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My absolute favorite bar in the world, and I miss it dearly now that I live 3,000 miles away. Their chichi is the only situation I’ve consumed vodka in since freshman year.
Especially sentimental since I have a Christmas birthday and they’re always open, so that was my spot when I lived out there, got to have a real birthday night with friends™️ even though the date usually makes that tricky.

@tortitude

Apr 26, 2024

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@coreydubrowa

One of the GREATS. Right alongside the Graduate in Oakland/Berkeley border as a "dive of choice" for us East Bay peeps.

Apr 26, 2024

@tortitude

coreydubrowa truly! We don’t deserve it. I live in Manhattan now with dozens Of bars a stone’s throw away, some of them quite good, but I’d rather just live in the middle of nowhere again a mile’s walk from Kona.

Apr 26, 2024

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Oh, the lure of San Francisco… I always dreamed I would end up living there as an adult because my parents lived there when they were young and hot in the 90s. I visited a lot growing up and was always enchanted. Ended up going to Berkeley for school and by then the vibe in SF… was already off. Expensive and full of tech bros wearing backpacks at bars and increasingly soulless. The housing crisis is devastating and visible on every street you walk down. I went last October for work and it felt so haunted.
But if you must… 🖤 Scoma’s (fancy lunch in fisherman’s wharf, get the Crab Louie and a martini) 🖤 Tommy’s Joynt (no fuss meat sandwiches & cheap cocktails) 🖤 Vesuvio (perfect bar, iSpy vibes in terms of decor) 🖤 Tommasso’s (best italian. Get the chilled broccoli and some sort of pizza with arugula on it) 🖤 Swensen’s (my favorite ice cream in the world. I miss it and dream of it. Get sticky chewy chocolate or banana) 🖤 House of Nanking (go when you’re starving for Hot Food! you may have to wait a little but it won’t be that long. Get the green beans and if they have congee, by god get that. Also ask for chili oil) 🖤 The East Bay!! (Go to Berkeley and Oakland. They’re better lol)