SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Drinks: The Fleur de Pepin at Era Art Bar in Oakland Era Art Bar and Lounge is a truly beautiful and HUGE new cocktail venue that just opened a few weeks ago on Grand & Broadway in Oakland about four blocks from the Fox
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vampire Weekend's New Vid (ALSO 2nd Show Added in April!) Attention all ye fans of Vampire Weekend's catchy, preppy, articulate musical stylings: They've added a second show at the Fox in Oakland on April 20th, following on a quick sellout of their April
misc Builder of Oakland's Fox Theater Once Imprisoned For 'White Slavery' On this relatively slow local news day in which most everyone is out of the office, the Oakland Tribune is running this amusing scandal from the archives about Maury Diggs, the builder of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Little Rock from Wolfmother After the 2008 departure of co-founding members Chris Ross and Myles Heskett, Australian hard rock group Wolfmother has reassembled itself and released a new album, Cosmic Egg. They're on tour and hitting the
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/2 - 11/8 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Another packed week with sludge
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kylie Minogue - TIX AVAILABLE Forgive us if her sugary sweetness leaves you wishing for a glass of milk (or some kind of metalcore antidote), but the Australian Madonna is hitting our shores for two shows starting tonight
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts The week kicks off with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White playing several just-announced all acoustic sets at Yoshi's Oakland. Then on Thursday, jangly French pop band Phoenix is at The Warfield,