Mission cocktail bar Trick Dog has announced a new executive chef, Michael Logan (formerly of the Battery, Delfina Restaurant Group, and Slanted Door Group). As Logan gets up to speed, the bar has announced it will host a series of pop-ups. The first will feature Chris Kronner, last seen in San Francisco at the short-lived but wonderful Kronnerburger -- and though he has been a BART ride away in Oakland since Kronnerburger closed last November, now you can find him back in the Mission for a few days.
See also: Sampling Trick Dog's New Astrology-Themed Cocktail Menu
Here's an essay contest you can really sink your teeth into, even if you haven't written one since you applied to college. Napa restaurant La Toque is hosting a lunch called "The State of Foie Gras" next month to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the ban on foie, reports Inside Scoop. And you're invited, provided you write one of the 25 winning essays on "Why California's Foie Gras Ban is Foolish."
NOPA officially gets its own nano-brewery this Tuesday as Barrel Head (1785 Fulton) is set to release its first batch of beers. The spacious, two story brewhouse and restaurant opened in March and until this week had been exclusively serving guest beers out of its thirty tap torpedo (yes, that's actually a torpedo behind the bar). Now brewmasters Greg Dudley and Ivan Hopkinson will get to show off their own skills with a saison, a black kölsch, and a Bavarian rye, known as roggenbier. A pale ale and a colonial porter -- based off an actual recipe from Benjamin Franklin -- are to follow later this summer.
Ever wonder how the chocolate you're eating came to be? Or what exactly is in the beer you're drinking? Some Bay Area favorites can give you that answer at their free factory tours.
