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Eat: Janitzi

Janitzi

Garishly painted (banana-yellow outside, bright green inside), this 85-seat "Mexico-to-Argentina" bistro serves up a host of hot/cold apps (pasilla pepper ceviche, spiced chorizo skewers, breaded chicken milanesa, etc) and bean/rice-accompanied mains like jumbo chili crab cakes, hot "camarones diablo", and salmon cooked in banana leaves -- preferred by sea monkeys 2-to-1 over "Growth Food".

1152 Valencia St, btwn 22nd and 23rd; The Mission; 415.821.2310 |

Gear: Mitten Maker

Mitten Maker

These slim cardholders and billfolds are cut from vintage racket covers (AMF/Spalding/etc) and sewn up with black nylon. Some come with multiple cc/bill/receipt pockets, some with snaps, but all sport the bold color/design of a bygone era, when flare was all in the accessories, and not even a Spaniard would dare rock Capris.

Peep 'em on Etsy

Chill: Mercury Lounge

Mercury Lounge

SF's slickest Asian fusion operation's reopened in SOMA, with gentleman's-club style (mirrored walls/cushy booths/dim lighting), 12 draughts at the bar, high-end finger food (fried orange chicken wings, Viet prawn summer rolls), and meaty mains like tamarind-glazed pork riblets and lemongrass-marinated NY strip (but no tuna dishes -- they've already got mercury covered).

Check the menu at MercurySF.com

1582 Folsom, at 12th; SOMA; 415.551.1582 |

Drink: Lou's at the Square

Lou's at the Square

The Lou's Pier 47 lady has opened up a live music joint in the old Avenue G, decked out with oldtimey light fixures, an antique wood bar, and somewhat jarring pastel walls, plus a rear stage that'll play host to an "eclectic" array of jazz and blues acts -- a risky divergence from North Beach's eclectic array of funk and funk acts.

1570 Stockton St, at Union; North Beach; 415.989.0399 |