https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/27/best-bay-area-bloody-mary-this-alameda-bartender-makes-it-starting-at-6/

Hearty and flavorful, the Bloody Mary is by all definitions the original brunch cocktail. Made with vodka and packed with vitamin-rich tomato juice, the spicy beverage and hangover cure-all has a small but devoted following here in the Bay Area.

Back in December, we asked readers to nominate their favorite Bloody Mary. We received a few dozen responses singing the praises of watering holes from San Francisco to San Gregorio, where a general store and bar has been mixing them “just right,” according to one reader, since 1889.