San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood has a new retail addition with ACRE/SF. The shop, which sits inside 2000 sq/ft which for more than 90 years housed a Italian deli, will compliment housewares and apparel with a small coffee bar and edibles. Acrimony’s Jenny Chung is the mind behind ACRE/SF. Inside the new doors, men’s shoppers will find CP Company, MAKR against Henrik Vibskov and many other.

More look after the click.

Happy 4th! ACL gets the scoop on a great new offering from the Levi’s house. “Launching today — for all you denim loving patriots — at the Levi Strauss & Co. flagship store in San Francisco (Union Square) is the Levi’s Tailor Shop, a one-of-a-kind customization area with special goods and services. The LS&CO folks have outfitted the Tailor Shop with a chain stitch machine, an embroidery machine and a darning machine (for repairs or maybe just to get the repaired look). At the tailor shop you can also make your own buttons, choose vintage patches, screen print to fully customize your jeans.”

More looks inside the Levi’s Tailor Shop in San Francisco after the click.

Since 1975, San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing has offered an annual Christmas Ale. Unlike other brewers, who stick to the same tried and true year in and out, Anchor uses the holidays as a time to experiment. Each year, the recipe changes. And, each year, the design of the label shifts ever so slightly.

There have been times where Anchor’s Christmas beer totally wowed. Other years, it has disappointed. The spirit with which they brew, and the yearly experimentation, however, make it a must every holiday season.*

*While I’ve not tasted the 2009 vintage yet, my brother reports that it is a touch sweeter than previous iterations.

Going on until Sunday, San Francisco Design Week (click for full program) features a series of lectures, film showings, exhibitions, and related events. The program is sponsored by AIGA San Francisco as a way to encourage conversation amongst the City’s diverse design community. With a goal of raising public awareness to the importance of design in all facets, San Francisco Design Week is this year hinged on the notion that “Design Makes a Difference.”