Cocktail culture isn't born,
it's created. In the Bay Area, it's due to more than a decade of
diligent work by many bartenders. Here are some of those who have
helped get us where we are. It's no surprise if you've seen most of the
names in our pages before; their contributions are all newsworthy.
The next day, the incomparable bartender Alberta Straub said I simply had to try it. I'd never heard of chinato before, but I figured finding it would be a fun-if challenging- research project.
