She’s Still Fighting Starbucks Four Years Later Baristas are on strike. Michelle Eisen isn’t going back to coffee or theater until they get a contract.

When it comes to tequila, I thought I knew a little bit about it. More accurately, I knew enough to know that I enjoy it in a margarita and have probably outgrown my tolerance for salt-rimmed shots of ...

It’s not easy to get to where they make Patrón tequila. The Hacienda — a sprawling campus of Spanish colonial buildings encompassing the distillery, bottling plant and world headquarters of this ...

Where: 459 McCarty, a couple of blocks west of San Pedro, (210) 366-3421. On the menu: Tortas (fajita, asada, pastor, brisket and more), $3.99; beef gordita, $2.25; queso flameado, $3.50; chicken ...

“I used to drink mainly gin,” says Francisco Alcaraz, the sexagenarian master distiller and blender of Patrón Tequila. “Bombay. I had many good nights with gin.” We’re sitting in the executive dining ...