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Read the full review at food writer Ashley Lyon-Foster's bar and restaurant reviews site Your Next Bite. Preview:
Whenever it's Sunday night in San Francisco, treat yourself to All You Can Eat Artisan Pizza for $12.95 and $15 Draft Beer Pitchers at Local Kitchen & Wine Merchant in Rincon Hill. My friends and I certainly did, even after spending a weekend getaway eating our way around San Francisco – and it was the best deal in town.
Welcome to VIN12, California's largest monthly wine event. VIN12 is a monthly urban, hip retreat for the wine enthusiast where the traditional and new meet. Each month, you'll taste a selection of great wines from around the globe in one of San Francisco's dynamic, intimate and beautiful spaces, The Solarium. VIN12's commitment is to let you know the local retailers and restaurants where you can easily enjoy or access these wines. Educate yourself... visit with old and new friends... VIN12 is the monthly event you will not want to miss!
via www.vin12.com
Consistently great night out - highly recommended. The San Francisco event happens one Thursday night per month from 5:00PM to 9:30PM at
To book: http://www.vin12.com/
This homemade version of the childhood favorite is absolutely incredible. Flaky pastry, strawberry preserves, and powdered sugar—what's not to like? For step-by-step photos, see our Test Kitchen tip.
makes 8
After enjoying the strawberry pop tarts as part of brunch with friends at Foreign Cinema, I was pleased to be informed by my sister in law and Bon Appetit subscriber that the recipe had just been published by none other than the restaurant's own celebrity chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark. I haven't tried making them myself, and I'll always recommend going if you have the opportunity, but for those of you who can't - do try the recipe (and let me know how it goes).
Full recipe here: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2010/04/strawberry_pop_tarts#
If you are able to go, try brunch outdoors on a sunny day - bloody marys are on the menu. Dinner at Foreign Cinema is also consistently excellent - interesting menu which changes fairly frequently, apart from oysters which are a staple.
The Cigar Bar & Grill is a leading San Francisco venue to hear live music. We are committed to providing mainstream & Latin Jazz from leading Bay Area Musicians. Don't miss out on a truly unique San Francisco music experience!
Great venue for live music and dinner, cigars or not!
Address: 850 Montgomery St San Francisco, CA 94133-5118 Phone: 415-398-0850
Half Moon Bay is a great destination for a short escape from the city and there is no shortage of food and drink options along the shore. Sam's Chowder House is one such option and it comes highly recommended. Call ahead to book a window-front table - +1 (650) 712-0245.
Must do once experience: Martinis at the
Mark Hopkins
Perfect for pre-dinner drink (or even pre-Giants game drink as it happens).
Martinis are fairly reasonably priced at $13 at the time of writing. Also check out the story about WWII servicemen in the Cocktail menu
Recommendation for an excellent bar with ambiance that teeters on the right side of dark SF street modern and that serves unique cocktails: Rye Bar on Geary at Leavenworth in the Tendernob. Full address is 688 Geary, San Francisco, CA 94102 (not that you're driving).
Must try: Basil Gimlet, Fireside (bartender Phil's choice) which contains tequila, spiced apple syrup, jalapeno, italian vermouth and lemon.Other people like it too: Average of 4.5 / 5 stars across 24 Google reviews and counting.
Rye is on Facebook too http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/Rye/49406035861?v=wall
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is a California certified farmers market operated by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA). The market is open on Tuesday and Saturday.More
via www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com
The Farmer's Market on Saturdays and Tuesdays is a San Francisco 'must do at least once' experience. Offering excellent locally-sourced, organic and original products, the market is good for a shop or simply to look around and people watch. It is obvious who lives nearby - they make a bee line for a few choice items and quickly leave. Plan for a few hours there to take it all in and enjoy a champagne brunch or lots of small quick items (e.g. falafel with jalepeno hummus).
Must try:
Blue Bottle Coffee (really good, popular, not sure if it was worth the 15 mins I had to wait in line though. Good thing there were New York Times papers available to read)
Slanted Door. Apparently the Hamachi is amazing. Long line queuing for the lunch service.
My new challenge:
Shop more at the Farmer's market instead of Costco or Safeway. Only buy meat products if it is possible to confirm the animal had a happy life, and look for locally-sourced fruit and veg that is in season.
P.S.
You'll notice I bought pork sausages. More on the hunt for the perfect sausage later.
So I've been wondering what's available in terms of online shopping for British food stuffs. A Google search for 'British food' returns quite a few sites with the potential for being my future suppliers.
I will need some time to go through them and make recommendations. In the meantime, (in addition to the above) here are a few online British food stores that I found in my search:
- http://www.britishdelights.com/
- http://www.britshoppe.com/
- http://www.britishsupplies.com/
- http://www.englishteastore.com/british-store.html
Key: how are perishable items shipped and kept fresh?
To be continued.
