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| Photo: Liza Gershman |
You can take the boy out of
Oklahoma, but you’ll never take the Oklahoma out of Jonny Raglin. Born and
raised in The Sooner State, the recent tornados hit close to home for Raglin,
the bar owner behind San Francisco’s Comstock Saloon, even though his address
is now more than 1,500 miles away. So Raglin rallied two-dozen other Bay Area
locales to join in Negroni Week’s charitable efforts and raise money for the
Oklahoma Chapter of the Red Cross. On the heels of a hugely successful Negroni
Happy Hour at Comstock (they raised more than $1,000 on Monday alone) and
gearing up for the honky tonk-themed Negroni fundraiser at Local Edition on
Sunday, June 2 (click here for tickets), Raglin chatted with us about his first proper Negroni, his
favorite variation and the one word he’d use to describe the drink.
My favorite Negroni variation is ... the Old Pal with equal parts rye whiskey, dry vermouth and Campari.
My first Negroni was
... in Oklahoma City. It was heavy on the gin and pretty bitter for
my fledgling palate. The first proper Negroni I had (the one that made me fall
in love with the drink) was at the Dukes Hotel in London—we craft ours at
Comstock after that.
In a word, the Negroni is
... "Supercalabitterlusciouscandiedaladoshus." Because "equal
parts genius" is three words.
My favorite Negroni variation is ... the Old Pal with equal parts rye whiskey, dry vermouth and Campari.
I most love the Negroni
because ... it’s raising money for my folks back in Oklahoma.