Participating Bars & Restaurants

Below is a list of bars and restaurants that will be featuring two special cocktails in honor of 2009’s San Francisco Cocktail Week. One cocktail will be the bar’s representation of a classic, and the other will be an original that is unique to that specific bar. We’ll list more recipes as they come in from bartenders.

  • Absinthe
    • Original Cocktail: The Charmer: Caçhaca, house-made smoked strawberry shrub, pepper tincture, and a lime twist.
    • Classic Cocktail: Culross Cocktail: Rum, Lillet, apricot brandy, lemon juice, and Angostura.
  • Acme Chophouse
    • Original Cocktail: 7th inning sour: brandy, lemon juice, cane syrup, absinthe
    • Classic Cocktail: Death in the Afternoon: champagne, absinthe
  • Alembic
    • Original Cocktail: Blue Steel: Rum, crème de cassis, absinthe, angostura orange bitters, Rittenhouse 100 rye whiskey
    • Classic Cocktail: The Vieux Carre: Rye, cognac, sweet vermouth, Benedictine, angostura and peychaud bitters.
  • Americano
  • Beretta
    • Original Cocktail: ARENA y SANGRE: Mezcal, orange juice, Visciolo (italian dessert wine made from grapes and sour cherries), lemon juice, Cherry Heering, orange bitters
    • Classic Cocktail: BLOOD AND SAND: Blended Scotch, orange Juice, Cherry Heering, sweet vermouth
  • Bix
  • Boulevard
    • Original Cocktail: Biscaccianti: Quebranta Pisco, Galliano L’Autentico, Apricot Eau-de-Vie, Orange Juice, Lemon Juice, Egg White, Simple Syrup, Peychaud bitters
    • Classic Cocktail: Pisco Sour: Pisco, Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, egg white, Amargo bitters
  • Bourbon and Branch
  • Cantina
  • Cesar
  • Clock Bar
    • Classic Cocktail: JAPANESE COCKTAIL (Jerry Thomas, Bon Vivant’s Companion, 1862) VS Cognac, orgeat, Angostura, lemon peel
    • Original Cocktail: PERIODISTA: Inspired by the JOURNALIST (Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930): Anejo Tequila, Apricot Brandy, fresh lemon, Amaro Nonino, egg white, habanero tincture, Angostura
  • Conduit
  • DOSA Fillmore
    • Original Cocktail: The Deccan: Gin, curried nectar, cynar, Carpano Antica, birds eye chili, strawberry, mint garnish
    • Original Cocktail: Emerald Sound: Domaine de Canton, Rye Whiskey, Mango Gastrique, Absinthe, mango and cloves & mint garnish
  • Elixir
    • Original Cocktail: Botanical Cobbler: Sherry Cobbler with Square One Organic Botanical Spirit
    • Classic Cocktail: Sherry Cobbler: Dry sack amontillado sherry, oranges. simple syrup, Driscoll Farms berries
  • Epic Roasthouse
    • Original Cocktail: Flying Dutchman: grilled lemon, agave nectar, orange blossom water, Genever
    • Classic Cocktail: Tom Collins: lemon, lime, simple syrup, seltzer water, Gin
  • Four Seasons, San Francisco
    • Classic Cocktail: Gimlet: Gin, lime juice
    • Original Cocktail: Secret Garden: Gin, lime juice, fresh pink grapefruit juice, cilantro syrup, cucumber chunks
  • Gitane
    • Original Cocktail: Primavera Sangria: Dry crisp white wine (Colombard Grape) infused with cucumber, apples, citrus peels, ginger root, peach
    • Classic Cocktail: Negroni Tinto: Gin, Campari, Ruby Port, White Creme de Cacao
  • Harry Denton’s Starlight Room / Bar Drake
  • Heaven’s Dog
  • La Folie
    • Original Cocktail Name: Midleton Swig: Irish whiskey, Nectarine, Peychaud’s bitters, Champagne
