Eat & Drink

Wooden Nickel: The Best New Neighborhood Bar in The Mission
Last Friday Wooden Nickel quietly opened its doors to an already devoted clientele. How is this possible considering there were no announcements that the bar was opening? Because the three women behind it, Nancy Chung, Shannon Lynn and Cassy Fritzen, have a combined 41 years bartending in the Mission. From

John Campbell’s Irish Bakery: Inner Richmond’s Baked Secret
I have an affinity for archaic bakeries hidden within overlooked neighborhoods. No matter how dingy, or how many flies are buzzing around, I will defend one of these bakeries until the bitter end. Unless they charge exorbitant prices and then they’re on their own. John Campbell’s Irish Bakery pretty much sums up a

Roy Choi & Daniel Patterson Bring Fast Food Alternative to East Oakland
I feel like I have been waiting forever for a Locol – Roi Choi and Daniel Patterson’s affordable and healthy fast food alternative venture announced at MAD 4 in 2014 – location to finally open up; or maybe I just feel like we’ve been talking about this shit forever.

The Best First Date Spots in San Francisco
No, it’s not just cuffing season, or a quickly diminishing timeline to Valentine’s Day, This is actually the busiest week of the year for online dating. So plan ahead where you’ll take your new sweetheart or whoever you find that still has hair in the “right” places and knows how to type.

5 Favorite Farmers Markets in San Francisco…and What’s in Season
Registered Dietitian tells us what’s in season this winter, where to get it, and how you don’t really have any good excuses no to go.

So-Cal Street Food Restaurant Opens in Former Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack Space
I spent some pretty amazing evening drinking 40s and eating meatballs at the original Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack. While it’s exciting that they moved to a new space, their original space has been empty ever since. That is until three months ago when Chicano Nuevo moved in and quietly began their soft opening.

What to Eat When You’re in The South
Between the joy of a freshly glazed Krispie Kreme donut and the proliferation of bakeries serving things like caramel cream cake and crack pie (look it up, trust me), dentists here are busy

Titties and Fried Chicken at the Gold Club
“Come on Stuart. Titties and fried chicken. How can you, of all people, say no?”
They were cajoling me via Twitter. There’s probably some hip slang for that, twijoling maybe, but I don’t know what it is. Regardless, Mik, Ed, Dottie, and Cait were really giving it to me. And of course I caved.