Things to do for August 20, 2015

The Weekender

Tacos, Tequila and Frank Sinatra

Dulce de weekend.

Thursday
A Fine Day for Acquiring Shorts
SHORT NOTICE

A Fine Day for Acquiring Shorts

Today only, Olivers is taking 30% off a few colors of these nice four-way-stretch gym shorts. This is good news if...

—You do active things.
—Your current shorts only stretch one to three ways.
—You like the colors Ember (orange), Concord (purple) or Cobalt (you got this one).

Aug 20, online at Olivers with code “GOALLOVER”

Oh, God. So Many Tacos.
TACO LIBRE

Oh, God. So Many Tacos.

Here’s an all-you-care-to-partake-in taco event. It’s where restaurants like Delfina and Trick Dog will be making things like pork belly banh mi tacos and coconut/sour cream/chocolate tacos. It’s where the Bon Vivants will be making tequila drinks. It’s where many beautiful things are happening tonight.

Friday
Frank Sinatra Is Taking Over the Vogue
FRANK ME LATER

Frank Sinatra Is Taking Over the Vogue

It’s a Frank Sinatra film festival at the Vogue, and it goes like this:

You’ll swing by the whiskey tasting bar tomorrow night. You’ll catch the 7pm showing of Ocean’s Eleven. Then you’ll watch anywhere from zero to 10 more Sinatra films over three days.

He’ll understand if you miss one.

Aug 21-23, times and prices vary; whiskey tasting Aug 21, 5:30pm; Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento St (at Presidio), 415-346-2228

Saturday
The Ramen Shop. It’s Bigger Now.
RAMEN AT WORK

The Ramen Shop. It’s Bigger Now.

The Ramen Shop then: a good place to eat ramen. The Ramen Shop now: a slightly larger good place to eat ramen. They’ve doubled in size, and there’s a new bar where you can eat dumplings and drink whiskey. Keep doing you, Ramen Shop.

Now open, Ramen Shop, 5812 College Ave, Oakland, 510-788-6370

More Tacos. Maybe a Piñata or Two.
BREW DETECTIVE

More Tacos. Maybe a Piñata or Two.

A few facts:

1) It’s this Sonoma-based Mexican brewery’s two-year anniversary.
2) There will be piñatas.
3) There will also be a taco truck, live music and beer specials during their happy hour.

But we probably had you at piñatas.

Elsewhere on the Daddy

More Radar in San Francisco