SF News Walnut Creek To Crackdown On Typical Alcohol-Related Violence The Walnut Creek city council will contemplate a plan to crackdown on drunks and bars in the downtown area. Why? A few harrowing examples, as noted in this ABC 7 report: "recently a
misc Poll: Bars With A Skyline View? Where do you take out-of-towners for a cocktail and some great views? Take the handy poll! We usually go for The View, since it's the most central, and heck, it's called The View,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink House of Shields Reopens Tonight Paolo Lucchesi reminds us that, glory be, House of Shields returns tonight. The much-admired SoMa/downtown watering hole, if you recall, closed earlier this year. Horrifying on many levels, yes. Fortunately, the century-old
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Reasons Why Bartenders Don't Like You Lou Bustamante has an intriguing report about what bartenders hate most in a customer. None of the reasons, at least not directly, are related to blackout tomfoolery. After asking "some of the city's
misc Photos: SantaCon 2010 If Civic Center, the Tenderloin, and Polk Street were any indication, SantaCon 2010 had a huge turn-out (with much of the Summer's Eve set taking things up a notch, which we did our
SF News Where to Drink on Thanksgiving Whether you're taking your Thanksgiving meal with family or friends or complete strangers, one thing is certain - there are only so many times you can go back to the fridge for another
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink $1 PBR and Free PB&J Sandwiches at Doc's Clock Head over to the Mission tonight for cheap beer and free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (!) at Still Broke As Fuck. It all goes down at Doc's Clock, 2572 Mission. Details. [via Eater]
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where to Watch the Game Near AT&T Park The hogs at Salesforce.com rented out Pete's Tavern tonight and Thursday. If you're looking to go to the popular sports tavern located just across the street from AT&T Park, you're
misc Daly's Dive: Not Gonna Happen Well, ladies and gentlemen, Supervisor Chris Daly's deal to take over Buck Tavern on Market Street has fallen through, and there go his plans (at least in the near term) to become a
misc Photo du Jour 720 Pro-Giants board found outside SoMa's Nova Bar. Shot by Everyday Photos. Hat tip: Allan Hough of Mission Mission.
SF News S.F. Giants Playoff Fever: Where Will You Watch? We've got a pennant to catch here, people, so tonight's the night to stake claim at your nearest watering hole to watch the playoffs alongside other fans. Now more than ever we need
SF News Women's Safety: Wheretheladies.at Shows Men Where 'Ladies' Are At by Andrew Dalton Those of you that like to bemoan San Francisco's notoriously lacking female population might be interested in the mostly self-explanatory services provided by Wheretheladies.at, a new mobile site designed
SF News That Alcohol Tax? Still Possibly Not Dead. Even though Gavin vetoed that alcohol "fee" (or "tax" if you prefer), there are apparently rumblings still on the Board of Supervisors, likely originating with John Avalos, about trying to override Gavin's veto.
Arts & Entertainment Tonight Extra: Douchebag Bar Crawl What with douchebags reclaiming their moniker as of late -- which, of course, is a douchey thing to do -- we would be remiss not to point out tonight's Douchebag Bar Crawl V
SF News Alcohol Tax Advocates to Rally Outside PlumpJack Wine Shop So, you know that booze tax that the Board of Supes approved last week but which Gavin says he'll be vetoing? Well, proponents of the tax, which would put a $1 levy on
SF News Board of Supervisors Approve Booze Fee, 7-3 During a fun-filled Board of Supervisors meeting last night -- featuring a packed City Hall, curse words, and a cardboard cutout for an absent Newsom -- the board approved the controversial alcohol fee,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Where Have All the Bartenders Gone? That's the question posed by 7x7's Sara Deseran, and thank God she did. Swimming in a sea of artisan hooch concoctions, Deseran points our attention to the old-fashion bartenders -- specifically, bartender Scott
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Mai Tai at Thermidor Mad Men is probably going to win another Emmy this weekend for best drama, and the show has done its part to inspire newfound nostalgia for 60s fashion, furniture, and cocktails. Thermidor (8
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Italian Boilermaker at Gold Dust Lounge Because it amuses us, we're going to let the Examiner's Mixologist column pinch-hit on this week's cocktail, entirely because they traveled into the Gold Dust Lounge, which despite Prohibition (see Footnote) has been
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Ask SFist: Best Pre-Giants Game Bar? A loyal reader posed a question with regard to where he should procure a beverage (and perhaps a bite to eat?) before tonight's game. Google has some good leads. If you're looking for
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Breaking: Fernet-Branca Now On Tap Made from a secret recipe of over 40 herbs and spices, San Francisco has a special place in its heart for Fernet-Branca. (Fun fact: 35 percent of Fernet-Branca in the US is consumed
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 7x7 Top 10 Irish Pub Picks In honor of St. Patrick's Day (remember, fellow redheads, tomorrow we drink for free!), aptly-named Allison McCarthy at 7x7 Magazine came up with a handy list ranking the top ten San Francisco Irish
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink House of Shields Is Saved! ...Well, almost. Chef Dennis Leary (Canteen, The Sentinel) is in talks to take over the beloved, century-old, downtown watering hole, The House of Shields, and he plans to do little to the space
Arts & Entertainment The Residence, Amber's Replacement, Opens Saturday Night While we all mourned the loss of Amber, the delightfully lung-cancerous bar on 14th Street and Church, its replacement opens up on Saturday night. Just two weeks after closing, The Residence, we're told,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink (UPDATED) House Of Shields To Close? Following on the heels of the Eagle being up for sale, the century-old House of Shields "could be nearing the end of its run on New Montgomery Street." Eater reports that "the historic
