Results tagged “beer”

"All-American Hero" by Plug1. (Image from the Russian River Beer Festival.)

Now that mainstream media has sunk its dentures in the seemingly fascinating world of social media -- which means they now have the editorial filter of The View's Sherri Shepherd -- they can't get enough of it. Today, CNN reports on Foursquare and EveryBlock, mentioning San Francisco hot dog retailer Showdogs. What CNN had to say about e-new media 3.0 is not important. What is important is that Showdogs is handing out free 8oz beer today to customers who bark at the cashier. [via Eater]

The first annual SF Street Food Fest went down on Saturday, and pretty much half of San Francisco showed up to the one-block-long festival. The thing got a ton of buzz, a piece on NPR, links on a hundred websites, and as we all know, street food and nonstaurants are all the rage right now. As the folks at Beer & Nosh put it, "It was crowded, expensive, and with long lines for food that wasn't exactly street food. Yet the crowds were docile and friendly, the food delicious, and in spite of all of the problems, it seemed like a good time was had by all." We give special props to Jamie Lauren's gourmet sausage dog from Absinthe and the BBQ chicken sammie from Zella's Souful Kitchen. Also, KQED has a nice slideshow.

According to an annual fan cost index, the beer you buy at AT&T Park is baseball's most expensive suds. NBC Bay Area has the full report: "That $8.75 you pay for a 20-ounce beer is more than any other team in baseball in America charges -- by a full 75 cents." Coming in at second place was beer at Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field in Florida, who charge $8 for a 20-ounce beer. But the beer that wins the title of worst deal? NBC Bay Area gives that distinction to Boston's Fenway Park, where "7.25 only buys you a 12-ounce beer."

Oh, don't you "slow news day, huh?" us, dear readers. Not when the face of God (or Our Alien Supreme Commander) is busy inhabiting our microbrews.

You've probably already heard that the fine citizens and business owners along the route of the annual heterosexual pride parade known as Bay to Breakers were pissed last year about all the pissing and unhinged revelry that went on outside their windows. So this year, the SFPD has vowed to crack down and "temper" the race, but from the sound of it, we don't have to worry about this becoming a sober footrace anytime soon. "If we can just bring it back to the way it was four or five years ago, we'll be fine," says Lt. Nicole Greely, who's overseeing security for the event. According to this morning's piece in the Chron, police are mostly concerned with unregistered participants joining the race and straining resources, in addition to cracking down on glass bottles and floats with kegs.

Broke-Ass Stuart, the man behind Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply in San Francisco and New York, is hosting a cheap-ass Fuck the Recession Party at the Rickshaw on Wednesday night.

Now that Twitter is The View big -- oh boy, you haven't lived until you've heard Joy Behar wield the word "tweet" during Hot Topics; talk about brassy! -- everyone, it seems, is getting in on it. Take, for example, LoRi brewery 21st Amendment who have just brewed Spring Tweet in honor of the neighborhood's little company gone worldwide. 7x7 describes it as "a spring ale made with floral, spicy hops, a brew." Also, it will get you right good drunk. The twitterific (ugh) beer will be available April 6.

BEER/LIT: Beer blogger Brian Yaeger of Beerodyssey.com reads from his new latest effort about a cross-country brewery tour; Red, White and Brew, followed by a free beer tasting. Mmm.

Sexpigeon reports that Truck, which does more than play host to man-on-man erotica, is hosting a Mission neighborhood cleanup fundraiser this Saturday. It goes from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m.. But here's the best part: you pay a paltry $8 for all-you-can-drink-beer.

Located in the heart of the Salinas Valley, a Greenfield father is accused of trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage. And how much was his nubile daughter worth to him? $16,000, 100 cases of beer, and several cases of meat. Arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, father of the year Macelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, went back to the unidentified 18-year-old suitor because payment wasn't made as promised. Jesus. What's more, according to the MomLogic, "Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community." Who knew? Strange.

For every Johnny, there is a Daniel-san. For every Federer, a Nadal. Every Billy Mitchell must eventually face his Steve Wiebe. And so it was at the Transfer this weekend. The cool kids have been gathering there in droves lately, so it came as no surprise to us that their happy hour pimps Pabst Blue Ribbon.

