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EEast ast SSideways iddeways MAGDALENA CA MAGDALENA CARRASCO ARRASCO stunned everyone by mollywhopping m X AV VIER CA MPO OS in last week’s election XAVIER CAMPOS rrematch, ematch,, but thee newest San Jose councilmember-elect didn’t didn’t do it alone.. In councilmember-elect ffact, act,, one could ar aargue gue she bar ely did it herself. herself. barely CCarrasco, arrasco,, who has haas three three kids at home,, rarely rarelyy door-to-door walked door-to-door and her campaign sent out just a handf handful ful of mailers during the rrace. ace. Meanwhile,, a so ource tells Fly, Flyy, an independent source expenditur com mmittee sponsor ed by the expendituree committee sponsored Fr aternal Or der of o Police Police plopped down mor Fraternal Order moree than $100,000 on almost 20 mailers,, some supporting CCarrasco arrasco a and others bashing Baby X.. It certainly certainnly helped that EEast ast Side was in turn-out-for-what mode,, as District 5 turn-out-for-what had the lowest vote v total among all council rraces. aces.. But a closer closser look at Carrasco’s Carrasco’s backers appears to show w ex-hubby and SState tate Senat tor Senator They KE VIN DE LLEON EON N was KEVIN Did pulling some str rings. strings. What? Back in 2010,, CCarrasco a rasco ar SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O hir ed de Leon’s Leon’s close hired FLY@ FL Y@ advisor Encino--based advisor,, Encino-based METRONEWS. METR ONEWS. COM CO M John Shallman,, to help her against CCampos—a am mpos—a str ategy ex-supervisor ex-suppervisor strategy GGEORGE EORGE SSHIRAKAWA HIRAKA AWA JR. must ’ve laughed must’ve at as he sent ou ut bogus,, DNA-laced DNA-laced mailers out (allegedly) on CCampos’ a ampos ’ behalf to help steal the election.. Butt in this race, race,, Shallman Communications s,, now known as W est Coast Communications, West Public Aff airs,, reeled reeled e in the dough sending Affairs, mail ffor or the Fr att police rrather ather than CCarrasco. arrasco. Frat Shallman obviou usly got paid, paid, but did de Leon, Leon obviously the soon-to-be pr esident of the Senate,, as president well? N either co ould immediately be rreached eached Neither could ffor or comment,, bu ut a posting on ZoomInf o.com but ZoomInfo.com lists de Leon as a company boar dmember. boardmember. CCarrasco arrasco told Flyy she knew nothing of a possible busines ss connection—only that de business Leon intr oducedd her to Shallman ffour our years introduced ago.. Also out of the or dinaryy, a group group called ordinary, N eighborhood Empowerment Empowerment Coalition gave Neighborhood th Fr the FFrat att attack tt k gr ggroup oup $39,000 $39 000 just j t a weekk bef ore the electi ion,, but no other records records before election, ffor or the coalition exists on the Secr etary of Secretary SState tate website.. Adding A just a dash mor TF, moree W WTF, CCarrasco arrasco said she’s shhe’s open to rreconciling econciling with the South Bay Labor L Council if they can dr op drop their “intense gr rudges.” grudges.”

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PRODIGAL P RODIGAL D DAD AD W Willard illard i Birtss Jr Jr. r. kept in close contact with his daughter daughter, r, Angela, through throughout hout his time in prison, and their clo ose bond helped him gain his freedom. f his close

P Prison rison lifers get g another cha chance nce at f freedom with b biographical iographical videos vid deos BY B Y JENNIFER W WADSWORTH ADSWOR RTH

HE LETTERS were simple at ﬁrst, innocent and inquisitive. “Hi daddy, dadd dy y, h you’re ’ how you been? I hope you’re doing doing well in prison,” Ange Angela ela Birts i would ld pencil il in i on bl l lueBirts bluelined liined binder paper paper.. She w was a as nine n when her father father, r, Will Willard ard Birts Birts Jr Jr.,., got locked up for good—his good—his third strike after after several se everal priors for possessio possession on and and burglary. burglary. A life sentenc sentence. ce.

“I’m doing ﬁne ﬁne,,” he he’d ’d rreply, eplyy, maskin masking ng an anger nger o over veer his fate fate.. “Pr “Proud oud of yyou. o ou.” Ass Angela gr grew, A ew, so did the depth from off their ccorrespondence, orrespondencce, fr om a ffew ew questions crayon frank, qu uestions in cra ayo on to rreams eams of frank k, missives. poor cconfessional o feessional missiv onf vees. The p oor girl from Palo she fr o East P om alo Alto told him how sh he earned School, ea arned a scholarship to Menlo Scho o ol, the academy Silicon Valley’s th he private ac cadem a my ffor or Silic o on V aalleey’ ys millionairee pr progeny. wrote about m millionair ogen ny. She wr ote ab ou ut how took ho ow she to ok ttwo wo bus rroutes w outes eevery veery

week weekday kd daay to go fr from om the three-bedroom three-bedroom apartment apar tment she shar shared ed with w her se seven ven e step-siblings step -siblings and her mom mo om to the manicured manicur ed ccampus aampus in A Atherton. ttherton. She wr wrote ote ab about out b being ein ng one of a ffew ew black students on a mostly m white ccampus. ampus a . Her father unde understood. erstood. He was w aas onc oncee one of a handf handful ful of Afric African caan Americans Americ ans at a similarlyy homo homogenous genous high scho ol in Mount ain nV iieew. He sent school Mountain View. her a pap erback ccopy op py off “Warriors Don n’’t paperback Don’t Cr y”” the autobio y, graph hy of one of the Cry, autobiography ﬁrst black pupils to at ttten nd an all-white attend school in the 1950s segr e egated south. school segregated “I didn n’t ’ know he ccould ou uld rrelate elate to m didn’t myy situation,” Angela sa ayys. “B But that t’s how says. “But that’s it w aas—when I shar ed so omething ab out was—when shared something about m yyselff, I learned someth hing ab out him.” myself, something about Angela wr ote ab out how h the family wrote about far ed and b oy tr oubles. Her H father would fared boy troubles. rremind emind her to st ay ffocused. ocussed. “Don n’’t fall stay “Don’t ffor or a b o oy lik ke I w as a ar oun nd that age boy like was around age,,” he said, rreminding eminding her of hi is sentenc his sentencee and her uncle in San Quenti in. Quentin. reds of photos Angela mailed hundr hundreds so her dad ccould ould see her gr ow w. He traded grow. ccommissary ommissary go ods to ge et another inmate goods get to sk keetch p ortraits of som me snapshots sketch portraits some and send them back.

“Lit ttle t gi ifts ffor o or her bir thdaay,” W iillard “Little gifts birthday, Willard sa ays y . “I ccouldn’t oulldn n’’t off ffeer much else says. offer else..” Fr rom o a dist d ance, he w atched a her From distance, watched ccome ome full ci ircle, earn a master’ om circle, master’ss fr from St anffor ord an nd ttake aak ke a job as div veersitty Stanford and diversity ccoordinator oordinatorr at Menlo Scho ol. She School. mentors students stu udents at the same ccampus ampus she at tttendeed, dealing with some of the attended, same strugg gles she ’d fac ceed as a teen. struggles she’d faced Mean nw wh hile, Angela sa aw her dad Meanwhile, saw b ecome a sc cholar in his own right. become scholar C onﬁned b oncrete w alls a ,W iillard rread ead Conﬁned byy cconcrete walls, Willard vvoraciously oraciously o y and learned ab out p olitics, about politics, histor y, the Americ caan legal ssystem, yystem, history, American rreligion eligion and d philosoph hy. He ccame ame a to philosophy. terms with his sentenc sentencee but held out hop ight someda ay ttake aak ke Angela, hopee he mi might someday now 28, ou ut ffor or lunch. He dr o eamed out dreamed of at tttendingg ccollege, ollege, st tar a ting his own attending starting business ould b ecome business.. If he got out, he ccould become indep enden nt. JJust ust lik ke his lit tttle girl. independent. like little Thanks to t the passage of Pr op. 36 in Prop. 2012, a law laaw that allowed non-violent non--vviolent “Thr ee Strik kes” e cconvicts on onvvicts to app eal their “Three Strikes” appeal sentenc ce, W iillard got his shot at fr eedom. sentence, Willard freedom. It w aas up to o his public def feenderr, JJ.J. .J. Kapp was defender, Kapp,, t p to ersuade de a panell off pr osecutors t that th t persuade prosecutors it w aas in thee ccommunity’s ommunitty’ ysb est inter est was best interest o He had to pr ove that to let him out. prove W iillard would wo ould thrive thrivve outside of prison, Willard that he had d a supp ort net tw work and, support network most of all, that he had Angela. “But it ’s har d to cconvey on nvey that in a it’s hard

