Eat & Drink

Happy Hour from 5-10pm at Nick’s Crispy Tacos
Looking to spice up your weekdays after work? Stop into Nick’s Crispy Tacos in Nob Hil for their Happy Hour that never seems to end. Where else can you get free chips and salsa, cheap tacos and $3 drinks from 5-10 pm Monday-Friday? Nick’s is the place! Other places have

Hard Knox Cafe: Cheap Southern Homestyle Cooking
I’ve yet to come across a joint in San Francisco with tastier, cheaper southern style cooking than Hard Knox Cafe in the Richmond. Southern homestyle food is probably the last thing that comes to mind when one thinks of San Francisco. That perception is soon to change. Hard Knox offers

Summer Scavenging Tips and Recipes
The other day I took a walk around the block after lunch at work, and I came back with a whole bunch of fruit and herbs that I basically stole from the neighbors trees. Luckily, I work in a residential area, and no one was around to see me swiping

The Best Food Cart on Quesadilla Avenue
When you get off the L or M train at Myrtle / Wycoff there are taquerias all over, so many in fact that the street has been coined “Quesadilla Avenue”. But the best, the very best in my opinion, is the food cart right outside of the train station. There

FREE Brunch & Mimosas at Annabella’s Boutique Tomorrow
What’s better than a mimosa brunch? A FREE mimosa brunch, of course! Tomorrow, Annabella’s boutique in North Beach is hosting a shopping/brunching/drinking event at 1pm with FREE brunch snacks, mimosas, and hot, affordable women’s clothes. You could obviously just drop in for the FREE grub, but postcards trumpeting the event

Giordano Bros – All in One Sandwiches
A good friend first brought me to Giordano Bros on St. Patrick’s Day and since then I seem to have forgotten that any other restaurants in North Beach exist. For the uninitiated, Giordano Bros serves “All in one sandwiches” which essentially means they throw a healthy handful of French fries

Precita Eyes presents the 15th Annual Urban Youth Arts Festival
When walking amongst the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District, it is merely impossible to deny attention to the cultural flavor and community involvement visible in its colorfully decorated walls and alleyways. These vibrant beauties kindly dress the neighborhoods with a warm positive spirit. Many of these murals have been

Idle Hands: Bourbon, Beer and Rock Are Better in a Basement
A rock and roll speakeasy seems as much like an oxymoron as an affordable bourbon bar, but apparently both exist in a hideaway under the trampled sidewalks of Alphabet City. Idle Hands was first brought to my attention not because of its over 150 different bourbons (!), or intense selection