Liholiho Yacht Club – Leaving Too Soon!

San Francisco CA

22 December, 2021

5:21 PM

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By Maria C. Ascarrunz, Mission Local December 22, 2021 Liholiho Yacht Club moved temporarily into the Mission as a pop-up during our ongoing, seemingly everlasting Pandemic Times, and I finally got to try it – reservations aren't easy to come by at this gem. It's moving back to its original space – not in the Mission, sadly, but they're keeping the space on 18th Street and reopening with a new-but-similar concept. I'm told it will be called Good Good Culture Club, which will skew towards Filipino and Laotian flavors. This is good and bad news – very sad to see Liholiho go, but really looking forward to this next project. The current incarnation is Hawaiian in its roots and although I was grateful not to see a loco moco lunch plate on the menu, there is a Spam dish. But Spam as you've never had it (or maybe that's just me.) We sat outdoors on the festive rainbow-splashed roof-top patio, on a blisteringly cold night, despite the heat lamps. Booze helped. My friend had The Poolboy a gorgeous spirit green with mezcal, lemon, passionfruit, gentian, yellow chartreuse, and blue spirulina. I tasted it and it was very good, lightly sweet, delicate. I had an As You Wish with cocoa nib-infused bourbon, black sesame syrup, cardamaro, chocolate walnut bitters, and rocks. It was an assertive, strong, and manly drink. I womaned up and downed it. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.