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North Beach

Brunch is Best At The Expanded Naked Lunch

By The Dapper Diner Mon., Apr. 22 2013 at 1:00 PM

Categories: City of Burgers, North Beach

The Dapper Diner

Naked Lunch's superlative burger.

At the start of the year, Ryan Maxey and chef Ian Begg decided it was time to make a change to Txoko, their North Beach Spanish tapas restaurant located in the heart of strip club row on Broadway. Closing the restaurant down, the duo replaced the space with a much more relaxed pub and grill, extending their revered North Beach sandwich shop, Naked Lunch, into the spot. It's a very distinct conceptual change from Txoko, with two billiard tables, a Pop-A-Shot basketball arcade game, counter ordering service (a fact I wish was made more prominent upon entry), and an all day menu.

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Eat This

Capo's Italian Beef Sandwich Sticks To Chicagoland Simplicity

By Alex Hochman Thu., Apr. 4 2013 at 11:45 AM

Categories: Eat This, North Beach

Alex Hochman

Close your eyes and you could be in Elmwood Park.

Bombacigno's. Pop's. Johnnie's. In Chicagoland, legendary Italian beef sandwich joints dot the junk food landscape. Here in the bay area? Not so much. Rosamunde used to serve a stellar version that lost its menu spot due to lack of interest. Both street cart Da Beef and SOMA neighbor The Grill do respectable renditions using the tried and true Vienna brand but neither are exactly destination worthy. So leave it to Tony Gemignani, who pulls off serving 13 styles of pizza between his two sit-down eateries, to take on an authentic Italian beef sandwich ($11) at the Chicago themed Capo's.

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Capo's, Chicago, Da Beef, Italian beef, Rosamunde, The Grill, Tony Gemignani

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Drink of the Week

Drink of the Week: Sipping Like Our Forefathers at the Hancock Room

By Lou Bustamante Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 10:05 AM

Categories: Chinatown, Cocktails & Spirits, Drink of the Week, North Beach

Lou Bustamante

The rabid nature of modern politics, with its zealous "with us or against us" rhetoric, and increasing complexity that requires studious investments simply to decipher any true agendas, has sadly made patriotism a divisive political sentiment. Perhaps this is the reason for the recent popularity of American history movies referencing past political heroes like Lincoln (ironically pivotal to the most politically divided time in our nation's history)--as repositories of our national pride. Those political heroes, no matter our voting preferences, are the union points where we can agree to feel patriotic.

In some ways, that is part of the appeal of the Hancock Room, a bar themed with decorations, drinks, and images of the founding fathers; it offers a sanctuary to celebrate that collective pride with cocktails and, at least a few moments, asks you to check your politics at the door and agree on one thing: cocktails are delicious.

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cocktail recipe, Hancock Room, John Eric Sanchez

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Drink of the Week: Drink Like a Big Shot at Capo's

By Lou Bustamante Fri., Jan. 11 2013 at 9:55 AM

Categories: Cocktails & Spirits, Drink of the Week, North Beach

Lou Bustamante

The oregano spiked Wise Guys cocktail

If there's one thing you can say about Tony Gemignani, pizza champ and owner of Capo's and nearby Tony's Pizza Napoletana, is that the guy knows how to entertain. From his dough whirling days on the pizza competition circuit, to his ability to articulate regional styles of pizza pies into ideal studies in cheese and crust, it's no wonder he manages to stand out in a pizza-saturated town. At Tony's Pizza Napoletana, it's largely his food and iconic North Beach location that set the mood, but at Capo's, it's the decor, retro dishes, and whiskey cocktails that generate the atmosphere of a Mafioso red sauce Italian joint from Chicago.

