FROM PERKS
The secret ingredient to making any cocktail or whiskey pour taste better isn’t an ingredient at all. It’s a hunk of professional-grade metal that the pros use to make flawlessly round ice spheres, designed by the booze maestros at Cocktail Kingdom. And we got you 22% off of it. Hope you can keep a secret.
HEY THERE, JUNIOR
Brass Tacks and Anina have a new little brother named Junior, and it’s also your new neighborhood cocktail bar in Potrero Hill. Come in for a Safety Third with overproof tequila, Aperol and French vermouth. Then follow it up with a local beer because overproof tequila.
SANTAAAAA
Get your tickets now to Anchor Brewing’s screening of Elf at the Balboa Theater tomorrow night. They’ll be featuring three beers made specially for the event, including Spaghetti & Maple Syrup Imperial Christmas Ale, which tastes better than spaghetti and maple syrup. Promise.
GROTTO WINNER
San Francisco mainstay the Grotto has just reopened under new management after the family that owned it for three generations retired. They’ve kept some classic elements like the bar and fireplace, but generally spruced everything else up. Except for the Bay views. Those are the same.
GOOD FELLOWS
The coffee product design firm (that old chestnut) called Fellow would like to show you their wares via a new retail store that’ll also host events with local coffee experts. Which basically means that you’ll get to see how coffee is brewed. Then drink coffee. Then be happier as a result.
FEELING 100
Maybe you need a great spot for a first date. Maybe you’re looking for the coolest hidden bar within another bar. Or the best drinks with a view of the entire Bay. Lucky you, because that’s exactly why the Back 100 exists. Don’t say we never got you anything.
WAR AND PEACE
Courtesy of one of these two Star Wars-inspired tours, in Ireland and Croatia. You’re also going to need some holiday party outfits—here are three surefire winners. Finally, we’ve made a convincing case that Gary Oldman is our greatest living actor. Not sure what you’ll need that for…
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.
