Eat & Drink

22 Aug 2010

Tracking Inflation Via The Food of My Youth

Even prior to continuous string of awful financial downturns that have defined our past few years, many of us already knew what was up. The armchair economists, those untrained but yet still somehow immensely qualified individuals that can hear the unheard and peer into the unseen – they saw it. And their

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22 Aug 2010

Old School VWs and Picnicking at Governors Island

Some cars have very distinct personalities. For instance, if a Porche were to transform, Transformer-like, into a person, I imagine it would turn out to be an obnoxious Architecture major at Yale. Volkswagens, on the other hand, I picture as being like Diane Keaton in ‘œAnnie Hall’: bizarre and lovable,

Katy B. - Economic Inexpert 0
21 Aug 2010

Shhh… there’s a Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in Greenpoint, too

The lines at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in Dumbo are almost as famous as the ice cream itself… but it’s totally worth it, right? Like, it’s gotta be… why else would people decide that standing outside for over an hour for something that’s available on almost every other street corner

Jill S. 0
21 Aug 2010

Finger on the Pulse: BBQ Blowout

One of the best summer event series is coming to a close. Join Finger on the Pulse as they wrap up the summer with one of their last BBQ  blowouts.  Pit master this evening will be Fatty Cue, a delicious newcomer to the neighborhood that I have personally ate at

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
20 Aug 2010

A Very Happy Hour at 800 Larkin

Let me preface this post by saying that I never go to the Tenderloin after sundown. I’m scared of it, okay? I just know I’m gonna be that dumb bitch that gets chased down and  stabbed in the ass by a homeless guy after refusing him money (my coworker told

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0
19 Aug 2010

$3 Beer and Delicate Nibbles at the Rotunda Every Thursday

As far as cheap haunts are concerned, the Rotunda at Neiman-Marcus would hardly qualify in anyone’s ledger, however it is one of those places visiting friends and relatives have fond memories of from past trips to the City or who have been told about by name-dropping neighbours just back from

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder (Editor, San Francisco) 0
19 Aug 2010

La Superior: More Like La Superi-MORE!

What is this, the New York Post? Amirite? Anywho, Kiley has already named La Superior as one of her fave BYOB spots, but I just wanted to expand on just how delicious this place is. As many of my friends love to point out, I’m always criticizing Mexican places in

Anna G - Caliburg Contributor 0
19 Aug 2010

FREE Beer and BBQ Tonight at Chrome HQ

If you’ve been living in San Francisco for at least the past 20 minutes, you’ve probably already seen half a dozen of Chrome’s signature seatbelt-buckle messenger bags slung over the shoulders of your peers. Like most citizens of Fogtown, Chrome relocated here from out of state (Boulder, CO to be

Andrew Dalton - Aggressive Panhandler 0