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writttten st written statement, atement,” Kapp p sa says. ayys. “W “We We don don’t n’’t eeven veen get to pr esent to th he panel.” present the The deputy deputty public defender deeffeender teamed Albert Cobarrubias up with the Alb ert C obaarrubias JJustice ustice Project, grassroots legal Pr oject, a grassr oots lega al rreform effo orm group, Willard’s storyy in gr oup, to ccapture aptur a eW illar i rd’s stor video.. The Justice Project been video Justice Pr ojecct had b een scrapbook-style biographies ccompiling ompiling scrapb ook k-sttyle y bio graphies defendants criminal of def feendants in crimina al ccases ases a ffor o or yyears eears to push ffor sentencing. or rreduced o educed sent tencing. A ffew ew ago,, the effort yyears eears ago h eff ffort eevolved ffo vo ollv lveed d to include i l d videos,, ttaking viewer minutes-long videos king the vie wer ak defendant’s to the def feendant’s livingg rroom, oom, their workplace workplac ce and to their families ffamilies.. was way “The video w aas a w ay to bring the presentation life pr esenttaation to lif fe and ffeature eeaturre the between Angela unique rrelationship elationship b ettween w Willard, thought and W iillard, which I tho ought ccould ould success this says. anticipate suc ccess for fo or thi is ccase, aase,” Kapp sa ays y. bee eexactly “It turned out to b xac x ctly that.” For F or Willard, Willar i d, the video o spanned seven minutes, l than less h se veen minutes i , all ll off Angela A l say making a ccase aase ffor or him. “II will sa o ay that as getting it’s like I’m get tting t older it t’s almost alm most lik ke I need more, being incarcerated him mor e, so him b eingg inc car a cerated is getting harder harder, get ttting harder harder and har deer and har derr,” she told the ccamera. amera. ““Although A Altthough he has been incarcerated, didn’t b een inc caarrcerated, that didn d n’t ’ rreally eally stop from being good me..” him fr om b eing a go od father f to me Though rare, rare, the documentarydocument c arystyle social biographies st tyyle so cial bio graphies ar aaree ccatching atching defenders. They on among public def feend ders. The ey first appeared mid-’90s app eared in the mid-’9 0 but gained 0s advent cheaper momentum with the ad dvveent of cheap er devices. Attorneys rrecording ecording de vices. A ttorn t neeyys use them after, in the sentencing phase but also after r, Three Strikes as in some of the Thr ee Strik S kees hearings Santa County. Elsewhere in Sant ta Clara C ountty. Else E where charge in the ccountry, ountry, private firms fi char rgge $20,000 longer, polished up to $20,0 00 ffor or a long o gerr, p olished documentary person’s life. do cumentary of the p errson n’s lif fe. Locally, and L ocally a y, Raj JJayadev ayyadeev an nd his team Project of vvolunteers olunteers ffor o or o the JJustice usttice Pr oject produce free charge. Sincee pr oducce them fr ee of ch harrgge. Sinc program ago,, rrolling olling out the pr ogram m a ffew ew yyears eears ago they’ve helped beat life sentences, the y’vve help ed b eat ttwo wo w o lif fe sentenc es, stop a deportation, deportation, turn n a one-year one-yeear jail sentencee into ccommunity service hours,, sentenc ommuniitty ser vice hours cut a 15-year sentencee in half half,f, slashed 15--year e sentenc sentence nine yyears eears off another se entence and prevented from pr eveented a teen fr ro om get ggetting ttting tried as More aree p pending an adult. Mor re ccases aases ar ending and traveling JJayadev’s ayyadev’s team is tra avelin e ng the ccountry ountry professionals giving ttalks alks to legal pr offe feessionals interested creating video inter ested in cr eating vid deo leniency appeals app eals of their own. “These (videos) ar aree ba based belief ased on a b elief about and it’s ssystem ystem y ab out families an nd how it ’s through thr ough families we ccan aan n rreform eefform o the justicee ssystem, says. criminal justic yystem,” he sa ayys. defender Melissa Wardlaw Public def feender Meli issa War dlaaw ccalls alls a the videos “a rrevelation. eveelattion.”

out “When yyou’re ou o u’r ’ e ttalking alking ab about ccommunity ommunitty go od and ccommunity ommunitty saf feetty, good safety, it’s it ’s a vvery er e y ccomplex o omple ex pr problem, oblem,” she sa says. ayys. “People don’t “P eople don n’t ’ ccommit ommit these crimes in a There weree cir circumstances vacuum. Th here wer cumstanccees we don’t about. it’s don n’’t know w ab out. Then again, it ’s not about crying just ab out showing s a video of a cr ryying mother, because mother r, b eccause a almost eeveryone ver e yo one has a crying mother. It’s about deeper cr ying moth her. It ’s ab out delving deep er story. into their st tory.” argue they C i i of Critics of the h videos id ar gue that h the hey offer edited defendant’s off ffeer an edi ited ttake ak ke on the def feendant’s storyy and th that prosecutors don’t have stor hat pr osecutors don n’t ’ ha ave chance offer a chanc ce to o off ffeer a ccounter-narrative ounterr--narrativve interview witnesses.. or inter vieew the ﬁlmed witnesses several local defense attorneys aree But se eveeral lo cal def fense e at tttorneeyys ar mini-documentaries ssympathetic. yympathetiic. The minidocumentaries give both sides better giv ve b oth si ides a b etttter sense of the personalities play. p ersonalitiees and struggles at pla ay. Kapp,, a yyoung attorney Kapp o oung trial at ttorne t ey when he lost W Willard’s 1997, iilllard’s ccase ase in 19 977, had a head silver-white off silv ilver er--wh h hair hi hite h i when h he h visited i i d his hi client State fformer ormer clien o nt in Solano St ate Prison a ago.. Both wer weree chok choked yyear-and-a-half eearr--and-a-h half ago keed emotion other. with emoti ion at the sight of each other r. Willard was overwhelmed W iillard w as as o ver e whelmed with the visual rreminder emin nder of how much time slipped byy and was byy the slipp ed b a Kapp w aas struck b prisoner’ss grac prisoner’ ggracee in dealing with such a life-consuming sentence. lif fe-consum ming sentenc e. “I’ll do what w I ccan an to help yyou, ou, o ” he Willard, who’s rreassured eassured W iillard, who o’s now living with nephew Lake Merritt a nephe w near n L ak ke Merrit tt and visits often. Angela ofte en. On a latee JJuly uly night last yyear, ear e r, possessing $200 parting p ossessing only o $20 0 in ccash—a ash—a par rtting from the state—Willard walked gift fr ro om th he st tate a —Wiillarrd w aalk ked e out of prison in Vacaville. weree nV aacavville. All he had wer the clothes on his back, a small bundle books, photos Angela’s letters. of b ooks, ph hotos and Angela a’s let ttters. He past payphones ambled pas st graffitied pa ayyphones with cut-off from life he’d once cut t-off ccords—relics orrd ds—rreelics fr om a lif fe he ’d onc ce Att 55 yyears known. A eears old, and cconditioned onditioned o to only w walk yard, aallk the span of a prison yar d, became from he b eccaame eexhausted xxhausted fr om a simple trek station. tr ek to the Amtrak A st taation. A woman phone,, but his ccalls let him use her ccell ell phone alls a unanswered. was too late.. N No went unans swered. It w aas to o late o next one eexpected xp x ecteed his rrelease elease until the ne exxt day transitional wouldn’t da ay and tra ansitional housing wouldn n’’t open morning. waited, op en until the t morning g. So he w aaited, shivering across street. shiv vering e in n the park acr ross o the str eet. looked stars, “I lo ok keed d up at the st ars, at the big moon, Willard says, I’d never mo on,” W il illarrd sa ays y , “and I’ d ne veer seen that in being myy n so long after b eing in m night stared. ccell ell eevery veery ni ight ffor or o yyears. eears. I just st arreed. ‘Hell, I’d I thought, ‘H Hell, I’ d rather ffeel eel e this ccold old and sitt in this park with all these people bee lo looking homeless p eople than b oking at walls towers..’ JJust ccement ement w aallls and gun towers ust to crickets hear the cri ick keets and bugs that night in the park w was me..” a music to me as

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CHUCK’S CHO CHOICE OICE San Jose Mayor Chuck Re Reed, eed, left, gave his blessing

this week to Sam Liccardo’s candidacy in the t November runoff.

TThe he SSam am & Dave Sh Show how Two T wo w privatee scho school-educated, ol-educated, It ItalianalianAmerican la awy wyeers who ha ave sp ent the American lawyers have spent majority majorit ty of th their heir ccareers areers in go government veernment j jobs will fac o in N oveember with facee off November hopes hop es to b become ecome ma mayor ayor o of N Northern orthern C aliffo orniaa’s lar rgest cit ty. California’s largest city. Both Da Dave ave C Cortese ortese and Sam Lic Liccardo cardo sp ent close to a million dollars to mak ke spent make the runoff ffor or a job that ccomes o omes with a long punchlistt of challenges ose challenges.. San JJose is still pa paying ayying off o mor moree than $5 billion in debt fr om a ttwo-decade wo-deccaade building w from spree spr ee that to took o off in the mid 19 ok 1980s. 80s. The cit ty b ears the ccost ost of pr ovviding city bears providing services ser vices and am amenities menities ffor or a million o rresidents, esidents, man ny of whom work in many rich neighb neighboring oriing cities that, due to a structural jobs s-housing imbalanc e, rreap jobs-housing imbalance, eap a dispr disproportionate oportio onate shar sharee of the rregion’s egion n’s ttax ax rrevenues. evenues. That T That’s ’s the rreason eason wh why hy the grass is literallyy gr greener eener in Sunn Sunnyvale, nyyvale, Cupertino, Cup ertino, P Palo a Alto and Sant alo Santaa Clara, while San JJose’s osee’s parks ar aree pit pitted tted t with gopher holes holes.. Mayor Ma ayor Chu Chuck uck R Reed, eed, e frustrated byy eff b efforts ffo orts to cut c a deal with the unions o over ver p pensions ensions and pa pay, ay, went to vvoters oters to en enact nact ttakebacks akebacks that have ha ave b been een ha hamstrung mstrung in the ccourts. ourts. Four F our memb members errs of his pr pro-pension o-pension rreform effo orm major majority ritty on the ccouncil ouncil ran ffor or ma o ayor in this t month ’s primar y. mayor month’s primary. T ogether the ercent of Together theyy won 62 p percent the vvote, ote, se ven p oints sh hy of the seven points shy 6 9p ercent wh ho appr oved the 69 percent who approved ccontroversial ontroversial Measur ension Measuree B p pension rreform effo orm measu ure ttwo wo yyears ears earlier measure earlier.. Cortese C ortese sa says ayyss he w wants aants to bring the cit ty to gether again, a heal the wounds city together and detoxif detoxify fy the t p polarized olarized climate at

