FROM PERKS
Your suitcase just became obsolete. Because all you need now is the Rolo Travel roll-up bag. It combines the powers of a suitcase, a travel organizer and a closet in one tightly wound package that will go anywhere you take it. Or it takes you.
UDON WITH THE WIND
Here’s a new noodle spot on Market where you start with a base like braised sliced beef, then add on toppings like soft-boiled eggs and tempura, then eat those things for lunch. And here’s the part where we leave those self-explanatory words right there.
IT’S EASY BEING GREEN
Since no 20th of April would be complete without a sizable party that includes DJs, dancing and a courtyard filled with weed and weed-adjacent miscellany, here’s exactly one of those.
FISHING EXPEDITION
Here to offer a slightly healthier option than donuts the size of your head on Polk: Ahi Poki Bowl. It’s the first San Francisco iteration of the popular bowl spot where you can choose from nine different fish options and add toppings to your heart’s content. Mmm, toppings.
TAKE THAT
To celebrate their ninth anniversary, Pal’s Take Away is unveiling a series of guest-chef-created sandwiches. To give you a feel for what you’re in for, Friday’s is a panko-fried pork tonkatsu number with spicy mustard and fig sauce, and Tuesday’s involves rotisserie duck breast bacon from Josey Baker. It’s a midafternoon miracle.
VIRTUAL REALITY CHECK
Anyone can take a date to dinner and a movie. Anyone can also go to the park for a virtual reality extravaganza where you’ll play around with Oculus Rift and Google Earth VR and randomly interact with Hamlet. But that last one’s a little harder to pull off.
Joe Starkey is the tallest person in the room 90% of the time. He enjoys liquors that aren’t smoky, dive bars that are, and has a vague dread that someone, somewhere might be having more fun than him.
