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August 2006
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Passion-ade
À Côté’s cocktail list gets a Brazilian.People who go to bars looking for passion don’t expect to find it in a glass. But the passion-fruit caipirinha at À Côté, thick with the pulp of a fresh passion fruit along with its crunchy black seeds, is a head turner. A few sips into it, you realize it’s a head spinner, too. Made with 80-proof cachaça, the cane liquor that is to Brazil what tequila is to Mexico, the caipirinha is South America’s answer to the margarita. Bar manager Mike Moreno makes his with lime juice and sugar and tops it off with the fruit’s spent husk, which could be a metaphor for the evening ahead. À Côté, 5478 College Ave., Oakland, 510-655-6469.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2008
Editorial intern and bluegrass musician Brian Heffernan reviews the eighth annual festival's highlights.
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Treasure Island Music Festival 2008
The eyes at San Francisco magazine capture two days of good, clean, carnival-themed fun at the second annual festival.
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Nellie's gotta go
Irascible, iconoclastic, infectious—what made Don Nelson this way?
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Publisher's note
When you’re traveling, sometimes knowing what’s ahead is even more exciting than anticipating the unknown.
Slaughterhouse redux
In a follow up to San Francisco's August feature on the future of slaughterhouses, Incanto chef Chris Cosentino offers a view of the past with a look at his collection of vintage abattoir photos.
Readers' poll: Best restaurants 2008
Don't blame us—you said it.
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For 35 years, Bay Area finance revolutionaries have been pushing a personal investing strategy that brokers despise and hope you ignore.
