Bartenders offer hangover cures: Bitters, food items and electrolytes top list of remedies

“Anything that helps ease the stomach,” he said. “Diet Coke, Gatorade. Get electrolytes back in you.”

A michelada, a Mexican drink made with beer, lime juice and assorted sauces, spices and peppers, is another good solution, Peterson said. Another is the red eye — a combination of light beer, Bloody Mary mix and one raw egg.

Hitting the sauna to sweat out the toxins is another option, said Juan Loredo, owner of Vinyl Room and Barrelhouse.

“Or have another drink — keep it going,” Loredo said. “Don’t get hungover.”

Eating salty food such as Vietnamese pho can also help, he added.

Anything spicy or carbonated will work, said Meleia Asoau, a bartender at Straits Restaurant in Burlingame.

Another lesser known remedy is drinking Underberg, a digestif bitter. The herbal drink that comes in a little tiny bottle is sold in Germany and cures upset stomachs and everything else, said Volker Staudt, owner of Gourmet Haus Staudt Gifts & Cafe in Redwood City. The beverage is 40 percent alcohol and can be taken the morning after drinking too much or the night of, he said.

At Mortar & Pestle bar that’s attached to Curry Up Now in downtown San Mateo, there’s an item on the brunch menu specifically geared toward curing a hangover. Brought from Mumbai, chicken baida roti includes stuffed parantha flatbread fried with an egg, pico de gallo kachumber, pickles and chutney and is the “curer of all things hangover” according to Curry Up Now’s menu. Mortar & Pestle bartender Jade Budden recommends bitter spirits like the Italian Fernet and a B12 vitamin.

“One worker swears by orange and avocado smoothies,” she said.

Vince Hart, the chef and general manager for the Indian restaurant, said bananas and rice are good for helping get over a hangover.

“For me, what works is another beer in the morning,” he said. “Different things work for different people.”

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