San Francisco cocktail week begins tonight, kicking off the festivities with an opening night gala at Harry Denton’s Starlight Room, at the Sir Francis Drake hotel on Union Square. Lots of other great events follow, through Sunday night.

They haven’t announced the participating bars yet for International Guest Bartender Night tomorrow after the Farmers’ Market Cocktails event, so keep checking the official event schedule for updates.

We’ll be having Cable Cars at the Starlight Room tonight, fresh seasonal ingredients at CUESA Kitchen tomorrow, and wrapping up the week with Sazeracs at Elixer on Friday. I’ll be scattering around some Cocktailia promotional cards I had made up, so keep an eye out for them. And stay tuned for pictures and reviews I’ll be writing up through the week.