Ecolicious Event at San Fran W Hotel
Maybe due to the fact that we got suckered by a couple of good April Fools jokes and the fact that this Ecolicious event offered organic cocktails caused us to check out this so called green event. Just how green would it be? Would this be a legit eco event or just eco spin? Would the organic cocktails help sway our decision?
The Ecolicious event at San Francisco’s XYZ bar in the W hotel kicked off what they refer to as “A Daily Cocktail Hour with Eco-Friendly Cocktails and Organic Bar Bites.” The scene casually mixed eco-chic hipsters, greenies, and others just looking for free booze. Yes, the lemon drop type drink (organic Square One vodka, we hope organic fresh lemon juice and not local or organic champagne), although puckering tasty, left us wondering if this drink should be classified as organic. Maybe it would be semi-organic but that sounds like something the FDA would make up to confuse eco barflies. The biodynamic wines and organic beers did sway us to think that the event had its heart in the right glass.
With our other hand, we tasted XYZ exec chef Paul Piscopo’s organic snacks such as the Asiago Cheese Pizza with Organic Spring Onion & Asparagus and Crisp Polenta with Boquerones & Piquillo Peppers. Where is the cheese from? Can you even get organic Asiago cheese? Again, we’re big pizza fans but the snacks offered a bit of a quandary for us. Is this semi-organic pizza or the full deal?
All the drinking and eating aside, some of the Ecolicious proceeds will benefit Save the Bay foundation during April so we’re not encouraging anyone to drink excessively (even organic cocktails) but if you must do so, then do it this month.
