The weekend just picked up its lederhosen from the cleaners.
FROM PERKS
What you’ve got here:
—Caviar. Domestic and imported.
—Crème fraîche.
—Blinis.
—Mother-of-pearl spoons.
What you’ll do with what you’ve got there:
—Eat everything while conversing with attractive strangers about how delicious caviar is. Possibly other
things.
BIRD’S THE WORD
Shinola. Great place filled with great things. Great things that now suddenly include a handsome selection of wares from Allbirds. Yes, the SF-based purveyor of lightweight wool shoes is popping up there this month, so you should probably go check it out. Bring your feet.
DAS BOOT
Schroeder’s is always a fine option for boots of beer and brats. Especially this Friday, when they kick off their Oktoberfest celebrations with a full-on biergarten on Front Street. There will be pretzels. There will be live music and polka dancing. There will be you since you’re a person of reason.
RECORD YEAR
Dirtybird Records is throwing a party this Friday at Mezzanine. In addition to multiple DJs, enjoyable libations and attractive people to share such abundant riches with, you’ll get nothing else. Fair. Still strangely fair.
BUS STOP
Old Bus Tavern, Before: A solid beer bar with cocktails and delicious cheeseburgers and
crudo.
Old Bus Tavern, Now: All of that, plus brunch that includes pulled-pork benedicts and
maple-oatmeal pancakes. And beer and cocktails.
Good on you, now.
THE WIND CRIES MARY
In case a festival filled with Bloodys from multiple bars and restaurants around town sounds like a nice way to spend a Sunday, behold: the aptly named Bloody Mary Festival. You’ll sip spicy spiked concoctions from the likes of the Front Porch and Nido, then judge them, then repeat. Then probably keep repeating.
Lauren Sloss requires a climate that allows her to wear motorcycle boots daily. She likes her bourbon neat and her martinis dirty, and would like to be the lead singer of a punk rock band when she grows up.
