The Lush

A report by Dana Eastland. We’ve got some exciting news in the brewing world, from the founder of BrewTruck and Le Truc, Hugh Schick. It’s called BREW U, and it’s a brewing school-incubator-taproom hybrid. Schick explained it will be a place where homebrewers who are interested in…

After 20 years of getting people bleary-eyed on Green Street, it appears O’REILLY’S has sadly poured its last Guinness and hosted its last musician. Scoop reports: “Owner Myles O’Reilly has yet to respond to inquiries about what’s going, though he is vowing on Facebook to reopen.…

Every Sunday, check out the “Sundown Sundays” happy hour at ~CAFÉ DES AMIS~. It runs from 3pm-7:30pm, and includes half off all spirits and cocktails at the bar, in the lounge, and on the patio. Here’s their cocktail list, or you can order your own favorite. At $5…

On Monday June 9th, ~54 MINT~ is hosting a dinner celebrating the wines of Montefalco, in Italy’s Umbria region. Eight wine producers from the area will be in attendance, pouring wines to pair with a four-course meal of Umbrian dishes. The menu hasn’t been finalized, but it will…

Mark Bright just isn’t busy enough these days as wine director and co-owner of Saison, a partner in Vinyl on Divis, and traveling around the world for his wine investment fund and brokerage. ABC license activity points to a new project named BALANCE, which is going to be his…

The Annual Midspring Wine Tasting Extravaganza from GOLDEN GATE WINE CELLARS is coming up this Saturday May 17th. From 5:30pm-8:30pm, you’ll have the chance to try at least 40 different wines, as well as be able to talk to winemakers about their pours. There will be food,…

Back in December, we mentioned the upcoming bar/salon/museum/library project at Fort Mason from the Long Now Foundation—a nonprofit that is dedicated to exploring long-term thinking—with Jennifer Colliau (Small Hand Foods, Slanted Door Group) as the bar manager. It’s getting closer to opening, so here’…

CUESA is back on Wednesday May 21st with their seasonal cocktail parties at the ~FERRY BUILDING~, this time in partnership with SFMOMA, called The Art of the Modern Drink. The spring cocktail lineup will be inspired by modern art and made with produce from the market. More than 12 bartenders…

Some big news over at ~QUINCE~: with the departure of wine director Chris Baggetta, a new wine director has been named, Jai Wilson. He has worked as a sommelier at Jardinière since 2006, and prior to that was at Aqua. Meanwhile, over at ~EPIC ROASTHOUSE~, Gordana Josovic has been promoted…

If you ended up getting a tax refund this year, here are two wine dinners for you to take a look at. On Thursday May 1st, ~PARALLEL 37~ is hosting a six-course Penfolds Grange Shiraz Dinner. Be some of the first people in the U.S. to taste the release…