BiteClub Eats

A seriously stiff spirit that only a Hooker could have inspired

More than a bar. Less than a tweet-up.

More than a margarita mix-in, high end tequila bars serve up serious sippers

I’m not a big drinker of cocktails in general, and I’m even less of a drinker of gin. That being said, cocktails clearly have their place: Less so with food, and more before – or after, or occasionally instead of; as an alternative to beer, when the weather or environs don’t seem conducive to wine; and certainly, as a welcome to guests who have just endured the Bay Area’s northbound assault on wine country traffic

Galangal and lemongrass make this Ginger-inspired cocktail sweet and fiery

Bro Mosa Cocktail: A studlier version of the classic Mimosa

Tres Hombres petaluma; Where to go for tequila in Petaluma? Tres Hombres. There’s a separate margarita menu, featuring everything from blended fruit sippers to traditional shaken margaritas made with their premium tequilas, making this a weekend hotspot.

Classic French bistro fare with a family-friendly vibe (and full bar).

Casual, family-friendly spot focused on dishes from the kitchen’s wood-fired oven from Josh Silvers. Late night/cocktails.

There’s no sound more beautiful than the clink of ice in a cocktail glass on a hot summer day. Because whether it’s 5pm or just north of noon, ’tis the season for salted rims, muddled mint and tiny paper umbrellas.

At Carmen’s Burger Bar, top honors go to the Triplets

A favorite of night owls and winemakers, it’s a meet and eat rendezvous in the tiny hamlet of Graton.

Cheap eats and door-buster drink specials return

Love whiskey? Even know what whiskey is (and isn’t)? A primer on this ancient drink and where to get it.

Jack and Tony’s Whiskey Bar opens

Channel your inner czarina at the new Vodika Lounge in Petaluma, NorCal’s first 28-degree premium vodka tasting room. As in it’s actually 28 degrees inside (four degrees below freezing).

Heir apparent to the troubled Club Seven Ultra-lounge (liquor-free until mid-December) is Santa Rosa’s newest entrant into the nightclub scene, Casbar. As in bar. Not the Clash song.

Ready for a Hot Lips Cosmo? The revamped downtown cocktail club, Stir, thinks maybe you are. Located in the former Barcode space (404 Mendocino Ave.,), the new owners have come up with a list of specialty cocktails and a remodeled design for their July 3 opening.