Don’t believe every story you hear
Mother’s Day has always been one of the big three Spring events that loom large in the restaurant business, and loom even larger in the bar…
Barfly Podcast Season Three Episode Four: Aaron Lee
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One man’s Paloma, is another man’s Greyhound
“I’ll have a Paloma,” said the man in the mask whose bushy beard was poking out all around. “But no soda water, and no salt.” The…
Meyer lemons, the perfect citrus to make limoncello
Springtime practically screams fresh citrus fruit. But every new beginning comes from another beginnings end. So, while oranges, limes and lemons arrive on the scene, in…
Parking tickets are just a part of getting back to normal
I got a parking ticket the other day. I’m not denying that the meter had expired. It had. But, I was also the only car on…
Nothing ends the honeymoon period faster than a crisis
It might have been 20 months ago that I first met this couple. It was certainly PCE (pre-covid era). They had a budding courtship, one filled…
2019 wines to help us forget all about 2020
Hands up, who wants to forget all about 2020? Well one way to do that is to skip that vintage year, (that’s probably not going to…
You can’t please all the people all the time
Many years ago, when I was in Journalism school, we were assigned a group project in a public speaking class. My colleagues and I put together…
Barfly Podcast Season Three: Episode Three: Nick Hoppe
Longtime columnist (Marin IJ, SF Chronicle) Nick Hoppe joins Jeff and Kevin to discuss food lore, restaurants, Cioppino, and surviving Covid in a tourist area. https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/8309200-barfly-podcast-season-three-nick-hoppe.mp3?blob_id=37717556&download=true
It’s all good until the bill arrives
This iconic restaraunt/bar has been around for a century. It has somehow survived not only the Spanish Flu, and Prohibition, but now Covid 19. So, it…