Here’s how you know your barista is *really* proud of his pour

[via Monkey Brains, the finest internet service provider in town]

Drink of the Week: Monkey Monster, neat

You take a little bit of Monkey Shoulder and blend it with a little bit of Peat Monster and voila: Monkey Monster! It’s pretty good.

Vintage tamale-in-a-can ad

Looks delectable!

[via Lucky Peach]

A very special public service announcement from Racer 5

[via Torrey]

Oktoberfest burger!

The Galley is serving brunch this weekend – and not at Clooney’s!

The Galley serving “brunch bar snacks” at Virgil’s??? This is gonna be fuuuuun:

Egg Cups
-Bacon
-Chorizo
-Spinach & Mushroom

Polenta Bar
- Poached Egg
- Arugula
- Bacon
- Garlic Mushrooms
- Brown Sugar
- Fruit

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Hearty Bread with Apricot Jam

RSVP and invite your friends!

P.S. I love Clooney’s, don’t get me wrong ;)

Pumpkin soft serve!

[via @np]

Birthday pizza!

Yeeeeeah!!!!! Happy birthday, Ariel!

[via Nick Pal]

Rice Paper Scissors’s first brick-and-mortar shop now open in Brisbane, Australia

Little red stools and everything! How exciting! Congrats to the whole Rice Paper Scissors team!

(And for those of us here in SF, they’re doing a popup dinner this Friday at Virgil’s Sea Room, and the menu looks fab!)

Brisbane menu after the jump:

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Don’t order a double mocha at Philz or they will laugh at you

Our pal Lauren found out the hard way:

Forgetting where I was, I mindlessly ordered a “double mocha” at Philz because it felt like November today. The barista scoffed, looked me up and down and said, “Ashley. Sweetie. You’ve never been here before, have you?” And then everyone behind the counter laughed at me.

And then a bucket of pig’s blood fell on my head.

And that’s why you shouldn’t drink coffee.

[Photo by Hae Eun]