Eat & Drink
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.