SF Classic Cocktail Tour #27 - Saturday June 23rd (page 20)

On 2009-04-04 23:17, Haole'akamai wrote:
Well, how much fun was that?!

At least two barrels worth of monkeys, I'd say.

Do we have a date for the May edition, and will it be San Francisco? Trying to plan around it this time!

For SF CC #6 looks like SATURDAY MAY 16
It will be in SF either Hayes Valley or the SF Waterfront
It is also SF Cocktail Week that week

SF CC # 7 should be Sat June 6

On 2009-04-23 21:45, Rum Runner wrote:
For SF CC #6 looks like SATURDAY MAY 16
It will be in SF either Hayes Valley or the SF Waterfront
It is also SF Cocktail Week that week

Yay! A good day!

SF CC # 7 should be Sat June 6

Noooo!!!! I'm singing in Noe Valley on the 6th! How about the 13th?

SF CLASSIC COCKTAIL # 6 Hayes Valley Bars Saturday May 16

1. ABSINTHE 398 Hayes St @ Gough 5:00pm - 7pm

2. JARDINIERE 300 Grove St@ Franklin 7:00 - 8:30pm

3. optional at this time, perhaps the PISCO LOUNGE

All stops have food, all stops near Civic Center BART station SF

[ Edited by: Rum Runner 2009-05-01 20:29 ]

How about Citizen Cake for stop #3. It's in the neighborhood ... and hey, they have desserts and drinks!! Plus they have happy hour from 8:00-10:00 with $5 classic cocktails!

[ Edited by: jentiki 2009-05-06 11:13 ]

Oh, and could you change the title of the thread so people know you're on #6 now!

On 2009-05-06 11:11, JenTiki wrote:
How about Citizen Cake for stop #3. It's in the neighborhood ... and hey, they have desserts and drinks!! Plus they have happy hour from 8:00-10:00 with $5 classic cocktails!

[ Edited by: jentiki 2009-05-06 11:13 ]

Oooh. Alcohol and sugar. Two of my favorite food groups.

Citizen Cake sounds good

from the SF Chron: "100 Things to try before you Die"
ABSINTHE The Galapagos Cocktail
JARDINIERE the Absinthe Daiquiri See you next week

Roll Call Your favorite drinks at SF Cocktail Tours 1 - 5 so far, Mine are:

1. "Monk's Voyage @ CONDUIT 2) "Basil Gimlet @ RYE 3) "Prickly Pear" @ GITANE

I will be there Saturday night...looking forward to another quality crawl!

I'm in! Did we ever finalize stop #3?

SF COCKTAIL TOUR # 7 Dowtown SF Saturday June 6

1. RN 74 301 Mission St @ 1st 5:00pm - 6:15

2. BOULEVARD 1 Mission St/ btw Embarcadero & Steuart 6:30 - 7:45

3 ONE MARKET 1 Market St@ Embarcadero 8:00 - 9:15

optional stop may be 83 PROOF 83 1st St

All stops near Embarcadero BART Station all have food(expensive)

If you are in SF earlier try: ART DECO & MODERNISM SHOW 8th & BRANNAN 10am - 6pm

If I took the SF Cocktail Tour to SEATTLE, my first 3 Bars/ Bartenders would be:

1. ZIG ZAG/ Murray Stinson 1501 Western Ave

2 LIBERTY/ Andrew Friedman 517 15th Ave

3. TINI BIGS/ Jamie Boudreau(Tues Only) 100 Denny Way

For a "NOPA" style experience great food & cocktails try:

SPUR GASTROPUB 113 Blanchard or SPRING HILL in West Seattle

For a great Seattle breakfast try PORTAGE BAY near Lake Union, or the FIVE SPOT on Queen Anne Hill

Bummer, I won't be able to make it. SuperShuttle picks me up for my flight to Florida for Hukilau at 4:10 a.m. Sunday morning. Yes, that's 4am. Hoist one or five for me.

