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5bdc26_e8c05ecaa002420285f203df253e1dcd.jpg_srb_p_937_625_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb It couldn’t get any easier. After the 29th Emeryville Annual Art Exhibit – all you have to do is walk across the street for a bite to eat at The Broken Rack and Honor Kitchen & Cocktails.

The Broken Rack Sports Bar & Billiards

Full bar plus 12 beers on tap. Besides 20 pool tables and 8 TVs, they have all kinds of Burgers, Quick Bites such as Chicken Wings and Quesadillas, lots of Salads, Soup, Sandwiches and Fries, Chips, Rings and Things. Wings are tossed in your choice of Buffalo, BBQ or Sweet Chili Sauce Buffalo and BBQ served with Ranch or Bleu Cheese Dressing. Salads include Chicken and Shrimp Caesars, Shrimp and Avocado and even Buffalo Chicken Salad – Buffalo chicken bites on a bed of kale & mixed greens with vegetables, crumbled Bleu Cheese & Bleu Cheese Dressing!
The Broken Rack is located at 3796 Peladeau St. across from the 29th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition. Phone: 510-652-9808. And the kitchen is open until Midnight on Friday nights!

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Honor Kitchen & Cocktails

Honor Kitchen revolves around its grill, which is right in the middle of the bar. A few fun and delectable suggestions:

  • Bucket O’ Yard Birds –buttermilk fried chicken, macaroni salad, sausage biscuit and house-made hot sauce
  • Bone Marrow Brulee -Yelp reviewers rave about this dish– it’s a must, they say
  • Hand-Cranked Sausages – their in-house butcher grinds and cases their sausages and serves it with house-made mustard
  • Charcuterie & Cheese – basic board includes house-pickled vegetables, house-made white lardo spread, lemon-apricot mostarda, rustic French bread. Then you add Honored Meats & Cheeses of your choice from the menu
  • And there’s the Five Cheese Mac ‘n Cheese with aged Gouda, Cheddar, Gruyere, Jack, Parmesan and bread crumbs.
  • Cocktails include reserve wines and lots of high-end spirits.

Honor Kitchen & Cocktails is located at 1411 Powell Street, at the corner of Hollis Street, in Emeryville and across from the 29th Emeryville Annual Art Exhibit, sharing the Parking lot with the Broken Rack.. Phone: 510.653.8667

 

By |2016-09-30T10:41:12-07:00September 30th, 2015|0 Comments

Fishing Report 9.29

salmonboysOn Tues., Sept. 29 Emeryville Sportfishing sent out two boats with 25 anglers. The Catch? 50 Lingcod, 4 Chinook (King) Salmon and 200 Rockfish.

Dungeness Crab Season is just around the corner. Recreational Crab Season opens Nov. 7, 2015 with commercial scheduled to follow on Nov. 15, Ocean salmon fishing winds down Oct. 31.

So far in 2015 Emeryville Sportfishing has brought in:

  • 264 Dungeness Crab
  • 276 Californi Halibut
  • 1,938 Chinook (King) Salmon
  • 5,216 Striped Bass and
  • 6,230 Sanddab
  • 7,160 Lingcod and
  • 59,475 Rockfish!

Plus more! You can join in the fun by reserving a place on a boat now – 510-654-6040. Emeryville Sportfishing is located in the Emeryville Marina at 3310 Powell Street in Emeryville, CA off Highway 80.  For printable driving directions from your location to Emeryville Sportfishing follow this link.

 

By |2015-09-30T13:56:44-07:00September 30th, 2015|0 Comments

Fishing Report – Sanddab are back

 

Pan Fried San Francisco Sanddab - Pam-I-Am/food.com

Pan Fried San Francisco Sanddab – Pam-I-Am/food.com

On Mon., Aug 31, 25 anglers went out fishing in 1 Emeryville Sportfishing boat. Catch: 250 Rockfish and 10 lingcod.

On Sun., Aug 30, 6 boats went out with 109 anglers. Catch: 2 California Halibut, 12 Chinook (King) Salmon, 32 lingcod, 90 Pacific Mackerel, 150 Sanddab and 985 Rockfish.

Notes: The Sanddab is a flat fish, from the Flounder family, with a rich and buttery flavor, much like Petrale Sole. Their season is yearlong but they are only plentiful on and off during the year. Sanddab are prized for their delicate texture and flavor, though many people have never had the opportunity to savor this delectable fish.

Sandab must be in their plentiful stage now. On Aug. 28 four Emeryville Sportfishing boats caught 240 Sanddab and on the 25th, 3 boats went out and caught 250 Sanddab.

Emeryville Sportfishing is located in the Emeryville Marina at 3310 Powell Street in Emeryville, CA off Highway 80.  For printable driving directions from your location to Emeryville Sportfishing follow this link. To make reservations or find more information about Emeryville Sportfishing call (510) 654-6040.

