They have gone the way of the old-school, 1980 Texas Instruments calculator. Gonno.
I know about the old M and M bar on Fifth near the Chronicle building.
Tadich is a fine restaurant, but there's no stand-alone bar.
The Royal Exchange has it down with great drinks and a saloon-like ambiance, but the noise sounds like a pit stop at SFO.
Grumpy's? Are you kidding me? (Although the tuna melt is a steal at $5.95) Nearby, the Old Ship on the corner of Battery and Jackson has a lot of POtential, but closes way too early, a common SF trademark.
Perry's on the Embarcadero has all the looks of PJ Clarke's in Midtown Manhattan, but concentrates too much on the food and not the libations. Maybe they should take notes.
I like the Balboa a lot, but whenever I go in, the 30-something chicks surround me like a cheap piece of meat. If all I was looking for was a quick trip to the sack, I'd force myself over to the lobby bar at the W.
And Tommy's Joynt is too dark and grungy to be a saloon. Just order your fine turkey sandwich and drink a few beers, pronto.
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Tommy's is where all the action happens because it is next to KRON. I am going to pull a trick out of 'Mr. Media's' bag of (weak) tricks and say this (without naming names). I have seen a once popular KRON anchor...who was also part of a South Bay peacock tribe lay down a few bucks and take down a few shots while his hand was firmly placed a nice young co-ed's leg. Not to mention the reporter who let some chuncks fly just outside the door. The same reporter likes the Cuevo about as much as I love the cuatro!
ReplyDeleteThe reason you're surrounded every time you enter Balboa is because of your cologne, Rich. Sex Panther, illegal in 9 countries, made with bits of real panther so you know it's good. It stings the nostrils, in a good way. They've done studies you know....60% of the time...it works every time.
ReplyDeleteyeah, like i beleive you when you say the chicks surround you at the Balboa. ha! you are an idiot. you are weak mr. media. the only thing true about your statement is you are cheap and you are a piece of meat.
ReplyDeleteNo bar at Tadich?
ReplyDeleteI must have hallucinated my Bloody Mary.
Uhh Rich... Psst... TI-83 and TI-84 Texas Instrument calculators are still $80-$100 calculators that are mainstays in any high school junior/senior and college math classes. I still have my good old TI-81 from the early 90's.
ReplyDeletethe news people of this generation are overworked shooting, editing, writing and producing their pieces to have a spare 5 min to go do shooters between shows like the news people of yesteryear.
ReplyDeleteMedia Worker #1-"Crap, here comes Rich again!"
ReplyDeleteRich-"Hey guys! Where's everyone hanging out these days?"
Media Worker #2-"Um, no where in particular."
Rich-"Ah well, See ya at Tommy's Joint, maybe? Bye!"
Media Worker #1-"Whew! That was a close one!"
Gino and Carlo over there on Green Street sometimes has a media type in there for you to glom onto.
ReplyDeleteSurrounded by 30 somethings BHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteThe new old House of Shields.
ReplyDeleteFollow Roberta, she's got the hook up. And the drinks tooooo boot!
ReplyDelete2:10 true, news anchors are not what they used to be either. It's a fucking utility, the scribe here thinks that it's still an important business like it was from the 50's through the 90's. Most news shows are like a bad parody, it's just a commodity nothing special. Today, so many of the reporters are either just hot girls without a brain or some kind of minority, or perhaps a lispng queer. The days of the big ballsy anchors and high jinx are gone. Now it's a land of pretenders. All playing like real news people. No presence, no knowledge, or proper tone, they aren't real news people...they just play them. Not true for some of the aging pros, but it will never go back.
ReplyDeleteOoh so true, anon at 8:19 pm.
ReplyDeleteYeah 819 was so true..for the first sentence,after that, he's a raging bigot asshole. Glad for your bad luck fella....
ReplyDelete10:01 am right back at you a hole. A raging bigot, how's that? . I have no problem with gays on tv, just not interested in seeing or listening to some prancing, lisping, fairy delivering the fucking news. I don't care about the race, creed or color
ReplyDeleteof the reader/reporter as long as they are a pro, now go wack off your boy friend A hole.
Kids play fair now!
ReplyDeleteWe can NOT return to those thrilling days of yesteryear....
ReplyDeleteThere's a new Sheriff in town and they don't care about our "old" tradtions I suspect.
8:19 is probably the same guy who has been ripping liberals on your other posts Rich. He hates Obama because he's black and he's probably mad at the world because he can't get it up anymore. Sorry limp-dick....!
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