Tag: Bender’s
Changes to the menu: Bender’s now home to rotating Sunday pop-ups
June 8, 2016
UPDATE 3:30 P.M. : A reader informs me that Mad’Mzelles Poutine has been a pop-up regular at Bender’s in the past and is “really good” to boot. ORIGINAL POST: Bender’s Bar and Grill, South Van Ness’ go-to source for a boozy meal, is now home to a rotating series of Sunday pop-up restaurants. One of […]
Hangover helper: Bender’s boozy brunch debuts Sunday
March 31, 2016
To the disappointment of many, though apparently not the fire department, Bender’s Bar and Grill, at 19th and South Van Ness, recently ended a decade-long run of serving up free burgers on its back patio on Sundays. Weekend patrons won’t go hungry for long, though. This Sunday marks the debut of “Bartender’s Breakfast,” the new […]
Burger bummer: Bender’s ending free Sunday barbecues (updated)
March 17, 2016
UPDATE 3/18/16: Johnny Davis, one of the partners at Bender’s, told me that while pressure from the fire department was a factor in the decision to scrap the bar’s Sunday barbecues after 12 years, it wasn’t the only reason. In an email, Davis wrote that the folks who run the bar’s kitchen as Counter Offer […]
Take this Wooden Nickel
January 12, 2016
The Wooden Nickel wants to be the neighborhood’s living room. The Mission’s newest bar celebrated its soft opening last weekend in the former Truck spot at 15th and Folsom streets, despite some finishing touches still left to be done and a sign yet to be hung out front. Even so, its transition from a themed […]