The latest concept from the minds behind some of San Francisco’s premier bars is a real headliner. The group, Future Bars, runs bars that run the entire gamut. There is a small, reservations only speakeasy in the dicey Tenderloin, complete with a hidden speakeasy within a speakeasy (Bourbon & Branch, Wilson &Wilson), a large happyContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: “The Yellow Kid” from Local Edition, San Francisco”
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Cocktail of the Week: Margarita from Mansion del Rio, San Antonio
A margarita on the San Antonio Riverwalk as the cocktail of the week? There goes any thoughts of Trev’s Bistro’s high standards. Nope, this is the real deal. Margarita perfection can be found on the banks of that Americana touristy extravaganza known as the Riverwalk. Yes, Riverwalk cocktails tend to be more like what yourContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Margarita from Mansion del Rio, San Antonio”
Cocktail of the Week: The Brave and Pliny’s Tonic, Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston
Every time I tried to order “The Brave” at Anvil, the epicenter of craft cocktails in Houston on a randomly culinary dense stretch of Westheimer in a very residential neighborhood, the bartender would ask if I really wanted it. Am I brave enough? Can I handle it? It’s 96 degrees and humid…and you want this?Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The Brave and Pliny’s Tonic, Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston”
Cocktail of the Week: Trinidad Sour from Bar Boca, Oslo, Norway
When the bartender and co-owner of Bar Boca, a charming, quirky bar-coffee shop-cafe in Oslo’s hip Grünerløkka neighborhood, asked for my cocktail preferences, I talked about my dislike for crushed ice, how I enjoy something spirit forward, but a touch of sweetness. In other words, not a mai tai and not a Manhattan. She asksContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Trinidad Sour from Bar Boca, Oslo, Norway”
Cocktail of the Week: Fool’s Wager, AQ, San Francisco
Many of my good friends refer to the spirit driven cocktails I often order as “brown drinks.” Whether intensely smoky from mezcal or bitter from amaro or elegantly strong from bourbon, these drinks tend to not branch too far from the central spirit à la martinis and manhattans. Then there are the apertif drinks thatContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Fool’s Wager, AQ, San Francisco”
Cocktail of the Week: Beet & Co. from Windsor Court Cocktail Bar, New Orleans
Beet juice tends to be relegated to the same 1970’s health fad corner as wheat germ and kale chips. It happens to be an excellent base for new riffs on classic cocktails, in addition to adding a spectacular purple hue to the usual clear or dark color scheme of cocktails. I have always gone onContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Beet & Co. from Windsor Court Cocktail Bar, New Orleans”
Cocktail of the Week: None But The Brave from Heaven’s Dog, San Francisco
You don’t have to be very brave to order this delightful, refreshing while thought-provoking cocktail. It’s not too sweet, not too boozy, not too wham you over the head with an herbal or bitter taste. The secret to the success comes from an unlikely source: Delord Armagnac, brilliant with its toffee and stone fruit notes.Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: None But The Brave from Heaven’s Dog, San Francisco”
Cocktails of the Week: The Bandito and The Arrow in the Gale from Cure, New Orleans
The first two nights of cocktails in New Orleans was rough. Not rough in a sick, too many hurricanes on Bourbon Street way. Rough because destination classic cocktail bar after destination classic cocktail bar that we purposely seeked out crafted some of the most lackluster cocktails I have encountered from supposedly reputable bars. We neededContinue reading “Cocktails of the Week: The Bandito and The Arrow in the Gale from Cure, New Orleans”
Cocktail of the Week: Heaven’s Kickback, Kask, Portland Oregon
Let’s talk about celery for a second. That probably lost hundreds of readers instantly.We all know about it’s bitter, funky, watery taste, along with the crunch when you bite into it, often accompanied by some shreds that get stuck between your teeth. It takes more calories to eat celery than you’ll actually consume in theContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Heaven’s Kickback, Kask, Portland Oregon”
Cocktail of the Week: Ginger Rogers at Needle & Thread, Seattle
Make a reservation days in advance. Then arrive at the Capitol Hill gastropub and bar Tavern Law and find the hidden telephone to call upstairs. Climb the wooden stairs up to the secret parlor upstairs and you have arrived at the pinnacle of the Seattle cocktail world: the speakeasy of Tavern Law, known as NeedleContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Ginger Rogers at Needle & Thread, Seattle”
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