What’s that you say? A cocktail on tap? It’s bizarre enough to see wine on tap at several bars and restaurants. But, really, cocktails? Cocktails are supposed to be individually made by the mixologists, right? Only the low grade bars have margaritas swirling in a machine I’m pretty sure. It’s the next step in theContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Negroni on Tap, Jasper’s Corner Tap, San Francisco”
Category Archives: Cocktail of the Week
Cocktail of the Week: Por qué No? from Empellon Taqueria, New York
Having covered the Por qué No? zinfandel blend from Tres Sabores for our wine of the week, por qué no continue our theme of the week with the equally outstanding Por qué no? cocktail from the West Village’s Empellon Taqueria, which used to be simply Empellon until little sibling Empellon Cocina opened early this year.Continue reading “Cocktail of the Week: Por qué No? from Empellon Taqueria, New York”
Cocktail of the Week: The Avocado Project from Picca, Los Angeles
With a cocktail name like this, there are too many ways to imagine what a nightmare drink it could be. A cocktail tasting like guacamole? A project of a cocktail? A Stanley Kubrick movie? In the hands of head mixologist Julian Cox, the bartender maestro of L.A. behind the drinks at Rivera, Playa, and ShortContinue reading “Cocktail of the Week: The Avocado Project from Picca, Los Angeles”
Cocktails of the Week: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mai Tais in Kauai
The mai tai is a fascinating cocktail, created back in 1940 by Victor Bergeron, the “Vic” of Trader Vic’s, at the Trader Vic’s in Emeryville, CA, near Oakland, not exactly a real bastion of tropical tiki culture one might say. His original recipe called for dark Jamaican rum, orgeat (an almond syrup), curaçao (an orangeContinue reading “Cocktails of the Week: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mai Tais in Kauai”
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