Subject: Willie Mays

• Weekend Guide: Ultra Gypsy, Scott Wells & Dancers, Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow, so much more

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• Boxing Bootcamp Day 7

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• 756: Thank Christ --The Barry Bonds Lovefest

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• Slow Food Nation Wants YOU To Help Plant The Victory Garden!

  July 11, 2008

• Meatpaper Breaks It Down

  SF's flesh-inspired quarterly journal Meatpaper will celebrate the release of its sixth issue with a "Meat & Greet" party chock full of meat offerings and demonstrations in a collaboration between the publication and several chefs. OPENrestaurant's Sam White and Chris Kronner will educate the wasteful with a tasting of beef dishes composed of nearly everything from nose to tail. Perbacco's Staffan Terje is apparently bringing bacon marshmallows and other "sweets," while Leif Hedendal ensures

  January 7, 2009

• Map to the Carts

  July 16, 2008

• Morning Buzz: A Foodie Day Planner

  Friday, June 5, 2009 Let's do lunch: It's carb-wallow Friday! You've been good all week, picking at salads. Now take SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody's advice and load up on the spaghetti and meatballs and ginger cake at Park Chow (1240 Ninth Ave. at Lincoln, 665-9912). Drink therapy: The Giants are outta town -- time to reclaim the ballpark from cargo-shorted suburban dweebs. Represent at Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at Third St., 644-0240) for $5 happy-hour noshes, $3 drafts, and $4

  June 5, 2009

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  July 5, 2000

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• Paint Ball -- Time For Annual S.F. Baseball Art Show (And Not a Portrait of a Syringe In Sight)

  Arthur MillerNow there's a guy who never imbibed female fertility drugs. Say Hey!Yesterday's revelation that Manny Ramirez -- arguably the greatest right-handed hitter in a generation -- tested positive for artificial testosterone from a female fertility drug was a worldview-altering event. I did not think it possible that Ramirez -- the sort of idiosyncratic, half-bright fellow one can imagine driving away from a Chevron station with the nozzle still dangling out of his gas tank, or ordering "f

  May 8, 2009

• Eat, Drink, and Think at Edible Pursuit

  The third edition of Edible Pursuit, a foodie take on the board game Trivial Pursuit (and a fundraiser for Edible San Francisco magazine) is on deck for June. Teams of two to five players (no soloists) will compete for swag like restaurant gift certificates, cookbooks, and gourmet goodies. It's hosted by Marcia Gagliardi (aka the Tablehopper); flex your foodie knowledge on Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at King). Tickets are $25 in advance, available here

  May 13, 2009

• Tease Your Food-Obsessed Brain at Sunday's Edible Pursuit Trivia Contest

  Yamanize via FlickrWho invented the Popsicle? Test your food IQ on SundayTest your food-trivia mettle Sunday at Edible San Francisco's third installment of Edible Pursuit, a food-themed trivia game the magazine is hosting at Acme Chophouse, with emcee Marcia Gagliardi of Tablehopper. A little-known fact: Our very own John Birdsall almost won last time, his team managing to hold its own against crack teams from Let's Be Frank and other sponsors. (Bi-Rite Market's three teams dominated the playin

  June 5, 2009

• Ever Wonder Why AT&T Park's Lights Are On at 1 a.m.? Blame Kenny Chesney.

  And if the lights are still on six hours later, you can blame a country musicianThe longest nine-inning game in National League history took place right here at San Francisco's AT&T Park back in 2001; the Los Angeles Dodgers outscored the hometown boys, 11-10, in a heart-breaking, ass-crack-numbing four hour and 27 minute Wagnerian opera of a ballgame. Even still, the game would have been over by "just" 11:45 p.m. So it was confusing to see the lights of AT&T Park blazing away at 1 a.m.

  July 21, 2009

• Five of the Best Garlic Dishes in S.F.

  eatbma.blogspot.com The Stinking Rose's Bagna Calda.This weekend's Gilroy Garlic Festival will bring out thousands of brave bulb eaters. But if you can't make the hour-plus drive down, you can eat in smelly sympathy right here in town.1. Bagna Calda at the Stinking Rose (325 Columbus at Vallejo)Many of the dishes at this garlic-focused restaurant seem designed for shock value rather than good taste, but the Stinking Rose's time-honored roasted garlic, oil, and anchovy appetizer is right o

  July 21, 2009

• What Do 'Local' and 'Sustainable' Really Mean? Find Out Tomorrow at Acme Chophouse

  meatpaper/FlickrA panel of sustainable foodies breaks it down tomorrow at Acme.Don't be so smug. You might think you know the difference between local and sustainable, but think again -- there's always room for debate about these ever-evolving hot-button concepts. Not sure if there's such a thing as organic seafood, or if the whole farmed vs. wild thing is still a-ragin'? (Hint: it is.) Come find out tomorrow at Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at Third St.) from 6 to 9 p.m. Food industry

  July 22, 2009

• A Handful of Tasty, Greek Mumbo Jumbo, and Liquid Price Busters: A Foodie Day Planner

  ​Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Let's do lunch: Watch today's televised Giants game against Houston with something altogether more delicious in your hand than the clicker. SF Weekly critic Meredith Brody suggests the house-cured pastrami on New York rye with artisan Gruyere, pickled vegetables, and fries at Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza, King and Third St.). Drink therapy: Looks like somebody's been surfing Wikipedia: Pres a Vi (One Letterman, Building D, Suite 150) is calling its ha

  August 5, 2009

• The Hot Dog Hopeful Seek Out Artisanal Specimens at Acme

  J. BirdsallThe fancy wieners got deliciously blackened over charcoal.​As if we needed confirmation that hot dogs are the quintessential food of 2009, an overflow crowd packed the plaza in front of Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza, at Fourth St. and King) last night hoping to taste up to nine varieties of artisanal wieners. Acme chef Thom Fox organized the Haute Dog event in part as a fundraiser for the sustainable foods advocacy org Chefs Collaborative. Hopeful attendees ponied up $5

  August 21, 2009

• Singer-Songwriter Joe Henry Captures Civilians at GAMH

  October 17, 2007

• The 1996 Version of Giants' Ballpark Doesn't Quite Resemble the Real Thing

  Click on the ballpark for a massive version​ This 1996 giveaway T-shirt picturing the future home of the San Francisco Giants, which a colleague wore to the office the other day, is certainly a head-turner. I snapped the above high-resolution photo because it's unseemly to stare for prolonged periods of time at a co-worker's chest. But it really is worth the look -- unseemliness or no. This rendering is unmistakably that of Pac Bell Park even at a nanosecond's notice -- yet, virtually every ke

  October 29, 2009

• Acme Chophouse To Close at the End of the Year

  The upscale steakhouse is being axed -- er, cleavered.​The Chronicle's Michael Bauer reported on his blog last night that Acme Chophouse (24 Willie Mays Plaza at AT&T Park) is closing December 31. Rumors have been swirling for at least a year about the upscale steakhouse that emphasizes sustainable sourcing. Managing chef-partner Traci Des Jardins cited the difficulty of filling 330 seats during baseball's off season. Baseball fans (and others) will still be able to get their food and drin

  November 12, 2009