More about the California Sanddab

Traditional California Sanddab Recipe

 

By |2015-09-02T12:14:30-07:00September 2nd, 2015|0 Comments

Preview of Woodcut Print Artist’s Entry

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21" x 23 1/2”  - Linda Lee Boyd

Café, woodcut, 2015, 21″ x 23 1/2” – Linda Lee Boyd

Café, Linda Lee Boyd’s, 2015 entry in the Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit (Oct. 3-25), was inspired by her trips to Paris with her late husband. In 2010 she captured these people in a café near Sacre Coeur, showing the cosmopolitan diversity of the wonderful city of Paris.

Linda is a longtime supporter and board member of the Celebration of the Arts – since 1992 – as an entrant in the exhibit and as a volunteer. According to Linda, “The Annual Emeryville Art Exhibit is a real celebration of the arts of the residents and workers in Emeryville. For me, it’s a chance to exhibit as well as a way to work with the community.” Linda’s woodcuts are in the collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the Janet Turner Print Museum in Chico and in the Fetterly Gallery collection at the Vallejo Community Arts Foundation. View more of her work.

“Linda Lee Boyd’s woodcut prints are a continuation of the figurative tradition. The most salient quality of Boyd’s woodcuts, aside from their technical finesse, is their personalness. What we are seeing is the quiet yet studied and thoughtful work of an artist who lives in an ordinary, day-to-day world inhabited by ordinary day-to-day people. Subjects are chosen and then rendered from a time consuming and labor-intensive process of woodblock printing to become anything but ordinary. Boyd’s technical abilities as an artist are readily apparent; her work has been described as ‘sonnets in wood.’ It is perhaps her ability to take her friends and co-workers and create poetry from them that is her highest achievement. “ Daniel Robesky, Curator & Director, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA

How do you create a woodcut print?

The twitter version: draw on a board, cut away the white areas, ink up the raised areas, put down a sheet of paper and run it through a press. Each color is a separate board. Learn more.

By |2015-08-31T09:24:11-07:00August 31st, 2015|0 Comments

Artemis takes 1st place in Race 3. Kiwis win Race 4 and event title.

Artemis wins 1st place - Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

Artemis wins 1st place – Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

Artemis Racing’s skipper Nathan Outteridge and crew were exuberant as they finally took 1st place in Race 3 Sunday in their hometown Gothenburg, Sweden, to the cheers of all their fans. ETNZ took 2nd and Land Rover BAR 3rd. Oracle was in 4th. Double points’ racing weighs heavily in Sunday’s races. At the end of Race 3 ETNZ, BAR and USA are tied overall for the America’s Cup Louis Vuitton World Series Event 2 with 34 points each.

Lighter winds prevailed and there was no foiling, as boats can’t generate enough speed to make the foils work. Getting to the first mark is all about what angle will get you there faster. Tacticians have to determine to go with the wind or against the wind and take advantage of every shift. Code 0 (larger sail for downwind) sails play a vital role on days like this, as does positioning on the boat – shifting weight as the environment changes. Anticipating winds by studying dark spots (puffs in the water) is key.

Light winds make for slow difficult racing - Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

Light winds make for slow, difficult racing – Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

Race 4 had a little more wind and the start ended up pretty even except for Artemis in last. Commentators said that in conditions like today’s, “You are a hero one minute and a goat the next.“  Oracle was out in front and then in leg 3 the wind shifted and their lead just evaporated in a quick minute. Japan took the lead. Meanwhile, New Zealand was making huge gains. And in one more wind shift, ETNZ was in the lead sailing very well, positioning weight on the boat as they adjusted to the weird winds. Tactician’s judgment was key.

Team New Zealand takes 1st place in Race 4 and 1st place in Event 2 of the America’s Cup Louis

New Zealand takes first in Race 4 and wins Event 2 in Gothenburg - Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

New Zealand wins Event 2 in Gothenburg – Giles Martin-Raget/ACEA 2015

Vuitton World Series. In Race 4 Softbank Japan takes 2nd place and they are a brand new team. Groupama Team France takes 3rd and they too have a new crew learning to work together. Oracle Team USA takes 4th (really stings after winning two first places in Sat.’s races) with BAR in 5th and Artemis last. “That was brutal,” said Jimmy Spithill, as Oracle crossed the line (on-board audio).

Event 3 of the World Series regattas will take place Oct. 16-18 in Bermuda, host of the 35th America’s Cup Match.

 

Summary of event 2 in Gothenburg, Sweden:

Place Team Points

1st – Emirates Team New Zealand – 54

2nd – ORACLE TEAM USA – 48

3rd –  Land Rover BAR – 46

4th – Softbank Team Japan – 43

5th – Artemis Racing – 42

6th – Groupama Team France – 37

Overall World Series Summary, Events 1 & 2:

1st – Emirates Team New Zealand –72

2nd – Land Rover BAR – 65

3rd – ORACLE TEAM USA – 64

4th –Softbank Team Japan – 56

5th – Artemis Racing – 53

6th – Groupama Team France – 50

The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series runs over two years – 2015 and 2016. The winner of the series will carry two points forward into the round robin phase. Second place in the series carries one point. At the end of the round robin, any ties will be broken using these results. That means the AC World Series could determine which team receives the bonus point for the America’s Cup Match and which team is eliminated.

More about Oracle Team USA’s double wins in Gothenburg

By |2015-09-02T12:40:56-07:00August 30th, 2015|0 Comments
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