It’s the seventh-weekend stretch...
Your Perks: 1) A sleek scale that tracks your weight, body mass index, water weight and more. Thorough. 2) A bioluminescent pet dinosaur. Now there’s three words you never thought you’d see together. 3) A perfectly fitting button-down shirt that was measured from your iPhone. Your phone, the tailor.
You go to Napa and you know what’s going to happen. You’re going to think, man, this is just like being in Seoul. Assuming you’re at Auberge du Soleil for five courses involving bibimbap and Korean pancakes. And yes, wine pairings. This being Napa and all.
It’s easy to imagine a scenario where you’re at your place and you suddenly want another bottle of wine, say, or some good whiskey. Maybe because you’re with—well, it’s easy to imagine. The Minibar app will get it there in under an hour, even in the South Bay, at no additional cost. Carry on.
The 4505 patio: that’s where the 60-inch TV is. That’s where all the World Series games will play. That’s where the whole hog will be roasting on game days. That’s where all the important things are happening, is what we’re saying. The 4505 patio.
What Berkeley has that other places don’t: one Longbranch Saloon, with 24 beers on tap, 75 by the bottle and, soon, 150 bottles of bourbon, whiskey and rye. Also, good ribs. The numbers seem less important there. But good ribs.
Most cafés: Coffee. Bagels. Good conversation.
This café: Coffee. Bagels. Cats in laps. See, Cat Town Cafe is filled with rescue cats,
and people can make an appointment to drink catnip tea with them if they want. No, really. Catnip tea. Cat
Town Cafe has catnip tea.
