Fancy mocktails and nonalcoholic pairings are soaring in popularity in the Bay Area
Sons & Daughters is a one-starred Michelin restaurant in San Francisco that offers, in addition to its $225 tasting menu, a $95 beverage pairing. Sounds reasonable? Well, consider these nine beverages are all nonalcoholic. Cured Mount Lassen trout might come with a coriander shrub with white and purple currents. Maine lobster is paired with lactic-fermented green strawberries, raw carrots and strawberry vinegar, and Umpqua Valley lamb has beetroot juice with blackberries smoked over applewood. The spirits-free pairing is actually one of the cheaper ones in the Bay Area. Kiln in San Francis...