"Cocktail legend has it that bartender Bobby Lazoff made a Tequila Sunrise for Keith Richards, and Richards then proceeded to help popularize the drink while the band was touring the country Lazoff and cowrker Billy Rice can be said to have invented the modern version of the drink, but they took the name from a cocktail actually invented at the Arizona Biltmore hotel in the 1930s, which was made with lime juice and creme de cassis, not OJ and grenadine."
"The Trident, which spent the 80s, 90s and aughts as Horizons Restaurant, but which reopened as The Trident over a decade ago, has closed its doors, likely for good. As the Chronicle reports, The Trident went out with a New Year's Eve bang, and owner Bob Freeman says that with declining tourist traffic in Sausalito, it was simply time to go."
"A famous waterfront hangout in Marin County that boasted plenty of celebrity guests in the 1970s and where Robin Williams once worked as a busboy has shut its doors for the second time in 45 years. The Trident and the Sausalito Historical Society commemorated the (roughly) 50th anniversary of Richards and his first Tequila Sunrise with an event and commemorative plaque dedication at the"
The Trident, a waterfront Sausalito restaurant, closed its doors for the second time in 45 years after a New Year’s Eve event. Owner Bob Freeman cited declining tourist traffic and a failed sale negotiation as reasons for closing. Selling the building is complicated because the parking lot is owned by the City of Sausalito and any future owner would owe rent. A fine-dining tenant, Ditas, had occupied the upstairs space in 2023 but closed in June. The Trident opened in 1966 as a music venue and bohemian restaurant owned by The Kingston Trio and became a hangout for many celebrities. Bartender Bobby Lazoff and coworker Billy Rice helped create the modern Tequila Sunrise, which Keith Richards popularized, and the site was later commemorated by a local historical event.
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