Top 9 Rum Cocktails in National Bars Now

Covering the 9 top rum cocktails of the month around the country at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants: Hell or High Water, Louisville, KY Curio at The Chapel, San Francisco The Patterson House, Nashville Sen Sakana, NYC Hello Stranger, Oakland, CA The Diamond, Vancouver, B.C. Three Dots & A Dash, Chicago The Snug, San… Read more →

Top 10 Ramen Shops in San Francisco

In my latest Time Out column: Ramen has trended just about everywhere by this point but with our longstanding Japanese population and roots, it has been a local staple for years. While many of our top ramen shops are all over the Bay Area, here are 10 of the best in SF proper. Orenchi Beyond, MissionIzakaya Sozai, Inner SunsetIza Ramen —… Read more →

10 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — August 2018

Covering the 10 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants: La Mar Cebicheria, San Francisco Mr. Lee’s, Louisville, KY Connie & Ted’s, Los Angeles Golden Teardrops, Chicago Sylvain, New Orleans Blue Duck Tavern, Washington D.C. Nico, San Francisco Lola, Louisville, KY The 404 Kitchen/Gertie’s, Nashville Bible Club,… Read more →

The Top New Openings of the Month: July 2018

In my latest Time Out column, my top openings of the month join other standout newcomers for a top 10 on where to eat now (article here): Pearl, Outer Richmond 6101 California St., SF; 415-592-9777; pearl-sf.com. Daily 5-10pm; Monday-Friday 7:30am-2pm; Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm. When a Richmond classic since 1999, Pizzetta 211, finally opens a sister restaurant around the corner, it’s no surprise… Read more →

August 1, 2018

This issue:

— 10 Top Restaurants in Palo Alto
— 10 Top Restaurants in San Jose
— 10 Top Vancouver Bars: Plus interviews with R. Dave Brimacombe of Wayward Distillation House and Jay Jones of the great Vij’s.
— Top 6 Frozen Cocktails in National Bars Now: Notable slushie cocktails in San Francisco, Chicago, Louisville and Houston.

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Top 6 Frozen Cocktails in National Bars Now

Here, I cover 6 top frozen cocktails in bars now around the US at Liquor.com (click on each for the featured cocktail): The Beehive, San Francisco Beatnik, Chicago Feast BBQ, Louisville La Mar Cebicheria, San Francisco Estereo, Chicago Night Heron, Houston The studies showed Adiponectin mediated extracellular generic overnight viagra calcium influx in normal cells. Methods to save your dying… Read more →

10 Best Restaurants in Palo Alto

In my latest Time Out column, Palo Alto has long been centered around the great Stanford University and world-changing companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Pinterest and PayPal. With its suburban, college town vibe and heavy dose of chains and mediocre eats lining University Avenue, it’s not exactly been a food destination. But Palo Alto has its gems… if you know where… Read more →

10 Top Vancouver Bars + Interviews with R. Dave Brimacombe of Wayward Distillation House & Jay Jones of Vij’s

In the Summer 2018 issue of Distiller Magazine on Vancouver, B.C. (more on Vancouver and Canada here): My article on 10 of Vancouver’s best bars linked to here: Keefer Bar, Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim, The Shameful Tiki Room, Vij’s, Royal Dinette, L’Abattoir, Tocador, Hawksworth & Prohibition in the Hotel Georgia, Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar, The Diamond  My interview with… Read more →

10 Best Restaurants in San Jose

In my latest Time Out column, I talk San Jose. With a population of just over a million, San Jose is our largest NorCal city, anchoring Silicon Valley with a diverse community of more than 30% (each) Hispanic and Asian populations. This means stellar cheap eats, family-run restaurants and eateries in wide-ranging cuisine categories, even as upscale or cutting-edge restaurants are… Read more →