It’s impossible to overstate the sheer physical grandeur of South Africa, the beauty of the scenery that, at various moments throughout the day, forces you to stop in your tracks, look around, and catch your breath: The sweep of a sky speckled with birds wheeling overhead; the variously jagged and …
Beer Belly bar has been filling guts with LA’s craft beer and crafty food since 2011. Sourcing most of its brews from greater Los Angeles, married owners Jimmy and Yume Han rotate 12 taps daily to include rare sours and barrel-aged specialties at the relaxed bar in LA’s Koreatown. With mosaic …
Since it’s right inside the SF JAZZ building, you might assume you have to be attending a concert to venture in South. But everybody’s welcome at this Hayes Valley cocina for drinks or Mexican fare. Not Mexican as in “The taco truck’s here, you guys hungry?” We’re talking clam ceviche …
The occasional fire truck double-parked outside this former mortuary at South Van Ness and 22nd Street isn’t responding to an incident. The precinct firefighters are simply among the neighborhood denizens who have heard what’s been going on and have been dying for a first-hand look-see. Indeed, what’s been going on …
Industry City Distillery, the experimental Brooklyn distillery behind sugar beet-based Industry Standard Vodka began leading tours through its factory at the City Foundry this June. For their Industry Standard Vodka, the distillery uses an immobilized cell bioreactor fermentation system to transform beet sugar into 80-proof vodka made with yeast grown on-site from …
Those lucky enough to have gained access to the invite-only Schlitz Bouts tonight, are an in for an entertaining and luxe throwback night. Held at The Hollywood Athletic Club, an early Hollywood social landmark that’s hosted Charlie Chaplin, Lon Chaney, and Clark Gable, the evening will feature four amateur boxing matches. Comic relief will …
In 1842, Salvador Vallejo, brother to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo of Mexico’s Commandante Générale of the northern territory (which at that time included Sonoma), built an adobe home just off downtown Sonoma’s square. On November 5, 2014, after two years of historical preservation and renovation of the home, vintners Bill …
The Warwick’s new costume change is a serious nod to its ‘hood. The new interior design is a contemporary adaptation of old Hollywood glamour; and, yes, the cocktails are seasonal. Come snag a sweet from the roaming candy girl and sip a Black Dahlia, with Blackwell rum, housemade blackberry puree, …
The straightforward menu at Bar Crudo means you know what you’re getting at this go-to bistro on the “it” stretch of Divisadero Street: oysters, raw fish specials, a bowl of chowder. The beer list is more involved, running to some four-dozen varieties, chosen by Tim Silvera who owns the place …
Bear Republic Brewing Company, located in scenic downtown Healdsburg, CA, and just a few miles from the Russian River, brews and pours their famed Racer 5 IPA and Red Rocket Ale along with seasonal brews from Brewmaster and COO Richard “Ricardo” Norgrove. Open since 1996, the brewpub, which has a sister …
Revitalizing transitional spaces with pop-ups is a San Francisco signature. The latest to make the most of the interim is The Hall, a collection of vendors that opened in the city’s Mid-Market neighborhood, an area the city hopes to bring back to excitement over the next couple of years. In …
This is it,” I murmured under my breath as I walked into Hoyne Brewing Company’s tasting room. This was the first of many “this is it” moments I would have in Victoria, British Columbia each utterance leaving a pleasant taste, both literally and figuratively. One tasting flight I was throwing …