My wife and I are currently planning a trip to San Francisco from March 13 - 20, 2009. We have planned very little but we're obviously interested in great food and quality beer. For those of you who don't know, my wife works in a test kitchen for a food magazine so it's important that we plan the vacation around food as well as beer. I don't want to vacation with a hungry wife! I've been down that road a time or two and it's not pretty. No worries though, she loves beer too so it shouldn't be an issue.
So far, we know we'll be hitting up Anchor and Speakeasy Ales & Lagers for breweries. We're also heading up to Napa for a night or two and eating at French Laundry, one of the best restaurants in America. So, if you have any recommendations, bring 'em on! We're looking for breweries, brew pubs, bars for beer people, quality restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner and anything else you can throw at us. If you haven't been to San Fran, but know someone who recently has, please pass this post along! Or, if you know someone who lives there, even better! We would love to experience San Fran as the local beer and food people do. I think we'll fit right in!
So far, we know we'll be hitting up Anchor and Speakeasy Ales & Lagers for breweries. We're also heading up to Napa for a night or two and eating at French Laundry, one of the best restaurants in America. So, if you have any recommendations, bring 'em on! We're looking for breweries, brew pubs, bars for beer people, quality restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner and anything else you can throw at us. If you haven't been to San Fran, but know someone who recently has, please pass this post along! Or, if you know someone who lives there, even better! We would love to experience San Fran as the local beer and food people do. I think we'll fit right in! 
8 comments:
Sounds like a great trip! I hope you'll keep us up to date on what beers you get to try. Hopefully, you'll even be able to bring back a ton-o-beers like you did from Buffalo! (Otherwise - sorry, no SF connections here!)
I feel a heafty shipping bill coming on. I wonder how much it would cost to send a case or two back to CT? Probably more than the beer itself.
You need to hit up City Beer Store(http://www.citybeerstore.com/) without a doubt. Have fun!
Cheers!
The Beerbuddha
Beerbuddah,
This store is a dream come true. I think I could spend at least half of my vacation there. Thanks for the info, I'll definitely be checking it out!
Thanks to all of you who posted comments on the blog, gave me great recommendations on Must Lover Beer and those who e mailed be directly. We now have a packed agenda full of beer!
A few posts on the topic I have written
http://geistbear.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/5/23/1980602.html
http://geistbear.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/16/3748525.html
Also the podcast Beer School has done a show looking at nothing but how to check out the local breweries.
http://www.beerschool.com/45/touring-san-francisco-beer/
Bear Republic and Russian River I'd say are musts. The Trappist in Oakland would be a must see too.
The SF Ferry Farmer's market was a great place for food lovers. The Restaurant in the South end I had an amazing breakfast one morning.
Thomas from Geistbear Brewing
Thomas, thanks for the links. I'll be sure to check them out tonight. I've heard a many good things about Bear Republic and the farmers market sounds great! My wife will be thrilled to hear about that. To be honest, I'm almost tempted to pack up my shit and stay in San Fran.
Wow. Sorry I'm late to the game. My sis used to live in SF. I'm also going to be working a lot in that region this year.
You've obviously gotten a lot of help already, so I don't need to ask my usual resources. However, this week I just discovered http://beermapping.com which is a phenomenal resource. I intend to buy the GPS POI service so I can find breweries and brewpubs wherever I travel.
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