CrawlSF’s 4th Annual Polk Village Pub Crawl will kick off at 4 p.m. this Saturday, July 31 at McTeague’s. The lineup of watering holes is situated on the lower Polk, including Hemlock, Vertigo, SNOB, Blur, Route 101, and R Bar. The neighborhood is bound to be sloppy on Saturday, so if you want to steer [...]
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Posted in Bars, News, tagged Bars, Cossu, News, Restaurants on April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A group called Red Stick Enterprises applied for a new liquor license for the space at 1516 Broadway, formerly Cossu, which closed last July. No specifics beyond that, but I’m sure the Polk folk will be happy to have another watering hole in the ‘hood. It’ll be interesting to see whether the owners keep the [...]
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Posted in Bars, Restaurants, tagged Bar, Birthday, Deals, Green, Hyde, Luella, Restaurant, wine on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To celebrate its fifth anniversary, Russian Hill’s New American eatery Luella (1896 Hyde at Green) is offering wine by the glass for only $5 Sunday through Thursday throughout the month of March. Seeing as the restau’s most wallet-friendly glass of wine goes for $8, this is definitely a good deal. Better yet, you can scoop [...]
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Posted in Bars, News, tagged Bars, Nob Hill Tavern, Pour, R Bar on February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Aww, man! I feel like all of my favorite watering holes are evaporating into thin air lately. The latest is Nob Hill Tavern (1390 California at Hyde), which according to Eater SF is being taken over (overtaken!) by the owners of R Bar. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of R Bar, and the [...]
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Posted in Bars, Events, tagged Bars, Black Horse London Pub, Black Magic Voodoo Lounge, Bullitt, Greens Sports Bar, New Orleans, Shanghai Kelly's, Sports, Superbowl, Superbowl Sunday, The Buccaneer, The Saints on January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
First of all, let me say, “Who ‘dat!!!” Okay. Now that that is said and done, I’ll move on to my list of places to hang out in the area on the upcoming Superbowl Sunday. This list will inevitably be updated, and please feel free to contribute with events and specials in the comments. If [...]
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Casablanca Café (1609 Polk at Sacramento) has newspapered its windows. You bohemians will have to find a new place to smoke your smelly hookah and drink your discount beer. Interestingly enough (or not), the other Moroccan spots in the ‘hood, Tajine and Cossu, have also recently shuttered their doors — anyone want to cry foul?
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Getting your shoes shined anytime soon? Want to polish up your Latin dance moves for your underground poli sci trip to Havana? Then, maybe you should tap your way over to Parrilla (1760 Polk and Washington) for some cha-cha-chá lessons.
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I promised myself that I’d never write about The Wine Bar (2032 Polk St. at Broadway) for the sheer fact that I hate the place, but this one is just too good to pass up. SFist has noted that TWB’s license has been suspended for 10 days due to “consumption and/or sale of alcohol after [...]
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I’m in mourning over Bar Johnny. And I’m not just ready for a rebound. Over night, Bullitt shot into 2209 Polk’s black brick façade, painted some stripes, and changed the light fixtures. Poof! The moist and crunch croutons have vanished. So long truffle oil fries. Sayonara pork sliders. I know Rome wasn’t built in a [...]
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If you’ve ever eaten (or had a bottomless mimosa adventure) at Bar Johnny (2209 Polk), you may have noticed that the bar and restaurant’s receipts read “Tablespoon.” The name is residue from a former bistro, which was converted into Bar Johnny in 2007. Back in June, SF Eater got the scoop that the team from [...]
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