(By Eyleen Tavy)

Federal alcohol regulators are asking Vaune Dillmann of Mount Shasta Brewing Company to stop producing bottle caps for his beer with the slogan "Try Legal Weed." See, apparently these alcohol regulators think that Dillmann is referencing the illegal marijuana (technically, it's still illegal, people -- let's not get in a snit) but really, oh my goodness, he's not!

Café du Nord will be the setting for a showcase of three talented local rock bands tonight: Raised By Robots, The Aimless Never Miss, and The Paper Sons. The Paper Sons, four extremely talented guys from the Bay Area, are known for their real alternative-rock sound (a bit of a throw back to the early 90's but somehow still very current). We got a chance to talk to Tom McCullough (pictured second to the left), the lead-singer of the band, about all of his favorite things and most important, his favorite spots in San Francisco. McCullough is the newest addition to this rock quartet. When we first introduced The Papersons to you, we mentioned that their EP was "arriving soon." Well, it has and it's good; very good.

Found at Wunder Beer Brewing Co., this trumps the tic-tac-toe games and four-letter words we normally scribble on restaurant tables. (We're not exactly sure what the drawing's accompanying text says -- "human ______ grown in a lab seething with revenge?" -- but follow the jump to decipher it yourself.)

Un-American group the Catholic League, the nation's largest Catholic civil rights sect, has called for a boycott of Miller Beer ever since The Last Supper got the parody treatment from the Folsom Street Fair folks.

Kwik-E-Mart, a store normally confined to your television set, is invading 7-Eleven stores across the country; locally, there's one in Mountain View.

Did anything happen at all in the San Francisco Bay Area today? All we've been doing is monitoring the Paris Hilton back to jail news! MOOOOOOM!!!!!

Jim Woods, the man behind Mateveza, had a great time at Beer Fest this past Saturday. He was even able to get a certain Mr. Frank Chu in on the action.

p>Right on the Heels of Gavin's Announcement that he was going into rehab for drinking comes... you guessed it: San Francisco Strong Beer Month!

The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues-- what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores. And the politically minded Curt Schilling went on "Jeopardy!".

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for?

Wednesday... can I get a definition, please? Tonight: Check out work by local emerging choreographers at ODC Theater's ODC School Pilot Program performance. Twelve bucks gets you into the 8 p.m. show (3153 17th Street, between S. Van Ness and Shotwell). Thursday: "An old man!" "A broom!" "At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting!" Dance Mission Theater's featuring a program of improv dance by Scott Wells & Dancers. Wells won last year's Isadora Duncan award for Outstanding Choreography. The show, "U.S. or Them," will explore outside views of the United States through the terpsichorean arts. Dance Mission Theater's at 3316 24th Street at Mission and the show starts at 8. Reserve tix at 415-273-4633. And Friday: Support your local independent filmmaker and stop by the annual Artists' Television Access fundraiser from 7-11 p.m. tonight. Beer by Lagunitas, food by Rainbow, interviews with local notables by Neighborhood Public Radio, and a Powerpoint presentation inspired by Walter Benjamin, all in the service of "The Work of Art in the age of Digital Reproduction." Plus. music and DJs, and if you donate now, you get an array of text and video compilations and a shirt! $10, at 992 Valencia.

In which SFist eats our way around the Bay Area in alphabetical order

They say that ‘Beer is dear but liquor is quicker’. Well, Barrespondent Drew has found that if you just combine the two it becomes an express train with no brakes, careening through stations leaving your fellow passengers bewildered and late for work. Commuting problem solved!

Our friends and family tried to tell us, but we had to find out for ourselves anyway: July in an ivy-covered Northeastern college town is no place for a California boy. We mention this because that's where we were four summers ago, huddling by the air conditioner in a townie bar to escape the heat that had been trying to braise us, watching the A's play Cleveland on ESPN, when we discovered the best. Promotion. Ever: Mug Root Beer Float Day at the Oakland Coliseum. Mulder was pitching, but ESPN had video of Hudson and Zito scooping vanilla ice cream into Mug root beer.

Paranoia, several coffee shops, and some hot, spicy goat with naan.