off with the dedication of a new cocktail community center at 1161 Mission.
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Enter to Win Free Beer Tickets for This Weekend’s Eat Real Fest
Tell us why you deserve to win six tastings (or three glasses) of free beer or wine at this weekend's street food fest across the Bay.
Today In Cocktail Comedy: Protein-Infused Vodka and Cotton Candy Vodka
A Russian River bar is shilling some hilariously gross things.
What to Drink Today and Tonight at the Grey Lodge Pub’s Friday the Firkinteenth
Grey Lodge tapped the first seven of what seems like an endless supply of firkins this morning at 9 a.m.
Neyah White Returns to Bartending at Local: Mission Eatery
Bar star Neyah White, who recently left the employ of Nopa to become brand ambassador to Yamazaki whiskey, "couldn't put down the shaker for long," as Local: Mission Eatery owner Yaron Milgrom tells us. He'll be making a bartending appearance...
S.F. to Possibly Ban Toys in Fast Food Meals; Artisanal Popsicles Could Be the New Cupcakes
• More and more talented bartenders, like S.F.'s Erick Castro and Neyah White, are leaving the profession to become brand ambassadors for booze. [NYT] • San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar proposed a new law, much like Santa Clara County's, banning...
Russian River Brewing Co. Scores High on International Beer List
Several domestic microbrews landed high on BeerAdvocate.com's Top 100 Beers on Planet Earth, including Pliny the Elder IPA.
Victory Brewing Co. Gets a Little Bigger
The brewery expects to produce 11,000 barrels more than last year.
Bauer Calls Comstock a ‘Special Kind of Place’
Bauer likes most of the food at Comstock Saloon, but thinks it's kind of salty, even though that tends to encourage more drinking.
Sugarcane-Based Rum Takes Off; Buckingham Palace Gets a Café
• Rhum agricole, or sugarcane-based rum — from which the upcoming Bar Agricole takes its name — is gaining in popularity among cocktail aficionados. [Chron] • The roast beef sandwich at The Sycamore is already being called a "must-try," and...
The Terroir of Tequila; A Restaurant in a Box!
• Learning about the terroir and aging of tequila. [Thinking of Drinking] • Chef Nick Balla of Nombe talks about the most underrated restaurant in S.F., and the first mind blowing meal he ever had. [Scoop] • Kauffman won another...
Developer at 20th and Florida Banks on a Big Food and Cocktail Draw
A few months back we told you about the two new projects from the Flour + Water team (David White, David Steele, and chef Thomas McNaughton) that were slated to be going into a development just a few blocks away...
Today in Cocktail Comedy: Twilight Specials at the Kabuki, and a ‘Marina Manhattan’ at Nettie’s
The Jacob and The Edward both sound disgusting, but the 'Marina Manhattan' we can get behind, even though it's not a Manhattan.
Take a Peek at Adsum’s Cocktails
Preston Eckman's cocktails at Adsum draw inspiration from everything from Hemingway to public transportation.
Bon App Names Best U.S. Cocktail Bars
Bon Appetit's roundup shows there's a fervent thirst for pre-Prohibition style cocktails.