Oakland’s signature cocktail
I got some angry and useful e-mails in response to today’s story about finding Oakland’s signature cocktail. Daniel Schulman wrote that Oakland already has one — the Mai Tai. One of the most famous cocktails in the world was invented at Trader Vic’s on San Pablo Avenue, he said. Excellent! But I think we need a signature drink, a cocktail created for Oakland today.
Mark Nelson was upset that I did not talk about drunk driving in the story, that he said was in poor taste anyway because of the timing… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Friday, August 8th, 2008
Under: Mai Tai, Trader Vic's, cocktails, drunk driving, night owl | 1 Comment »