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Cinco de Mayo

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Cops on Harleys to Sneak Attack Drunk Drivers

    If you think it will be easy to successfully avoid any DUI checkpoint in San Francisco this Cinco de Mayo, well, you are wrong. Police have informed us that on Friday, they will be deploying roving cops on motorcycles to go after drunk drivers on the road. Capt. Denis O'Leary explains the logic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Boozy Weekend: Big Hats, Tequila, and Fast Horses

    What happens when Cinco de Mayo and the Kentucky Derby fall on the same weekend? A lot of trouble wearing big hats, awash in tequila and bourbon. Here's our handy guide to help you stay well refreshed all weekend. Cuatro De Mayo Fiesta Con Queso Where: Doc's Clock, 2575 Mission (at 21st St.), 824-3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Tequila Hecho en San Francisco, Parte Dos

    Where: CUESA Kitchen at the Ferry Building (north end, near Gott's formerly Taylor's Refresher) When: Sat., May 5, 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Cost: $55 online The rundown: With Cinco de Mayo falling on a Saturday this year, your options to wash the day away with cheap tequila will be plentiful. Findi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 25, 2012

    Honor the Underdog

    Where: CUESA Kitchen at the Ferry Building (north end, near Gott's formerly Taylor's Refresher) When: Sat., May 5, 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Cost: $55 online The rundown: With Cinco de Mayo falling on a Saturday this year, your options to wash the day away with cheap tequila will be plentiful. Findi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Wildflower Vegan Pop-up, Pig and Dog are BFF, and Starbucks Ditches Bugs!

    ​Get excited, San Francisco! Chef Ayinde Howell and his revered vegan pop-up restaurant Wildflower are coming to town! Chef Ayinde hosted Wildflower in New York last year, and I was able to attend one night. It was awesome! So I highly recommend you check this out. The menu includes Jamaican Slide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    South Bay Students Lose Court Battle Over "Incendiary" American Flag T-Shirts

    You are not free to wear this t-shirt in Morgan Hill schools​Three Morgan Hill students got a crash course in American civics this week when they lost a lawsuit against high school officials who sent them home for wearing American Flag t-shirts to school. A judge dismissed the case against Live Oa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    What to Eat at Eat Real Fest? Food You Won't Find in San Francisco

    Lien T./FlickrSilog tacos from Tim Luym's WOW Truck.​ Today, Oakland's three-day Eat Real Fest begins, bringing together 60 food trucks, 30 small food vendors, and tens of thousands of eaters. There will be jam-making demonstrations and butchery contests, live music, and more sunshine than the Wes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Let Them Eat Snails: Unusual Bastille Day Events

    Guns, revolution, upheaval, Reign of Terror -- now it's time for dinner specials!​Add Bastille Day to Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day in the category of "things we don't remember celebrating 10 years ago." That said, this Frenchified Independence Day typically boasts a solid dining rost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    A Ban on Live Chicken Sales, Protection for Your iPad Cookbook

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media.1. No more sales of live chickens. SF Appeal and other sources report that, after years of protest, a group named LGBT Compassion has managed to get Raymond Young Live Poultry and Bul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Mistah Fab Has a New Mixtape: "The Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Pt. 2"

    ​Right in time for, uh, Cinco De Mayo, Oakland rapper Mistah Fab and DJ Scream yesterday dropped a new mixtape: The Grind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste, Pt. 2, the follow up to 2009's Part 1. It's been a busy year for Fab so far, with the release in January of the very solid mixtape ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Big Hats and Bourbon: Where to Celebrate the Kentucky Derby

    Virginia MillerOur favorite Kentucky Derby thoroughbred: whiskey.​You may still be fighting the lingering haze of your Cinco de Mayo, but the Kentucky Derby on Saturday will provide yet another excuse to drink a lot and wear a big hat ― just like Mother's Day. Though we couldn't tell you when t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    A Cinco de Mayo Do-Over ― Stone-Cold Sober

    dannebrog/Flickr​Seventh Annual San Francisco Cinco de Mayo Festival Where: Dolores Park When: Sat., May 7,10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: Free The rundown: Yes, May 5 has passed, and no, Cinco de Mayo doesn't mark Mexican Independence Day (that's on Sep. 16). Cinco de Mayo festivities originated in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    SOMA Fire Closes Moya Ethiopian and Nico's Tacos Official Cinco de Mayo Opening

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Grub Street reports that yesterday's SOMA fire in the Park Hotel SRO has closed ground-floor restaurant Moya Ethiopian. The SFFD declared the building "structurally unsound" and the restaurant will remain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    ¡Viva San Francisco! with CUESA and La Cocina

    Hecho en San Francisco​Where: CUESA Kitchen at the Ferry Building (in front near Gott's formerly Taylor's Refresher)When: Thurs., May 5, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.Cost: $50 online The rundown: Cinco de Mayo is an easy holiday to handle -- it requires nothing more than hanging out with friends and indulgi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Hammered on Cinco de Mayo ― This Year for the Greater Good

    ​Hecho en San Francisco Where: San Francisco Ferry Building, North Arcade When: Thu., May 5, 5:30-8:30 8 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: What's your usual routine for Cinco de Mayo: after-work beers, cheap tequila shots, Taqueria San Jose under glaring lights, Tums, a couple glasses of water, ... More >>

  • Music

    November 3, 2010

    Marnie Stern's finger-tapping guitar wins hearts and minds

    ​Hecho en San Francisco Where: San Francisco Ferry Building, North Arcade When: Thu., May 5, 5:30-8:30 8 p.m. Cost: $50 The rundown: What's your usual routine for Cinco de Mayo: after-work beers, cheap tequila shots, Taqueria San Jose under glaring lights, Tums, a couple glasses of water, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Six Bites from Eat Real

    John BirdsallPair of tacos al fresco from the Taco Guys.​Monday, August 30, 2010 The weekend's Eat Real Festival has faded into the sting of a sunburned neck, a pair of stained jeans in the hamper, and the memory of six bites that made us taste twice: 1.Kurobuta pork and chile verde taco (l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Corn ― It's What's for Dessert

    Tamara PalmerLuce chef Dominique Crenn's foie gras with corn textures.​It's summer, so what do you expect to see in desserts? Strawberries, stone fruit, and ... corn?!? We've spotted the nubbly veggie as a key ingredient in several high-end desserts this season and found it can either be a ref ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    El Presidente

    Tamara PalmerLuce chef Dominique Crenn's foie gras with corn textures.​It's summer, so what do you expect to see in desserts? Strawberries, stone fruit, and ... corn?!? We've spotted the nubbly veggie as a key ingredient in several high-end desserts this season and found it can either be a ref ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    May in Puebla

    Tamara PalmerLuce chef Dominique Crenn's foie gras with corn textures.​It's summer, so what do you expect to see in desserts? Strawberries, stone fruit, and ... corn?!? We've spotted the nubbly veggie as a key ingredient in several high-end desserts this season and found it can either be a ref ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2009

    Cinco, Not Drinko

    Tamara PalmerLuce chef Dominique Crenn's foie gras with corn textures.​It's summer, so what do you expect to see in desserts? Strawberries, stone fruit, and ... corn?!? We've spotted the nubbly veggie as a key ingredient in several high-end desserts this season and found it can either be a ref ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2008

    Extra Mayo

    Tamara PalmerLuce chef Dominique Crenn's foie gras with corn textures.​It's summer, so what do you expect to see in desserts? Strawberries, stone fruit, and ... corn?!? We've spotted the nubbly veggie as a key ingredient in several high-end desserts this season and found it can either be a ref ... More >>

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