The Bold Italics' Laura Beck went on a tour of the hidden local gem, Anchor Distilling Company, which is "sandwiched between boxes and boxes of beer" inside the Anchor Brewery Company. The distillery makes three single malt straight rye whiskeys...
• Sausage kings of San Francisco, Rosamunde, will be opening their Mission location this week. [Tablehopper, earlier details on Grub Street] • Glen Park gets a bonafied wine bar called Red + White that's also a wine retail shop and...
A potential strike at the Angostura facility in Trinidad threatened to create a bitters drought.
Every Bar in San Francisco is a new blog started by two guys who've pledged to drink their way across town.
When New Year's Day rolls around, you'll be thanking us.
One of the last remaining smoking bars in SF shutters to make way for a more upscale cocktail venue.
Why spend $40 or $50 for Veuve Cliquot when there are a bunch of solid (and even better) CA sparklers for half the price.
This was the year of the portable restaurant, but it was also the year of biodynamic wine, D.I.Y. canning, and farmers' market cocktails.
The perfect gift idea for the amateur (or professional) bartender.
New izakaya in the Mission now serving beer, sake, and shochu cocktails along with their small plates.
Hayes Valley: As former bar managers Jeff Hollinger and Jonny Raglin move on to open Comstock Saloon in Chinatown, the bar at Absinthe will now be helmed by Carlos Yturria, formerly of Range, with an upcoming special cocktail-and-food pairing menu....
Daily holiday cocktail specials at One Market start at $8 and end at $1.
Clooney's has spent its whole life defying cool colonization, so don't expect it to work now.
After months of hype, the media preview for Smuggler's Cove did not disappoint.
Smuggler's Cove gets a shout-out as the New York Times discovers rum.
One week from opening, Martin Cate shares a special rum selection, as well as the bar staff.
A trip upstairs at the Union Square hoffbrau reveals an abandoned theater and an original recipe.
Alcohol marketing people are here to sell you stuff, not provide information.
• San Franciscans love Fernet, but it's a flash in the pan compared with the city's longtime favorite cocktail, the Pisco Punch. [SF Chronicle] • A Sausalito man accused of torching a warehouse full of wine may change his plea...
• What Would Brian Boitano Make has been picked up for a second season. [WWBBD/Twitter via Eat Me Daily] • Chez Panisse chef Beth Wells uses old-timey weighted balls to stay in shape. [WSJ via Eater] • Napa's Latino markets...
