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It’s not only about the food! Restaurant Week find
We don’t know about you, but we LOVE restaurant week… two weeks a year when some of the more innovative restaurants in the area create a taste-tempting menu* all for only $20.08 - you fill in the year with the price - clever right!
Another aspect of restaurant week we love is the chance to try out new libations… usually of the spirituous kind.
This week I reconnected with one of my all-time local cocktail faves - the Bourbon Bath. Coco’s menu lists the ingredients as Woodford Reserve, Gran Marnier and Sweet Vermouth - on the rocks shaken. I just say umm… Like another DDN reader, I too was lured to CoCo’s by the Snapper the wasn’t on the restaurant week menu… but the cocktail made the trip more than worth while - the pork dish was moist - full of flavor and enjoyable too.
How about you, have you found any cocktail gems you’d like to share… tell us about ’em! We’d love to check them out.
*Yes, we know… some of the restaurants trot out the same - tired restaurant week offerings from years’ past. Or, better yet, the regular menu items at a restaurant week price… why do they do this… Really - experiment a little!
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By chiefwino
August 1, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this
I really enjoy McCormick & Schmick’s bar and selection of traditional/historical cocktails. It is interesting to read the stories/descriptions in their drink menu. As a prelude to my restaurant week dinner I had the Blood & Sand - a mixture of Scotch, Cherry Herring, bitters, and OJ (if I remember correctly). Nice balance, not too sweet but with layers of flavor so you can appreciate the good quality single malt. I wish more restaurants/bars would put some effort into making a good drink menu with descriptions. Don’t assume everyone knows what great combinations can be made. I believe this unfamiliarity is one reason many people fall back on old stand bys like froo-froo martinis or cosmo. Also many bars do not spend the money on good ingredients or trained staff to do much more than pour beer and use commercial mixers with cheap liquor.