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Drink of the Week: Getting a Little Somethin' Somethin' With Vokahh at Alchemist

The ballpark portion of China Basin is great for many kinds of drinking, but up until now, seriously delicious and well-crafted cocktails worthy of arriving late to the game for was not one of them. Perched directly above the newish Thai restaurant Root sits Alchemist, a dark, steampunk-inspired b ... More >>

Drink 2013: Wine Listings

Cocktail Week Events for Tuesday, Sept. 18

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 than this. Be aware: There's a Giants home game tonight at 7:15pm, Howard street is closed between 3r ... More >>

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 >>

Tres Times the Charm For Barman Joel Baker

​Two months ago Joel Baker, formerly bar manager at Bourbon & Branch and the Burritt Room, was brought on to enhance the bar and cocktail menu at Tres. Baker explained that, "The aim is to get the bar back to where it was when they opened, when Jacques [Bezuidenhout], Ryan [Fitzgerald], and Ma ... More >>

Lost in the Night: Back 2 Back Provides a Wicked Good Time at Mighty

Back 2 Back Seven-Year Anniversary Mighty Feb. 10, 2012 Better than: Mr. Peabody's time machine. San Francisco has a long history of nightlife and vice. Take a walk through the city, and the architecture seems to call out at you with images of days gone by and long-changed ways of doing things. Th ... More >>

Super Bowl Bar Viewing Spots Where You Might Actually Eat Well

​Super Bowl Sunday also doubles as National Corn Chip Day, National Cheap Beer Day, and National Sloppy Joe Day. But if you, or your partner, aren't an expert in Super Bowl Day cooking, head to a bar instead. These bars will give you guaranteed viewing of Super Bowl 2012, and perhaps food slightly ... More >>

Fresh Eats: SoMa's New Burmese Gourmet Food Truck

Burma Superstar Founder Launches Burmese Food Truck

Jonathan KauffmanBurmese Gourmet's powerful tea leaf salad, $5.​Three weeks ago, William Lue put three signs up on the food truck he has rented on Townsend and Fourth. The first, "Burmese Gourmet," he moved over from his Concord truck when he decided to break back into the San Francisco food scene ... More >>

This Sunday, Eat Yourself Senseless at SF Weekly's DISH 2011

​ Two floors, dishes from ​40 restaurants, wine and cocktails aplenty: This Sunday afternoon, Oct. 2, SF Weekly and SFoodie are throwing DISH, our annual pageant celebrating San Francisco's food scene.  ​Many of the participating restaurants have been selected by SF Weekly restaurant cri ... More >>

SF Weekly's DISH Preview: Zinfandel-Braised Beef from Alfred's Steakhouse

​Eighty-three years Alfred's Steakhouse has been in business. That certainly qualifies as venerable. The restaurant has broiled more steaks than you've written emails, and poured more single-malt scotch than Sean Connery has ever put away. This Sunday, as just one of the 40 restaurants participa ... More >>

Busted: San Francisco's Biggest Marijuana Grow to Date

Moonlighting for techies ​Aside from a January raid of a licensed growhouse -- and a very angry law professor's threats to sue the SFPD -- it's been a quiet year for marijuana busts in San Francisco. Until now.Police said today they arrested three people and seized 1,400 marijuana plants on April ... More >>

Looks Like Spire Has Morphed Into 3rd Degree Lounge

John BirdsallSFoodie thinks this is the logo for 3rd Degree Lounge.​That reconcepting the owners of Spire alluded to last month, after shutting down their 6-month-old bar and restaurant near AT&T Park? Looks like it's happened already. For the past two weekends, the space at 685 Third St. (at ... More >>

Chronicle Books Organizing Bake Sale for Japan Quake Relief

Chronicle Books​As reported earlier today, Samin Nosrat is planning an epic series of simultaneous bake sales April 2 to raise funds for Japan disaster relief. In the meantime, Chronicle Books is stepping up with a sale of its own this Monday, Mar. 21, in its lobby at 680 Second Street in SOMA ... More >>

Tres Agaves Closes for Remodel

Toro E./Yelp​What a World Series trophy can do to a neighborhood. First Spire announced it'd close to do a little unspecified tweaking before the April 8 home opener at nearby AT&T Park, then yesterday SFoodie learned that the owner of the shuttered Sohberts cafe on King is seeking support to ... More >>

