Email Author Lou Bustamante

2012 Stories by Lou Bustamante

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  Drink of the Week: Sipping the Lands End at Rich Table

  published Nov 02, 2012

  It wasn't until I sat at the bar at Rich Table that I realized a restaurant could have an old soul. At a mere four months old, the place hums with such effortless vigor, you'd be forgiven for thinking... More >>

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  Food Truck Bite of the Week: Liba Feels Like the Salad Days

  published Oct 30, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Liba Falafel The Cuisine: Cal-Mediterranean Specialty Items: Falafel san... More >>

• Fall Cocktails: Two Exceptional Drinks at Presidio Social Club

  published October 31, 2012

  With apple season in full force and the city enjoying the final throes of Indian Summer, the cold weather cocktail season officially begins. At... More >>

• Drink of the Week: Apple Brandy Sour at Presidio Social Club

  published Oct 26, 2012

  With apple season in full force, and the weather kicking its final throws of Indian Summer, the cold weather cocktail season officially begins. At Presidio Social Club, bar manager Tim Stookey is addi... More >>

• Food Truck Bite of the Week: Building a Meal with the Deconstructed Samosa

  published Oct 23, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Curry Up Now The Cuisine: Indian chaat meets American street food Specia... More >>

• Drink of the Week: The Vida Vieja at Zero Zero

  published Oct 19, 2012

  There is something completely mesmerizing about the "before and after," whether it's showing weight loss, hair growth, climate change, home renovations, aging, or decay. They offer either the stark co... More >>

• Food Truck Bite of the Week: Getting Hapa'd up with Hapa SF

  published Oct 16, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Hapa SF The Cuisine: Filipino food reinterpreted Specialty Items: Lumpi... More >>

• Drink of the Week: P37 Mary at Parallel 37

  published Oct 12, 2012

  The first thing that you'll notice as you take a sip of the P37 Mary ($14, ancho chili infused vodka, lemon, olive juice, house made tomato water, celery-habanero shrub, fresno chili pickling liquid, ... More >>

• Pican Royale Bourbon Society Kicks Off

  published Oct 11, 2012

  When Pican in Oakland opened up back in 2009, it was pioneering the Southern-cuisine-with-a-twist movement, but it was also one of the only bars with a big focus on bourbon and rye whiskies. With a ... More >>

• Food Truck Bite of the Week: Peruvian Pork Sandwiches at Sanguchon

  published Oct 09, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Sanguchon Peruvian Food Truck The Cuisine: Peruvian style sandwiches, wr... More >>

• Drink of the Week: The Black Pearl at E&O Asian Kitchen

  published Oct 05, 2012

  When the E&O Trading Company was being relaunched as E&O Asian Kitchen this past summer with a complete remodel, refreshed menu by chef Arnold Eric Wong, and bar overhaul by bar manager Carlos Yturria... More >>

• Boozy Events for WhiskyWeek and Fleet Week

  published Oct 03, 2012

  Since this week is the perfect storm of events and happenings, we're making sure you don't miss a sip. Here is our guide to all the booziest and best events that this crazy, everything-happening-at-on... More >>

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  Food Truck Bite of the Week: Getting Good Juju at Voodoo Van

  published Oct 02, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Voodoo Van The Cuisine: Rock and roll cuisine Specialty Items: Alcohol n... More >>

• A Most Interesting Lunch from Dos Equis Mobile Academy Food Truck

  published Oct 02, 2012

  Starting Wednesday, the Mobile Academy Food Truck will hit the streets dishing out free lunch courtesy of Dos Equis beer (sadly, the menu doesn't include beer) and will roll around town for ten days. ... More >>

• Drink of the Week: The Upper East Side at Alfred's Steakhouse

  published Sep 28, 2012

  The old school charm at Alfred's Steakhouse, with huge chandeliers from the 1930's, deep red walls, and big drinks and steaks is legit, having been in business for 84 years. Tucked into the list of mo... More >>

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  SF Cocktail Week 2012: The Hangover Report

  published Sep 25, 2012

  I can feel my organs finally healing and purging themselves after a weeklong series of events designed to highlight Bay Area bartenders, spirits companies, and the grand traditions of the bar. It was ... More >>

• Food Truck Bite of the Week: Fiveten Deep in Burgers

  published Sep 25, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Fiveten Burger The Cuisine: Burgers and other griddled sandwhiches Speci... More >>

• Drink of the Week: The Sixth Sense at SF Cocktail Week 2012

  published Sep 21, 2012

  One of the great things about Cocktail Week is the visiting bartenders who not only bring their city's flavor, but also offer us a fresh view of our cocktail identity. Tasked with coming up with a coc... More >>

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  Cocktail Week Events and Beyond This Weekend, Sept. 21-23

  published Sep 21, 2012

  If you thought that this past week was boozy, well, this weekend might take us back to Barbary Coast-era lows of sobriety. Cocktail Week wraps up this weekend with plenty of daytime drinking starting... More >>

• Cocktail Week Events for Thursday, Sept. 20

  published Sep 20, 2012

  After last night's six-pack of events, tonight's focus shifts across the bridge to Oakland, where ten of the East Bay's finest come together for the main event, while Millennium restaurant carries the... More >>

• Cocktail Week Events for Wednesday, Sept. 19

  published Sep 19, 2012

  Day three of the extravaganza begins and is building some steam with six events on the schedule tonight. The main event will showcase bartender talents from Oregon to San Diego, and an assortment of h... More >>

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  Food Truck Bite of the Week: Pad Thai at Phat Thai

  published Sep 18, 2012

  Our weekly bite explores the city's food trucks, one at a time, highlighting our favorite mobile dishes and snacks. The Truck: Phat Thai The Cuisine: Thai Cuisine Specialty Items: Pad Thai Worth the ... More >>

• Cocktail Week Events for Tuesday, Sept. 18

  published Sep 18, 2012

  Tonight's festivities include a fantastic sounding food truck event (bring warms clothes!), a vodka dinner, classic Cuban cocktails, and sexy secretaries making cocktails. No, it doesn't get better th... More >>

• SF Cocktail Week 2012 Arrives -- Gird Your Livers!

  published Sep 17, 2012

  Cocktail Week kicks off tonight and it promises to be quite a boozy weeklong celebration. Bartenders from around the country will share the spotlight with hometown favorites and locally made spirits. ... More >>

• Drink of the Week: Cool Hand Luke Fizz at Txoko

  published Sep 14, 2012

  Some drinks are natural born thirst-shakers. At Txoko, bar manager Jason Brown's Cool Hand Luke Fizz ($11, Fighting Cock Bourbon, Mexican Coca Cola, egg whites, Peychaud's bitters) is a perfect blen... More >>