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cocktail recipe, Elmer Mejicanos, Tony Gemignani

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Drink of the Week: Puttin' on the Bix

By Lou Bustamante Fri., Dec. 14 2012 at 11:15 AM

Categories: Cocktails & Spirits, Drink of the Week, Financial District, North Beach

Lou Bustamante

The Sazerac at Bix

Veering off Montgomery onto Gold Street, a little, almost nondescript alley, feels like slipping into a hidden passageway. Walking along it I get the thrill of being in on a secret, what I imagine was half the fun of Prohibition-era speakeasies. The tidy little street doesn't stand out for any particular reason, except for the neon sign that marks the entrance to Bix. It may not be a secret, but the dramatic shift from street to 1930's jazz joint sure feels like one.

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Bix, cocktail recipe, Sazerac

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Drink of the Week: Best Winter Cocktails

By Lou Bustamante Fri., Dec. 7 2012 at 10:45 AM

Categories: Drink of the Week, Fisherman's Wharf, North Beach, Tenderloin

Lou Bustamante

With the rain last week, the cold snap this one, and the holiday visitors streaming in, chances are, you're going to need some liquid cheer sooner or later. This week, I'm rounding up a few of the best drinks to enjoy this winter around town, whether you need a post-shopping nerve-soother, or to ward off the cold (or even a cold).

Drink: Rock & Rye
Where: Rye Bar, 688 Geary (at Leavenworth), 474-4448

Why: The beauty of this drink is that it's one that works both hot as a toddy or cold as a stirred Old Fashioned style drink. The base is rye whiskey infused with citrus and spices, sweetened by horehound candy (with alleged medicinal properties) developed by bar owners Greg Lindgren and Jon Gasparini, based on a classic American liqueur. Rock & Rye may no longer be prescribed by doctors for colds, but trust us, 100 years later, there's still no better cure.

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cocktails, drink of the week, winter

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Shopping

Buyer's Best Friend Expanding to North Beach

By Anna Roth Mon., Oct. 22 2012 at 11:50 AM

Categories: North Beach, Opening, Shopping

Christina Spittler

A couple months back we wrote about the interesting new Buyer's Best Friend specialty food shop in the Upper Haight, where customers can sample any product in the store. The owners recently announced they're expanding to a second location in North Beach, on Columbus between Green and Vallejo, which will have special emphasis on the neighborhood's Italian-American roots.

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North Beach

We Tried the Three-Martini Lunch at Park Tavern and Lived to Tell the Tale

By Anna Roth Thu., Oct. 11 2012 at 3:40 PM

Categories: North Beach

Anna Roth

As soon as I heard about Park Tavern's new three-martini lunch, I took it as a Mad Men-style challenge. The North Beach restaurant recently began offering a three-course prix-fixe lunch menu on Fridays that features farmers' market produce and special cocktail pairings with each course (there are rose pairings, too, for the weak; the lunch runs $37 without drinks, $50 with). So some other media folks -- the only ones I could convince to drink three martinis in the middle of the day with me -- headed over with me last Friday to see what would become of us after such an undertaking.

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Sandwiches

In Which Our Italian Sub Craving Takes Us to Molinari's

By Anna Roth Mon., Oct. 1 2012 at 2:50 PM

Categories: North Beach, Sandwiches

Anna Roth

If you're a food person, restaurants are right up there with friends as the hardest things to leave behind when you move. I've been in San Francisco for a few months now, just enough time to develop a serious craving for the glorious Godmother sandwich from Bay Cities Deli in Santa Monica. It's an Italian sub at its finest, and in search of a satisfying NorCal substitute I headed to Molinari Delicatessen in North Beach, which has been owned and operated by the Molinari family for more than 100 years.

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Cocktails & Spirits

Cocktail Week Events for Wednesday, Sept. 19

By Lou Bustamante Wed., Sep. 19 2012 at 11:30 AM

Categories: Castro, Cocktails & Spirits, Events, Financial District, Mission, North Beach, Tenderloin

Balthazar Digital Media

Day three of the extravaganza begins and is building some steam with six events on the schedule tonight. The main event will showcase bartender talents from Oregon to San Diego, and an assortment of happy hours, seminars, and plenty of cocktails, even in the food. Oh, yes, there's also a great FREE party tonight if you're quick!