cit city ty hall. He He’s ’s hea heavily avily v back backed ed b byy an un ndivided ccoalition oalition of public emplo oyeee undivided employee un unions nions and the lab labor-controlled or-controlled lo local cal a D Demo cratic P arty machine Democratic Party machine.. He ran ap polished olished ccampaign, ampaign, wearing gra gray ay m ma ayo oral suits and st ayying on messag ge mayoral staying message w while his go goofier ofier opp opponent onent showed d up in n bicy yccle helmet, cr eam ccolored olored sui its bicycle cream suits an and nd br brown own sho shoes, es, ttalking alking ab about out thin things ngs lik ke music pa avilions v , side waalk cy yclist c ts like pavilions, sidewalk cyclists an and nd p pop-up op-up stor stores. es. The sup ervisor’s bat ttle t will b supervisor’s battle bee to cconvince onvvince the electorate that a C on Corteseorteesele ed administration won n’t ’ embark on na led won’t sp spending pending spr spree ee lik like ke the cit city ty did whe when en hee w aas on the ccouncil ouncil in the dotc om m was dotcom b boom’s oom’s w wake. aak ke. He He’s ’s tried to p position osition hi imself as a unif fyying st atesman, ccalling himself unifying statesman, allling hi himself imself the ccandidate andidate of “change “change”” an and nd citing rising crime as the pr product odu uct policies. olicies. Lic Liccardo cardo will ccast off failed p ast C Cortese’s o tese’s ttalking or alking p point oint as mer merely ely a rreturn e eturn to the da days ayys when unions gott eeverything veerything the they ey w wanted anted a at cit city ty hall. Lic Liccardo cardo will also champion a ne new w ur urbanist rbanist vision of high-rise housing housing,, tr transit ransit alternativ alternatives es and downtown as a rregional egional cultural destination. W With iith h sh shiny hin ny ne new w housing towers p popping oppingg up p and the ccommercial ommercial vac vacancy ancy ra rate ate dr dropping, oppingg, the ec economic onomic winds w pr will ovide v visuals to illustrate his provide ec conomic and social social roadmap. roadmap. economic One thing’ ertain: The har dthing’ss ccertain: hardffought o ought rac oxes and d racee will clo clogg mailb mailboxes br reak eexpenditure xp x enditure rrecords ecords o ver thee break over ne ext fiv wo w guys with next fivee months as ttwo sim similar milar back backgrounds kggrounds but diff different ffeerent al llegiances bat tttle to shap tyy’’s allegiances battle shapee the cit city’s future.—Dan uture.—Dan Pulcrano fu

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A lone gunman walked onto o a high school campus outside of P ortland,, Ore., Ore., Tuesday Tu uesdayy morning and shot down a student Portland, bef ore taking his own lif e Last week,, a similar event unf e. oldeed before life. unfolded at Seattle P aciﬁc U niverssityy. Another shooting occur red dayss Paciﬁc University. occurred earlier at an elementary school in Wisconsin. Wisconsin. It ’ss time to fface ace It’s ffacts: aacts:: Our nation is at wa ar with itself when every ffew war ew days someone walks into a pu public ublic place armed with a gun and ind indiscriminately discriminately kills,, motivated by some warped desper desperation. a ation. E Everytown verytown ffor or Gun Saf Safety, etyy, a gu gun un contr control ol advocacy gr group, oup, has kept a running tally of campus shootings since the Sand dy H ook massacr Sandy Hook massacree that left 20 little childr en and six adu ults dead. The The total:: 74. 744.. Counting only only the school weeks in session, children adults that ’s 1.37 campus shoot tings a week over the past 18 month hs.. And it doesn’t even count that’s shootings months. mass shootings at malls,, work places or other common ar eaas.. It doesn’t include the areas. shooting and stabbings by b E lliot R odgers that left six dead la ast month near U .C.. Santa Elliot Rodgers last U.C. B arbara or the cop-killin g spr ee by a der anged Cliven B undyy-loving couple in Las V eegas Barbara cop-killing spree deranged Bundy-loving Vegas this week. N No o other coun country ntry in the world has a school-shoot school-shooting ting or rrandom andom mass shooting scour ge of this magnitud de. Not Not even close. E very time—eve ery week,, actually—the media scourge magnitude. Every time—every tr ain their eye on the kill lers, who incr easingly leave behind dark d conf essions on social train killers, increasingly confessions media,, and we wonder h ow these things happen and what we w can do stop them. T he how The answer can’t continue to o be some trite cliche about only a good g guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun. T h e’s too many bad guys. And too many her m guns. There’s

EE-Cigs -Cigs up in in Smoke Health officials hop hopee a new new set of rules l will ill mak make ke electronic electr l on nic cigar cigarettes ettttes as ttaboo aboo as conventional con nventional smokes. smok kees. Citing ffears eears of toxic chemicals chemicalss and corrupting corrupting the youth, yo outh, Santa Santa Clara County Countty supervisors sup ervisors vvoted o oted unan unanimously nimously to update up date an antianti-smoking smokin ng ordinance ordinance to include e-cigs. e-cigs. That means m no lighting up up—even —even elect electronically—in tronicallyy—in — pretty pr ettty much an any ny county countty property property or unincorporated uninc orporated part part off the South Bay. Baay. E-cigs, Ecigs, more more ccommonly ommo only called called vaporizers vap orizers or vap vapes, es, us use se a bat battery tttery to heat up a nic nicotine-infused, otine-infused, often ﬂavored ﬂa avored liquid. Instead d of smok smoke, e, the theyy emit ssweet-scented weet-scenteed puffs of ephemeral vap vapor. or. Supervisor Sup ervisor Ken Keen Y Yeager, eeagger, who led the charge charge for fo or stricter rules rrules,, says saays y the they ey also emit toxins toxins,, encourage encou urage mor moree

nicotine enticee kids to smoke nic otine use, usse, entic smoke and d “threaten “thr h eaaten the h county’s county’’s goall off promoting healthy pr omotingg a health hy ccommunity. ommunity.” ch Research R esear e h backing that up is nominal bu ut gr owing, and ffederal eederal but growing, rregulations egulationss are are far behind behind the bur geoningg vape vape tr end. The worr burgeoning trend. worryy has more more to t do with social social norms and the threat threat of undoing work from from all the anti-tobacco anti-tobacco ccampaigning ampaigning that ’s that’s cut back th he nation ’s smoking habit, the nation’s sa ays y county countty Health Officer Officer Sara Cody. Codyy. says “The lack lacck of regulation regulation … [has] ccontributed ontributed to incr easing social social increasing ac ceptance of ee-cigarettes -cigarettttes and the acceptance misp ercepttion that these pr oducts misperception products ar someho ow saf fe,” she sa ayys, adding aree somehow safe, says, that vap es ccould ould act as gate way to vapes gateway traditionall tobacco-packed tobacco-packed cigar ettttes. cigarettes. — Jeenniffeer Wadsworth Waadsworth —Jennifer

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World W orld CCut u ut IT’S NO NOT TA ASS if the U.S. U.S. Men’s Team ever had National T eam e haad a chance to begin with in Brazil, Brazil, so o at least the computers saved us some some time at the pub. This week, Redwood Reedwood Citybased Electronic Electronic Arts predicted predicted that the U.S. soccer team won’t w make it group out of the gr oup stagee (a.k.a. (a k a the ﬁrst rround) ound) of the World World Cup. Cup. that? How does EA know th hat? A video game simulation n with the company’s new game,, 2014 FIFA FIFA World (You’d W orld Cup Cup Brazil. Brazil. (Y ou u’d think the company might try to at least get our hopes up for for the quarterﬁnals.) q According A ccording to EA’s EA’s simulation, simulation, Germany will win the 2014 FIFA FIFA World Brazil W orld Cup Cup in Br azil and an nd beat both The the US and the host nation. n prediction pr ediction is backed by b EA Sports, multinational the unit behind the m multinational of gaming company’s franchise franchise a FIFA-branded FIF A-branded products—which productts—which is almost certainly less corrupt c rupt than cor FIFA FIF A itself. itself. “EA was able to test aall 32 teams conditions under the same condi tions the participants are are expected expeccted to face face in the weeks ahead in n Brazil,” Brazil, azil ” EA proclaimed pr oclaimed in an email email statement SV411.com. was to SV4 11.com. “This wa as done by running a simulation simulatio on on the tournament in the game, gam me, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, FIF AW orld C up Br azil,, with updated rosters rosters in accordance acccordance with the schedule of the t real real world tournament.”

World Cup, The rreal eal W orld C up, which determiness one champion of determine international internation nal soccer every four four years, will ofﬁcially kick off Thursday, Brazil Thursday y, when w Brazil hosts Croatia. Croatia. EA’s simulation In EA ’s sim mulation of the tournament, tournamen nt, the Americans had three draws thr ee dr aw ws in three three games. games According A ccording to both Elo ratings ratings and FIFA’s FIF A’s world world ranking ranking table, the U.S. has the th he 13th-best team in the world, which means our video game squad squaad laid an egg. But the Americanss are are in Group Group G, this quadrennial’s quadr enniaal’s “group “group of death.” On Sunday, Sundayy, the US will face face Ghana, knocked which kno cked our boys out in the 2006 and 2010 World World Cups. Cups. ups After it’s Germany that it ’s Ge ermany and Portugal, Portugal, whose national nattional teams remain remain two of the world’s worrld’s greatest. greatest. EA expectss that both Spain and Brazil, whose aree Br azil, who ose ffootballers ootballers ar arguably ar guably tthe he best on Earth, will lose Germany to German ny in one of the mostwatched sporting sporting events on earth. all in the ﬁnal, The Brazilians Braziliians will ffall according accor ding to EA’s EA’s predictions. predictions. The simulator simulaator accurately accurately predicted predicted Spain’s victory vicctory in the 2010 World World Cup C up in South Sou uth Africa, so they’ve you two months of basically saved s summer.. summer — Jason McCormick and Josh Koehn Koehn

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SILICON SILICON ALLEYS ALLEYS

In Too Steep TEA T EA T TOTAL OTA L W World orld Flavorz Spice & T Tea ea Co e Co.. displayed their wares at the expo expo..

