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1725 Haight (at Cole) San Francisco, CA 94117

415-666-0822

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Critics'
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Best Cocktail Menu
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): American, Bistro, Brewery, Wine Bar

Hours: Daily 12pm-2am

Price: $$, $$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

The Alembic is not to everyone's tastes: too loud/too hipster/too much of a bar/too fancy/ew, bone marrow? But in addition to stellar cocktails (one favorite, the Southern Exposure, contains gin, mint, and celery juice), the kitchen puts out some of the most unabashedly creative food in this city: jerk-spiced grilled duck hearts, seared albacore sliders with veal bacon, pickled quail eggs. It's seasonal as well as science-friendly, and wildly affordable to boot. Some nights, the chefs put out a $35, three-course prix-fixe dinner. Cocktails extra, of course.

2011 | Best Cocktail Menu

If you like choices at a bar, stop by one of Alembic's Savoy Cocktail nights, when its usual menu is replaced with copies of Harry Craddock's 800-plus-recipe tome. The book was written in 1930 by an American bartender who escaped to Europe during Prohibition, and contains recipes for drinks that feel modern again, like the Brandy Alexander, the Corpse Reviver #2, and the Old Pal. Navigating a volume of cocktails that large can be intimidating, but bar manager Daniel Hyatt knows his way... More »

Gilded Lily, a Flossy Tipple at The Alembic Bar

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, September 30, 2011

This week's sunny skies called for a little splash of flash without spending too much cash. Luckily, the soon-to-expand Alembic Bar is equipped to provide such a service to the thirsty in search of sp... More »
Dear Restaurants: What We Need from Your Website

By W. Blake Gray | Fri, August 12, 2011

Earlier this week our restaurant critic Jonathan Kauffman criticized the website of one of his favorite restaurants, the Alembic. I thought I'd have a look at the site. Unfortunately, I don't have th... More »
Ten Best San Francisco Restaurants Not on OpenTable

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, August 9, 2011

Five years ago, it would have been hard to imagine the lock that OpenTable now has on San Francisco restaurants. From the highest of the high end to mid-priced neighborhood places, the locally based ... More »
Heart Is the New Entry-Level Offal

By Jonathan Kauffman | Wed, February 09, 2011

Since the era of Anubis and Osiris, we've considered the heart the organ in charge of the emotions. It's belief so ancient that it has become embedded in a hundred idiomatic phrases — "You broke my heart," "My heart is fluttering," the faux-ironic... More »
Southern Exposure, the Alembic's Free Radical Fighter

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, June 11, 2010

The Alembic's version of the classic Southside cocktail includes a weirdly harmonic vegetable addition. Junipero gin, mint, lime, and sugar the typical ingredients are enlivened by a shot of fresh cel... More »
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jbuck23 | San Francisco, CA | 3 Reviews

| Mon, September 20, 2010

Great cocktails, the food is incredible, and they just may have the best cheese plate in San Francisco.
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Kristan5 | San Francisco, CA | 86 Reviews

| Sun, November 23, 2008

This is one of the best Whiskey bars in SF. It a little surprising to find it on Haight Street and their dessert is the bomb!

Dinner Menu

Snacks

$2.00

Pickled Quail Eggs

$4.00

Honey-cumin Glazed Nuts

$3.00

Marinated Olives

$5.00

Sumac Potato Chips
with garlic-lemon yogurt and zaatar

$5.00

Jerk Spiced Duck Hearts
with pickled pineapple and thyme salt

$5.00

Shishito Peppers
with house-smoked salt

Each $4.00
All 4 For $15.00

Artisan Cheeses
seasonal bells and whistles

Plates

$14.00

Hiramasa Crudo
charred avocado, oro blanco, white soy, mitsuba

$12.00

Bone Marrow
caper gremolata, garlic confit

Each $5.00

Pork Belly Sliders
delicata squash tempura, mizuna. miso-ale mustard

$12.00

Roasted Beets & Carrots
goat cheese ribbon, quinoa, smoked date puree, vadouvan, corriander

$24.00

Caramelized Scallops & Sweetbreads
kabocha squash spaetzle, romanesco, pickled beech mushroom, green apple syrup

$23.00

36 Hour Beef Shortrib
smoked onion glaze, chanterelle, brussels sprouts, parsnip

$17.00

Miso Grilled Trumpet Mushrooms
artichoke, brown rice, butternut squash. black garlic, red shiso

$21.00

King Mackeral"a La Plancha"
crushed potato, lettuce, seaweed tapenade

$12.00

Porcini Bouillon
celery root custard, apple, black truffle oil

Desserts

$8.00

Eagle Rare Chocolate Pudding
drunken cherries, almond mousse

$8.00

Caramelized Brioche
fig, coffee soil, white cardamom ice cream

$8.00

Carrot Cake
butternut squash, apple, brown butter ice cream

$8.00

Cheesecake In A Jar
meyer lemon curd, huckleberry jam, candied coconut

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The Alembic

1725 Haight (at Cole) San Francisco, CA 94117

415-666-0822

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2011 | Best Cocktail Menu

Gilded Lily, a Flossy Tipple at The Alembic Bar

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, September 30, 2011

Dear Restaurants: What We Need from Your Website

By W. Blake Gray | Fri, August 12, 2011

Ten Best San Francisco Restaurants Not on OpenTable

By Jonathan Kauffman | Tue, August 9, 2011

Heart Is the New Entry-Level Offal

By Jonathan Kauffman | Wed, February 09, 2011

Southern Exposure, the Alembic's Free Radical Fighter

By Tamara Palmer | Fri, June 11, 2010

jbuck23 | San Francisco, CA | 3 Reviews

Kristan5 | San Francisco, CA | 86 Reviews

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