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June 21, 2011
Thirsty Thursday: Cocktail Classes Round-Up
Lou BustamanteLearning to shake your own cocktailsIn an unusual moment for the Bay Area, our weather and the calendar's declaration of summer actually agree. Dust off your shaker and your bartending skills with a couple of classes this week that'll make your pool/park/apartment party as potent as ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Robert Mondavi Woodbridge 2009 California Zinfandel
This writer made a simple dinner last night of brown rice, freshly pulled chard and kale from the garden, a handful of off-season wild porcini from -- oops, almost gave away my patch! -- and several steaks of a hand-harvested lingcod, which we lathered with coconut oil and sesame seeds and br ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Secret Negroni Menu at Orson
Lou BustamanteNegroni variation 5: Hard to Make a LivingWhile the Pisco Punch might have undisputed San Francisco heritage, the Negroni often feels more like the official cocktail of San Francisco. The equal measures of gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari said to have been invented in Florence by Co ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Dogpatch WineWorks Replaces Crushpad
Since Crushpad left San Francisco last year for Wine Country, folks wanting to make their own wine in town have had to go it alone -- which, in most cases, meant not making wine. And ripe smells in the Dogpatch neighborhood unfortunately haven't been coming from fermenting grapes. But now, t ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Bring Wine to Mission Chinese Food (But Which Wines?)
Mission Chinese Food chef-owner Danny Bowien goes through this many chiles pretty fast. Mission Chinese Food is a great challenge for wine lovers. It's great, because corkage is only $8. It's a challenge, because some of Danny Bowien's food, like the kung pao corned beef, is so spicy that dri ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Latte Art Competition to Determine S.F.'s Best
INeedCoffee/ CoffeeHeroDolores Park Cafe's Latte Art Throwdown Where: Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores (at 18th St.) When: Thu., July 7, 7-10 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Be it free flowing forms of espresso and foam, or detailed depictions of animals, scenery and faces, all latte drinkers ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Scotch and Cheese? Try It at Quince
We've had a lot of cheese and a lot of Scotch, but we've never thought to try them together. That's because we lack the imagination of Quince general manager Katrina Parlato, who is running a bar special this week: a Scotch and cheese pairing flight.It's not cheap, at $36. But these are not cheap ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Bar Tartine Wine List: If It's Porn, It's European Porn
Alex FoxThis week we ran our first wine list review to accompany Jonathan Kauffman's restaurant review in the print edition of SF Weekly. Jonathan likes to offer people a little extra flavor on the web, so I decided to do that too by dropping by Bar Tartine on a Friday morning to taste wine w ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Dear Honest Tea: Is This Honest Enough for You?
Tejava is significantly better than Honest TeaCoca-Cola brought dozens of bottles of its sweetened tea brand, Honest Tea, to downtown San Francisco yesterday, left them sitting out in Justin Herman Plaza, and expected us to pay $1 for them. Amazingly, 93% of us did! San Franciscans are just ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Napa Winemaker Came from Sports Illustrated for Kids
This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan PetroskiWhen I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
A Liquid Preview of Jasper's Corner Tap
Lou BustamanteKevein Diedrich, bar manager at Jasper's Corner TapJasper's Corner Tap, the gastropub project in the hotel section west of Union Square, opens tonight with an impressive list of beverages. The tavern will feature 18 cocktails, 18 beers and six wines on tap. We were able to get ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
New California Law Gives Brewery Tasting Rooms a Break