Bay y Area tea purve purveyors eyors make their mark m at the W World o orld T Tea e ea Expo BY B Y GAR GARY Y SIN SINGH GH

UPERTINO’S UPER RTINO O’S DO DON N SUN Sierra is the e CEO of Sierr a Tea T ea iin n Santa Clar Clara. a. His company c is the U .S. import ter for Hunan T ea U.S. importer Tea Company Company, y, an a industry leader in China whose w annual sales are about 40,000 4 tons. tons. A few weeks ago at the W orld T ea World Tea Expo in Long Lon ng Beach, I cornered him on the e expo ﬂoor, ﬂoorr, in Sierra Sierra Tea's T ea's booth, booth h, and immediately failed to impress im mpress him with my knowledge e of pu'erh tea. After heari hearing ing ab about out m myy p penchant enchant ultra-dark, earthy ffor or the ultrao d , ear dark, th hy stuff and its tenden tendency ncy to rrelay elaay ancient

trransmissions fr transmissions from om ccave-dwelling ave-dwelling Taoist hermits,, he said pu'erh w was T Ta aoist hermits ass starting popularity China. st tarting to lose p opularity in Chin na. there, B Black tea is on the rise ther e, he was eexplained. x xplained. Iw as disappointed. disappointed. The W World o orld T Tea ea e Exp Expo o unf unfolded fo olded over o ver thr three ee da days. ayys. It w was as not op open en to t the public,, but rather an th he general public industryy pr professionals, eevent vent ffor o or industr offeessionals, importers, im mporters, eexporters, xporters, or organic ganic tea farm enthusiasts,, SoC SoCal fa arm enthusiasts al teashop fashionista fa ashionista hot hotties ttties and ec eccentric centric characters ch haracters in linen suits straight from fr rom Graham Gr Greene eene no novels. vels. The There ere weree Indian, w wer I di Chi Chinese Chinese,, N Nepalese, epalese l , French-Canadian, F rench- Canadian,, K Korean orean and Sri S ri Lankan Lankan ccontingents. ontingents. High society birds, porcelain aﬁcionados, so ociety bir ds, p orcelain aﬁcionado os, packaging entrepreneurs p ackaging entr epreneurs and yyoung ou ung aspiring as spiring or organic ganic farmers alik alikee all al ll seemed to eexude xude a par particular ticular q uivering euphoria ffor or o the C amelllia quivering Camellia

manyy ne new sinensis plant. I made man w acquaintances invited myself ac quaintances and in nvvited m yself people’s plantations Kenya, to p eople’s plant ation ns in K enya, Malawi Africa. Mala aw wi and South Af frica. Sincee the eexposition was Sinc xposition nw as the premier kind anywhere pr emier affair of its ki nd an ywhere on Earth, Ear th,, there there wer weree b books, ooks o , pamphlets pamphlets,, machinery, machiner y, receptacles, receptacless, accessories, accessories, ccatalogs atalo l gs and d designer d i t bags—all tea b ll industryy folk peruse and/or ffor or industr o folk o to p e eruse purchase. bowls bowls pur chase. Bowls and b owls and b owls displayed of tea samples displa ayed e themselves themselves museum-likee savoir with museum-lik saavoir faire. faire. leaves Zillions of lea aves were were steeped steeped ffor or o sample.. Since all to sample Since I was was the only member from memb er of the mediaa fr om anywhere an nyywhere Silicon in Silic on Valley, Valle a y, I feel feeel inclined to rattle Tolstoyian rat tle off in T olsto o yian n eextremes xtremes manifestations the sheer vvolume o olume of manif m fest e ations crystallizations and cr ystallizations I slurp sslurped ed with gusto: JJapanese apanese Sencha, Sench ha,, Turmeric Turmeric Rooibos, Vanilla Lemongrass, Ginger R ooibos, V aanillla L emongrass, Egyptian Chamomile,, Blueberry Eg yptian Chamomile Blueberry Tranquility, Broom, Tranquilit ty, Witch's Witch's i Broom,, Exotic Vacation, Monkey, V aacation,, Peace Peace King Monk M ey, Yellow Yellow e Mountain Silver Needle, Iron Mount ain Silv er N eed dle, Ir on Silk and Kenya Estate K enya Est ate Black.

Ass a rresult, A esu ult,, I became became a transdimensional transdimen nsional blend of Buddhist monkey Anglican monk ey and an nd Anglic an rroyalty. oyyalty. Over Over three days, thr ee da ayys, I went from from booth booth to booth, b ooth,, steep steeep to steep, steep, explaining explaining to peep peep travel p eep after p eep how I write tra aveel narratives narratives incorporating incorporating alchemical alchemical psychology, principles and a JJungian ungian ps ycchology, cr creatively eatively fusing f the W Western eestern and halves myself Eastern ha alvvees of m yyself via the ancient ccosmic ossmic muse of tea,, and how aspects theoretically its quantum m asp ects ccan, an,, theor etically and practic practically, callyy, channel both both T Tang aang Dynastyy he hermits society Dynast ermits and high so cietty British aris aristocracy. stocracyy. Nobody Nobody seemed to understand was saying. underst and d what the hell I w as a sa ayying. Nobody Norwood N obodyy eexcept xc x ept ffor o or JJames ames N orwood Pratt, Prat tt, t, of course. course o . He seemed to know what was about. Pratt eexactly hat I w aas ttalking alking ab out. Prat tt xactly wh America's is Americ a's rreigning eigning tea sage who perhaps moree to bridge East has p erhap ps done mor West and W eest when w it ccomes omes to tea than anyone imagine.. It w was an nyone I ccan a imagine an as a he that penned Scott p enned d th thee intr iintroduction t oduction d ti tto S Sc ottt Hoyt Cousineau's space-time Ho oyyt and Phil P C ousineau's spac e-time ccontinuum-clobbering ontinuum m-clobbering assemblage of tracts, Tea, esoteric tra acts, The Soul & Spirit of T eea, just ago.. which I jus st ingested a ffew ew months ago Pratt, Prat t,, a decades-long dec d ades-long rresident esident of San Francisco, particularly Francisc o, par ticularly Chinatown, lectured lectur ed att the eexpo, xpo, discussing the differences between green basic diff ffeerrences b etween gr een oolong. tea,, black tea t and o olong. If yyou're ou're way: green cconfused, onfused,, lo llook ok at it this w ay: gr een unfermented, tea is i unf feerrmented, d, while hil black bl k tea Somewhere is ffermented. eermenteed. Some where on the between ccontinuum ontinuum mb etween those ttwo, wo, oolong, one ﬁnds o olong, the varieties of differing degrees which ccome om me in diff ffeering degr ees of have ffermentation. eermentatiion. The Chinese ha ave likee “jade o oolong” terms lik olong”” ffor o or the ttypes ypes oolong of o olong closest on the ccontinuum ontinuum green tea, “amber oolong” to gr een te ea, and “amb er o olong” ffor or those blends o b closer to black tea. days, industryy hipsters tend to These da ays ys, industr word use the wo ord “oxidized”” rather than “fermented, likee “f feermented,” so yyou'll ou'll hear things lik “semi-oxidized oolong, “semioxid dized o olong,” which just semi-fermented. means it's semi-f fermented. e JJade ade and amber aree lo loose amb er ar ose vversions ersions of Chinese image-ideas bee translated. image -ideaas that ccan't an't b Pratt Prat tt also said s a Chinese eexpert xpert favorite often rrefers effer ers to his fa avorite tea as his “monkey “monk ey pick” p ” due to an ancient storyy that only monk monkeys stor eys ccould ould physically unreachable ph hyysically pick the most unr eachable leaves. That puree p poetry. lea aves. Tha at is pur oetry. Pratt's Prat tt's t enlightening e demonstration further demonstra ation fur ther rrelayed elaayed the transmission ancient tra ansmission and I ffelt elt e eeven ven moree cconnected Taoist mor onn nected to those T aaoist hermits.. I will ha have hermits ave to visit Sierra Tea Santa T ea e in San nta Clara and get the rreal eal lowdown on Pu'erh.

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F COURSE CO OURSE the wagon wagon had d to roll through the day I called a roundtable roun ndtable discussion among four fou ur owners of some of the best craft craft cocktail bars in the e South Bay. Bay. But bartenderss who take selfimposed, non-Lent-related n non-L ent-related layoffs from m drinking are a susceptible susceptib ble species, species, and beverages friends bever ages between b have a way way y of ruining the best-laid plans pllans of alcohol p abstinence. abstinence e. It didn’t didn’t take long for a couple couplle of the South Bay’s Bay’s preeminent preeminen nt tastemakers to ditch their vows and cheers to a candid discussion diiscussion of what makes and d breaks a great bar, barr, a great cocktail. cocktail.

Holding ccourt ourt at 55 South,, lo located catted in n the hear heartt of downtown San JJose, ose, cco-owners o -owners Eric Nielsen and P Paul aul Chun C hun hosted a rroundtable oundtable discussion discussiion w m with myself; yself; Stephen Shelton, Shelton, cocoowner ow wner of The L Lexington exington House in nL Los os G Gatos; and C Cache ache Bour Bouren, en,, owner of o singlebarrel, sin nglebarrel,, SoF SoFA FA District District’s ’s sp speakeasy eakeas e y and an nd the ﬁrst true craft ccocktail ocktail barr to set se et up shop in San JJose. ose. My goal w was as to get these ffellows— ellow e ws— w shar who sharee a ccombined ombined 8 89 9 yyears ears off industry industry eexperience—to xperience—to shar sharee their th heir wisdom. W Wee would ccover over th the he essentials: es ssentials: · What mak makes es a truly gr great eat ccocktail? ocktail? · Where Where is the futur futuree of the industry? industr y? · Why Wh hy do does es m myy soul alw always ayys cr cryy out ffor o or gin gimlets?

I also ask asked ed these ffour o to ccome our ome together together b because ecause som some me truths ar aree self-evident: selff- evident: P People eople ar are re demanding more more fr from om their drink drinks, ks, and craft cocktails cocktails ccontinue ontinue to dominate d the bars and clubs landsc landscape. a e. Y ap You ou o w want ant a Tokyo To ok kyo T Tea? eea? Adios, Adios, mo motherfucker. otherfucker. Y You ou o still ffooling ooling yyourself ourself in into nto thinking

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PBR tastes good? Maybe it’s time you retired that mustache. I called in the eexperts xperts t to ttalk alk ab about out the nights that don don’t ’t cconsist onsist of JJame-O, ame- O, Stellas and te texts xts yyou’d ou’d lik likee back. The ffollowing o ollo owing is the b best est and worst of a fr free-ﬂowing ee-ﬂo owing discussion on craft ccocktails, ocktails, gr ggreat eat and terrible bars bars,, and the las last st drink a dying (wo)man should or order. d . der Josh K Koehn: o oehn n: Y You o ou guys all have a you’re specialty in i the sense that you ’re not just se serving erving up High Life and Jack. There’s shots of Ja ack. There ’s an art to the you’re drinks.. way you ’re e presenting your drinks do So what d o you look for in a bar?

