A new cocktail for your San Francisco exodus (or return): The Golden Gate

San Francisco has a new cocktail, and it’s the perfect beverage for wistfully saying goodbye to the city — or loading up the U-Haul for your return.

Nick Petrulakis created the “Golden Gate” for the Total SF Book Club, which is currently reading the anthology “End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco.”

The Golden Gate is a take on a mimosa, with Champagne, orange juice, up to an ounce of pear brandy, and grenadine to tint the drink as close as possible to international orange, the paint color of the Golden Gate Bridge. An orange juice-soaked cocktail onion adds a moon over the drink.

LINK (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-new-cocktail-for-your-San-Francisco-exodus-or-16401318.php

Ingredients:

Champagne (bonus if you can find one with pear undertones)

Orange juice

Grenadine

St. George Pear Brandy (or equivalent)

Pearl onions or cherry

Instructions:

Mix equal parts Champagne and orange juice, then add up to an ounce of pear brandy per glass, to taste. Mix in grenadine until achieving as close as possible color shading to the Golden Gate Bridge. Add an orange juice-soaked cocktail onion perched on top for a tart pairing with the drink — or a cherry for sweetness to pair with the grenadine.



Champagne = Sparkling Wine. Photo shows Charmat method Prosecco (NOT méthode champenoise) but it obviously suffices in this cocktail, perhaps because it exhibits pear undertones.

Sounds good to me, though I'd garnish it with a cannabis-infused gummy bear. San Francisco, you know?