Bartender who created tequila sunrise at Bay Area restaurant dies at 77

Bay Area bartender who created the Tequila Sunrise for the Rolling Stones has died

The Sausalito bartender who created the Tequila Sunrise, and served it to the Rolling Stones, has died

Robert "Bobby" Lozoff, a bartender at Sausalito's The Trident where he created the modern-day Tequila Sunrise, died earlier this month. He was 77.

Bartender who created tequila sunrise at Bay Area restaurant dies at 77

On April 14, we lost bartending legend Robert “Bobby” Lozoff, one of the two Trident bartenders who created the tequila sunrise at the Sausalito restaurant in the 1970s. Lozoff had been living in Hawaii since he left Sausalito in 1976. He died at age 77. More than a bartender, Lozoff came to Sausalito from Canada in 1970. Afterward, he moved to Hawaii to help open the Blue Max nightclub, famed for its rock and roll connections. When the Blue Max…