I Heard Jim from F.I. is working at a new place
called Grand Tavern 3601 Grand Ave Oakland
I am going their tonite 5:30 to check it out

On 2009-06-05 11:40, Rum Runner wrote:
I Heard Jim from F.I. is working at a new place
called Grand Tavern 3601 Grand Ave Oakland
I am going their tonite 5:30 to check it out

Cool! I'll meet you there around 6:00.

Yes, Bill and I heard about Jim being there as well. We've also heard it's a great place much like an East Bay version of Bourbon & Branch. Paul, was that your take on it too?

On 2009-06-05 11:40, Rum Runner wrote:
I Heard Jim from F.I. is working at a new place
called Grand Tavern 3601 Grand Ave Oakland
I am going their tonite 5:30 to check it out

I liked Grand Tavern someone said it looks like a Frat House
which is true but in a good way
Tried their Old Cuban, Hemingway, Absinthe Daiquiri, and Old Fashioned
All were good Food is good good bartenders
Their schedules are not firm yet
If you want to see Jim, you will have to wing it for now

Wow SF Cocktail # 7 was Epic!
5 stops RN 74, Boulevard, Epic Roadhouse, Slanted Door, & Gitane !

SF COCKTAIL TOUR is now on Summer Recess until October

But, I would like to meet at ADESSO or GRAND TAVERN on a Wednesday before F.I. sometime
Let me know which Wed would work out

Is Jim only at Grand Tavern now...or is he still at Barceluna too?

On 2009-06-06 09:12, Rum Runner wrote:
I liked Grand Tavern someone said it looks like a Frat House
which is true but in a good way
Tried their Old Cuban, Hemingway, Absinthe Daiquiri, and Old Fashioned
All were good Food is good good bartenders
Their schedules are not firm yet
If you want to see Jim, you will have to wing it for now

Bill and I potentially would be interested, just let us know...

On 2009-06-09 17:09, Rum Runner wrote:
Wow SF Cocktail # 7 was Epic!
5 stops RN 74, Boulevard, Epic Roadhouse, Slanted Door, & Gitane !

SF COCKTAIL TOUR is now on Summer Recess until October

But, I would like to meet at ADESSO or GRAND TAVERN on a Wednesday before F.I. sometime
Let me know which Wed would work out

Anyone who wants to stop at Adesso or Grand Tavern on a Wed before F.I
let me know Wed July 1 was mentioned, but we can do it any Wed

Adesso(across from the Kona Club in Oakland) has great free appetizers for happy hour

Grand Tavern 3601 Grand Ave happy hour $2 off all cocktails

Finally made it to HEAVEN's DOG 1148 Mission St SF
excellent cocktails tried the:
Remember the Maine with Rye, Vermouth, cherry brandy, and Absinthe
The Pendennis Club a Kentucky drink with Millers Gin, Apricot brandy, lime, and Peychauds bitters

Behind the bar was Mr Eric Johnson a future partner in BAR AGRICOLE opening Nov 2009
Once this new place opens, I will pair it with Heavens Dog for a SF CC Tour

Even though we are on Summer Recess We can throw together a summer tour for TC Out of Towners

tried out RICKHOUSE, the new bar at 246 Kearny St SF
opened by the Bourbon & Branch folks
tried the KENTUCKY BUCK, GEORGIA MINT JULEP, and the RED AND BLUE SMASH
all three were great

Sep or Oct SF Classic Cocktail will feature RICKHOUSE & GITANE
In Dec. we will visit HEAVEN'S DOG and BAR AGRICOLE

2 birds with one Stone

I've been wanting to try 15 Romolo and I missed most of Thee Swank Bastards at last years Tiki Oasis

Sunday July 26 @ 15 Romolo in SF THEE SWANK BASTARDS 8pm
not sure what time the band starts, but I will be there by 7:30pm

We just saw the Swank Bastards tonight at Uptown! Awesome as always. It will be a good show at Romolo I'm sure.

Good times at The Uptown. Good times.

Note the dancing, hoola hooping, and drinking, all at the same time. Multitasking at it's finest!

