Cocktail Culture
Cocktail Culture
Fun and Games
Rampage With Wings, as served at Insert Coin(s), $12
August 30th, 2012
hings are looking up downtown! Commonwealth cocktail bar, Park on Fremont urban beer garden and Backstage Bar & Billiards arrive with the fall, just the next in a series of waves of exciting developments on Fremont East. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Seven reasons to lift up a glass
August 30th, 2012
The Maloof family apparently has fond memories of Mama’s red velvet cake—so much so, they’re backing a flavored, four-times-distilled vodka that proposes to give you a taste of her cooking. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
The Old Country, as served at Sirio in Aria, $14
August 23rd, 2012
All roads lead to Rome. At least they do for Wirtz Beverage Nevada mixologist Andrew Pollard. Read more »
Scene
Fernet Branca Challenge Coins
August 23rd, 2012
You don’t need a Fernet Branca challenge coin to order the Old Country, or any Fernet Branca cocktail for that matter, but it does help. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Duck, Duck, Goose
Marti-Gras, as served at Andre’s Restaurant & Lounge in the Monte Carlo, $18
August 16th, 2012
The first cocktail for which I’ve ever had to venture behind kitchen lines to get the story (and navigate the metric system), the elegant Marti-Gras cocktail at Andre’s, arrives at the table in two parts. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Seven reasons to toast to Tales
August 16th, 2012
The 10th annual Tales of the Cocktail convention in New Orleans last month was the biggest and best yet. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Seven reasons to lift up a glass
August 9th, 2012
1. A recent trip to the Park City Food & Wine Classic proved timely for Las Vegans escaping the triple-digit heat and subsequent humidity. This included members of Cirque du Soleil’s O, who popped up at the Grand Tasting at the Canyons Resort, and then gave an intimate performance at the closing party at the Montage Deer Valley. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
A Balancing Act
August 9th, 2012
When the delicate, lighter-style Japanese cuisine of Wynn’s newly opened Mizumi restaurant called for an equally light Asian-influenced cocktail, senior vice president of fine dining Pradeep Raman called for Wynn Resorts property mixologist Patricia Richards. “I generally create cocktails that I like to drink,” Richards says. And those are “well-balanced, high-quality, flavorful, fresh and delish.” Read more »
Cocktail Culture
That’s One NEAT Glass!
July 26th, 2012
Wondering about that squat little glass all your spirits aficionado friends are enjoying? The NEAT Glass (Naturally Engineered Aroma Technology) was launched in February by Las Vegas-based Arsilica. The innovative, environmentally responsible glassware company is using science to change the way we drink, and partnered with UNLV’s chemistry department to prove the results. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
A Cocktail Carnevale
Campari Spritz, as served at all casino bars and lounges in the Venetian and the Palazzo, $12
July 26th, 2012
The Italians have the right idea, and most of their traditions—the food-and-drink-related ones especially—make a lot of sense. After a long, hot day of exploring Venice, hiking Mount Etna or wine tasting in Alba, there is nothing more delicious than the afternoon siesta … except, perhaps, for the first sips of a spritz in the piazza. Read more »
