Thursday, October 1, 2026, 12:00 AM - 5:00 AM · True Laurel, Mission, San Francisco
Alex Francis of De Vie, Paris hosts a cocktail tasting paired with light bites from Chef Tesean. Francis previously helmed Little Red Door, which won World's Best Cocktail Menu in 2022.
A low-lit room on Alabama Street where the cocktail menu shifts with what’s at the farmers market. Produce-forward drinking taken as seriously here as anywhere on the West Coast. The Laurel Martini (gin, seasonal herb infusion, fresh laurel leaf) is the calling card, but regulars keep coming back because the list is genuinely different week to week. Walk-ins have better luck Tuesday through Thursday; weekends book out early.
Seasonal botanical cocktail built around Bay Area produce, rotating weekly
Prebatched 50/50 gin and three vermouths, served with a fresh laurel leaf to nose
Stone fruit-forward cocktail, plum-driven and balanced. Shifts with the season