SFoodie's 92: Gin and Tonic from Pizzaiolo/Boot and Shoe Service
As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. Details after the jump.
J. Birdsall
Number 81: Gin and Tonic from Pizzaiolo/Boot and Shoe Service
House-concocted bar mixers are hardly new, but few have the DIY charm of the tonic Cate Whalen brews up in Oakland for sister eateries Pizzaiolo and Boot and Shoe Service. It's a murky, pinkish infusion of tropical chinchona bark, grapefruit-dominant citrus, and spices that, allied with Plymouth gin and topped up with fizzy water, ends up tasting more aperitif than highball. Tannic, bitter, and hauntingly aromatic, it turns the lowly gin and tonic into a plausible accompaniment for blistered-crust pizzas of stinging nettles and house-made sausage, or chef Charlie Hallowell's signature wood-oven-roasted squid.
Pizzaiolo 5008 Telegraph (at 51st St.), Oakland; (510) 652-4888
Boot and Shoe Service 3308 Grand (at Mandana), Oakland; (510) 763-2668
Hungry for more? The dishes in our countdown thus far are linked below:
No. 92: Cracked Half Dungeness from Swan Oyster Depot
No. 91: Pastrami Sandwich from Orson
No. 90: Coconut Bun from Out the Door on Bush
No. 89: Brown Sugar-Black Pepper Biscuits from Little Skillet
No. 87: Indian Pizza from Zante
No. 86: Tamales from All-Star
No. 85: Chilaquiles from Nopalito
No. 84: Poc Chuc from Poc-Chuc
No. 83: Chocolate Beignet from Arlequin Cafe
No. 82: Scallop Crêpe from Ti Couz
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