Red harissa, honey, pomegranate. $14
Zare at Fly Trap, San Francisco CA
These were really tasty! The meatball was tender and juicy and I enjoyed the medium texture. I don’t like my meatballs too hard. The delicious sauce was the best part with the Middle Eastern/Mediterranean flavors.
7×7 Magazine’s Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die
Blonde Manhattan: moonshine, becherovka, cocchi, bitter cube bitters.
Not my favorite…
A tall cooler designed in the late 1930s by Don The Beachcomber to showcase fine aged Haitian rhum, along with lime, pineapple, falernum, Angostura bitters, and a dash of grenadine. $11
Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco CA
Mmm, another delicious drink from Smugglers. The bartenders here are pretty amazing since every drink seems to have a gazillion ingredients and they appear to make everything from memory.
“Holding it down” urban art, Soma.
Smoked, double-dipped buttermilk fried chicken, served with cornbread and collard greens. $16.50
Bitters Bock & Rye, San Francisco CA
Mmm, I loved the breading on this chicken. It was thick and delicious and the chicken was very tender and juicy. I could have done without the dry cornbread though.
Moore County Fire: Jack Daniels, fresh lime, simple syrup, hellfire bitters. $10
Jackalope: JP Wiser’s rye whiskey, cherry heering, benedictine angostura bitters, lemon peel. $10
Jackalope, San Francisco CA
This was a really fun, chill bar with great drinks. There was only one bartender when our group arrived so the drinks were a little slow coming. Then we started playing Plinko and it was all a blur from there, lol!
Old Scratch: Maker’s Mark whiskey, sugar, angostura bitters, orange bitters, orange. $10
Plinko game winnings, lol!
$11
The Liberties, San Francisco CA
I wasn’t a fan of this pizza. It didn’t taste bad per se, but the crust was too dense and flour-y tasting for me.
House Barrel-Aged Cocktail Tasting. $12
Old Fashioned, Grouse Hunter, and Manhattan.
Poached pear, toast points. $16
Lavender Bistro, La Quinta CA
Mmm, this appetizer was SO delicious! I loved the silky texture of the foie gras mousse combined with the hard bruleed crust. I thought the toast points were a little tacky though (and definitely not enough of them for the amount of foie gras).
Cape Cod cocktail. $9
Avocado, caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, tomato with garlic fries. $15
The Pink Elephant, San Francisco CA
This burger was very large and it rocked! The beef patty was juicy and flavorful and those garlic fries were killer! The burger got even bigger when you added the avocado and peppers placed on the side.
Don Quixote, War Memorial Opera House.
Mushroom-truffle honey. $8
Beretta, San Francisco CA
Mmm! Just give me burrata and I’m one happy camper. I loved these delicious bites of food! It was salty, silky, umami, creamy, and absolutely perfect. NOMS!
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Wind Up Bird: Japanese whiskey, carpano bianco, curacao, salted cacao. $11
This cocktail was very herby and liqueury tasting and so it wasn’t my favorite. Although it wasn’t sweet per se, it was leaning toward that profile.
Sassy bacon, heirloom tomatoes, greens and avocado, with garlic fries. $15
The Pink Elephant, San Francisco CA
The sassy bacon was certainly sassy. Otherwise, this sandwich would have been on the ordinary side. I was actually surprised on their bread choice, but I though that it worked since it was still soft and not too hard and chewy. And their garlic fries rocked!
Bloody Mary’s.
New Orleans style BBQ shrimp, cheesy grits topped with bacon scallion salsa. $12
Mama Knows, San Francisco CA
These tacos were pretty tasty! I thought the shrimp were nicely cooked and the tacos were very flavorful. The super slow service and long wait times were horrible though.
Mimosas. $6
Baby octopus, beans, frisee, salsa verde. $13
Lolinda, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this dish was very good! They kept the flavors bright and the octopus was surprisingly tender. I’m always afraid with octopus dishes because they tend to get tough and unchewable, but these thick octopus pieces had a wonderful texture.
Rye Manhattan: Italian vermouth, bitters, served on the stem with a sidecar. $12
Kim chee cocktail sauce. Happy hour $1 each
E&O Kitchen and Bar, San Francisco CA
I was a bit fearful of the kimchi cocktail sauce. Not because I don’t like the kimchi flavor, but because I usually don’t put cocktail sauce on my oysters and prefer a nice mignonette instead. Anyway, I opted against the cocktail sauce and just used the lemon for some flavor. You can’t beat a freshly shucked dollar oysters for happy hour!
Maple Old Fashioned: E&O single barrel whiskey, sugar, maple bitters. Happy hour $6
I was afraid that this was going to be too sweet, but thankfully it wasn’t. You could taste the maple bitters, but it wasn’t overpowering.
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