FROM PERKS
People talk about upping their “sneaker game.” Like it’s a game. For those who take their casual footwear a little more seriously, we direct your attention to these handsome, handmade, hand-finished beauties from KOIO. They’re crafted from the finest Italian leathers and suedes, and Perks has them for 20% off.
HERE TO VERVE
Santa Cruz–based Verve Coffee Roasters has just opened their first San Francisco café on Market. Stop by before work and grab some “seed-to-cup” coffee and a prosciutto biscuit from Los Gatos’s Manresa Bread. You knew you weren’t getting out of this without a “seed-to-cup” reference.
BOWL POSITION
Chicken adobo bowls with freshly pressed garlic. Beef pares bowls with braised brisket. Build-your-own bowls. Basically: bowls. You’re in for a lot of those at this casual new lunchery in the Twitter building. Though if you just wanted one, we’d allow it.
STRANGE BEACHFELLOWS
Coinciding with the launch of their spring line, Welcome Stranger is treating you to a huge sale on things like Norse Projects button-downs, Saturdays NYC hoodies and the occasional boardshorts and T-shirt for good measure and/or a forthcoming beach day that may or may not ever happen.
GO HAM
When one of the best BBQ spots in the city tells you that they’re having a whole-hog luau celebration with Fort Point brewery for beer week, you drop everything and go. Is it awkward that you’re still reading this?
MULE INTENTIONS
The people who brought you Dirty Water have now brought you a nice little cocktail bar called Rusted Mule. It’s a much-needed date option on Polk with original 1908 brick walls, sculptures from local artists and a glowing bar. It’s that last part that makes it a bar.
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.
