Allie Pape
Drink Here Now: 5 Places to Sip This Week
1. Rumors Opens: Courthouse types and fans of the Folsom corridor will be glad to know that another bar has arrived in the area (in addition to recently opened Raven). Rumors, on the corner of 7th and Harrison, is ostensibly a sports bar, but the atmosphere is pretty rarefied, with red walls, Edison-bulb lamps, and a mirrored back bar. All the regular sports-bar pleasures are still available, though, including flat-screens, pub grub, pool, darts, and cocktails like the Desert Heat (tequila, cucumber, jalapeno, lime) and the 1820 (rye, maraschino, lemon juice, orange bitters). Their happy hour, from 4-8 pm, features $3 beers and $4 well drinks. (Daily, 10 a.m.-2 a.m., 398 7th St., SOMA).
Reading Roundup: This Week's Top Literary Events
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Paul Goldberger (Building Up and Tearing Down)
Tuesday, May 22, 8 pm, at the JCCSF (3200 California St.)
Goldberger (left), the Pulitzer-winning architecture critic for The New Yorker, will discuss a topic that's dear to San Franciscans' hearts: the Golden Gate Bridge, celebrating its 75th anniversary this month.
Reading Roundup: This Week's Top Literary Events
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Augusten Burroughs (This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude, and More)
Friday, May 18, 7:30 pm, at Books Inc. Castro (2275 Market St.)
Drink Here Now: 5 Places to Sip This Week
1. Heaven's Dog Launches New Cocktail Menu: Though it's the least touted member of Charles Phan's empire, Heaven's Dog (pictured at left) has a lot in common with its ultra-popular Valencia sister, Wo Hing General Store, including a nouvelle-Chinese menu and top-notch cocktails. To match Wo Hing pina-colada master Brooke Arthur, Heaven's Dog has brought on Rickhouse alum Trevor Easter, who's significantly altered Erik Adkins' original menu while maintaining a focus on drinks inspired by Charles Baker's 1939 Gentlemen's Companion.
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Party with Local Manufacturers at SFMade Week
In an age where digital creations rule the local economy and most of our physical property is imported from another state or country, it's easy to forget that some of the world's best products, from beer to bags to ceramics, are made right here in San Francisco. That's where SFMade comes in.
Drink Here Now: 5 Places to Sip This Week
1. Hecho in San Francisco at the Ferry Building: If you're looking to do it up in style this Cinco de Mayo, look no further than Saturday's CUESA and La Cocina fundraiser at the Ferry Building. The $55 ticket includes access to an outdoor party area with seasonal meat and veggie tacos from Tacolicious, bites from 12 of the city's best Mexican restaurants and vendors (including Nopalito, Alicia's Tamales Los Mayas, La Torta Gorda, and Chaac Mool), artisan jello shots from Sweets Collection, tequila cocktails made with Don Julio, Cuervo Tradicional, and Mi Casa, and plenty of cold Corona. It's enough to give new meaning to the word fiesta.
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Local Brewers Team Up For a Slow Beer Festival
If you're a beer fan who couldn't snag tickets to this Saturday's sold-out SF International Beer Festival, you might be feeling down about missing out on all the beer and fun. But never fear: the SF Brewers' Guild has launched another awesome beer event on the same exact day to catch the overflow of interest from the SFIBF. Slow Beer, a collaboration with Slow Food San Francisco, will feature over 25 handcrafted brews from Guild members like Anchor, ThirstyBear, Southern Pacific Brewing, Magnolia, 21st Amendment, Beach Chalet, and Speakeasy.
Drink Here Now: 5 Places to Sip This Week
1. Big Opens on Nob Hill: The ironically-named Big is a tiny slip of a place in a former hotel bar on Post Street, but what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in cocktail creativity. Barman Brian Felley (Fleur de Lys, Garcon) has transformed the space into a custom cocktail atelier: tell him what spirit or flavor you enjoy, and he'll whip up something special for you ($12-15, depending on ingredients used). There's no menu, and Felley won't make the same drink twice in a night unless someone specifically requests it. The space is colonial-chic, with red, white, and cream accents and a tattered American flag framed on the wall; a kerosene lamp above the door will be lit when they're open.
