Bay Area Thread

[MrDave]

Tasty wasn't one of them! His FB post makes so much more sense now.

He and I were bullshitting about it. He was sitting in the thick of it. He quipped "where's the diaper changing station?"

 

[stupac2]

Were you there tonight? Totally woulda bought you a beer for putting up with my Bernie **** on the other thread. Cheers!

I was not, I was having dinner at Grand Tavern with my dad and sister. It's shocking how many highly recommended Oakland restaurants I've never been too...

 

[jtmartino1]

If you guys don't like drinking beer with kids around, don't ever visit Pizza Port.

 

[Xul1]

If you guys don't like drinking beer with kids around, don't ever visit Pizza Port.

Still better than arriving at a tasting room and finding multiple brewery tour buses parked out front.

 

[AndresR]

If you guys don't like drinking beer with kids around, don't ever visit Pizza Port.

If they ever opened a Pizza Port up here, I'd be the biggest kid there all the Damn time!

 

[preacher1]

If you guys don't like drinking beer with kids around, don't ever visit Pizza Port.

I don't miss many things from living in So-Cal but going to PPSC with the kiddos after a morning at Trestles brings a tear to my eye.

 

[Arbitrator]

I'm at Beer Revolution. First time ibn over a year. Such a kick as place.

I'll fight anybody

 

[AndresR]

I'm at Beer Revolution. First time ibn over a year. Such a kick as place.

I'll fight anybody

Was a block away an hour before you got there. Sucks, because I have like a 3 inch reach advantage on you. Next time.

 

[bobsacamano1]

Is there anything worth checking in the Mill Valley area bar wise? Heading up there later today.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Is there anything worth checking in the Mill Valley area bar wise? Heading up there later today.

Really just Mill Valley Beer Works. House beers are usually just OK but nice guest taps and good food.

 

[tosh1]

Really just Mill Valley Beer Works. House beers are usually just OK but nice guest taps and good food.

Average food IMO. They try to hard to be edgy or something for my taste.

Go get a Indian Burrito instead.

 

[RyanG1]

Is there anything worth checking in the Mill Valley area bar wise? Heading up there later today.

GO TO SOL FOOD.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Average food IMO. They try to hard to be edgy or something for my taste.

Go get a Indian Burrito instead.

Agree to disagree. I haven't had the Indian burrito yet. Stil, MVBW is unfortunately the only place to get good beer in Mill Valley.

 

[pen15clubmember]

GO TO SOL FOOD.

Ponche is probably my favorite non-alcoholic drink.

 

[tosh1]

Agree to disagree. I haven't had the Indian burrito yet. Stil, MVBW is unfortunately the only place to get good beer in Mill Valley.

No argument on the beer, unless you grab some bottles from the market and go sit in the park with a sandwich or something.

 

[RyanG1]

No argument on the beer, unless you grab some bottles from the market and go sit in the park with a sandwich or something.

Drive over the hill, pending traffic, and visit Pelican Inn. Grab beer and sit on the lawn in Muir Beach. Wonderful time.

 

[tosh1]

Drive over the hill, pending traffic, and visit Pelican Inn. Grab beer and sit on the lawn in Muir Beach. Wonderful time.

You ever stay there? We stayed one night and someone stayed drinking in the bar all ******* night. I know this as our room was above the bar and about every hour or so he broke into song.

 

[RyanG1]

You ever stay there? We stayed one night and someone stayed drinking in the bar all ******* night. I know this as our room was above the bar and about every hour or so he broke into song.

No. Usually swing by on a bike ride for a pint or three and then go on our merry way.

Looks like an interesting spot to stay.

 

[Hornet]

Mill Valley Beer Works is a joke.
They should not be allowed to call themselves that.

Boo Koo can be cool, good spot to sit out side with a decent beer, reasonably priced.

But I agree with Tosh, the market has the best selections.
Grab a beer and a sandwich and go to old mill park!

Cheers

 

[bobsacamano1]

Didn't end up doing anything beyond the errands I had to run because Mill Valley Beer Works isn't open between 3:00pm and 5:30pm. Definitely going to hit up Sol Foods next time, that place looks amazing. Pelican Inn looks good, too. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[benbikes4beer]

If you guys don't like drinking beer with kids around, don't ever visit Pizza Port.

Generally speaking I can tolerate the smaller ones, but Bressi Ranch is in the middle of Soccormom Suburbia Central. Pizza Port E. Cheese for reals.

 

[jtmartino1]

Generally speaking I can tolerate the smaller ones, but Bressi Ranch is in the middle of Soccormom Suburbia Central. Pizza Port E. Cheese for reals.

I was there a few weeks ago. Literally 3 different kids' birthday parties. Screaming children, garbage everywhere, cake all over the floors and tables. Was a nightmare.

Love their beer, and other locations, but I won't go back to Bressi.

On the plus side, I saw Tony Hawk at a Greek Cafe in the strip mall down the street. Looking old man strong.

 

[brokensail1]

Pizza Port =/= warehouse taproom

 

[pen15clubmember]

Mill Valley Beer Works is a joke.
They should not be allowed to call themselves that.

Cheers

FFS it's a perfectly fine place to grab a beer or two, which is all the person asked for.

Edit: side note, I've ridden or driven past Boo Koo several times and never thought to look it up. Sounds like a decent spot. Thx for the rec

 

[theconductor]

Sure, there are tiers, but I think growing the number of high-quality breweries will put the squeeze on some of the shittier ones. For example, we finally got rid of Blue Frog.

There's only so much market capacity within each tier of interest, even if we are nowhere near those limits yet.

Not only is it still around... http://www.bluefrogbrewingcompany.com/#!ourbrewery/c1c9t

But they also contract brew for these guys!... http://www.dnabrewingco.com/

 

[RyanG1]

Anyone check out Barebottle in Bernal Heights yet?

Looks to have opened last week.

https://mobile.twitter.com/barebottlebeer

I like the nearby Harmonic and this is another good option in this part of the city.

 

[Wino1]

I'm really digging the layout there from the pics, atmosphere looks great. Will need to check it out

 

[jedwards]

FYI, Baeltane (in Novato) is closing their existing location after Saturday with the goal of moving to a new location within a few months (their brewhouse is in storage). They have their remaining bottles on discount, and are selling off the remaining tap beer by the growler, including their barleywine, which is the one of the best American beers I've had in years -- aged for a year in apple brandy barrels, super sherry notes, no cardboard. Fairly pricey at $10 for the glass + $20 for the fill, but the growler is a standard 1L that one could tape & reuse at Cellarmaker/SARA/etc.

 

[stupac2]

FYI, Baeltane (in Novato) is closing their existing location after Saturday with the goal of moving to a new location within a few months (their brewhouse is in storage). They have their remaining bottles on discount, and are selling off the remaining tap beer by the growler, including their barleywine, which is the one of the best American beers I've had in years -- aged for a year in apple brandy barrels, super sherry notes, no cardboard. Fairly pricey at $10 for the glass + $20 for the fill, but the growler is a standard 1L that one could tape & reuse at Cellarmaker/SARA/etc.

Bring one this Sunday?

 

[shelf_turd_ferguson]

Scheduled a last minute flight to SF this morning for family business. As long as things stay how they are now regarding said biz:

If any TBers are free this evening, I get into SFO at 5:15 PM and plan to take BART to near City Hall so I can either go to Toronado or CBS/Cellarmaker. And Mikkeller if I want to spend a lot. Seems like it should take me ~40 to get to the BART station and another 40 to get downtown. So ~6:35 PM.

Or if someone wants a couple drinks on me, scoop me from SFO and we can go DT SF. PM me.

Cheers!