Beer, Sausage & Hookahs

Last night Charlie, Shannon and I headed out to SF to meet up with Alyssa and hang out for the night. Turns out Jake Foster was there as well, which ruled, but alas, we did not get to see little Adelaide (hopefully tonight though!). We picked up Alyssa and her roommate and met Jake out at Toronado's, one of the best beer bars in the city.

I had always heard a lot about this place, but this was my first time there. Great selection, lots of local microbrews and stuff you don't see in pretty much any other bar.

Next door is Rosamunde Sausage Grill, which has an amazing array of sausages. I ended up eating duck sausage and lamb & beef sausage - so good. They let you order the sausage and then take it next door to the bar - fantastic!

After spending a few hours at the Toronado's Jake had to head off to pick up Melissa, Kari & the little one so shortly after we headed off as well and made our way down to Kan Zaman Cafe, a middle eastern bar/restaurant that lets you smoke Hookahs indoors. After about 20 minutes were were able to grab a spot at the bar and ordered some drinks and some apple tobacco for the Hookah. It was Shannon and my first experience with a Hookah, and we throughly enjoyed it. None of that nasty tar flavor, but arm rich appley goodness! I also had an Arabic Latte (I think that's what it was called), which Alyssa, suggested. It was great, nice middle eastern spices mixed with coffee & milk. Yummm...The night was a blast, and we will definitely be doing more of these... Shannon and I were talking about how we don't get out enough (walking around downtown Pleasanton just isn't cutting it anymore).