This is Orbitkey. Orbitkey is a handsome strip of leather that keeps your keys organized and snug so you don’t soundlike a toolbox falling down a flight of stairs every time you run to catch the morning train. We believe theword you’re looking for is “ingenious.”
DOUGH AND STEADY An Ice Cream Shop That Scoops Cookie Dough, Too Soon, you’re going to find yourself in the East Bay eating chocolate chip and brownie batter cookie doughalongside 16 flavors of ice cream. And you’re going to do this because suddenly the Cookie Dough Parlorexists. We’ll stop telling you what to do now, but that particular part felt important.
Thursday
IN THE STUDIO The Swedish Are Coming, and They’re Bringing Jackets and Stuff Swedish-based Acne Studios has just opened their first San Francisco location slinging handsome jackets,jeans and leather boots out of a red-and-gray industrial store. Which is just a long way of saying thatyou’re about to look better than other people.
Friday
BASIC CHEMISTRY There’s a New Sake Bar in Town The good people behind Shiba Ramen are celebrating the grand opening of their new taproom and sake bar. Yes,there will be shochu and Japanese beers. Yes, there will be bar snacks like the TPT Burger with yuzu koshomayo and shiso. Oh, and sake. That, too.
UNDISCOVERY ZONE Quick, to the Pop-Up Night Market On Friday, head to Undiscovered SF. It’s the new monthly Filipino night market in the Old Mint building, andit’s going to have many a delicious thing from the likes of Mestiza, Hookt Donuts and Cross Hatch Eateryalongside crafts and live music. It’s okay if you’re not pumped about crafts.
Saturday
HIGH YIELD RETURNS Two of Our City’s Favorite Restaurants Return After closing for a bit of R&R (refurbishing and retooling of menus), both Serpentine and State BirdProvisions have returned to us with updated interiors and menus, though both have kept some favorites. Checkout Serpentine’s new cocktails and State Bird’s peg-less walls. So shiny. So new.
What Else Is New
LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX The Definitive Sexual History of the ’90s Is Here It’s called The Naughty Nineties, and we had anenlightening conversation with the book’s author. Also, in case you missed it: we talked through the pilot of David Simon andGeorge Pelecanos’s new HBO show, The Deuce, and ranked the people causing themost panic in the White House this week. Enjoy.
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.
