This two-story, century-old Masonic lodge might feel like you’re in someone’s home (one that’s blessed
with incredible acoustics), but it’s trying to be a concert hall. With backers like the Grateful Dead’s
Bob Weir, expect intimate jam sessions as well as guitar and keyboard master classes. Just don’t call it
band camp.
While the countdown to the foie gras ban is on, you’re not concerned (you’ve got connections). But
you’ll happily partake in the plethora of gluttonous foie dinners of late—like this six-course
extravaganza of foie gras in torchon, powder and Dippin’ Dots form. Yes, foie Dippin’ Dots...
After five years, you’d think these guys would know how to throw a decent party. And you don’t know how
right you are. Fried-chicken bites, pork sliders and beignets as well as gratis bubbly and $5 cocktails are
just part of it. We’re already looking forward to year six.
It’s hard to remember the waterfront without Epic Roasthouse and its seafood counterpart, so don’t
bother. Just head into this bayside steakhouse for a celebratory dinner of bone marrow and beef tenderloin,
and pair it with $4 cocktails and $44 bottles of wine. Go four rounds and you might get a prize.
411:
Jan 29-30, Epic Roasthouse, 369 The Embarcadero
(at Folsom), 415-369-9955
You’ve got time before this beer-stocked bus rolls out, but not much time before all the seats on it are
taken. The tour includes stops at the Bistro Double IPA Festival (think: three and a half hours of IPAs and
BBQ), Pi Bar and Rosamunde. Since they don’t take you home, make some arrangements...
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