I first had one of these at the Bourbon and Branch in San Francisco. Nestled in the posh Tenderloin district (posh being a relative status – say when compared to certain neighborhoods of Lagos or San Salvador), it’s a speakeasy in the truest sense. There’s no sign, and you need a [...]

I was working for a little community newspaper in San Ignacio, Belize, when I picked up a copy of Raymond Chandler’s “The Long Goodbye” in a backpacker trade library. I doubt there is any write-up about the gin gimlet that doesn’t cite Chandler’s passage…
We sat in a corner of the bar at Victor’s and [...]