It’s a sunny day and we’re cruising through rockslide territory, past a yellow submarine. We are in search of Buffalo Milk, the signature drink of Catalina Island. Buffalos, you see, were brought to this tiny island, twenty-some-odd miles off the coast of Los Angeles by the film industry in the ’20s. Taking them back to the mainland was more costly than the buffalos were worth, so they were left to roam the interior of the island. And thus the buffalo became the unofficial-official animal of Catalina. So, here we are, nearly a century later, seeking out the signature drink of their namesake. Now, there’s no shortage of watering holes on Catalina. The island’s small main town of Avalon is just a bit over two square miles, but has well over fifteen places to order a drink — not just beer or wine, a drink. Most folks walk from joint to [...]