Cache C ache Bou Bouren uren (singlebarr (singlebarrel): el): U Usually sually when yyou’re ou’rre going out,, you yo ou kind of ha have ave a mission. m It’s It’s a first date date,, a bachelor p party—any arty— —an ny one of those things; the o occasion ccasion kind of dict dictates ates the situatio situation. on. … I’ve I’ve worked work keed every every theree is, kind of barr ther is, so I’m open open to eeverything. verything hi g. But, B , for for o me, me, as long l as theree are dirty ther are no n dir ty glasses, glasses, cockroaches cockroaches cigarette butts and cigar etttte but ttts on the floor. floor. want Eric Nielsen n (55 South): I w aant to go to placee whe where bartenders a plac ere I feel feel e the bar tenders ccare, are, number they numb er one; on ne; and,, number number two, two w , the ey have knowledge,, ha ave some training and knowledge

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R ice Rocket p2 2 Craft Cocktai ls p24 Wine & Beer p28 M usic & Dan c e p34 Mixed Drink s p42

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uth): The o verall Paul Chun (55 South): overall exp perience is what ccounts. ounts. The experience bartenders ccare, are, the ser vice le vel,, the bartenders service level, quality of their t pr oducts. quality products.

Eric Nielsen

You’re Y o ou’re on your y deathbed. What’ What’s ’s the last drink you y order?

SS: Easy. SS: Easy. Old Olld Fashioned. It It’s ’s the deﬁnition of o a ccocktail. ocktail. It It’s ’s almost the pur purest est fform o orm of a spirit with ttwo wo ingredients. ingr edientss. CB: I don ’tt know ’s don’t know,, man. That That’s iimpossible imp ossible ibl to ans wer. answer. and it it’s ’s not just some pr pretty rettty face that the theyy stuck b behind ehind the ba bar. ar.

EN: What ab out a rreally eally go od V iieux about good Vieux C arré? Carré?

Stephen Shelton ((The The L Lexington exington House): W We’re e’re basic basically allyy a bar with a rrestaurant estaurant instead off a rrestaurant estaurant with a bar bar.. … Ev Everybody erybody has JJack ack and Mak Maker’s er’s Mark, butt wh why hy not makee it an eexperience. mak xperience. Wh Why hy not go out and ha have ave a sp special eccial o occasion. ccasion. Let’s L et’s go out and do som something mething ne new. w. It’s It ’s not ab about out b being eing sn snobbish. nobbish. But eeveryone veryone has Mak Maker’s er’s Mark, M , so let let’s ’s have ha ave a (Evan W Williams) illiams i ) Single Barr Barrel el 2004 20 04 instead. It It’s ’s a ﬁnee line line,, but I look lo ok ffor o or plac places es that act actually tually giv givee a shit. Ther Theree ar aree bar bartenders tend ders and then theree ar ther aree drinkmak drinkmakers. ers.

S S: It’s It’s all ab aabout out plac ow SS: placee and time time.. N Now a Sazerac. Sazerac. That T ’s That’s go od. good. Well, I shou Well, should uld this mention th his hospital ha happens appens to have a fully f stocked ba bar. arr.

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There’s way There’s no w ay yyou ou ccould ould hold me to one drink,, but an Old Fashione Fashioned ed is pretty good. pretty damn go od. (At (At this point, point, C Cache ache rrealizes ealizes hee is the only one who is drinking drinking.) .) CB: Wait,, wher wheree the hell ha have ave yyou ou guys b been? een? I’v I’vee b been een sit sitting ttting her here re this whole time lo looking oking lik likee an alc alcoholic. o oholic .

Paul Chen

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CB: I’m not going to or order der something to mak makee them go go,, “H “Huh, Huh, ccool.” ool.” Mat Matter ter of fact, I hate p people eop ple who or order der drinks to impr impress ess p people. e eople . Iw want ant to chok choke ke them. The one ones es that sit in the well and sa say ay “lo “look ok at me m me.” .” But on a date date,, so I ccan an k keep eep m myy ccontrol ontrol and not scr screw ew it up up,, I’ll or order der a low lowwalc alcohol ohol ccocktail, ocktail, a something ccentered en ntered on amar amaro o or vvermouth, ermouth, ton tons ns of fla flavor, avvor, so I ccan an n drink lik likee fiv fivee of the them. em.

S SS: S: That That’s ’s a go good od ccall. alll. It dep depends ends on wher wheree yyou ou b begin. egin. F For o me or me,, ap aperitif eritif wine or vvermouth ermouth on the rrocks, ocks, I love love it. CB: Guys would ccome om me up and or order der a mar martini tini on the rrocks ocks when I w was as yyounger ounger and I’ I’d d ma make ake it and the they’d y’d sa say, ay, “No, “No, vermouth vermouth on the rrocks.” ocks.” I didn didn’t ’t know wh why hy th the he fuck would yyou ou that?? N Now drink that ow I get g it. That’s key part too, EN: That ’s a k ey par rt of it to o, You anywhere though. Y ou o ccan’t an’t go g an nyywhere and [order] [or der] that. My wife bartends on o the side and orders she has certain ord ders that piss her off to no end. When W someone comes up and says s, “I’d “I’’d says, >> like a beer beer,” r,” , she’s she’s like, liike,

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Drinks Alll Around <<<118 “OK, which one?” Or when “OK, w someone comes up and orders a L ong Island Long that’s iced tea but with no ice, i like that’ ’s drink stronger. going to make the dri ink stronger r. What are some thingss that people do when they order th that hat really annoys a bartender?

EN: P People eople who push h their w way ay to the fr front ont to or order der drin drinks nks and sa say, ay, “I’ll have ha ave one of these and and—hang d—hangg on,” ,” and the theyy turn ar around ound d and ask p people eople behind b ehind them. CB: The They’re y’re not pr prepared. epaared. That actually lends itself to o what yyou ou said about ab out the b beers. eers. I’v I’vee had h p people eople p peer eer aps and over o ver the b beer eer ttaps d sa say, ay, “What do yyou ou ha ave on ttap?” ap?” (I tell them) have we don ’t ha ave an ny b eeers. The y’re don’t have any beers. They’re lik e, ““Are Are yyou A ou serious? ?!”” Y ou o ’re not like, serious?!” You’re b eing pr epared. Y ou o ’re not b eing a being prepared. You’re being functional adult. adult Lik e, “II ha ave to p ee. Like, have pee. Should I op en m pper first open myy zip zipper first?? Nah, I’m just going to go .” go.” S S: P eople will sa ay, “I’ ll ha ave a SS: People say, “I’ll have ccocktail, ocktail, mak ’s str ong.” makee sur suree it it’s strong.” (L aughs) W eell, it ’s a ccocktail. ocktail. I’ll (Laughs) Well, it’s mak ver str on ng yyou ou w ant, makee it howe however strong want, but you you know … . EN: Or ou ur drinks ar Or,, “Which of yyour aree the str ongest?” Ev ery drink I ha ave strongest?” Every have on m verr ttwo wo ounc es of myy menu has o over ounces liquor in it, so yyou ou tel ll me what yyou ou tell would lik likee to drink. S S: Y eeah,, str ong in fla avor or SS: Yeah, strong flavor eff ffeective? effective? CB: A big one ffor o or me is not a par ticular thing p eople sa ay but particular people say p eople who rrefuse efuse to b en to the people bee op open possibility. p ossibility. … P People eople who w rrefuse efuse to b en to somethingg ne w. bee op open new. PC: It PC IIt’s ’s lik i to L exing i ton likee going Lexington House and or dering a Bud. It ’s lik e, ordering It’s like, c’mon, yyou ou know yyou’re ou u’re going her heree ffor o or an eexperience. xperience.

more, especially especially e in this ar ea, which is more, area, easons when we op ened one of thee rreasons opened singlebarrel. I had no fucking idea singlebarrel. why it w assn’t ar ound. why wasn’t around. SS: W e’re at the p oint now w, do SS: We’re point now, whatever yyou ou w ant to ee yyears ears whatever want to.. Thr Three ago, no chance. ch hance. ago, haave eggs wher CB: W Wee h have wheree we crack ecctly in the ccocktail ocktail b ecause them dir directly because want p eople to sa ay, “What the we want people say, thaat?”” W ant to educ ate fuck is that?” Wee w want educate people. … P eople used to balk at it people. People and I w as lik e, “Tr ou don ’t was like, “Tryy it. If yyou don’t like it, I’ll dump it out. like out.”” Sometimes ump it out. But now I get I had to du dump people ccoming om ming up sa ayying, “I w ant people saying, want fo our drinks drink ks with eggs in them. four them.”” SS: It ’s a ccompletely ompletely diff ffeerent world SS: It’s different ee yyears. ears. in the last thr three What do you y see as the next trend industry? in the ind dustry? What will people want mor re of when they go to bars? more

CB: P People eoplee w want ant faster ccocktails. ocktails. So,, the ne So next x p xt person erson who ccaptures aptures that w wave ave will b bee able to do qualit qualityy with sp speed. eed d. … It It’s ’s vvery ery doable doable,, yyou ou just ha have ave to t change some of yyour our mentalities ment alitiees ab about out craft ccocktails. ocktails. PC: The cr craft raft ccomes omes fr from om the bartender. bar tender. What is th the he best thing about owning a bar?

CB: A Autonomy. uton nomy. Being able to mak makee the ccall. all. Y Your o our cr creativity eativity do doesn’t esn’t get rrestrained. estrained d. Y You’re ou’re the b o boss. oss. But at the same time t that that’s ’s also the worst partt ab par about outt it. Y You ou o don don’t ’t get to sa say, ay, “I’m not going g in to today.” daay.” Y You o ou get used to no not ot ha having avving that option after a while while.. Paul, I kno Paul, know ow you were going to say women. That’s the wome n. That’ ’s OK. OK.

EN: It ’s lik It’s likee going to a sushi rrestaurant estaurant and askingg ffor o or a hambur ger. I’m not sa aying y the hamburger. saying theyy ccouldn’t ouldn’t do it but … .

