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"Tucked in an unmarked former auto garage off an alley in the Gateway District, Liquid Diet’s witchy decor and its two owners’ obsession with cocktails produce standout drinks like a pico de gallo michelada made using clarified tomato "water" and a cilantro-salt rim—tangy, salty, almost sweet—while the nightly-shifting menu also yields a super smooth malted mudslide, a clear-your-sinuses horseradish shot, and a Gibson riff with vodka, bay leaf, pickled shallot, and black pepper; it feels like a boon for the burgeoning Gateway District." - Janna Karel