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Cocktails for a cause kicks off
The fine folks coordinating the Cattle Baron’s Ball (a gala event happening here in town on Sept. 15) have added a cool twist you don’t often find with a gala event: from now until Sept. 15, seven restaurants around the Miami Valley are participating in a sister event called Cocktails for a Cause. Each restaurant will feature a completely different signature cocktail that will compete for the title of Cattle Baron’s Cocktail (see participating restaurants below). According to Beth Miller, one of the event’s organizers, “the winning cocktail will be chosen based on volume sold up to the event and during the event and/or total money raised.”
Each cocktail will sell for $10 with $5 of each sold going to the American Cancer Society. We’ll drink to that!
To purchase tickets or for more information: Visit www.cbbdayton.com or call (888) 227-6446, ext. 4207.
Here is the list of participating restaurants and what they’ll be serving:
C’est Tout 2600 Far Hills Ave., Oakwood (937) 298-0022 Will be serving: Choose from the Red Rooster … Ingredients: Grey Goose orange vodka, fresh lime juice, fresh grated ginger root, sugar, cranberry juice, garnished with crystallized ginger. … or the Royale Hen … Ingredients: Amaretto, Frangelica, Nassau Royale Rum, Kahlua, vodka, cream.
El Meson 903 E. Dixie Drive, West Carrollton (937) 859-8229 Will be serving: Pomegranate Mojito. Ingredients: Rum, fresh squeezed lime, simple syrup, splash of soda, pomegranate, mint, sugar cane and ice. Related events: Mojito Mondays beginning Aug. 13 with FREE two-step dancing lessons at 7 p.m. Dress in your best Western ware and kick up your heels with a Cattle Baron’s Cocktail.
Encore 776 N. Main St., Springboro (937) 748-8877 Will be serving: 741 Slammer. Ingredients: Grey Goose Citrus, Cuervo 1800, island blue pucker schnapps, sour mix.
Lincoln Park Grille 580 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering (937) 293-6293 Will be serving: Peach Flirt-tini. Ingredients: Peach schnapps, Gordon’s vodka, champagne.
Oakwood Club 2414 Far Hills Ave., Oakwood (937) 293-6973 Will be serving: The Rhinestone Cowgirl. Ingredients: Stolichnaya blueberry and vanilla vodkas, Blue Curacao, Cointreau, Sprite, Daily’s Sweet and Sour, fresh lime, served in a Pop Rock rimmed chilled martini glass.
Pacchia 410 E. Fifth St., Dayton (937) 341-5050 Will be serving: Prima Pallini Meringue Pie. Ingredients: Vanilla vodka, Pallini Limoncello liqueur, coconut rum, pineapple juice, garnished with a caramelized lemon.
Therapy Cafe 452 E. Third St., Dayton (937) 461-4000 Will be serving: Cattle Baron Chocolate Martini. Ingredients: Vodka, Crème de Cocoa, Frangelica, chocolate, Half-and-Half, served drizzled with chocolate on top.
So far we’ve only tried the Prima Pallini Meringue Pie at Pacchia, but if this is any indication of what the other places are serving, this will be quite the cocktail competition. It was the prima cocktail it was billed to be and we found it a perfect cure for the warm weather we’ve been having. Have you had any of these cocktails yet? What’d ya have and what’d ya think?
