Eat & Drink

Outside Lands has a Beer, Wine and Cheese Lands this Year!
Outside Lands is back after a long hiatus, 2020 was the first year Outside Lands was cancelled since the festival began in 2008. Now the music is back this Halloween weekend and punters are excited about seeing Lizzo, The Strokes, Tyler the Creator, Tame Impala, and much much more (see

E40 is Now Slinging Sausage
The Vallejo born, Bay Area rap mogul, E-40, aka Charlie Hustle, aka 40-Watter, aka Earl Stevens has started a sausage company. That’s a real sentence, that you just read. 40’s new Vallejo-based sausage company ‘Goon With The Spoon‘ did not pay us to rep them, we just love 40’s bravado

10 Lies Every Server Has Told a Customer
There’s no harm in telling a little white lie on occasion. Most of the time, we use these simple non-truths as a way to make things easier for ourselves. Like when a friend proudly shows up to a party wearing a brand new pleather jumpsuit in leopard print and asks

Actor Edward Norton is Helping Anchor Brewing Recycle Its Water…Kinda
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and actor Edward Norton on Friday helped the city’s oldest brewery launch a new water recycling system — capable of saving the city 20 million gallons of water per year. The historic Anchor Brewing Company is set to begin using a new water reuse system

The Right Way and the Wrong Way To Quit Your Restaurant Job
There is a right way and a wrong way to leave your restaurant job. The right way is to submit a formal, written two-week notice. You then offer to train whoever it is that will be taking your position. Finally, you finish out your shifts with maturity and a sense

BrokeAssStuart.com Wins Best Local Website!
Our favorite local website (48hills.com) just published its Best of the Bay 2021 winners! It is the 46th annual Readers’ Poll rewarding everything from Best Burrito and Best Politician to Best Sweets Shop and Best Bike Store. “This year’s Best of the Bay is dedicated to the indomitable Bay Area

6 Things You Should Never Ask Your Server
Manners seem to have gone out of fashion in much the same way as petticoats, bustles and mutton chops. It’s like no one remembers how to treat other human beings anymore. The age of social media has made it too easy to type out an insult or ask an offensive

Oakland’s First First Friday Since the Pandemic was Exactly What I Needed
Oakland is a city of contrast and creativity. The beauty of Oakland is found within this conflict. The struggle of the flat lands juxtaposed against the prosperity in the hills, the pothole-laden streets where homes sell for upwards of a million dollars, the way your windows shake when a car