Meat. Music. Coffee. Art.

Meatpaper and Blue Bottle Coffee will be providing “coffee-inspired charcuterie” and “meat-inspired desserts” to kick off the Now Playing event series at SFMOMA 3/18 from 6-8PM. The event is free with half price museum admission. Tasting plates are $5 and yes, there will be bacon! Partygoers can enjoy live entertainment & various art projects along with cocktails & hors d’oeuvres every Thursday after that through April 15th. The Blue Bottle and Meatpaper plates will be available in the Rooftop Garden.

Daily Specials

If you are in LA or NY, sign up on blackboardeats.com for “unreal deals at the best restaurants.” Today’s special for NY is 30% off at Hill Country, the fantastic barbecue joint where you can order your meat by the pound. Black Board Eats also offers “side dishes” of other deals going on around town—happy hours, tastings, brunch specials, etc.

Bacon Beer

Sure, bacon and beer pair well together—or so I’ve heard. I don’t drink beer. Some good (or at least interesting) news for those of you Homer Simpson types who drool over both: Brooklyn Brewery is experimenting with a bacon infused beer. Yeah, I don’t know... bacon infused bourbon is pretty damn tasty but I’m a bit over bacon vodka. For those of you might prefer to have them separately, Jimmy’s No. 43 is having a bacon and beer tasting next Tuesday 8/18 with Josh Ozersky!