Eat & Drink

26 Jan 2010

Kiss and Tell Speakeasy + $5 Pasta Dinner

Anyone remember Chumley’s?  This restored 1920s speakeasy-turned-restaurant/bar was described in New York Magazine as ‘œcluttered with dog-eared photos of famous writers and the jackets of their most influential tomes’ It’s not hard to imagine Hemingway and Fitzgerald bickering in a back corner over a few too many whiskeys.’  With a

Danielle Levanas - Bargain Soul Huntress 0
25 Jan 2010

Pinche Taqueria

Everyone on the West Coast (if any of them are reading this) is just gonna hate, but I can’t help it.  I was born in New York City and lived for 28 years within spitting distance of place which gives you an idea of what kind of Mexican food I

BAS Writers 0
25 Jan 2010

Bar Workers Ball Tomorrow Night!!

Calling All Service Industry Workers (ONLY!): Working behind the bar or out on the floor tended to be a little on the lean side this year. Things have gotten so bad that the city has become a veritable graveyard of boarded up taverns and dusty dining rooms with papered windows.

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
24 Jan 2010

Learn to Make Your Own Yogurt

I grew up with a Greek step-family.  Despite the many years of being in close proximity to Greeks, I am still markedly not ‘˜one of them’.  I have a Papou but no grasp of the language.  I drink Ouzo in Astoria but can’t shake my thing like a bellydancer.  I

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
23 Jan 2010

Food Carts and Drinks at Fabric8’s 4 Year Anniversary

It’s a lazy Saturday morning and I’m pretty deep into a Law and Order marathon right now.  This means that Imma do a little cuttin’ and pastin’.  Here is all the info for you from Fabric8: It’s been 4 years in the Mission and 14 years in business(!), so let’s

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
23 Jan 2010

A Wine Filled Upstate Escape

When I got married, my husband and I celebrated our union with a honeymoon trip to Italy. I made sure our voyage included many clichéd romantic moments’candlelight dinners, wine tours and er’um’an audience with the Pope.   In an effort to relive those magical moments, my husband and I happened upon

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
22 Jan 2010

Upgrade Your Comfort Foods: Cereal is for Stoners

I’ve probably had more bowls of cereal in my life than any other meal. (If you consider it a meal, even.) But this isn’t because my mom didn’t love me enough to get me toaster strudel when I was a kid. Actually, I think I really tipped the scale around

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0
20 Jan 2010

Access Café Vegan Brunch

My sister wrote a book called That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals and she constantly encounters people who say really inane things like, ‘œI don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten any vegan food.’  She usually responds with ‘œWell, have you ever had an apple?’ and then they feel pretty stupid. 

Chloe - Pennywise Reporter 0