Jason HenryDrake's Barrel House in San Leandro was built expensively under the old lawYou walk into a brewery tasting room and order a sample. The beer is delicious, but you can't help noticing that the brewery doesn't have washable tile flooring and the cashier isn't far from the dishwasher. ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
San Francisco's Top Five Coffee Shops
Photos by W. Blake GrayCoffee is such a personal thing. If I like cappuccino, you like drip coffee black, and Bill Cosby likes a triple-tall nonfat extra-hot no-foam latte (apparently true), we're not going to agree on what the best coffee shop is. But I'm the guy with the pen keyboard soapb ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
The Less You Spend, the More Interesting Fifth Floor's Wines Are
Amy Goldberger in the Fifth Floor wine roomThere might be no better sign of where San Francisco's fine dining scene is in 2011 than the wine list at Fifth Floor. It's a pricey hotel restaurant, reviewed today by our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman. Yet the list is currently managed by wi ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
New York Times Gets Huffy At SF Weekly
The Slayer. Would you call it "beautiful?"We got an email earlier this week through the "feedback:" portion of our website, where Letters to the Editor are sent. The writer objected to a March 2010 blog post in which Jonathan Kauffman wrote in part, "Sightglass is one of the first cafes in S ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Twenty-Five Lusk Serves 6-Course Champagne/Strawberry Menu
Seared diver scallop with foie gras torchon and grilled strawberriesSFoodie is willing to put ourselves on the line for you. So when we heard Twenty-Five Lusk is offering a 6-course Champagne and strawberry themed menu for $90 -- $60 food, $30 wine pairings -- through Blackboard Eats, we ran ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
Family Winemakers Show Offers More Wine Than You Can Handle
Foodgal.comFamily Winemakers of California Tasting Where: Fort Mason Center When: Sunday, Aug. 21, 3-6 p.m. Cost: $65 advance, $75 at the door We can drink a lot of wine, but we find the Family Winemakers of California annual tasting overwhelming, in a good way. There's always about 50 times ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Naivetea's Lawrence Lai Talks Taiwanese Oolongs and Kettle Whistle
NaiveteaNaivetea's owners, Lawrence Lai and Ann Lee.The Bay Area is steadily, quietly becoming a nexus for premium Chinese and Taiwanese tea in America. The owners of Teance, Far Leaves, Imperial Tea Court, and Aroma Tea Shop all travel to Asia to tour plantations and buy directly from farmers an ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
House Kombucha: Mild and Pure Enough For Doubters
Even intestinal parasites, perhaps an occupational hazard, can't stop SFoodie. When you're killing everything inside you with antibiotics, rather than the cocktails you normally employ, that leads you, when mobile enough, to the kombucha section of your grocer's beverage case. Why? If you're a ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Starlight Room Cocktail Preview
Lou BustamanteJoel Teitelbaum serving up a couple of Pisco CrustasOpening tonight at 6 p.m. (until midnight) is the revamped incarnation of Harry Denton's Starlight Room sporting a new dance floor, plush furniture, and an inventive cocktail menu. We caught up with bar manager Joel Teitelba ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Santa Julia Torrontes: Like Drinking Fresh Flowers
Argentina is working hard on marketing Malbec as its signature grape, but I prefer Torrontes. For one thing, unlike Malbec, which was imported from France, Torrontes may actually be indigenous to Argentina. People used to believe it was the same as a grape of the same name in Spain's Galicia ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Ten Things I'd Like To Tell People Who Don't Read Wine Stories
Grez Neuville/Trip AdvisorI was tasting wine at my desk at 11 a.m. when a coworker asked why. Because I hadn't had time earlier, I said; it's best to taste early in the day when your palate is fresh. That wasn't what he was getting at. He drinks wine, but never considered tasting as a separa ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Oktoberfest Rings In the New Beer -- Now in September!
