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Eater
07-07-2025
- Business
- Eater
The Old Hobson's Choice Location Gets New Life From Buzzy Bar Team
A classic corner location in Upper Haight will welcome the team from two buzzy wine bars across San Francisco. Newcomer neighborhood bar Green Heron will open in the former Hobson's Choice space in the fall. The group behind the Red Tail wine and beer bars on Irving Street and Market Street is behind the project. This marks their first location with a full liquor license. Part-owner Wes Wakeford says the team is not yet in the space, but is currently waiting on final paperwork transfers while getting the lay of the land. The menu will be pretty straightforward: Wakeford says while upscale, in many ways the Green Heron will be a shot and a beer bar. The team plans to focus on classics including Old Fashioneds and martinis. The local craft beers and wine selection background will port over, though with less robust offerings than at the two Red Tails. Miller Lites and Modelos will be right next to sours and IPAs from Northern California breweries, including Laughing Monk and Humble Sea. There is also hope to serve an homage to Hobson's Choice, serving rum drinks and punch-inspired beverages, but details on that are scant so far. There'll be no kitchen or food licensing, so fans can anticipate small bites and bar snacks. Guests carrying tostones and muffulettas into the space from nearby Parada 22 and Sandy's is fine with Wakefield, too. When Hobson's Choice closed in May 2024, owner Chris Dickerson told Broke-Ass Stuart that foot traffic had cratered. The bar was open for decades and its closure followed Club Deluxe and Blue Front Cafe as big losses to the scene. Still, Club Deluxe is set to get a new lease on life from a former employee. The big windows and laidback vibes at the Green Heron aim for a return to form for Upper Haight, too. Wakefield says they're up to the task: Their second outpost of the Red Tail in the Theater District opened in summer 2024, contributing to downtown's rebound from the worst of the pandemic. 'I know it's a change for people in the [Haight] area,' Wakeford says. 'But I think a lot of people are eager to be in that space again. It's so prime being one block from Haight-Ashbury. It's extreme people-watching.' The Green Heron (1601 Haight Street) will open in fall 2025. See More: San Francisco Restaurant Openings
NZ Herald
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
We fell in love over cocktails, and wine. Could our relationship survive when I went sober?
My husband couldn't understand why I wanted to go sober, but it ultimately improved our relationship and my overall health. When we both ordered Old Fashioneds on our first date in 2012, I thought my husband might be the one. Dale told me that, when it came to cocktails, he
Eater
11-06-2025
- Business
- Eater
Raleigh's Boatman Spirits Co. Is More Than Just a Distillery
Skip to main content Current eater city: Carolinas Along with unique liquors, find za'atar chicken wings, beef shawarma, and lamb kofta at Boatman Spirits Co. Jun 11, 2025, 7:25 PM UTC Raleigh newcomer Boatman Spirits Co. will add a bit of drama to the distillery scene when it opens on Friday, June 13. Located in downtown's Seaboard Station, the 7,000-square-foot space is impressive with its sweeping archways, old-world tiles, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The space sets the stage for craft spirits, creative cocktails, and Mediterranean fare. Boatman Spirits Co. is the cumulative efforts of Aaron Lambert, George Ghneim, Zack Thomas, and Geremy Prichard. Lambert, who managed Transfer Co. Food Hall, is the director of operations. Ghneim, who previously ran Riviera Mediterranean Resto & Lounge in downtown Raleigh, is a co-owner, and his Palestinian heritage influenced the menu. Thomas, a bartender with experience at Foundation and the Crunkleton, heads up the beverage program. Prichard, a former winemaker, is the spirits production manager. 'We want the space, menus, and execution to be a departure from the expected. We want the atmosphere to capture your attention and your senses and whisk you away to some new far-off place,' says Lambert. Once the stills are up and running, Boatman Spirits Co. plans to produce vodka, gin, single malt whiskey, rye whiskey, fruit brandies, and arak, a traditional Mediterranean spirit. The team expects it will be approximately two months before they see bottles of their own products. 'The one spirit that inspired George and Jeremy to start working together was a single malt,' says Lambert, 'So we are going to be aging some single malts in barrels in our brick house. One spirit that I've been working on, that I'm very stoked about, is an acorn amaro.' Basically, expect the unexpected at Boathouse Spirits Co. While waiting for those in-house alcohols to come to fruition, visitors to Boatman Spirits Co. will be able to choose from a variety of exciting cocktails created under the classic format categories of Old Fashioneds, Manhattans, Sours, and Spritzes. One example is the West Side Garden, made with Scotch, apricot, tahini, and cucumber, to follow the flavors of the cuisine. 'The menu is both familiar and surprising,' says Thomas. 'We wanted to honor cocktail history while exploring new, unexpected flavor combinations.' On the food menu, diners will find za'atar chicken wings, beef shawarma, a lamb kofta burger, tallow fries, fattoush salad, tahini ice cream, and more. 'The cocktail experience is a lot more complete when you have food to pair with it,' says Lambert, 'It's a wonderful tool to express the brand.' Boatman Spirits Co. will open 4 p.m. to midnight, Wednesday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Friday through Saturday; and 11 a.m. to midnight, Sunday. See More: Raleigh Restaurant Openings
Times
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Trump's next 100 days will make the first 100 look tranquil
It's 7pm midweek on Capitol Hill and a crowd of Washington's new movers and shakers have gathered at Butterworth's restaurant, the salon of choice for the Maga right, to mark Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. A portrait of Queen Elizabeth hangs behind the wood-panelled bar, as guests — adhering to a dress code of 'elegant, patriotic' attire — sip on 'Freedom Fizz', 'Golden Age' Old Fashioneds and — in a nod to teetotal Trump — a cranberry-and-lime mix branded as 'Presidential Punch'. 'I miss Joe Biden,' declares a speaker to the surprise of some attendees. He goes on: 'I miss having to watch him struggle up the steps.' The crowd laughs. Pamphlets are scattered around the event — hosted by the conservative Heritage
Bloomberg
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
A New Holy Trinity of Watch Brands for the Non-Billionaire Class
Almost 10 years ago, I fell victim to a terrible affliction. In desperation over the state of the world, I waded, first gingerly then frantically then pathologically, into the vast sea of my first and only hobby: watch collecting. Over the years, as the world continued to disintegrate, as Trump One morphed into Covid then into January 6th and finally into Trump Two, the hobby consumed me. Whenever my phone pinged with the latest disaster, I typed in the foremost site for watch nerds, and was instantly summoned into a private, strangely ordered world. Stone dials riveted me. Balance cocks made me dizzy. The art, the social history, the engineering — all of it made me forget the daily cataclysm around me, if only for a moment. Watches kept me, as my therapist (also a watch collector) said, 'regulated.' I spent hours per day looking at them, talking about them, getting trashed on Old Fashioneds with fellow collectors at secret watch meetups and galas. One watch became 10 became 20, until finally I had amassed 31, a timepiece for every day of the month. I wrote a novel called Lake Success, which featured a watch collector as the main protagonist. I even traveled to a magical city most New Yorkers such as myself have only read about in books — Chicago — to lecture on watches at an event sponsored by the Swiss consulate. And yet, in some ways, I was no more than a horological debutante, for I had never attended the premier event of those consumed by my passion — the annual gathering in Geneva called Watches and Wonders. This needed to change.
