Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Citrus savory showcase of balance

Bertrand at Mister A's Southern Dove may be the official drink of an Indian summer's last hurrah.

Mister A’s Southern Dove
Mister A’s Southern Dove
Place

Mister A's

2550 Fifth Avenue, 12th floor, San Diego

Yes, summer is over, but in San Diego, the season makes subtle adjustments to her wardrobe, calls herself “Indian,” and parties on….

To that end, Mister A’s Southern Dove could serve as official drink of (Indian) summer’s last hurrah, replete with the right mix of heat — the citrus-chili salt that rims the glass in which the drink is served — and floating foliage — the muddled cilantro suspended in this savory take on the paloma.

Alvin Pugeda

According to Mister A’s bartender Alvin Pugeda, this four-seasons and food-friendly drink is the creation of the eatery’s bar manager Zachary Richardson.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“He’s a fan of cilantro — he likes to use a ton of it,” Pugeda tells me. “I imagine that plays as an influence on the drink. We all like to play around with herbs behind the bar. We choose a base liquor and figure out affinities that go with it to make a cocktail.”

But getting back to that cilantro business floating around there in the glass, Pugeda says it does draw some arched eyebrows.

“The cilantro aspect draws a lot of curiosity from patrons,” he says. “So people will ask how that will work out — but usually by their first sip they already like it.”

Tumbled together from shaker to glass, Peguda says, the flavors of the Southern Dove combine in a “citrus savory” showcase of balance.

“The Southern Dove has a bittersweet aspect from the grapefruit, and the cilantro cuts down the sweet of the agave syrup,” he says. “We also use a blanco tequila so it doesn’t overpower the other ingredients, and the grapefruit cuts through the sweetness of the agave and Cointreau. The citrus aspect of the orange liqueur goes well with the lime, too.”


HOW TO MAKE IT

  • • 1½ oz. El Jimador Blanco
  • • 1 oz. lime juice
  • • ¾ oz. Cointreau
  • • ¾ oz. agave syrup
  • • 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • • 10 leaves cilantro

Muddle cilantro in shaker tin with agave syrup and lime juice, add ice and other ingredients, shake, and empty shaker’s contents, ice and all, into a hurricane glass rimmed with citrus chili salt.*

*On a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, sprinkle zest of one lemon, one lime, and one orange, three tablespoons of coarse-grain kosher salt and two teaspoons of red chili flakes. Dehydrate in oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

O’side Tree Lighting & Gift Market, Holiday Lights at the Museum, The Elovaters and Little Stranger

Events December 5-December 6, 2024
Mister A’s Southern Dove
Mister A’s Southern Dove
Place

Mister A's

2550 Fifth Avenue, 12th floor, San Diego

Yes, summer is over, but in San Diego, the season makes subtle adjustments to her wardrobe, calls herself “Indian,” and parties on….

To that end, Mister A’s Southern Dove could serve as official drink of (Indian) summer’s last hurrah, replete with the right mix of heat — the citrus-chili salt that rims the glass in which the drink is served — and floating foliage — the muddled cilantro suspended in this savory take on the paloma.

Alvin Pugeda

According to Mister A’s bartender Alvin Pugeda, this four-seasons and food-friendly drink is the creation of the eatery’s bar manager Zachary Richardson.

Sponsored
Sponsored

“He’s a fan of cilantro — he likes to use a ton of it,” Pugeda tells me. “I imagine that plays as an influence on the drink. We all like to play around with herbs behind the bar. We choose a base liquor and figure out affinities that go with it to make a cocktail.”

But getting back to that cilantro business floating around there in the glass, Pugeda says it does draw some arched eyebrows.

“The cilantro aspect draws a lot of curiosity from patrons,” he says. “So people will ask how that will work out — but usually by their first sip they already like it.”

Tumbled together from shaker to glass, Peguda says, the flavors of the Southern Dove combine in a “citrus savory” showcase of balance.

“The Southern Dove has a bittersweet aspect from the grapefruit, and the cilantro cuts down the sweet of the agave syrup,” he says. “We also use a blanco tequila so it doesn’t overpower the other ingredients, and the grapefruit cuts through the sweetness of the agave and Cointreau. The citrus aspect of the orange liqueur goes well with the lime, too.”


HOW TO MAKE IT

  • • 1½ oz. El Jimador Blanco
  • • 1 oz. lime juice
  • • ¾ oz. Cointreau
  • • ¾ oz. agave syrup
  • • 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • • 10 leaves cilantro

Muddle cilantro in shaker tin with agave syrup and lime juice, add ice and other ingredients, shake, and empty shaker’s contents, ice and all, into a hurricane glass rimmed with citrus chili salt.*

*On a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper, sprinkle zest of one lemon, one lime, and one orange, three tablespoons of coarse-grain kosher salt and two teaspoons of red chili flakes. Dehydrate in oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Mang Tomas, banana ketchup barred in San Diego

What will happen to Filipino Christmas here?
Next Article

Reader readers sound off about Encinitas cliffs

Not much sympathy for victims
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader