Your guide to the tastiest food happenings going down this week. Bon appetit!
FIVE Restaurant Offers Spooky Halloween Menu
This All Hallow's Eve weekend, downtown Berkeley-based restaurant FIVE will offer a special three-course Halloween menu for $34 per person. Magical menu offerings include: head cheese with toasted baguette; sweetbread, butternut squash, and wild rice-stuffed quail with spinach and sautéed mushrooms; and something called the “Magic Potion”—a cold pumpkin soup with white chocolate, ricotta mousse, and candied pecans. Compliment your spooky supper with a Zapotec Sour, a concoction of mezcal, egg white, lime juice, falernum, chocolate bitters, and roasted garlic IPA simple syrup, sure to ward off any vampires for the evening. The guest sporting the best costume will receive dinner for two at the restaurant. 2086 Allston Way #5, Berkeley
Hog & Rocks Hosts a Halloween Party
Hog & Rocks has planned a night of treats with themed specials for both the bar and the kitchen on October 31. (Think all kinds of ghastly goodness, such as Chef Song's house made blood sausage. Delish!) The best costume will win a $100 Hog & Rocks gift card and a bottle from their Barrel to Bottle program featuring delicious high end bottles of whiskey exclusively available at H&R. 3431 19th Street, San Francisco
Macallan Launches New Rare Cask
Macallan Single Malt Scotch added a brand new additionto their range of spirits: a new whisky, with a rich and resonant ruby hue, aged in Spanish oak sherry seasoned casks. It is considered among the most precious and scarce in the single malt whisky realm. Rare Cask comes in a beautifully sculpted, heavy glass decanter reflecting the peerless spirit that defines Macallan. Add it to your gift list this holiday season.
Treats, No Tricks Dinner at Canela
Celebrate Halloween with a candy-inspired menu at Canela. For $55 per person you'll feast on caramelized corn soup with jamon broth; popcorn "croutons"; maple glazed "candied" salmon; chocolate-spiked oxtail with potato croquetes; and a dessert trio of peanut butter custard with chocolate peanut toffee, pumpkin flavored arroz con leche, and mini caramel apple. Plus, guests in costume will receive a small surprise! 2272 Market, San Francisco
Dirty Habit's First Annual Halloween Bash
On Friday, October 31, Dirty Habitwill throw its first annual Halloween Bash. Kicking off at 7 pm, enjoy delicious food from Chef David Bazirgan (including a suckling pig steamed bun station, prime rib carving station, pasta station, and a shellfish and oyster station), house-made Halloween candy, and all-you-can-drink punches, specialty cocktails, beer, and wine. Prizes for the Best Overall Costume, Best Couple, and Scariest Costume will be awarded at the end of the night. The Best Overall Costume winner nabs an overnight stay at the Palomar Hotel and dinner for two at Dirty Habit. Get tickets here. 12 Fourth Street, San Francisco
Big 4 and Anchor Brewing Company Launch Quarterly Beer Release Series
Two local icons will pair up for a quarterly beer release series, beginning with the launch of Anchor’s Christmas Ale. On November 3, Big 4 will host an exclusive four-course release dinner that will unveil Anchor’s signature holiday brew, in addition to other favorites, paired with four delectable courses created by Executive Chef Kevin Scott. Set in the restaurant’s Central Pacific Room showcasing original artifacts, historical photographs, and memorabilia from California’s unique history, guests will be treated to a fun presentation led by Big 4’s resident historian, Ron Henggeler, and Anchor Brewing Company’s historian Dave Burkhardt. Tickets are $125 per person, get them here. 1075 California, San Francisco
