visited jackie patterson at heaven’s dog.
cocktail 1: tequila, mezcal, allspice, ango
cocktail 2: rum, ginger, lime, egg white thing
cocktail 3: gin, lime thing (comped)
the cocktails were very good, but not as complex as the drinks i’ve had by her at the cuesa gatherings nor (seemingly) her competition-winning drinks.
i did get to talk to her [...]
as mentioned in a previous post, cuesa has a farmer’s market cocktail night every quarter/season. tonight was their night of summer cocktails. overall, the drinks this time around were much better than last time; nothing was bad, many were very good.
favorites:
green and orange (jackie patterson) – green chartreuse, lime, carrot, honey, cantaloupe, cilantro [...]
word came down that scott beattie was taking a shift at clock bar, and so i made my way there. turned out he wasn’t mixing any of his drinks…he was mostly just working from the standard menu. this was only slightly disappointing, as i’ve been wanting to hit clock bar anyway.
i was as [...]
went into sf last night to go to porkapalooza. i seized the opportunity to bookend the pork party with drinks at heaven’s dog since i’ve heard so much about their cocktails and bartenders.
pre-pork cocktail (heaven’s dog): pisco apricot tropical (pisco, pineapple gomme, apricot brandy, lime, angostura bitters). clean, refreshing. beautiful aroma. i [...]
