Champagne cocktails, the new Rorschach test
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View ArticleBar snacks for the times
Erick Wong/The Chronicle One of Clock Bar’s coasters. Do not try this at home. A visit back to Clock Bar last week provided an unexpected delight. The Michael Mina-run bar in the Westin St. Francis has...
View ArticleSan Francisco gets a temple to rum
Craig Lee/The Chronicle, 2008 Martin Cate will be back behind the bar this fall. Though the Tequila onslaught continues, rum has been quietly making gains as the must-drink spirit of the moment. Now...
View ArticleA serious spot for Tequila
Gothamist.com Do not ask for a salt rim. Really. New York is in a tizzy of new cocktail boites — Clover Club, Rye, Dutch Kills — but my one must-stop this past trip was to Mayahuel, the new project...
View ArticleChefs.Food.Wine … and cocktails
thechancellorhotel.blogspot.com Cocktails under the Big Tent. There was much to enjoy about the inaugural SF Chefs.Food.Wine event last weekend — including a lot of pretty impressive wine, fulfilling...
View ArticleSmuggler’s Cove makes its debut
Jon Bonne/The Chronicle A view from “the hut.” The day of rum reckoning has come for Martin Cate and Smuggler’s Cove. Cate, who earned Bar Star status at Alameda’s Forbidden Island, has spent months...
View ArticleMartinis: Some lessons learned
Brant Ward/The Chronicle Behold the beaker. The research — yes, research, stop rolling your eyes — for this past Sunday’s column on how to make a great martini was exhaustive, and exhausting. There...
View ArticleCocktail techniques: Tips and tricks
Russell Yip/The Chronicle Catching an orange garnish in mid-flame. Cocktailian columnist Gary Regan shared many of his secrets in this Sunday’s story on 10 essential cocktail techniques. Since Gary...
View ArticleReady for Beer Week?
Flickr/sfbeerweek.org This year’s SF Beer Week starts Friday (full schedule here) — and “SF” barely seems to cover it; events are happening from Santa Cruz to Calistoga. You pretty well can’t trip over...
View ArticleIs mezcal the next big thing?
Jon Bonne/The Chronicle Granted, it could be because he’s unveiling an agave-focused booze list at Nopalito, but bar chief Neyah White is adamant that mezcal is the Next Big Thing, ready to leave...
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