From the folks behind Dead Rabbit, Green River offers impossibly classy company, sweeping views of the Second City, and solid drinks. Ambiance: ****1/2 Decor: ****1/2 Service: **** Cocktails: **** Overall Rating: 4.25 After a marvelous night at Lost Lake, I did some more asking around for nice cocktail spots in Chicago. I eventually heard about GreenRiver,… Read More Chicago Cocktails – GreenRiver
The best tiki bar you’ll ever drink at, Lost Lake is one of the better bar experiences I’ve ever had with awesome service, kitschy/cool décor, and money cocktails. Ambiance: ***** Decor: ***** Service: ***** Cocktails: ***** Overall Rating: 5 This week I was lucky enough to visit the fair city on the lake, Chicago. After the… Read More Chicago Cocktails – Lost Lake
This week I’m reviewing John Kelly’s new book “Never Surrender” the story of Britain’s decision to fight on against Nazi Germany after the fall of France in 1940. Not only is this a fascinating historical topic, but it’s ripe for cocktail-themed tie-ins! According to this superb article from Warren Dockter in The Telegraph, Winston Churchill’s legendary… Read More Drinking Like Winston Churchill
Twisted Horn is a quaint neighborhood spot with a happily sedate vibe and sweet drinks. Ambiance: **** Decor: **** Service: **** Cocktails: **** Overall Rating: 4 “But stay, adventurous muse! Hast though the force to wind the twisted horn, to guide the horse? To keep the seat unmov’d, hast though the skill, o’er the high gate,… Read More Beauty in Subtlety – The Twisted Horn
During many of my cocktail jaunts, I often think how cool it would be to experience, first-hand, the behind-the-scenes mechanics of a bar or cocktail joint (hint hint, bars). So I was ultra-pumped last week when Copperwood Tavern’s bartender Will Witherow reached out and offered to let me hang out with him and his team for an evening of bar… Read More Behind the Bar at Copperwood
If you reside in the DC region for any amount of time, you’ll discover the area is incapable of weathering a heavy snowstorm, i.e. more than 2 inches. That’s for the eskimos in the Northeast and Michigan – here, we simply shut everything down and wait it out, Netflix binging or clawing our way through the 3-inch drifts… Read More A Blizzard is Coming – Snow Cocktail Time
“The tremendous world I have in my head. But how to free myself and free them without ripping apart. And a thousand times rather tear in me they hold back or buried. For this I’m here, that’s quite clear to me.” … Read More Means of Intoxication at Petworth Citizen
Bar Deco is a hopping spot for simple drinks after catching a game at the nearby Verizon Center. Ambiance: **** Decor: ***1/2 Service: **** Cocktails: ***1/2 Overall Rating: 3.75 I have a dilemma – I am a fan of faintly lit, quiet cocktail bars that don’t feature televisions. I am also a football fan. Torn by… Read More Playoff Cocktails – Bar Deco
Serving up some of the best drinks in the DC area, Brabo is a top-flight cocktail bar posing as a fine dining restaurant. Ambiance: **** Decor: **** Service: ***** Cocktails: ***** Overall Rating: 4.5 I’ve always been a big booster of Alexandria: I lived there, walked infinite miles through Old Town, and, more recently, downed lots… Read More Southern and Wild – Brabo
This week I’m paying homage to….well, noting the existence of the 1919 White Sox squad that threw the World Series for a few thousand bucks. The best known member of that dirty crew was poor “Shoeless Joe” Jackson, so I thought I’d whip up the “Shoeless Joe” cocktail, the recipe for which I found on Bon Appetit.… Read More Throwing Games and Pouring Cocktails
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