Starting the first day of college, we were all broke.  When friends came over to study at our modest abodes and were, as college students perpetually find themselves, hungry, we each asked ourselves, ‘œWhy share what little I have?’  However some of us chose to share and some of us

Geoff King got at me the other day to hip me to a great deal he came across.  Apparently the fairly fancy Franklin Square Wine Bar in Oakland  has an amazing happy hour where they give out delicious FREE appetizers.  When I asked what kind of food it was, he

I’ve always enjoyed odd combinations when it comes to food.  Maybe its because I’m the product of an odd combination myself.  Generally speaking though, my meals tend to look like sampler platters comprised of items blindly grabbed out of the icebox. Hence my delight in the restaurant mash-up that is

Just because you have moths flitting out of your pockets doesn’t mean you’ve been relegated to buffets, taquerias and the ilk if you’re dining out. Like our wise Stu points out numerous times in his guide, San Francisco can be a beggars paradise of quality delectables if you play your

Wondering what to do for fun this week?  Feeling a little dead inside?  Wake yourself up with an event for each of the 5 senses.  And they are all FREE or almost FREE! 1st Sense, TASTE: Get your taste buds going!  Go to an event at SF’s Omnivore Books, learn how to

As you know, we here at BAS.com love the fuck out of El Rio.  Hell, our own Threadbare-Fact Finder, Stephen Torres, even works there.  He even wrote a whole piece detailing all of El Rio’s amazing deals, and there are MANY of them. Today this fantastic watering hole is celebrating

I can’t quite attest to the quality of Popeye’s, as that when I have that fast food fried chicken itch to scratch, I generally pay a visit to the colonel. I have noticed, however that Popeye’s fans are ardent in their loyalty to the one-eyed mariner’s chicken shack, extolling the