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Valentine’s Day Can Come Early

Feel like beating the crowds and avoiding the hiked-up Valentine’s day prices this year?  Then celebrate Valentine’s Day early. Don’t worry, you can still have the romance, the Michelin Star food, and put that much needed dent in your wallet (because high-end places are always pricey no-matter when you go). For those of you in San Francisco here are a few select outings of such stature to choose from…

A Coi Affair: This outing takes not only food to new heights, but screams romance any day of the year.

Ritzy Affair Patrick?: This outing is inspired by the book/film American Psycho. It is high-end and just a little over the top, making it a great one for your early Valentine’s day.

Wine on the Range: This outing still revolves around a Micheline Star restaurant, but it won’t put the dent in your wallet the two above will.

Below is a glimpse of the lovely, artistic, and flavorful food you will enjoy in the outings above.

Stylin’ in the Mission

This post is for Sam from last night

Last night we stopped into Spruce for a nightcap and dessert, where we had perfectly mixed drinks, fluffy beignets, and lovely service, thanks to Melissa. Sitting next to us at Spruce was a new SF local, Sam the nutritionist, and her visiting parents. After a few laughs and tips about SF living, they asked what they should do tonight for a classy local SF style evening. So, Sam and parents, here is your experience…

Dine at Bar Tartine, where they take classic American fare, throw in a little French style, a pinch of SF flair, and lots of locally grown fresh ingredients to create unique, rustic, yet delicious food. They take something as simple as breakfast for dinner and make it fun, funky, fresh, and simply fantastic.

After dinner go to Beretta for classy cocktail. Yes Beretta is a restaurant, and their food is quite tasty, but their cocktails are why you go there. They actually start with good quality ingredients and take their time concocting your libation. Some of their more noteworthy cocktails are:

• The Acadian (with rye, sloe gin, lemon, honey, absinthe, rosemary) it is a fun balance of herb-y and sweet
• Dolores Park Swizzle (rum, lime, maraschino, absinthe, bitters) yes it is as stylish as the hipsters in Dolores park
• Londsdale (gin, apple, lemon, basil, honey)  or in other words, apple juice for adults.

If the drinks at Beretta have loosened you up enough you may want to finish off your evening with a little dancing and a few more drinks at Bruno’s or Medjool. Both have a cover and neither are as classy as Beretta or Bar Tartine, but they are probably two of the nicer places to shake your bootie in  the Mission neighborhood. Note, if you go to Medjool and it is a clear night, unlike tonight, make sure to check out their roof deck.

Weotta have a Mission experience!

Update: Here’s a sneak peek of the Weotta planning product, featuring this plan, that we’ve been working on for the last few months. It answers the question, “What are we going to do tonight?”

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