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We’reTexas

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  1. Sonoma the city? Valley Bar and Bottle is one of the best restaurants to have opened up in the Bay in the past few years imo.
  2. Celebrating, imo.
  3. What the hell is up with Bay Area and serial killers? Zodiac, GSK, the Doodler…hell, even Richard Ramirez came up for a little trip. And Ted Kaczynski taught at Cal.
  4. Pierre Gonon, imo. The 2014 fucked. Champagne, imo.
  5. Translation of the exchange:
  6. The gunner posted this video, btw, and a few others. As in, a redditor is fighting in the foreign legion, posting his favorite vids, and answering questions in the comments. Wild.
  7. You know, I’m a fan but I find his wines to be too inconsistent and can get mousey way too quickly for what he’s commanding these days. Would rather stick to Lapierre, Bertrand, etc.
  8. I’d avoid the FQ Halloween weekend unless that’s what you’re looking for. Why not the Chloe or Columns uptown?
  9. Alright this wins the internet for the day.
  10. Aldo Sohm, the sommelier of Le Bernadine, released a book called “Wine Simple” which I’ve given as a gift. Soon enough you’ll be into tastings.
  11. You’re referring to Redd (which was awesome). Redd Wood closed during the pandemic. A restaurant called North. Block is now in its space (after the hotel). Haven’t been but I think it’s owned by someone from David Chang’s group. North Block is a good hotel btw.
  12. 22,23 hours. Whatever it takes.
  13. The other Link spots, Herbsaint and Gianna. La Boca is a classic. Couvant as well. Gotta check out Howlin Wolf if someone good is playing. Rusty Nail/Side Car is the neighborhood bar (also a Bama bar so avoid on saturdays).
  14. That CdM sucks is by no means an unpopular opinion but I think @Mo Horn went to the City Park location, which is not a shitshow and a perfectly fine choice if you’re going to hang out by the sculpture garden.
  15. Manzanilla, imo.
  16. Sebastopol is our go-to weekend getaway so we spend quite a bit of time in the area. For views, recommend Iron Horse. Ryme in Forestville is a great husband and wife operation, but no views. Joseph Swan is also under $30 - one of the OGs, but tastings are in their cellar. Whenever we go to Sonoma we begin the day with a bottle at Unti’s patio. Frankly we usually only do bottles these days. Ridge is iconic and has great views as well.
  17. They’ve been clearing the streets for Dreamforce. Just walk west on Ellis for a few blocks and you’ll get the full Frisco experience.
  18. Mondays are hard right now. In the FQ there’s Sylvain, Manolito (Chris Hannah is a partner - def go for drinks), Palm & Pine…Uptown we’ll be at Frankie & Johnny’s with a fried pork chop and red beans because Monday.
  19. And in SF he was basically a Republican. He’d have a significant perception issue.
  20. Yep, my issue is that they can sometime be too natty. I mean, I like natty, but I don’t like $80 bottles of wine that go mousey in an hour. Bonnezeaux and Angeli have those issues too. We brought the Lambert (a ‘15) as an example of something that was more classic and a better value. I will say though that the Anjou Blanc was drinking really well. Dude is hyped for a reason.
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