The Lush

On Wednesday April 30th, catch a wine flight tasting of unusual wines at the FERRY PLAZA WINE MERCHANT with Deena Smith of The Henry Wine Group (she used to work at FPWM, and had a bunch of loyal customers when she was there). The tasting includes two-ounce pours of five…

At the end of last year, word was out that one of the Mission’s great dive bars, the usually packed and very loud THE ATTIC was going to be closing, and now The Bold Italic confirms that owner Roger Howell has closed the bar (you may recognize his name…

A tipster who lives nearby sent us the news on this bar right on the border of Oakland and Emeryville, and now it looks like E’ville Eye has some details. The former Streamline Lounge—which was housed in a cool, midcentury tiled building—closed back in 1979 and after…

ABV is moving right along—this is the bar that’s opening in the former Tokyo Go Go space from Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud (Dalva/Hideout), Ryan Fitzgerald (Beretta, brand ambassador for Del Maguey), and Todd Smith (Bourbon & Branch, Hideout). The team just announced they have hired Kevin Cimino (opening sous…

~RN74~ is celebrating their fifth anniversary, and this week (April 21st through April 25th) means head sommelier Chad Zeigler is going to be offering some very special and sweet deals on different wines from regions in Burgundy (all along the RN74) every day. Check out the lineup on their Facebook…

In case you’d like to start planning where you’ll be drinking mint juleps while donning a big hat and seersucker on Saturday May 3rd for the greatest two minutes in sports, aka the 140th Kentucky Derby, here are some options for you. From 12pm-4pm, ~COMSTOCK SALOON~ will serve…

Last September, we were the first to report on who was taking over the RED DEVIL LOUNGE on Polk: Jamal Blake-Williams, previously a bar manager at The Tipsy Pig and Mamacita. Based on a few clues on Twitter, we figured out it’s going to be called HARPER & RYE…

Good news, my fellow fans of Kevin Diedrich’s bartending ways—he’s currently consulting for the upcoming GASPAR BRASSERIE that will be opening downtown. He shared a few details on what he has in store: “really heavy on Cognac, Calvados, Armagnac, and absinthe cocktails. The menu will also consist…

Earlier in the year, we wrote about MERCER, the club and event space moving into the former Project One. Owners Sean and Isabel Manchester (Mighty, Chambers Eat + Drink) just officially reopened the space last weekend, with the goal of offering “great music in a casual space with gracious service and…

Last June, we mentioned a big gastropub and brewery coming to one of the city’s sketchier corners (Turk and Taylor): PHANTOM COAST BREWERY. It ends up the project has fallen through—Eater reports the new owners of the building have different plans for the space. Yeah, bummer. So Keith…