PC: Y You o ou kn know, now, ffor or me o me,, it it’s ’s just b being eing able to do what I lo love ve to do do.. I gr grew ew up in this industry—my industry—my par parents. ents. It It’s ’s somethingg I’v I’vee alw always ays y lo loved ved to do do.. It chose me me,, basic basically. allyy.

We’ve W e’ve got about 80-900 years of table. experience at this tab ble. And all of right you are out front righ ht now on craft cocktails.. I think a lo lott of people are cocktails now going out to have hav ve a really good that’s cocktail that’ ’s different differe ent from what they’ve had before.

CB: I tried d to lea leave, ave, but I ccouldn’t. ouldn’t.

CB: Mor Moree than an anything, yth hing, it it’s ’s acr across oss the whole ffoodie oodie thin thing. ng. P People eople ar aree OK now with pa paying aying y m mor moree to get

SS: I tried,, to SS: too. o. I did thr three ee diff different ffeerent ccareers areers and d alw always ayys ccame ame back to it. EN: My fa favorite avorite thing is b being eing able to build a team and mak makee them want w ant to bu build uild something b better— etter— mak makee the cit cityy b better. etter.

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Dr Drink r rink ri off the t Year: Ye Y Yea Thee Hennchata Henn ha atta H n ncha a t

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very y decade has its cock ktail fashions. fashions. The cocktail ’50ss brought Irish coff fees to the U.S., U.S., coffees and, in the’60s, the e’60s, pink squirrels Wallbangers rran an wild. Harvey H Wallbangers and tequila a sunrises raged raged in the ’70s 70s and in the ’80s 80s we had sex on n the beach. The ’90s brought brough ht mojitos stateside and helped d kick off the laborintensive craft c aft cocktail craze. cr craze. The Moscow Mosco ow Mule returned to claim signature signature drink status in the th he present era. era.

While man manyy drink pandemics orriginate in fforeign originate o oreign lands lands,, in dec decades a ades past pa ast or in the ambitious ambitious,, ccalculating alculatiing m minds of ccorporate orporate brand mark marketers, etters, eevery very onc oncee in a while a humble entrepreneur en ntrepreneur ccontributes ontributes a libatio libation on to o contemporary contemporary ccocktail ocktail cultur culture. e. JJorgé o gé Sanche or Sanchezz w was as rrecovering ecovering from fr om a par partnership tnership implosion in Campbell C ampbell when he to took ok o over ver a di dive ive establishment es stablishment on downtown San JJose’s o ’s San F ose Fernando ernando Str Street. eet. His luck turned with the cr creation eatiion off the Hennchat Hennchata, a,, a simple mix of o traditional tr raditional L Latin atin Americ American an ric ricee dr drink rink w Henness with Hennessy. y. And lest an anyone yone

question the addition of brandy from fr om the C Cognac ognac rregion egio on to an A Aztec ztec agua fr fresca, reesca, just rremember emem mber that many man ny p people eople think mariachi m music ccame ame fr from om the Fr French ench h to too, o, though no one would eever ver hir hire re a guy named Pierree to pla Pierr play ay trump trumpet e at a bar et mitzvah. mit zvah. Not N ot only did Me Mexico xico sa save ave uniformed unif fo ormed horn bandss fr from om eextinction xtinction after the M Maximilian aximilian Affair,, its national drin Affair drink nk has rrescued escued French Fr ench brandy fr from om b becoming ecoming a Coke C ok ke mixer pr promoted omoted d in bad hip hip-hop -hop songs.. The enabling te songs technology chnology that makes mak es a Hennchat Hennchataa more m e than just mor

another mixed m drink is an L L-shaped -shaped plastic clip p that clamps onto the rim thick-walled, chavela of a thick k--w walled,, stemmed cha avela glass.. The patented device glass p de vice holds an upside-down bottle upside - dow wn airline b ottttle of liquor place, alcohol suspended in plac e, with w the alc ohol susp ended byy gravity-defying b graavvity- deffyying laws laaw ws of physics. ph hyysics. bottle The b ottttle is loaded into the aperture dropped plastic ap e ture and dr er opped inside horchata emptying the hor chaata without empt ying its There’s technique,, ccontents. ontents. Ther T e’s no fancy technique likee tiltingg the glass diagonally or lik bottle’s “You sealing thee b otttle t ’s mouth. “Y Yo ou bartender just do it quick,” q ” eexplains xplains bar tender David Sizemore, Da avvid Size emore, demonstrating with the a ﬂick of th he wrist how Monsieur Hennessyy div dives milkyy mix at Henness es into the milk angle.. a 90-degree 90- degree e vvertical ertical angle Drawn straw, starts Dra aw wn thr tthrough ough a stra aw, it st arts plain horchata, off as a pla ain hor chata,, with a ssweet, weet,, full mouth and just a hint alcohol. grapee of alc ohol. A ffew ohol. ew sips in, in the grap gurgles brandy gu urgles slowly at ﬁrst and horchata amber. the hor chaata turns amb er. The rremaining emainingg distillate eevacuates vacuates its holding creating glass holdi ing ccell, ell, cr eating a high alcohol mix. It’s alc ohol mi ix. It ’s the rreverse everse of most wheree the ccocktail ocktail eexperiences, x eriences, wher xp weaker icee drinks get weak er and less ttasty asty as ic beverage. melts and dilutes the b everage. Sanchezz sa says he’s number Sanche ays y he ’s numb er Hennessy bottle one in Hen nnessy b ottttle sales in Northern California N orthern C aliffo ornia and sold 17,266 17 7,26 , 6 Hennchatas Hen nnchatas in a single yyear. ear. LVMH Moët Hennessyy eexecutives L VMH V Mo oët Henness xecutives have arrived byy the busload to ha ave arriv e b ed deconstruct dec onstrucct the phenomenon and invite nativee of in vite the rrestaurateur, estaurateur, a nativ Gilroy, movie premieres Gilr oy, to rred ed ccarpet arpet mo vie pr emieres Hollywood. in Hollywo ood. Not laurels, N ot ccontent on ntent to rrest est on his laur els, Sanchezz w was standing Sanche as st anding on a ladder Tuesday T uesdaay eevening vening with a ccordless ordless drill in his hand, hand, affixing sheet rrock ock studs. was to steel stu uds. He w as handed the keys cupcake k eys to thee fformer ormer o gourmet cup cake bakery location next door bak ery lo cation ne xt do or and will break down wall br eak dow wn the w all to eexpand xpand his now-cramped eatery. nowcram mped eater y. Sanchezz is also tr trying invent Sanche ying to in nvent next bar the ne xt b ar hit, mixing Don JJulio ulio with create tequila wit th mango base to cr eate “mangolada,” upside-the “mang golada,”” another upside drink down drin nk garnished with a straw. ttamarind amarind chili c dusted stra aw. He’s hoping He ’s hop ping that lightning in a bottle strikee ttwice. Even b ottle willl strik wice. Ev en if the laws chance prevail, there’s la aw ws of cha ance pr evail,, ther e’s still Hennchata, new the Hennc chata, a ne w drink classic invented Silicon Valley in vented in n Silic on V aalley whose popularity letting p opularitty shows no signs of let ting gravity way. gra avvity gett in its w ay. —Dan Pulcrano

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Mexico Mexic ico L Lindo indo i

368 68 SSANTANA ANTANA R ROW, OW, SSAN AN JO JOSE OSE

5635 56 35 SILVER SILVER CR CREEK EEK V VALLEY ALLEY R RD., D., SSAN AN JOS JOSEE

Fairmont Lobby Fairmont Fa L Lounge L

Mezcal Mezc cal

17 170 0 SS.. M MARKET ARKET SST., T., SSAN AN JOS JOSE SE

First F iirst to Market Mar arket 399 SS.. FIR FIRST ST SST., T., SSAN AN JOS JOSEE In the tech world, being “first to marke market” et” is a sign of innovation and consumer cconfidence, onfidence, so what better place to cr create eatee a one-of-a-kind rrestaurant estaurant than between Fi First rst and Market streets str eets in the heart of techtech-filled -filled San JJose? ose? TTraditional raditional American ffood ood iss tr transformed ansformed into dishes, some unusual, delicious dis shes, like Bison Duck-strami Reuben. TTartare aartare or Duck-str ami Reu ben. But first, order signaturee cocktail, llike or der a signatur ike a Death in the Afternoon—and ffollow ollow it up u with a Corpse safety’s sake. R i just Reviver j t ffor or saf fety’s t ’ sak k (MR) ke.

The T he G h Grill on n the Alley A 172 SS.. M 172 MARKET ARKET SST., T., SSAN AN JOS JOSE SE The rrestaurant estaurant is known ffor or its steak; likew likewise wise the bar is known ffor or its martinis.

HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS New bar/restaurant Lexington House mixes cocktails that have history behind them.

840 Wine Win B Bar ar & a Cockta ails Cocktails

Ciano’s Modern C L atin F a llavors Latin Flavors

840 BREWSTER BREWSTER A AVE., VE., RE REDWOOD DWOOD CITY As As the (by the glass and bottle, name suggests, wines w domestic and im imported) mported) and cocktails ar aree the or order der of the day her here. e. But ther there’s e’s also a beers selection of beer rs and small bites.

28 280 80 E. CAMPB CAMPBELL ELL A AVE., VE., CAMPB CAMPBELL ELL The sangria meek sa angria at this Latin rrestaurant estaurant is no mee ek combo co ombo of wine and fruit. EEvery very one of its quartet qu uartet of sangrias has an added kick: teq tequila, quila, with puree, w ith ginger ale and peach pur ee, amps upp the Riesling Ri eslingg in the Peach Peach Sangria, g while bourbon bourbbon and an ndd limoncello with Malbec and citrus juices juicces giv give ve Ciano’s Ciano’s signatur signaturee sangria rreal eal power power.. Th The he rrestaurant estaurant also ser serves ves mar margaritas garitas andd va variations ariations on classics, like the Oaxacan Mu Mule. ule.