Thanks for the pics from Uptown
Swank Bastards show at 15 Romolo Bar was also great
first time they have had live music there

18 cocktails on the menu

IMPROV PEGU 209 Gin, combier, dolin blanc, lime, angostura, orange bitters, masala chai tincture
TRACK 11 right gin, basil, apple juice, lemon, egg white
GOLDEN TRIANGLE scotch, Canton ginger, apricot liquor, lemon, orange, egg white

Looks like Thee Swank Bastards have a new hula-hoop girl. Do they often change?

On 2009-07-27 07:55, Brenda's Tiki Hut wrote:
Looks like Thee Swank Bastards have a new hula-hoop girl. Do they often change?

Is that the same girl from Oasis but with blonde hair???

Yep, same girl. She's had several hair colors: from red to blue to blond and all around.....

On 2009-07-29 18:59, tikibob wrote:

On 2009-07-27 07:55, Brenda's Tiki Hut wrote:
Looks like Thee Swank Bastards have a new hula-hoop girl. Do they often change?

Is that the same girl from Oasis but with blonde hair???

SF CLASSIC COCKTAIL TOUR #8 Mission District Redux Oct 3 Saturday

1. BERETTA 1199 Valencia St @ 23rd 4:30pm - 6pm
   try an Acadian or a Single Village Fix

2. RANGE 842 Valencia St @ 20th 6pm - 7pm
   try a Looking Glass

3. CONDUIT 280 Valencia St @ 14th 7:15 - 9pm
   try a Monk's Voyage, a Gravenstein Smash
   or a Apple Bottoms Up

All stops have food Stop #1 is near 24th St BART station
Stop #3 is near 16 St BART

Ooh, would love to go, but have theatre tickets in Berkeley that evening. I'll be ready to party when the show's over because it's a punk rock show. Will you still be going strong around midnight?

If you haven't been on one of these SF crawls this is a great one to go to.
Rum Runner has scounted some great cocktail bars to go to.

Single village fix at Baretta is yummy !!

My schedule is booked already. Wish I could go.

RR - I was able to weasel out of work... count me in. Sounds like fun!!

Trad'r Bill

Several new drinks at each stop
since we did this tour last year

see you tonite

I had such a good time at this stop of the tour last year that I'm in for sure.

Had a great time last night - thanks for organizing, Rum Runner!

Another Great S.F.Classic Cocktail Tour.
Thanks Paul for organizing and scouting out locations.
I think we all had a blast.
We hit:

Beretta
Range
Conduit
Gitane
Rickhouse
All were outstanding.

First stop Beretta

This is the "Hemmingway"

Here's a blurry shot of the Beretta menu

Group shot of most of us.

Reza at Conduit amazed us with his cocktail making skills.

inside Conduit

Drunken shot of the outside of Gitane

Inside of Gitane. Another stop I will certainly return to.
Great service, top quality drinks.

Gotta make #9!

SF Classic Cocktail # 9 Sat Nov 7

BIX, 15 ROMOLO, TAVERNA AVERTINE

Times TBA soon

New Bar countdown
Smuggler's Cove November
Comstock Saloon January 14(new from Jeff Hollinger & Jonny Raglin)
Bar Agricole Jan or Feb ( new bar from Thad Vogler & Eric Johnson)

SF Classic Cocktail #9 Jackson Square area SF Saturday Nov 7

1. BIX 56 Gold Alley near Montgomery & Jackson St 5:30pm - 6:30

2. 15 ROMOLO 15 Romolo Place between Broadway & Fresno 7pm - 8:30

3. TAVERNA AVERTINE 582 Washington between Hotaling & Montgomery 8:45 - 9:30

All stops within 1 mile of Montgomery BART All stops have food

Still don't trust the Bridge ?
Take BART instead

I'm NOT going...

When I actually thought about it, I really need to stay home and finish a project I've been hella lagging on, but need to finish by next weekend.

Have a great time.

[ Edited by: Haole'akamai 2009-11-07 14:40 ]

I might make the first stop, but then I have other plans with Lala. We might both make it to an "unscheduled" later stop if someone (read: Tai Won On) can text me the destinations as they happen. :) Mahalo

Sorry I missed it. Family emergency. Any pictures? I want to drool over what I missed.