    • Classic Cocktail: French 75: Gin, Lemon, Sugar, Champagne
  • Le Colonial
  • Lingba Lounge
    • Original Cocktail: Dynamite: Reposado tequila, orange curacao, agave nectar, lemon juice, raspberries, Serrano chile
    • Classic Cocktail: Singapore Sling: Dry gin, Cherry Heering, Benedictine, lime juice, soda water
  • Jardinere
    • Original Cocktail: Strawberries Revival: Rye, Vieux Pontarllier Absinthe, cane syrup, lemon, strawberries
    • Classic Cocktail: The Saratoga: rye, brandy, sweet vermouth, bitters
  • La Mar Cebicheria Peruana
    • Original Cocktail: Pisco Fizz: Acholado Pisco, lime juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg whites, orange flower water, soda water
    • Classic Cocktail: Pisco Sour: Quebranta Pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, egg whites, Angostura bitters
  • Michael Mina
    • Classic Cocktail: JOURNALIST (Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930): Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Dry Vermouth, fresh lemon, Grand Marnier, Angostura, lemon twist
    • Original Cocktail: FUJI: Inspired by the JAPANESE COCKTAIL (Bon Vivant’s Companion, 1862): Apple Brandy, orgeat, fresh lemon, egg white
  • Mo Bar @ The Mandarin Oriental Hotel
    • Original Cocktail: Navan 75: Navan, Lemon Juice, Champagne, Sugar rim
    • Classic Cocktail: San Franciscan: Irish Whiskey, Grand Marnier, Bitters
  • Nopa
  • Parcel 104
  • Presidio Social Club
    • Classic Cocktail: Snowball: Bourbon, lemon juice, sugar, egg white, ginger ale
    • Original Cocktail: Hound Dog: Gin, Ruby Grapefruit juice, Blackberry Liqueur, Soda water
  • Range
    • Original Cocktail: Green Party: Muddled cucumber and sea bean, lemon juice, Benedictine, London dry gin, simple syrup, dry champagne
    • Classic Cocktail: French 75: London Dry Gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, dry champagne
  • Redwood Room
    • Original Cocktail: Mandarin Lemongrass Martini: Mandarin Blossom Vodka, Lemongrass Syrup, Lime Juice, orange twist
    • Classic Cocktail: Clift Gimlet: Kaffir Lime Vodka, Fresh Lime Juice, simple syrup
  • Rose Pistola
    • Original Cocktail: Le stagione: Rhum Agricole, fresh seasonal fruit, cucumber, basil, bitters, fresh lemon juice,club soda
    • Classic Cocktail: The Rose Pistola Negroni: Gin, Campari, sweet vermouth
  • Rye
    • Classic Cocktail: Rock & Rye Toddy: rock and rye (whisky, dry lemon peel, orange peel, clove, cinnamon, and horehound candy), boiling water and a fresh cut lemon twist.
    • Original Cocktail: Rock & Hattan: rock and rye mixture stirred into a manhattan, a dash of sweet vermouth, orange bitters, flamed orange.
  • Sauce
    • Original Cocktail: NY Big Apple Martini: Spirit of the Hudson, Canton Ginger Liqueur
    • Classic Cocktail: Classic Negroni
  • Slanted Door
  • Spruce
    • Original Cocktail: Lady Marmalade: Orange Marmalade (with rind), super fine sugar, Fresh Orange Juice, Fresh Lemon Juice, Qi White Tea Liqueur, French Brandy
    • Classic Cocktail: Honeymoon Cocktail: Sugar, lemon juice, Calvados, Curacao, Benedictine
  • Thirsty Bear
    • Original Cocktail: ‘Phire Fox: Gin, Green Chartreuse, lemon juice, orange marmalade, Peychaud’s bitters
    • Classic Cocktail: Last Word: Gin, Green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, lime juice
  • Tommy’s
  • Tres Agaves
  • Waterbar