Eat & Drink

16 Oct 2012

Ippuku: Offal on a stick and Chicken Tartare

Ippuku’s sake on tap There was a time when we as a people lived in fear of eating under-cooked pork.  Casting my mind back to the early 80’s, when A-Ha’s “Take On Me” was annoyingly inescapable and dudes everywhere sported see-through mesh t-shirts, our mothers and fathers were unwitting violators

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10 Oct 2012

Wing Wings in the Lower Haight is Stupendous

Central to both Capitalism and Darwinism is the idea of diversification. For instance, the Panda has stubbornly refused to widen the scope of its sustainatory purview beyond bamboo, and all that’s standing between it and oblivion is the obsession humanity has with all things round, fuzzy and disgustingly cute. The

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10 Oct 2012

TODAY: FREE Lessons on Broke-Ass Living at Union Square

Today (that’s Wednesday – get with it), the Union Square Greenmarket will host an additional event called New Green City. Brought to you by the non-profit GrowNYC, the all-day “FREE event full of action and dialogue” will feature various workshops on sustainability, urban farming, bike sharing, recycling, and even solar

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08 Oct 2012

Hapa SF: Mobile Filipino…

Hapa SF, tucked all the way in the back of the Eat Real festival, had $5 burritos. Well, they had $5 half-burritos available. They also had a small bowl of chicken adobo for $5 and seven pieces of lumpia for $5. I stood on the sidelines and watched what everyone

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08 Oct 2012

Win a Pair of Passes to the SF Comedy and Burrito Festival

Putting together two of the best things ever, The San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival is rocking the Mission all next weekend. Spanning three days, 6 venues and 100+ comedians, each ticket purchase comes with coupons for FREE burritos at Taquerias Pancho Villa and El Toro. Performers include friends of

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05 Oct 2012

An Ode to the Chinese Bakery

My stomach is growling! But alas, That despite its howling I am a Broke Ass I am short on dough What else is new? I have to be fed To the Chinese Bakery I must go! Places like it there are few It is much more than bread Shall I

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03 Oct 2012

Cooking in Heels Book Release Party FREE at Happy Endings Tomorrow Night

The Red Umbrella Diaries are back with another special event in their monthly series. This time they’ll be looking to not only feed you, but teach you how to feed yourself. Come down and discover what Ceyenne Doroshow has to offer your stomach as she shares her riveting story as

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02 Oct 2012

Cafe Bunn Mi in The Inner Richmond

Next trip: The Crispy Duck Sandwich It would take a dog’s life span to experience everything that Clement Street in the Inner Richmond has to offer, culinary and otherwise.  That’s why being in the restaurant business and/or having friends in said business helps immeasurably.  Recently, a work friend recommended Café

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