Look at all these KDVS shows this spring.
Th' Losin Streaks/The Four Eyes/Boss the Big Bit- April 1st
Ettirck/Eddie the Rat/Oaxacan- April 2nd
Anterland/Snowdrift- April 8th
Field Notes/Tom Carter+Joel Pickard/Nick Castro/Birch Book- April 9th
Sholi/Citizens Here and Abroad/Scissors For Lefty- April 15th
Kimya Dawson- April 21st
Parts and Labor- April 25th
The Magic Carpathians (Poland)- April 29th
Half Handed Cloud- May 1st
Geoff Berner- May 5th
Jason Webley/Hillstomp- May 11th
Tin Cup Serenade/The Speakers- May 13th
The Robot Ate Me- May 25th
The Country Teasers (Scotland)- May 27th
Watusi Zombie (Japan)- May 28th
The Gris Gris/Sholi/ Waxfore- June 3rd
Sharon Kraus/James Blackwell/Sean Smith- June 9th
Green Milk from the Planet Orange/Assemble Head...- June 11th
Exciting. And I just heard about some restaurant with the crazy name of Birriera Bugambilias on 7242 Franklin from R.E. on the DIY list. I want to go! Does anyone know what that name means?
A birreria is a place that serves birria, which is like a traditional Mexican stew made from goat meat, usually, and sometimes beef. It is best enjoyed hung-over, with a cold beer, in my humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteBugambillas are bouganvillias, the flowers? I think...
So, the goat stew restaurant named after flowers. Maybe.
Oye! I tried to hip Heckasac to Birreria Bugambilias in a comment from a couple months ago. Anyway, the previous description is right on the $ about the name. Birreria Bugambilias has awesome homemade tortillas and lots of regional dishes from Michoacan. I'm also gonna vouch again for La Placita, which is down the road on Florin near Power Inn. Go on weekends for pozole or menudo, and the carnitas are usually tasty, too.
ReplyDeleteHas anybody been to the re-located 524 Restraunt in Northgate? I wish it was still on 12th st. The pico de gallo will straighten out a hangover and the cocido rules.It used to stay open till 3am way back in the day.
ReplyDeleteThen there was the 24 hour Georgina's Cafe & lo-ball card room on 19th & Capitol. Cool & seedy greasy spoon, where you can have a drunken meal with the hookers who were dodging the vice squad on J street.
Man, downtown has lost alot of it's funky charm. The same thing is happening to San Jose. Probably the same developers.
Larry
> Then there was the 24 hour Georgina's
ReplyDelete> Cafe & lo-ball card room on 19th &
> Capitol.
Actually, it was called "Georgian's Casino", and it was at 19th & Jay...
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I like the other 524 but the ambience can never match the amazing 12th St one. Still worth going though. Georgian's - man, I forgot about that place! If you magically dropped me in the middle of downtown circa 1986 I'd probably get lost. It really has changed to a crazy degree. So many things that gave Sac a unique character are gone - the old Georgian's being a Starbucks/Noah's/Jamba Juice pretty much sums it up.
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Do you remember when World's Best Comics was located at 14th & Jay?
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SASofSF
Yeah, they had records there too right? Was it Donnie J's record store that was also in there?
ReplyDeletemiller
Oh yea...I sorta recall Donnie J. selling records out of World's Best's first location. I remember wandering into Dave's 14th & Jay shop when I first moved to Sac and then he moved to the K Street location a bit later (the best location because he lived above the shop and had fun parties/bands there)...
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SASofSF
Yeah the K St one ruled. And Dave's apartment was a crazier extension of the shop! Seemed totally fitting to first hear Pounded Clown surrounded by all that wacky shit.
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