SF Cocktail Week has already been a whirlwind of fun and a showcase of the incredible talents and tastes of our cocktail city. And it isn’t over yet! See you at Jardinere’s closing party on Monday… Here’s my mini-tribute to the San Francisco regional and the US national United States Bartenders’ Guild competitions held all day on Tuesday, May 12,… Read more →
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Top Tastes: Talking Cocktails, Chicharrones & She Crab Soup
Eating is highly subjective, and the man who accepts say-so in youth will wind up in bad and overtouted restaurants in middle age, ordering what the maitre d’hotel suggests.”– A.J. Liebling, “Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris”, 1962 I can barely keep up with all the amazing tastes this month. So, narrowing it down… BREAKFAST • Nothing like Chicken &… Read more →
Coffee & Toast, Italian Brunch, Bacon Lattes, Oaxacan Eats, Lunch Hour & Notable Cocktails
As always, a taste-rich month in my city. Visited old favorites like Tommy’s for champion margaritas, Little Delhi’s savory Indian in the Tenderloin (glad they now have chaat on the menu), brunch and cocktails at classy, retro Presidio Social Club, hit-the-spot cheeseburgers at Sam’s, and Pho Ga at Turtle Tower. Then there’s new spots that didn’t quite grab me upon… Read more →
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RETRO BARS, Part Two It’s no secret I’m sold on all things retro. Besides calling me Renaissance Woman, some friends say I was born in the wrong time. I shoulda been a 1940’s/1950’s siren… at least in my dreams. I’ll take the freedom and independence of today, though in an ideal world (and I do try!), I’d fuse the modern… Read more →
Top Tastes: Of Breakfast, Cheesesteaks, BBQ, Ice Cream, Beer, Coffee & Cocktails
BREAKFAST Since the Meetinghouse closed years ago, I’ve been a sad girl – not only because it was a supreme SF brunch spot, but because Joanna Karlinsky’s biscuits are about the best I’ve ever put in my mouth (and that includes my visits to the South!) Thank you, Joanna, for bringing your buttery biscuits to us at one more location besides the… Read more →
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“Fussy and particular, the yuppie… simply would not, could not, bring anything but an imported beer to his lips, or the rarest of single-malt Scotches. In cocktails as in food, he insisted on authenticity, integrity of ingredients, and top quality all the way around. For this let us give thanks, even if snobbery and status seeking often lay behind the… Read more →