SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: See's Candies See's Candies was founded in L.A. in 1921, but they've had stores here in San Francisco since 1936. While the company became part of Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway empire in 1972, there's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Vitamin Express Okay, so it's off the beaten path. But this is EssEff, what would be more appropriate? Vitamin Express is a great place for vitamins (duh), supplements, healthy snacks, lotions, aroma therapy, gum, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Viva La Trimethyldioxypurist Holy crap, man -- pass the sweetener! Straight up, before anything else is mentioned about Cafe Macondo, it must be known that this is a super dark, wickedly bitter cup of coffee. This
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Trimethyldioxypurist Holiday Survival Guide Steel Cage Match: Caffeine v. Tryptophan Turkey contains an amino acid called tryptophan, which makes you sleepy. Coffee (thanks to trimethyldioxypurin, natch) perks you up. So one should counter the other, right? Yeah,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Look Upon the Trimethyldioxypurist, Ye Mighty, and Despair A good, strong cup is always a priority -- but it's not always the whole story. Take Cafe Abir, for instance, a stand-out coffee joint (and more) in the Western Addition (1300 Fulton
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Trimethyldioxypurist Doubleshot Man, the Trimethyldioxypurist is cranky lately. Even after he's had his coffee. The sheer overproliferation of certain stores in San Francisco these days is frightening. You can't spit downtown without hitting a Subway
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Trimethyldioxypurist Gallery Cafe is at the corner of Washington & Mason, right across from the San Francisco Cable Car Museum. Here, they dispense with the questions about "which bean" or "which blend." Your choices