Azucarr 7711 E. SAN SAN FERNANDO FERNANDO SST., T., SSAN AN JOS JOSEE

Blowfish B lowfi l fish 355 3 55 SSANTANA ANTANA R ROW OW #1010, SSAN AN JOS JOSEE

Caperss 1710 17 10 W W.. CAMPBELL CAMPBELL L A AVE., VE., CAMPB CAMPBELL ELL

Cascal 400 CA CASTRO STRO ST., ST.,, MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN V VIEW IEW Tapas Taapas and lar large ge plates ar aree on the menu at this Latin fusion restaurant, restaurant, where where drinks drinks include an ar array ray of mojit mojitos tos as well as caipirinhas, margaritas mar garitas and sangria. s

Ell Guapo’s E 26 266 66 E. CAMPB CAMPBELL ELL A AVE., VE., CAMPB CAMPBELL ELL Located Locateed right rig ght next to the Cardiff Cardiff Lounge, Lounge, El El Guapo’s Guapo’s offers of ffers both Baja-inspired Baja-inspired Mexican food food andd rrefreshing efreshing cocktails. The menu mostly consists consists off tacos, tacos burritos, burritos, ritos tortas, tortas nachos, nachos basically Mexican M exican street street food. food.. For the drinks, drinks,, the obvious obvvious choice ch hoice would be the margaritas, margaritas,, but there’s there’ss also beer, be eer, mojitos and sangrias. The house special speciial is the beergarita, beergarita, which is their popular Zippers Zippers Margarita M argarita with a mini corona corona ﬂipped upsidee down center. (AC) (AC) doown and placed in the center.

Hult’s Hult ’s 165 LLOS OS GA GATOS-SARATOGA ATOS -SARA ATOGA RD., RD., LOS LOS GA GATOS ATOS This restaurant, restaurant, which opened openned late last fall, fall, rrecently ecently began ser serving ving with h a full bar bar,, making cocktails such as the tequil tequila-based a-based Pr Pretty etty in Pink available to diners, in i addition to its wide-ranging wide-r anging wine list.

Lexington House H 40 N SANTA SANTA CRUZ CRUZ A AVE., VE., LLOS OSS GA GATOS ATOS

The T he Loft h L ft Ba B Bar arr & Bistro B iistro

25 W 25 W.. SSAN AN FFERNANDO ERNANDO ST., ST., SSAN AN JOS JOSEE A collection of star-shaped lanterns ensur es ensures this Oaxacan rrestaurant estaurant is one of the most beautifully litt places to sip a mar garita or margarita nibble chapu lines. Indeed, mar garitas—made, chapulines. margaritas—made, of course, wi th tequila rrelative elative mezcal—ar with mezcal—aree the star cock ktails her e. cocktails here.

Mosaic Mosa aic 211 SS.. FIR FIRST ST ST., ST., SAN SAN JOSE JOSE

Nola 535 53 5R RAMONA AMONA A SST., T., P PALO ALO A ALTO LTO

Nomikai Nomi ikai 48 SS.. FIR FIRST ST SST., T., SAN SAN JOSE JOSE This downtown San JJose ose sake lou lounge unge rreinvented einvented itself at the start of this year year,, changing c up its name and adding a menu of fu fusion usion ffoods oods and cocktails. Fr Front ont and center oon nN Nomikai’s omikai’s menu ar aree pizzas with South-Asian South-A sian inspir inspired ed toppings like tender pork belly, belly y, kimchi, spicy rroasted oasted duck and coconut cream. cr eam. The Th Thai hai Basil Mojito, JJapanese apanese OldFashioned an and nd TTamarita aamarita use ingr ingredients edients like JJapanese apanesee whiskey whiskey, y, tamarind and soju, a KKorean orean distill distilled led rice liquor liquor.. TTop op o local D DJs Js also spin hip-hop hip-hop,, R&B, soul and mor moree that add to the venue’s venue’s iinviting, nviting, spacey spacey, y, ffeel-good eel-good vibe. (Amulya Datla) Datla)

Oak & R Rye y ye 303 N. 303 N. SANTA SANTA CRUZ CRUZ A AVE., VE., LLOS OS GA GATOS ATOS This serves wood-ﬁred new spot ser rves up wood-ﬁr ed pizza and charcuterie. char cuterie. Classics C like the Pisco Sour and Sidecar dominate d the cocktail menu, includes which also in ncludes updates like the Italian M h tt aass wellll as a bottled Manhattan b ttl d cocktail kt il namedd ffor or the rrestaurant. estauurant.

90 SS.. SE SECOND COND SST., T., SSAN AN JOS JOSEE The LLoft oft is one of the mor moree out-of-the out-of-the-way e-way bistr bistros os in downtown San JJose ose but a versatile v spot ffor or a sit-down meal, happy hou hour ur or late-night bite. On summer nights the their eir rrooftop ooftop patio is an excellent place ffor or drink drinkss while enjoying a view of the city city.. (AD)

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320 V 320 VILLAGE ILLAGE LLANE, ANE, LLOS OS GA GATOS ATOS This Michelinstar red restaurant restaurant serves serves seasonal seeasonal cocktails starred and a wine list of mor than 600 selections moree than drawn dr awn fr from om local wineries, as a well as fr from om Fr ance and Germany France Germany..

72 SS.. FIR 72 FIRST ST ST., ST., SAN SAN JOSE JOSE Where Where does one start with thiss new cocktail spot that opened this spring? Laid-back L atmospher atmosphere? e? Barrel-aged Barrel-aged cocktails? Pun Punch nch on tap? Wafﬂe Wafﬂe sliders to nibble

301 SS.. FIRST FIRST ST., ST., SAN SAN JOS JOSEE The lounge at the back of this downtown d San JJose ose institution serves ser ves str strong ongg drink drinkss along with a touch of the midcentury swank s that makes the rrestaurant estaurant special.

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on? The cocktails ar aree the ma main in dr draw—and aw—and they vary from from new concoctions (Root (R Root Beer Flip) to crazy cr azy twists on old ffavorites avorites (Breakfast ( eakfast Bloody (Br Mary—with bacon sal salt.) t.) There There are are beers, wine and of course that delicious alcoholic a punch. They have a small selection of ffood, oodd, but the options aree quite varied.. A ffew ar ew examp examples: ples:: popcorn, wings, tuna tartar tartaree and artichoke m mac’n’cheese. ac’n’cheese. (Aar (Aaron on CCarnes) arnes)

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SP2 S P2 Commu P Communal munal B ar + Restaurant a Resta aurant Bar 72 N 72 N.. A ALMADEN LMADEN A AVE., VE., SSAN AN JO JJOSE SE SSP2 P2 opened last JJuly uly all pr prepared epared ffor or the hot summer with an expansive patio that off offers ers almost as much acreage acr eage as the rrestaurant estaurant do does oes indoors—and that’s that ’s saying something.. In fact, fact,, everything here here is on a lar large-scale: ge-scale: the mass massive sive wooden bar bar,, backed by open wr wrought-iron ought-iron o shelving,, runs almost the length of the fr front onnt dining rroom. oom.

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The T he Table h Ta able 1110 WILLOW WILLOW A AVE., VE., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE Original cocktails andd updates of classics, plus local beers—even n housemade sodas—ar sodas—aree ser served ved at this invent inventive tive neighborhood rrestaurant. estaurant.

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544 EM EMERSON ERSON SST., T., P PALO ALO AL ALTO LTO An intimate restaurant with a wide-ranging wide-rangging wine list, as restaurant well as cocktails and beer beer..

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379 E. 379 E. CCAMPBELL AMPB BELL A AVE., VE., CCAMPBELL AMPBELL This downtown CCampbell ampbell gastr gastropub opub boasts ample selections of cr ccraft aft beers both on tap and by the bottle.

Original Ori Origin inall Gravity Gr it 66 S. FIR FIRST ST SST., T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE A rrotating otating lineup of cr craft aft beers on tap complement a small selection of ffancy a ancy hot dogs (a ffew ew of which aree vegan) an ar andd sandwiches. Original Gr Gravity avity is in the pr process ocesss of expanding its digs, but the front fr ont bar and patio ar aree still open.

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The T he Wine h Wi Ro Room Room 520 RAMONA 520 RAMONA SST., T., PALO PALO ALTO ALLTO A cozy wine bar with homey atmospher atmospheree andd a menu of small plates and domestic and im imported ported wines.

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Duke D u uke e of Edinburgh Edinburgh d 10801 N. N. W WOLFE OLFE R RD., D., CUPER CUPERTINO TINO The Apple ““spaceship” spaceship” will w soon take ﬂight as one of this longstanding pub pub’s ’s new neighbors, but the engineering ccrowd rowd is har hardly dly alien to the Duke off Edi Edinburgh preceded Edinbur b ghh (after ( ft all, ll HP pr eceded d dA Apple l Since the early ’80s, the in that same spot). s Duke has brought brouught an air of old England to this tech-centric tech-centtric land—and an authentic one, at that, considering considdering that the pub’s pub’s interiors, from large, fr om the lar gee, wooden bar to the ﬂocked rred ed wallpaper, were wallpaper, we re made in England and shipped here. her e. (HZ)

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Fibbar F iibbarr Magees Ma agees 156 S. MURPHY A AVE., VE., SUNNYV SUNNYVALE ALE

Gordon nB Biersch iiersch 640 EMERSON EMERSON ST., ST., P PALO ALO AL ALTO; LTO; 33 EE.. SSAN AN FERNANDO FERN ANDO SST., T., SAN SAN JO JOSE SE

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Los Ga Gatos atos Brewing Company Compan any 130 N. N. SANTA SANTA CRUZ CR RUZ A AVE., VE., LLOS OS GA GATOS; ATOS; 16 163 3W W.. SSANTA ANTA CLARA CLARA ST., ST.,, SAN SAN JOSE JOSE

Katie K a atie Bloom’s Blloom m’’s 369 36 9 E. E. CCAMPBELL AMPBELL AVE.,CAMPBELL AVE.,CAMPBELL

Martins M a artin ns West Gastropub Gastrop opub 831 M MAIN AIN ST., ST., REDWOOD RED E WOOD CITY Adventur Adventurous ous diners—Andrew diners—Andr ew w Zimmern included—pr included—praise aise this place ffor or off offerings ferings like haggis on a stick. stick Moree ffamiliar Mor amiliar me menu enu items include bur burgers gers and scotch eggs. Andd ffor or those considering the haggis, ther there’s e’s a wide selection of many fforms orms of liquid cour courage. agee. W Wee kid, but the gastr gastropub opub does boast a lon long ng list of scotch, as well as beer,, wine and se beer seasonal easonal cocktails. (HZ)

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THE WORLD CUP kicks off June 12 in Brazil, a.k.a., the country whose team once brought world-class World Cup celebrations to the streets of the South Bay. Absent the Brazilian team, Silicon Valley fans of soccer (i.e., what the rest of the world calls football), will have to start the party on their own. Here’s a sampling of local spots showing World Cup games:

Britannia Arms Almaden 5027 ALMADEN EXPWY., SAN JOSE As one of the regular hot spots of south San Jose (even without a major sporting event) The Brit on Almaden Expressway is a British-style pub that will be teeming with World Cup enthusiasts. With traditional pub-style food, craft beers, cocktails and live music, supporters of all participating teams can ﬁnd common ground. There is both indoor and outdoor viewing and seating so everyone can enjoy the World Cup.

