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Grant Marek

Grant Marek is a former Thrillist Cities editor.

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The 13 Creepiest Abandoned Places in California

If you've ever watched I Am Legend or 28 Days Later you know that 1) there's something eerily fascinating about previously inhabited abandoned places, and 2) zombies are assholes.

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By Multiple Authors

The Peninsula's 31 Best Restaurants

Tech, traffic, Google buses, Stanford MBAs, and sleepy suburbs.

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By Multiple Authors

Drink at the Best Bars in the Peninsula

There was a time when San Franciscans would only happen upon a Peninsula bar when their commuter van broke down on the way to Silicon Valley.

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The Corner Store Guys Opened a Totally Great New SoMa Bar

From the guys behind The Corner Store and San Francisco Athletic Club comes Lord George, a newly knighted SoMa bar that quietly opened last month a couple blocks from AT&T Park, and has been doing a sort of cross between an oyster bar and a lite version of The Corner Store.

By Grant Marek

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PABU Has a Secret Japanese Cocktail Menu Hidden in a Bottle Behind the Bar

When it comes to secret stuff in San Francisco, we’ve seen plenty of cool moves over the years -- from Secret Alley clubhouses to hidden caves to speakeasy bars inside AT&T Park.

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Rivalry Week 2015

13 Actual Facts That Indisputably Prove SF Is Better Than LA

Because there's nothing quite like a good old-fashioned fight, it's Rivalry Week.

By Grant Marek

Should You Drink the New Guinness Nitro IPA? We Found Out.

The new Guinness Nitro IPA is unfortunately not a forward-thinking collaboration with American Gladiators legend Nitro.

By Grant Marek

15 Secret SF Bars, and How to Get Into All of Them

By Grant Marek

14 Peninsula Secrets You Had No Idea Existed

Much like your deodorant stick, the San Francisco Peninsula is filled with Secret(s).

By Grant Marek

10 SF Spots With Ridiculous Beer + Shot + Bite Deals

In case you missed it, living is San Francisco is REALLYF-INGEXPENSIVE.

By Grant Marek

There's a Country Music Fest Coming to Fleet Week and We've Got Free VIP Tix

Because you can't stay on a rooftop forever (wait... you can't, right?), the dudes behind *deep breath* Tonic, Bullitt, Mayhem, Cease & Desist, Wild Hare, Soda Popinski's, and Lightning Tavern are teaming up with Eye Heart SF to bring a bona fide country music festival to Fleet Week on Saturday, October 10th.

By Grant Marek

42 San Francisco Bars You Need to Drink in Before You Die

Really, you should drink in every San Francisco bar before you die.