Bay Area Thread

[loeyjarko]

Molinari and Freddie's In North Beach?

With respect to BBQ sandwiches I like the Superhero at Los Gatos Meats (South Bay)

 

[Digita7693]

So far, so good:

Gracias Madre was wonderful, loved the plantains with mole sauce, but the tamale my partner got was even better.

Burma Love was ridiculously delicious. Tea Leaf salad and Fiery tofu.

Shizen was the most impressive as far as the flavors they pulled out and the inventiveness for vegan sushi.

Hella Vegan had a nice quesadilla w some interesting strawberry? Hot sauce. Cool cars there too and nice local tap list.

Timeless coffee was very nice and amazing vegan pastries.

Lake Merritt and Mountain View cemetery were beautiful.

November Project + Lyon Street stairs was fun this am.

Dinner tonight and then some whiskey and beer

 

[loeyjarko]

So far, so good:

Gracias Madre was wonderful, loved the plantains with mole sauce, but the tamale my partner got was even better.

Burma Love was ridiculously delicious. Tea Leaf salad and Fiery tofu.

Shizen was the most impressive as far as the flavors they pulled out and the inventiveness for vegan sushi.

Hella Vegan had a nice quesadilla w some interesting strawberry? Hot sauce. Cool cars there too and nice local tap list.

Timeless coffee was very nice and amazing vegan pastries.

Lake Merritt and Mountain View cemetery were beautiful.

November Project + Lyon Street stairs was fun this am.

Dinner tonight and then some whiskey and beer

Hitting up toronado at any point?

 

[Digita7693]

Hitting up toronado at any point?

Probably tomorrow.

Had ramen tonight at Orenchi, then went to Crafty Fox and Elixir.

 

[loeyjarko]

Probably tomorrow.

Had ramen tonight at Orenchi, then went to Crafty Fox and Elixir.

Mensho Tokyo has a vegan tantanmen ramen which is world class, if you get over there.

 

[RyanG1]

Shizen was the most impressive as far as the flavors they pulled out and the inventiveness for vegan sushi.

Shizen was an awesome discovery. Great spot for when my wife was pregnant and scaled the sushi consumption back.

Sadly moving (not far!), so will miss this and other places.

 

[dimensionx]

Probably tomorrow.

Had ramen tonight at Orenchi, then went to Crafty Fox and Elixir.

How long are you in the bay? I owe you a drink for those excellent Scotland tips!

 

[MrDave]

OK, who was the ******* that pulled the fire alarm at Mikkeller?


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[Digita7693]

How long are you in the bay? I owe you a drink for those excellent Scotland tips!

Leave tomorrow evening.

Dinner at Millennium tonight.

 

[dimensionx]

Leave tomorrow evening.

Dinner at Millennium tonight.

Looks good!

 

[bigstrunso]

Mensho Tokyo has a vegan tantanmen ramen which is world class, if you get over there.

I love Mensho. I definitely recommend hitting it up late night, after Millenium. Mensho is open until 11:30....I think. The Tori Paitan is the go to, but all of the vegetarian options are also amazing.

 

[fogindex]

New Moonlight taproom details:

 

[loeyjarko]

Idk both their shoyu and shio are made in the kitakata style which is my favorite and much less of a Meat milkshake. Also would reccomend the abura soba and maze soba which are soup-less but saucy.

I love Mensho. I definitely recommend hitting it up late night, after Millenium. Mensho is open until 11:30....I think. The Tori Paitan is the go to, but all of the vegetarian options are also amazing.

 

[loeyjarko]

Which isn't to say that Tori paitan isn't amazing, just to say that I wouldn't limit yourself to that one as the rest of the menu is equally amazing and a lot less heavy.

 

[Digita7693]

Looks good!

Millennium was ridiculously good, they also made a great rye and ginger with a house made ginger syrup. Swung by Mikkeller Oakland after, and as much as I wanted to have one, I couldn’t bring myself to pay $9 for a 25cl glass of taras boulba.

Friday did November Project hill runs on Strawberry hill, then Burma Love for lunch, again

Bay Area was a lot of fun, great food and people. Thanks for all the tips!

See some of you in PDX in August.

Cheers

 

[Ataraxia1]

Tlo4sho's bday / SARAthon 2018
(anything stacked behind are duplicates)

 

[bignuke61]

Tlo4sho's bday / SARAthon 2018
(anything stacked behind are duplicates)

God damn... are those b1 or b2 Tums?

 

[pen15clubmember]

Smokestack is closing down until August and reopening as "Magnolia Dogpatch" - ditching the (extremely overpriced) BBQ.

