Cocktailia

I’ll start this review off with some disclosure: I mentioned Pisco Latin Lounge in passing back in August and linked to their web site with a warning about the background music. A representative of Picso Lounge got in…

Heinold’s First and Last Chance has been open in in it’s current location in Oakland’s Jack London Square since 1883, making it the oldest bar in the San Francisco bay area. The building, not much larger than a shack, was…

San Francisco’s East Bay — the area that includes Oakland, Berkeley, and Alameda — has become something of a tiki mecca in recent years. There’s always been a tiki presence here; this is where Trader Vic’s, the birthplace of…

Last night was was the kick-off party for International Flight Lounge, a new monthly event at Forbidden Island in Alameda. International Flight Lounge is described as “A hi-flying mix of the best uptempo ’60s French pop, Euro…

It’s been about a month since we moved and we’re still getting into our routines at the new place. We’re figuring out where and when to buy our groceries, how to work in our kitchen (and remember where everything is),…

Someone recently told us about Bourbon and Branch, a speakeasy-themed bar in the Tenderloin. We heard tales of required reservations, passwords at the door, 1920s-style music and decor, and great cocktails, so we had to check it out.

We…

After nearly two years, I finally made it out to Forbidden Island, the new (well, newish) tiki bar in Alameda. Residents of Alameda refer to themselves as “island people”, so a place like this fits in well. (For…

It took nearly two and a half years, but Sarai and I finally checked out Vino Venue, the high-tech wine tasting bar just down the street from my office in SOMA.

The idea is pretty neat:…

After our disappointing trip to The Temple Bar last month I was beginning to think that Trader Vic’s in Emeryville was our only option for tiki bars in the East Bay. Until yesterday.

Sarai and I were at…