2020/12/1 My current ranking of breweries with taprooms in the Oakland area. Tough to comprehensively judge given the pandemic conditions:

  1. Fieldwork
  2. Faction
  3. Rare Barrel
  4. Temescal
  5. Modern Times

2021/12/7 My current top local restaurants in the Oakland area:

  1. Ba Le Sandwich Shop
  2. Burma Superstar
  3. Gioia
  4. World Famous Hotboys
  5. La Mission
  6. Pizzaiolo
  7. Wild Ginger

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2020/2/13 My current ranking of breweries with taprooms in the Goleta/Santa Barbara area:

  1. Modern Times
  2. Captain Fatty's
  3. Night Lizard
  4. Figueroa Mountain
  5. Third Window
  6. Topa Topa
  7. M. Special
  8. Pure Order
  9. Draughtsmen
  10. Hollister
  11. Telegraph
  12. Brass Bear

2020/2/13 My current top 10 local dinner restaurants in the Santa Barbara area:

  1. Finch and Fork
  2. Los Agaves
  3. Bettina
  4. Middle Child
  5. Noodle City
  6. Mesa Burger
  7. Sushi Teri
  8. Cuernavaca
  9. Buena Onda
  10. Yellow Belly
RIP Brat House

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