Celebrating five years of the Thursday market at the Ferry Building Plaza, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture will be putting together an "extra festive" farmers' market tomorrow.
In the space formerly home to Canto Do Brasil comes Minas Brazilian Restaurant and Cachaçeria, an equally vivacious pre-opera or post-World Cup match Brazilian restaurant painted the colors of a macaw's feathers. If it sounds like it might be part of Michael Mina's burgeoning empire, it's a coincidence; Minas is actually named for a prominent state in Brazil, Minas Gerais.
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Curious about mezcal? Meet the Mezcalistas and drink your curiosity away. Next Tuesday, local mezcal bloggers and evangelists Susan Coss and Max Garrone will be taking over the Benito Juarez bar at Loló and offering guided mezcal tastings.
Gone are the days when the mention of mezcal elicited blank stares or questions about swallowing worms and hallucinating. The mezcal revolution is in full swing, and just as Coss predicted in Oaxaca after having her first sip in 2003, the spirit has found its rightful place on most artisan cocktail menus.
Bernal Heights is a close-knit neighborhood, and when the Liberty Café decided to close after years of drawing the Cortland Avenue community in with chicken pot pies and such, there was a bit of consternation. Some people will miss it dearly, others saw a gradual slide into mediocrity after the original chef-owner, Cathie Guntli, passed away in 2009. Having shuttered and re-opened in only a couple days as Bernal Star, we had to investigate what's new at this anchor tenant of Bernal dining.
