San Francisco's famed Irish coffee is back from the valley of the shadow of death.
Irish coffee had been all but down the drain for want of the special glass in which to make it, without which the drink becomes airport cocktail lounge swill.
The glass had been stamped "obsolete" and discontinued by its manufacturer. It was going to cost 250,000 bucks to resuscitate it, and nobody had the money.
But when the Midwest company that owns the patent read a front-page story in The Chronicle about nostalgic citizens caring enough to mourn a glass, it swallowed the startup costs, dusted off the mold and went back into production.
It is so rare for a city tradition to be rescued after having last rites read over it that Mayor Ed Lee has declared San Francisco Irish Coffee Day on July 28 to celebrate.
Question: who's joining me on the 28th?