Willie Mays

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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 wa ... More >>

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 a ... More >>

Sign Here, Please

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 a ... More >>

Best Trivia Night

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 a ... More >>

What's a Coxswain?

Preppies gather in Redwood City

Chinatown's Blowout

When dragons invade San Francisco

Tag Tour

Graffiti spree

College Boys

A precious game

Cinematic Calisthenics

Twelve sports films in two days

Football Follies

Hot bowl action at Pac Bell Park

Fool's Golf

Your own private Caddyshack

Best Public Statue

Earth's Fruitfulness and Man's Inventive Genius

Giant Expectations

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

SHOPS

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

Baseball: A Passionate Pastime

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

Five Best Ways to Impress Your Date

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

The Big 4

Robber Barons

Dog Bites

Hoochie Nation; Dot-Commers and Taxes

Here's the Pitch

Twenty Four

Side Dish

Coffee Klatch; Curtain Going Up; Time for a Diet?; Fan Appreciation Day; Leftovers

Side Dish

Forward to the Past; Beneath the Palms; Five and Dime; Smoke 'Em If Ya Got 'Em; Rim Shot

Reel World

Another Day in Paradise, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Band of Outsiders

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 no ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 Valle ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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, a ... More >>

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 ni ... More >>

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 peri ... More >>

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 sustai ... More >>

These are the Shoes to Wear When Your Husband's Won the Daytona 500

Christy Futrell  was at AT&T Park's Willie Mays Plaza yesterday afternoon as her husband,  NASCAR Daytona 500 champ Jamie McMurray, was awarded an honorary Giants home jersey: No. 1, fittingly enough. She was wearing an unimpressive WAG ensemble - -LV, big rock, big shades. But then we ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of April 14-20, 2010

Christy Futrell  was at AT&T Park's Willie Mays Plaza yesterday afternoon as her husband,  NASCAR Daytona 500 champ Jamie McMurray, was awarded an honorary Giants home jersey: No. 1, fittingly enough. She was wearing an unimpressive WAG ensemble - -LV, big rock, big shades. But then we ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of April 21-27, 2010

Christy Futrell  was at AT&T Park's Willie Mays Plaza yesterday afternoon as her husband,  NASCAR Daytona 500 champ Jamie McMurray, was awarded an honorary Giants home jersey: No. 1, fittingly enough. She was wearing an unimpressive WAG ensemble - -LV, big rock, big shades. But then we ... More >>

Traci Des Jardins Lines Up Epic Talent for Taste of the Nation Benefit

JardiniereTraci Des Jardins.​Traci Des Jardins is San Francisco's honorary chair of Share Our Strength, a nonprofit with the motto "no kid hungry," and she's pulled together an impressive selection of culinary talents for Thursday's Taste of the Nation benefit. More than 40 chefs and restauran ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of April 28-May 4, 2010

JardiniereTraci Des Jardins.​Traci Des Jardins is San Francisco's honorary chair of Share Our Strength, a nonprofit with the motto "no kid hungry," and she's pulled together an impressive selection of culinary talents for Thursday's Taste of the Nation benefit. More than 40 chefs and restauran ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo: Mijita/Public House Offering Beer Specials, Free Chips and Salsa

John Birdsall​We can tell you Cinco de Mayo honors a small group of Mexicans who overcame the French at the Battle of Puebla, but we can't tell you which excuse to use when calling in sick Wednesday so you can check out the celebrations at SOMA's Mijita and Public House. Festivities promise to ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of May 5-11, 2010

John Birdsall​We can tell you Cinco de Mayo honors a small group of Mexicans who overcame the French at the Battle of Puebla, but we can't tell you which excuse to use when calling in sick Wednesday so you can check out the celebrations at SOMA's Mijita and Public House. Festivities promise to ... More >>

Three Food Tips You Might Not Know About AT&T Park

Enter here: Cheap beer, no line to get into the park.​Three lessons I learned from one of this week's home games against the Nationals. Lincecum was having an off night ― okay, the whole team was having an off night ― which allowed a friend and I to spend six innings touring food stands instea ... More >>

George Gervin, Artis Gilmore in Bayview Today

The Iceman cometh ... to San Francisco​A pair of former National Basketball Association stars who may or may not have graced the posters your high school history teacher plastered around his room are headed to San Francisco today for a series of free clinics. George Gervin and Artis Gilmore will b ... More >>

Public House Kicks Off Monthly Beer Dinners Tonight (First 30 Guests Only)

earl g./YelpThe three-course pairings are slated for the third Tuesday of every month.​Maybe you go to Public House for a pre-game beer. Maybe you go to Public House because at least their jalapeño poppers are better than the inside-the-ballpark heat-lamp fries that can't be saved by a mound ... More >>

Jeff Garcia and 'The Jerseys That Should Not Be'

Et Tu, Jeff?​Jeff Garcia is one of my favorite football players of all-time. I first saw him play -- in person no less -- in October of 1990 when he very nearly led San Jose State to upset a damn good Cal squad in Berkeley. The Bears held on, 35-34. He next crossed Bay Area fans' paths when he pla ... More >>

Double Play Adds Dinner

Alex Hochman​Just in time for the Giants playoff run, the 101-year-old Double Play Bar & Grill has added dinner service. Wednesday through Friday nights, diners can sample a small selection of Chef Rafael Hernandez's rib-sticking specialties. Wednesday's menu features chicken parmigiana, a ... More >>

World Series: Actual Odds For Amazingly Stupid Bets

​Those who squander their hard-earned cash on food and heat rather than gambling it away may not know what a prop bet is. It's not a wager on, say, Yorick's skull or the gun Chekhov saw fit to hang on the wall.  Rather, it's a proposition bet -- or side bet -- on something seemingly chancy an ... More >>

S.F. Dishes Up Giants Ice Cream Tributes

Alex HochmanMitchell's worker CJ Serrano displays the Baseball Nut sundae.​Not to be outdone by local bartenders, San Francisco ice cream makers have also gotten into the Giants spirit. Mitchell's Ice Cream opened in 1953, one year before the Giants last won the World Series and five years bef ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Alex HochmanMitchell's worker CJ Serrano displays the Baseball Nut sundae.​Not to be outdone by local bartenders, San Francisco ice cream makers have also gotten into the Giants spirit. Mitchell's Ice Cream opened in 1953, one year before the Giants last won the World Series and five years bef ... More >>

Bouncer: Hearing the End of the World at O'Neill's Irish Pub

Alex HochmanMitchell's worker CJ Serrano displays the Baseball Nut sundae.​Not to be outdone by local bartenders, San Francisco ice cream makers have also gotten into the Giants spirit. Mitchell's Ice Cream opened in 1953, one year before the Giants last won the World Series and five years bef ... More >>

Bouncer Awaits the End of the World in -- Where Else? -- an Irish Pub

​From this week's Bouncer column:This is the point where I mention that I am in a bar, and that the bar is also reminding me of the decline of Rome. The bar this week is O'Neill's Irish Pub, on Third Street, right around the corner from the entrance to AT&T park. It is a bar indeed in decline, ... More >>

Summer Guide: Sports Bars That Aren't Terrible

​From this week's Bouncer column:This is the point where I mention that I am in a bar, and that the bar is also reminding me of the decline of Rome. The bar this week is O'Neill's Irish Pub, on Third Street, right around the corner from the entrance to AT&T park. It is a bar indeed in decline, ... More >>

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 >>