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Bitter? Sweet!! How to make the most of Negroni Week on the Peninsula

Order up the classic cocktail (or a modern variation) in support of a good cause.

Cheez(steak) Whiz: A Philly transplant’s guide to the Peninsula’s best cheesesteaks

Steak + grilled onions + liquid cheese= edible East Coast magic

Craft cocktails without pretension? Bar Zola says they have the recipe.

The long-awaited Palo Alto project is now open on Bryant Street, with French food from next door and drinks that are fun, complex and sometimes alcohol-free.

Mix it up: 10 locally made cocktails for your post-quarantine comeback

Seek out these creative twists on classic drinks from Peninsula bartenders.

The Peninsula’s cure to cocktail conformity: Tiki Thursday at Timber & Salt

Let the master of obscure syrups, sticky citrus and rare rums take you to a faraway island. Brian Matulis strains a mai tai at Timber & Salt in Redwood City. (Photo by Adam Pardee) Every Thursday, Brian Matulis, the bar manager at Timber & Salt in Redwood City, offers his customers a “vacation in a glass.” For one night a week, on “Tiki Thursday,” Matulis serves cocktails of his choosing from the ...

Beyond margaritas: How San Agus in Palo Alto is crafting a new Mexican cocktail experience.

Beverage director Eusebio Pozos has curated a drink menu featuring spirits made from ‘a diversity of agave,’ a desert spoon shrub AND an edible fungus that grows on corn. A selection of cocktails currently featured at San Agus (from left:) Xochimilco; Central De Abastos; La Merced. (Photo by Magali Gauthier) The vibrant flavors of Mexico City are making their way into your cocktail glass. At San Agus Cocina Urbana & Cocktails, beverage director ...