Double D’s Sports Grille 354 N. SANTA CRUZ AVE., LOS GATOS The Devincenzi brothers (the "Double Ds" of the name) know how to create a good hangout. Double D’s Sports Grille on Santa Cruz Avenue comes with every DirectTV sports channel on 22 ﬂat screens so that anyone and everyone can come and support their favorite teams. For the World Cup, the restaurant will open early for big games and with discounts on select appetizers. In addition to craft beers they will also feature some specialty drink items.

Agave Mexican Bistro 194 CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW This colorful Mexican bistro in the heart of downtown Mountain View offers a festive way to enjoy the World Cup. Agave is one of four restaurants owned and run by Alexandro Garcia and his wife, Susan. Here one can ﬁnd a spot indoors or outside in the patio to make the most of the full bar and catch World Cup games on multiple wall-mounted ﬂat screens.

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Teske’ss Germania T Teske a R Restaurant and Beer Garden Garde den 255 255 5 N. N. FIR FIRST ST SST., T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE The place nott only on nly has the ambience of a neighborhoodd rrestaurant estaurant one might ﬁnd in a tiny Germa German an hamlet—plus ha amlet—plus a big beer gar garden—but den—but also als so an extensive menu of German ffood. ood. The Th he Schweinhaxe and KKaibhaxe aaibhaxee ar aree quite popular. po opular. Teske’s Teske e ’s beer selection is equally Deutsch-centric: De eutsch-centric: German beer in bottles and a onn dr draft—the aft—the Andechser Doppelbock Dun Dunkel nkel is a particular delight. delight Ther Theree ar aree also cider ciders, rs rs, German Ge erman wines and a variety of schnapps to t choose ch hoose fr from. om. (A (AC) C)

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Duke of Edinburgh 10801 N. WOLFE RD., CUPERTINO Not only does the Duke specialize in a variety of single malt scotches, but it also has a full food menu. The bar will replay certain World Cup matches. Although this may not be the place for die-hard fans or those looking for minute-by-minute updates, it would be an excellent venue for anyone curious about the games and some good scotch whiskey.

Katie Bloom's 369 E. CAMPBELL AVE., CAMPBELL Katie Bloom’s is a favorite spot for pub fare and good Irish beers and whiskey. After dark, the pub turns into a club which can make watching the games even more exciting, though you may have to elbow your way through the dancers. Katie’s does also have a weekday happy hour 4-7pm, karaoke nights, and for anyone looking to exercise their brains they host trivia, too.

Rookies Sports Lodge 1535 MERIDIAN AVE., SAN JOSE The bar’s more than 20 TVs ensure unobstructed viewing of the games. Rookies also offers commemorative World Cup glasses and several drink specials.

O’Flaherty’s 25 N. SAN PEDRO ST., SAN JOSE Every four years, O'Flaherty's is packed with World Cup fans, who can celebrate or cry in their drinks accordingly. There are many ways to toast or drown sorrows here: 38 beers on tap and a wide variety of Irish and American whiskeys.

Lilly Mac’s Restaurant and Pub 187 S. MURPHY AVE., SUNNYVALE The high ceilings and open rafters give this ddowntown Sunnyvale pub the feel of a medieval hall—an unusual spot to watch the ggames. Lilly’s offers an extended happy hour with $1 off on food and drinks during World CCup up games. The twotwo-story -story pub has plenty of space upstairs and downstairs, as well as two small outdoor ar areas. reas. —Laur —Laura ra Larson

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Trials 265 N. FIR FIRST ST SST.,SAN T.,SAN JOSE This friendly neighborhood pub hosts a long-running l trivia night on Mondays.

Yard House Y e 300 SANTANA SANTANA R ROW, OW, #101, SSAN AN JOSE Not Not only does this massive gast gastropub tropub off offer er a wide selection of beer beer,, but it also ser serves ves beer cocktails like the Silly EEuropean uroppean and the W West est Coast Shandy Shandy..

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Henry’s Henry ry y’’s Hi-L Hi-Life L iife 301 W W.. SST. T. JO JOHN OHN ST., ST., SAN SAN JOSE A longtime local joint that thaat might be as well-loved for for its cr eaky ﬂoorbo oards and rustic vibe as it is ffor or its creaky ﬂoorboards barbecue. TVs TVs placed all ar ound the bar make around this an invitin ng place to catch a game, too. inviting

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is the head booker booker.. He has an extensive background hip-hop backgr ound in booking hip-hop and has already brought amazing alr eady br ought some amaz zing rrappers appers to town, including Gift of Gab, Phesto Dee, Sick bookss D DJs JJacken. acken. The club also book Js and live bands (AC) and always has lots of beerr on tap. (A C)

Blackbird B llackbird Tavern Ta avern 200 S. FIR 200 FIRST ST SST., T., SAN SAN JO JOSE SE As As this rrestaurant/music estaurant/music venue approaches approaches its ﬁrst anniversary, anniversary y, it seems to have havve broken broken the ““new new business curse” curse” that had h loomed over its downtown San JJose ose loca location ation ffor or the better part of a decade. Now Now this bright corner space boasts a rrestaurant estaurant with liv lively vely ambience, serving ser ving modernized comf comfort orrt classics and a full menu of beer beer,, wine andd cocktails. But the place’s draw place ’s biggest dr aw so ffar ar is the live music. Several Sever al nights a week they ffeature eature top notch bluegrass performers jazz, soul, ffolk olk and bluegr asss perf ormers (and DJs). (AC) occasionally D Js). (A C)

Blank B llank Club b 44 S. A ALMADEN LMADEN A AVE., VE., SSAN AN JO JJOSE SE Clubs tend to attr attract act one particular cr crowd, o owd, but the Blank Club has hosted everything fr from om punk bands to art-r art-rock ock outﬁts to dance dance-pop e-pop D DJs Js over the past decade. It It’s ’s the longest-standing lonngest-standing music venue in downtown San S JJose ose that has consistently br brought ought in toptop-notch -notch bands on a weekly basis. basis LLocal ocal bandss have perf performed ormed heree as both headliners andd as openers ffor her or touring acts such as P Passion assion Pit and Fit Fitzz and the TTantrums aantrums when they we were ere just starting out. LLocal ocal ffavorites avorites on the Blank B Club Club’s ’s stage include Pictur Picturee A Atlantic, tlantic, thee Phenomenauts— and soon, the newly rreunited euniteed post-grunge legends SStrata. trata. (AD)

Café S Stritch tritch t h 374 S. FIR 374 FIRST ST SST., T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE Opened in place moree than a year of EEulipia ulipia rrestaurant estaurant a littlee mor ago, CCafé afé SStritch tritch instantly became b a go-to spot ffor or live music, drink drinkss and a well-priced eats Builtt To under one rroof. oof. Indie rrock ock sstars tars like Buil To Spill, Gr Grouplove, ouplove, Bad V Veins eins have h played her here, e, as have numer numerous ous local andd touring bands. On Wednesday DJs throwbacks W ednesday nights D Js spin thr owbacks and new tunes exclusively on vi vinyl. nyl. Sunday nights a weekly EEulipions ulipions JJazz azz JJam am m ffeatures eatures budding jazz musicians. (AD)

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Hedley Hedle ey Club HOTEL DE HOTEL DE ANZA, ANZA, N 233 W SSANTA ANTA CLARA SST, T, SSAN AN JO JOSE SE

JJ’s JJ ’s Blues Bllues 3439 34 39 SSTEVENS TEVEN NS CREEK BLVD., BLVD., SSAN AN JOSE JOSE

Johnny Johnn ny V V’s ’s ’ 31 EE.. SANTA SANTA CLARA C SST., T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE

Little L iittle e Lou Lou’s u’’s BBQ 2455 2 455 W WINCHESTER INCHESTER BL BLVD., VD., CAMP CAMPBELL BELL This Thi is i a barbecue join joint, nt, so of course they have all the traditional tr aditional ffavorites: avorites: brisket, ribs, tri-tip, pulled pork, chicken chicken, n, but they also ser serve ve pho. Little LLou’s ou’s off offers ers 18 1 cr craft aft beers on tap, and live music sever several a nights a week. The perf al performers ormers generally gener ally ffall all in the category of blues, but there’s ther e’s also a bit of rrockabilly, ockabillyy, surf and rock rock & rroll oll in rrotation. otatioon. Fr Frank ank SStallone tallone played her heree not long ago. (A (AC) C C)

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Poor House H Bistro B iistro 91 S. AUTUMN AUTUMN N SST., T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE

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San S an a Pedro P Square Sq quare Market M ark a ket 877 N. 8 N. SAN SAN P PEDRO E O SST., EDR T., SSAN AN JO JOSE SE

The T he Carava h Caravan an 98 S. A ALMADEN LMADEN A AVE., VE., SSAN AN JO JJOSE SE

The T he Cats h 17533 HWY 17533 HWY. Y. 17 17, 7, LLOS OS GA GATOS ATOS Live music seven nights a week at this histor ric watering hole in historic the mountains just above LLos os Gatos.

X Ba Bar and Bar d Homestead Home estead Bowl 20990 W. 20990 W. HOMESTEAD HO OMESTEAD RD., RD., CUPER CUPERTINO TINO About two dozen bo bowling owling lanes attached to a full bar with kar karaoke, aoke, bands and D DJs Js playing make this one of the mor m moree active hot spots ffor or ffamilies amilies and friends ttoo easily enjoy a bit