Werner Heiber / ShutterstockIt's that time of year againIf you're anything like us, you suffer through the 11 months of the year when it's inappropriate to wear a dirndl. It's finally time to dust off those frilly garments and drink beer from an assortment of over-sized glassware. Since you ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Piccino Wine List Seeks Balance, Naturally
White wine made from Pinot NoirWhen I first looked over Piccino's leftist-wine-geek wine list, I assumed it was compiled by a follower of the natural wine movement. Only seven of the 42 wines on the list are from California, and most are from winemakers associated with natural wine: Lioco, ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Tolosa Shows What Chardonnay Smells Like Without Oak
Earlier this year I attended a fascinating seminar, led by a perfumer, at Tolosa Winery in San Luis Obispo County. Over the course of several mentally exhausting hours, we learned by blind-whiffing essential oils exactly what many of the descriptors we use all the time smell like. For examp ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Nine Reasons Your Barista Hates You
Chris Blakely/FlickrI've been a barista for almost a decade and I've seen the best and worst customers have to offer. Caffeine can be nasty: Deprived people do crazy stuff. Here's a list of activities that draw the ire of the person behind the espresso machine. Print it out, keep it in your ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Sightglass Coffee's Archie Archer on the Future of Your Cups of Joe
ConfusedbeeSFoodie is sitting down with the city's most intelligent, influential, and experienced coffee folk to pick their brain about what makes our city such a hot bed of coffee trends.Today we speak with Archie Archer of Sightglass Coffee about his dedication to discovering the beauty ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Pre-Auction Wine Tastings: The Best Deal in Wine
The only sure way to develop your palate for wine is to taste more. When you get the chance to taste older, rarer, or more expensive wines than you might normally dink, take it. That opportunity presents itself this Thursday at San Francisco Wine Center during the Wine Gavel pre-auction tastin ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Ben Kaminsky of Ritual Coffee Dreams of Life After Latte
Scott Beale / Laughing SquidSFoodie is on a mission to sit down with the city's most intelligent, influential, and experienced coffee folk to pick their brain about what makes our city such a hot bed of coffee trends.Today we speak with Ben Kaminsky, Ritual Coffee's quality control expert and ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Quivira Makes Jam, Not Just Jammy Wines
Wines are often described as "jammy," but how often can you buy jam and wine from the same producer? Dry Creek Valley producer Quivira will sell you both, and some honey from the estate as well, with the help of some goats, bees, and manure-filled bull horns. The goats mow the lawn, the bee ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Beijing's FishEye Café Serves Ritual Roasters Coffee
Wines are often described as "jammy," but how often can you buy jam and wine from the same producer? Dry Creek Valley producer Quivira will sell you both, and some honey from the estate as well, with the help of some goats, bees, and manure-filled bull horns. The goats mow the lawn, the bee ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
This Thursday: Arlequin's Beaujolais Bash!
What: Beaujolais Bash! Where: Arlequin Wine Merchants When: Thurs., November 17, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $25 The rundown: If there's one wine to love, it's Beaujolais, and that's not just because it's the most fun to say. This week, you have the rare and exciting opportunity to taste bottlings fr ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Verve Coffee's Colby Barr on How to Help People Discover Richer Coffee
In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk to Colby Barr of Santa Cruz's Verve Coffee. Can you tell me a little bit about h ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Illy's Espressamente Cafe Opens Downtown
Johnny O./YelpThe new downtown Illy Espressamente. International coffee powerhouse Illy is stretching its espresso-tinged fingers in to the heavily populated world of San Francisco cafes with Espressamente Illy, a high-end cafe now open at 123 Battery. It is Illy's ninth Esspressamente to ope ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
At The Bay Brewed, Rock Out With Your Craft Beer Out
We know you like to rock. Perhaps you're reading this from your cubicle, and your colleagues have no idea there's an Iron Maiden t-shirt lurking underneath your sweater vest. You love live music, but every time you reach the front of the line at a concert concession stand, you're faced with ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Ecco Coffee's Andrew Barnett Explains Why Restaurant Coffee Is Rarely Good
In an effort to chart the ever-expanding specialty coffee scene in the Bay Area, we've been engaging a selection of local coffee personalities to pick their brains about why coffee and why now. Today we talk with Andrew Barnett of Ecco Caffe. As a coffee aficionado and a thirty year vet ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Tyler Florence's New Recipe: Wine