San Francycle: City Responds to Bike Coalition's 2011 Hopes/Dreams

​ Last week, we spoke to the SF Bike Coalition's Renée Rivera about her plans and predictions for 2011. We asked her what New Year's resolutions she hopes the city has. "Commit to completing all of the bike plan projects in 2011," she said. So we put it to SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose. Can it b ... More >>

Better Than a Ball Drop: New Year's Eve at Twenty Five Lusk

Melissa W./Yelp​Twenty Five Lusk's New Year's Eve 2010 Where: Twenty Five Lusk, 25 Lusk (at Townsend) Cost: In the restaurant: First seating (5:30-7:45 p.m.), $95 for four courses; second seating (8-10 p.m.), $105 for five courses. In the lounge (9:30 p.m.-1 a.m.): open bar with passed hors ... More >>

S.F. Supes Pass Happy Meal Ban with Veto-Proof Majority

​Snitch editor Joe Eskenazi has the word on today's vote by the Board of Supervisors to end toy giveaways for fast-food meals that fail to rate as nutritious. Eskenazi: The supes today passed an ordinance that will require meals to meet nutritional guidelines if restaurants wish to include a t ... More >>

The Short Rib Slider at 25 Lusk

John BirdsallBraised short rib slider with jus, fried oysters with bacon and brie fondue.​Thursday, October 21, 2010 John Birdsall​You take in the sleekness of 25 Lusk - the smoked mirrors, gleaming Scandinavian fireplaces, and enough slate tiles to strip a Brazilian quarry bare -- and ... More >>

Nopa, Spire, Maverick: Labor Day Weekend's New Brunch Options

alisa g./YelpNopa fires up the French toast griddle this weekend.​Three brunch newcomers for those of you already making plans for the holiday weekend: Nopa enters the brunch column Saturday, with an opening menu that lists house-made granola, smoked trout with a house-baked bagel, pain de mi ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

Sweet Beat: Pâtisserie Philippe's Obama Cake Is All the Stimulus We Need

L. ChongPâtisserie fit for POTUS.​We're not trying to make a political statement when we say that we LOVE the Obama cake from Pâtisserie Philippe. The small gateau consists of moist layers of chocolate cake and chocolate and coconut Bavarian creams, all covered with meringue, Baked Alaska-li ... More >>

For Christmas Dinner, Go Thick, Dark, and Spicy with Seasonal Ales

www.twinbeer.comYulesmith Holiday Ale from San Diego's AleSmith Brewing.​While worthy of its time-honored place at the head of the Thanksgiving groaning board, turkey deserves a day off at Christmastime, just as our taste buds deserve a little wintertime variety. What, then, to serve in its pl ... More >>

Can't Wait for Sandbox Bakery to Open in Bernal? Score Its Morning Pastries in SOMA

J. BirdsallPastries from Sandbox show polished French technique.​Sunday is the expected launch date for Sandbox (835 Cortland at Gates), the long-awaited Bernal bakery and sandwich café from ex-Slanted Door pastry chef Mutsumi Takehara and husband Mike Bradford. Can't wait till then? You can ... More >>

Trick or Street: Family-Friendly Halloween Street-Food Party Tomorrow at Little Skillet

djrajah/FlickrSoul Cocina's Roger Feely: He'll totally be there.​Ready to go all massive (food-wise) for Halloween? Hit up 360 Ritch (at Townsend) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow for food, piñatas, and other tasty treats. It's being billed as a family-friendly event -- Halloween costumes are ... More >>

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

New Restaurants

SF Wine Events, Feb. 20-March 1

All proceeds from the 2/20 Victorian wine tasting and 2/24 dinner will go to the Australian Red Cross's bushfire relief efforts.

SF Wine Events, Feb. 8-14

Bust out the bubbly, Saturday's Valentine's Day!

Look Back in Hunger

We can't know what tomorrow may bring, but 2008 offered a lot of swell eating.

South Food & Wine Bar's Australian Food Overthought, Overwrought

Mixed messages from the first outpost of contemporary Aussie cooking in S.F.

Fresh Eats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

fresheats

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

A weekly listing of new restaurants around town

Role Play

Probing behind our postures

Not Boring Boards

Art and history, writ large

Side Dish

From the Bleachers, The Great Debate, Star-ing

Manifest Destiny

The Fire Department finds the easiest way to park in SOMA -- a land grab

The House of Tudor