By Paul Clarke October 05, 2026 Main Facts: The Transformation of a City’s Spirit The landscape of the American cocktail was not built in a day, nor was it built in a vacuum. However, if one were to trace the epicenter of the modern craft cocktail movement, the trail would lead inevitably to the foggy, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In the cool, fog-laden streets of the Mission District in late 2003, the concept of a "cocktail program" was an alien vernacular. When H. Joseph Ehrmann purchased a weathered, historic dive bar with the intent of refurbishing it into what would become Elixir, his ambitions were rooted in the traditional soil of […]