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5/3/2013

For The Sophisticate: In addition to its regular menu, Bocanova in Jack London Square will be serving a special prix-fixe dinner on Sunday evening. Drinks like the...More»

5/3/2013

If you just want to drink... Marengo on Union will be serving classic mint juleps, refreshing peach juleps, and the Kentucky mule: a powerful...More»

4/25/2013

It’s Wednesday night at 8 p.m. North Beach is hopping, but Tosca—as is often the case these days—is empty. Empty except for me, my friend, and a lone bartender wearing a white jacket and a...More»

4/19/2013

The weekend forecast is looking good, and it’s going to get even hotter next week! You know outdoor drinking is the name of the...More»

4/16/2013

Today is FourSquare Day, a self-made holliday from the social networking company that allows you to "check in" at places and earn special badges, rewards, and discounts. But like Pi Day or 4/20, FourSquare has sanctioned...More»

3/21/2013

Regardless of allegiances, March Madness is a flurry of buzzer-beaters, underdogs, and overtimes that must be witnessed from one’s favorite bar stool with one’s favorite beer in hand. Here is our list of the top ten...More»

3/15/2013

Kick off the weekend this Friday with a Blood and Shamrock or an Irish Margarita, and a corned beef appetizer, at RN74....More»

12/24/2012

What: Fauna, the sister bar to restaurant Flora in Downtown Oakland. Vibe: art deco shaken and stirred with film noir memorabilia and taxidermy. Prices: House...More»

11/5/2012

El Rio When the Party Starts: 5 p.m. Cover: Free Election Day Special: Bring your voting stub and your first drink is on the house. State...More»

10/16/2012

Squabbling over politics and getting drunk: Two American pasttimes that have gone together since the Whiskey Rebellion. Whether you'll need to toast your candidate's victory or drown your sorrows after his defeat, here are a few...More»

10/4/2012

“I know it when I see it” is how Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously defined pornography. The same could be said for a dive bar. One only has to look for the following traits: dinginess, crappy choice of beers...More»

8/6/2012

Royal Cuckoo If Twin Peaks–era David Lynch opened a bar with an audiophile—say, Nick Hornby from the High Fidelity days—you might get something like this idiosyncratically decorated Bernal...More»