 

[sneakychi]

Going to SF later this autumn, pretty excited! This thread will be read! That is all...

 

[pen15clubmember]

Chomp and Swig is reopening in ~two weeks on Geary and 16th Ave

lol at them referring to it as a "brewpub" and Chomp will continue to feature local breweries like Triple Voodoo, Magnolia, Social Kitchen, and Pine Street. Are they hoping to help or hurt the business with this article?

 

[dimensionx]

Smokestack is closing down until August and reopening as "Magnolia Dogpatch" - ditching the (extremely overpriced) BBQ.

An employee told me that they are adding a foudre(s?) next door and will have some sort of an ongoing collaboration with NB/Oude Beersel to produce a wild ale. I'm not sure if they are creating a full on wild program w/a coolship or plan on doing some sort of wort exchange. I'm hoping some of that Hunter's Point nuclear funk will shine through in the finished product, mix in a little hobo **** and you've got some real terroir going on.

Happy to see they are ditching the BBQ, it was an embarrassment to actual BBQ.

 

[drgarage1]

An employee told me that they are adding a foudre(s?) next door and will have some sort of an ongoing collaboration with NB/Oude Beersel to produce a wild ale. I'm not sure if they are creating a full on wild program w/a coolship or plan on doing some sort of wort exchange. I'm hoping some of that Hunter's Point nuclear funk will shine through in the finished product, mix in a little hobo **** and you've got some real terroir going on.

Happy to see they are ditching the BBQ, it was an embarrassment to actual BBQ.

So far as I know, they will be bringing in lambic from OB and then continuing to age it in wood in SF. No idea if they'll also do wild fermentation here.

 

[dimensionx]

So far as I know, they will be bringing in lambic from OB and then continuing to age it in wood in SF. No idea if they'll also do wild fermentation here.

Yeah that makes sense. I wonder if they plan on using OB wort to inoculate the foudre for the initial batch and then brew the subsequent batches onsite, would save a nickel on the ole UPS account.

 

[nophunk]

I'm flying in tomorrow as I posted in the Cellarmaker thread, will be at the release. I come to the bay a good bit, so I'm not a total noob. After reading a few pages, Mensho is definitely on the list. I often hit Burma Superstar, but my buddy that was living in the east bay for years recommended Donut Delight Express for the weekend Burmese, going to give that a whirl this time. Also he told me Clove and Hoof is cool and probably not too far from where I'll be staying in Berkeley.

I'm around till the 28th. If any of you guys want to drink, touch tips, smoke reefer, or whatever it is you weirdo left coast guys do, drop me a line. I'm probably going to rent a car and roll to SARA one day next week (definitely going just planning logistics once I'm there). If anyone might be going, maybe we could carpool, and I won't need to do that.

 

[BrandoSF]

I'm flying in tomorrow as I posted in the Cellarmaker thread, will be at the release. I come to the bay a good bit, so I'm not a total noob. After reading a few pages, Mensho is definitely on the list. I often hit Burma Superstar, but my buddy that was living in the east bay for years recommended Donut Delight Express for the weekend Burmese, going to give that a whirl this time. Also he told me Clove and Hoof is cool and probably not too far from where I'll be staying in Berkeley.

I'm around till the 28th. If any of you guys want to drink, touch tips, smoke reefer, or whatever it is you weirdo left coast guys do, drop me a line. I'm probably going to rent a car and roll to SARA one day next week (definitely going just planning logistics once I'm there). If anyone might be going, maybe we could carpool, and I won't need to do that.

What days will you be at/around the Toronado?

 

[nophunk]

What days will you be at/around the Toronado?

Not really a fan from past experiences. They have anything going on bottle wise that's dope? I have a pretty loose agenda overall.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Not really a fan from past experiences. They have anything going on bottle wise that's dope? I have a pretty loose agenda overall.

Yes

http://www.toronado.com/whats-on-tap/

 

[RyanG1]

The former manager of City Beer is opening a bottle shop in downtown San Rafael called Libation, not sure if they will have taps or not.

BeerCraft Novato is not that far from San Rafael either.

Any updates on this spot? Will be within walking distance soon.gif.

 

[nophunk]

What days will you be at/around the Toronado?

I was riding my buddy's one wheel and it died right by Toronado. Phone was dead. Sat with a random guy who had room at his table and had a great experience. 2017 Cable Car was awesome.

 

[nophunk]

I may stop back in Toronado today or tomorrow if anyone wants to split some bottles. I'm on Valencia now going to hit Cellarmaker again a little later for cans. It wasn't crazy earlier today, so I didn't want to lug them all around the city.