Eat & Drink

Dungeons, Dragons, and Drag Queens: Let’s Ride
Not your average—if there is such a thing—game of D&D. These magical queens take things to the next level at Rockridge Improvement Club monthly. Roll for Shade Rockridge Improvement Club 5515 College ave, Oakland CA December 8, 2024 It’s not every day you get to watch a drag queen wielding

Behind-the-Scenes with the Talented Cast of the Dickens Fair
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Holiday Market is a massive immersive theatrical experience made possible by hundreds of actors, musicians, artists, cooks, cleaners, carpenters, and chestnut roasters, including Mark Montgomery French, Sean Owens, Polly Amber Ross, Brendan Getzell, and Kerri Jones.

Broke-Ass Recipes: Cock-a-leekie
Though cock-a-leekie is considered Scotland’s official soup, it was adapted from a French recipe using chicken, broth and onions through replacing the latter with its gentler taxonomic relative, the leek, which has been widely cultivated in Scotland since the Middle Ages. Though the first recorded instance of this change dates

A Delicious New Chapter for Berkeley’s Favorite Thai Spot; Tanzie’s
Since Tanzie’s in Berkeley opened in March as a unique Thai brunch spot, it quickly became a favorite “secret spot” for some of the best Thai food in The Bay Area. The restaurant has earned well-deserved recognition, including being featured on The Chronicle’s list of Top 25 Restaurants in the

Broke-Ass Recipes: Trifle
The word “trifle” was first used in a culinary context in 1585, appearing in The Good Husvvifes Ievvell, a cookbook by English author Thomas Dawson. The term referred to a thick cream flavoured with sugar, ginger and rosewater. By the middle 18th century, the recipe evolved to entail setting biscuits

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

Fan Expo San Francisco 2024: A Weekend of Creativity, Culture, and Color
At Fan Expo San Francisco, a panel on Drag and Burlesque discussed the intersection of drag, burlesque, and pop culture, highlighting the importance of marginalized communities and the power of performance art to push boundaries and challenge traditional notions of gender, sexuality, and identity.

1,000 Things I Miss About San Francisco
Submitted by John McLemore, an SF resident who had to move away, and now lives in a suburb of Dallas Texas… I’d give anything for a drunk guy walking by my apartment, yelling at nothing and no one. I miss getting up early on a Sunday, pouring a mimosa, cranking up the