If you're a writer trying to land a book deal, there's a good chance you'll learn you need "a platform." That's publisher-speak for a following via Web, Twitter, TV, radio, or whatever. The more well known you are to start, the more likely a publisher will be to invest itself in making you b ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
De La Paz Roasters Cafe Promises a Four-Item Menu and Baristas as Bartenders
Jason Benford's De La Paz has existed only in bagged-bean form since 2006. Now the scrappy coffee roaster is making its way into the chaos of the San Francisco roaster-retailer scene with a new cafe set to open sometime in February on 7th and Mission. To test out each week's beans as well as ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
The Blue Bottle Coffee Cart Finds a New Home in the Castro
neilconwayA Blue Bottle latteThe Blue Bottle Coffee Cart has had a long and rocky journey to its newfound location. Originally slated to be a part of the all but aborted Dolores Park food cart project, Blue Bottle's attempt at mobile coffee brought a hailstorm of criticism from local business ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Wine of the Week: Mercury Rising Bordeaux-Style Tastes Pricier Than it Costs
"Exceptional value-per-dollar ratio" is how Cinnabar, or at least their publicist, promotes their wines. Based on our tasting of their 2008 California Mercury Rising "Bordeaux-style" wine, we see substance in the statement. We taste wines blind-ish. We don't brown bag and mix them up to confus ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Brooke Arthur, Wo Hing's Cocktail Creator, on the Mission's Cocktail Culture
Lou BustamanteFew in the bar industry have been on such a consistent and stellar climb as Brooke Arthur. With a rare combination of remarkable talent, humility, and good nature, it's no surprise Arthur has been tapped to lead such high profile bar programs such as Range, Prospect, and now Charles ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Wine of the Week: Tuck Beckstoffer's 2009 Melee
Melee 2009 LabelIf you aren't a wine geek, you may not recognize the name Tuck Beckstoffer. Beckstoffer's family owns a variety of premium vineyards and has historically sold fruit to some of Napa Valley's best. Their TO Kalon vineyard is so sought after, and of such exceptional quality, that ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Blue Bottle Unleashes Bottled Ice Coffee
It's a big year for high-grade iced coffee. Portland's big-and-getting-bigger Stumptown unleashed bottled "stubbies" of cold-brewed goodness in May. La Colombe followed suit in August with iced coffee encased in elegant containers, and Grady's large bottles of New Orleans Cold Brew showed up seem ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Wine(s) of the Week: Riesling
If you've followed Jay McInerney's move from chronicler of a generation to scribe of that generation's current obsession, wine, you may have seen his 2012 resolution to "Drink more Riesling." His insight that "every wine merchant and sommelier you encounter will think you're cool if you ask for ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
What's White Burgundy like? Find Out for Less with Gary Farrell
The View From Gary FarrellAccording to William "Rusty" Gaffney, M.D., aka The Prince of Pinot, "Some consider Gary Farrell the father of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir." While Gary himself has long ago left the vineyard, the fog-shrouded winery he built with Bill Hambrecht is still producing pr ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Wine of the Week: Waterstone Merlot and Cabernet
Sometimes you have to go a long way to find a local wine. For this week's wine(s), we turned to Canada. Actually, Canada came to us in the form of our friend Dups, and his iPhone image of a Waterstone Cabernet. He asked if we knew it. We didn't . He liked it, we tried it, and now here we are. &# ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Winos of the World Unite at Pinot Noir Summit
No, but it may rain wine at the Pinot Noir Summit.What: 10th Pinot Noir Summit Where: Hilton Financial District When: Saturday, Feb. 25, 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Cost: $130 for an all day ticket, $85 for the Grand Awards Tasting and Ceremony. The rundown: Hang out with wine lovers and ABC ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Boot and Shoe Service's Jim Seishas Talks About the Other Side of Restaurant Coffee
Boot and Shoe Service is respected in the coffee industry as a restaurant that avoids the usual scenario of fantastic food and poor coffee. SFoodie spoke to Jim Seishas, coffee manager at Boot and Shoe Service and sister restaurant Pizzaiolo, about what makes coffee important to his establishme ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
SF Beer Week: Weekend Update Edition
You made it! You've gone through nearly a year of SF Beer Week (http://sfbeerweek.org/) withdrawal. The 355 days of cold sweats, long nights, and detox shakes are about to pay off in a big way. Get all your errands out of the way now, because for the next ten days you won't have time for pett ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Happy Goat's Scotch Caramel Sauce
Stephanie Hua, Lick My SpoonHappy Goat's Scotch Caramel Sauce is a revelation. The caramel first woos you with a sweet hit of fragrant Madagascar bourbon vanilla bean. Next comes the seduction of 12-year-aged single malt Scotch whiskey from Aberlour. The finish is a subtle twinge of earth ... More >>
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