Very Important Bi-Rite News of Great Importance (About Bi-Rite)

by Andrew Dalton on January 18, 2011

Neighbor and fellow panhandler, Jon R. sent us the above photo of Bi-Rite’s new liquor license application.
After all the excitement back in June about notable Mission grocer and creamery ice cream store Bi-Rite opening a second location on Divisadero, it looks like the neighborhood is at least one step closer to the fancy picnic supply [...]


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Salsa Watch: Papalote Salsa Arrives in Stores Tuesday

by Andrew Dalton on November 20, 2010

Yesterday, despite being a simple jar of spicy tomato sauce, Papalote Salsa managed to tweet an update to the salsa news that captivated a city of Foodies back in late August:

For those of you in the city who have been waiting ever-so-patiently for updates from the neighborhood taqueria, you will now be able to pick [...]


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“Sustainable Brewpub” Coming to 1785 Fulton; Ragazza Finally Opening This Week.

by Andrew Dalton on September 17, 2010

Some useful information actually came out of last night’s NOPNA meeting, namely a couple of updates on some of the vacant restaurant spaces around the neighborhood:
First, was the announcement from Ivan Hopkinson – formerly of the Beach Chalet – has broken out on his own to create Fulton Street Brewpub, which he described as a [...]


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Nopa Sends Their Servers to the Farm with “Completing the Circle” Program

by Andrew Dalton on September 16, 2010

Add this one to the long list of things that makes San Francisco SUPER COOL and AWESOMELY PRETENTIOUS at the same time. Paolo over on Inside Scoop points us to an article on the front cover of today’s Datebook about our favorite place to eat locally-sourced rabbit legs and wait for Sean Penn to grace [...]


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Who Eats at El Rancho Grande?

by Andrew Dalton on September 6, 2010

El Rancho Grande moved in to 855 Divis a couple months back to (finally) fill the void left by B’s BBQ almost a year ago, but we’ve been too busy getting high on Papalote Salsa to wander in to the brightly-lit taco joint with the cartoonish signage. It’s been getting decent reviews on Yelp, and [...]


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BREAKING SALSA NEWS: Papalote’s Salsa to Hit Shelves in 2010

by Andrew Dalton on August 31, 2010

What you’re looking at right there is 60 gallons of Papalote’s famous salsa. The recipe that launched a thousand Yelp reviews, if you will. The very same recipe that sent Bobby Flay and his bullshit green burrito packing on that episode of Throwdown.
The sheer quantity of salsa is so great that the Escobedo Brothers had [...]


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Don’t Forget: Divisadero Art Walk on Thursday (Now With More Street Food!)

by Andrew Dalton on August 31, 2010

Hey look, it’s back! In case you hadn’t noticed all the signs in literally every shop window on Divis, our tri-monthly Art Walk returns to Divisadero this Thursday night, so round up all of your friends from other neighborhoods and get ready to pack the sidewalks. The weather’s supposed to be great (not that we [...]


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BREAKING: “Mixologist” is a Made-up Word [File under: Duh]

by Andrew Dalton on August 30, 2010

This morning EaterSF posted a link to this interview with Absinthe bartender Carlos Yturria in which the purveyor of wormwood dreams and $7 garlic pretzels (pictured left) points out that Knickerbocker magazine (which I assume is in KNew York) made up the term “mixologist” as a joke. He also says those mixologists are foochebags. Which [...]


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Get Your Blue Bottle Fix at Cafe Divis [Formerly On the Corner]

by Andrew Dalton on August 26, 2010

Well, it looks like On the Corner’s replacement is finally growing into it’s own at Oak and Divis. Although they still haven’t posted their name anywhere other than a handwritten sign proclaiming “Cafe Divis Hours”, they’ve cleaned up quite a bit since we last popped in during their soft open.
Most notably to those of us [...]


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Whoops, You Probably Missed a Sweet Deal at Little Star

by Andrew Dalton on August 23, 2010

Friend and sometimes panhandler, Broke-Ass Stuart launched his new deals site: Broke Bucks today and his inaugural deal is (was) half-off at Little Star on Divis (suck it, Valencia Little Star patrons!) the only downside is that you probably missed the deal because you’re slow and all 200 of the $12 coupons sold out in [...]


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