Hop To It

Southern Pacific, the Mission's only brewery, opens

Slowly but surely, San Francisco is becoming a beer town again. The evidence is mounting: a cicerone here, a beer garden there--and now, with the opening of Southern Pacific in...

Fountain of Youth

At Ice Cream Bar, lactarts get a new lease on life

Getting to the soda fountain in the back of Ice Cream Bar will take a little bit of self-control. The freezer full of house-made ice cream at the entrance exerts a strong...

Hold the Worm

Mezcal, tequila's smoky cousin, opens up a new world of agave

What do yuzu, blue cheese, smoked caramel and cocaine have in common? On local mezcal lists, these disparate nouns are used to describe the flavor of once-maligned mezcal, which...

Crème de la Crème

Two classic liqueurs get a much-deserved makeover

Few spirits were befouled in the name of industrial progress as much as the crème. Originally, these liqueurs had a delicate sweetness and a creamy consistency, owing not...

Bubblicious

The boba revolution starts now

Three nights a week, Boba Guys sell bubble tea from the bar at Ken Ken Ramen. It's a sideline gig for Bin Chen and Andrew Chau, who met at Timbuk2, where they both still work....