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The Big Eat SF: 100 things to try before you die
Well, it is a San Francisco list, R-Bar serves the most Fernet of any bar in North America, and San Francisco consumes the most Fernet per capita of anywhere, except perhaps Argentina. Make of that what you will, but I doubt...
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Quick Note: chow at Sunday Cajun Brunch
"Who knows the name of that German herbal concoction in a tiny green bottle taken as an antidote to overeating?" Stonsdorfer? The digestif of choice in my nabe is Fernet-Branca, though.
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Pabst Blue Ribbon
Sorry had to do it- Heineken F*ck that sh*t, Give me a Pabst Blue Ribbon. In my old neighborhood in San Fran we drank tons of that stuff with shots of Fernet Branca. We considered ourselves to be artists of a sort, always working...
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Via Matta bartending back on track?
thanks for the report, i had assumed No 9 must’ve gone downhill, but glad to hear otherwise...last night had (again) Jackson’s variation of Heather-in-Queue at Eastern Standard which substitutes Chinato and Mirto for...
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Interesting NY Times article on the Negroni
Eastern Standard has a drink w/ Budweiser and a shot of Fernet. Sounds kind of tasty, but there are always so many other things on the menu I want to try that I haven’t gotten around to it quite yet... Anyway, I see no...
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Underberg bitters
Oddly enough, I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them in Kalustyan’s – across from the cash registers, on the shelves above the dried fruit. I just drink Underberg as a digestif, over ice, like I would Fernet-Branca...
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SF bars/restaurants with rare libations
R Bar in the Tenderloin for Fernet. Actually you can find it more frequently now.... Fernet-Branca has a real following amongst some San Franciscans. http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-12-07/news/the-myth-of-fernet/full
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vintage digestifs & bitters - help!
Coy links to pics: Trainer’s Horke Vino Health Tonic (bitters/digestif) http://www.bigbangzero.com/trainer1.jpg vintage Fernet-Branca http://www.bigbangzero.com/branca1.jpg hand numbered Old Overholt...
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UNICUM? other Hungarian liquor?
“A little is medicine, a lot is poison,” as the Hungarians say except that they say it in Hungarian. I love the stuff and have looked for it in bars for years. Never found it. I was hoping after the Fernet Branca craze...
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international drinks?
are too juicy. Chez Henri has a long list of Cuban-style rum tails, including great mojitos and periodistas. Caffe Vittoria has a nice selection of Italian cordials. Bricco has fewer than I’d hoped, e.g., no Fernet Branca...
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Amare (sp?) (Italian bitters)
Astor Liquors has a decent selection of digestives. Amaro Lucano is a good one. Ramazotti, another well known. Fernet Branca is probably the “next level” of bitters and no where near as smooth as the other...
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Best "Olive Garden"
In the December Issue of Cucina Italiana, amongst ads for Averna, Fernet Branca, Delverde Pasta, Salvatore Mirisola Olive Oil, Grana Padano, and Verenna Poliform.... is an Olive Garden advert. LOL! Regards, Erik M.
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Becherovka?
They may have it in the city at Astor Place Liquors. They seem to have a good selection. It’s funny that you like that stuff. I have been to the town in the Czech Republic where they make it. It’s not far from Prague....
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Breif but sincere!
and for the first time in 6 months was saturated with optimistic fernetic energy that is New York. I breathed the city air and felt my lungs, my heart and my soul expand.I found myself at the corners of Washington and Watts...
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Does anyone like Grappa?
I’ve developed a taste for grappa over the years, but I still cannot fathom the mystery of Fernet-Branca, a digestif Italian friends have served me more times than I care to remember. Does anyone out there like this stuff...
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