Posts Tagged ‘cocktails’
Thursday Bonus Happy Hour: The Bitter End
‘Campari’ courtesy of ‘bionicteaching’ I consider Jeff Faile, bar manager at Palena, a friend. This Modern Luxury article on the expanded restaurant is great on the food, but does some injustice to one of Jeff’s brilliant cocktails (vodka?!). And since he has shared the recipe with me, I can now both correct the record and [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Todd Thrasher’s Preserved Cherries
Prepared Jars by Don Feduardo All photos courtesy of the author We Love Drinks embarks on a series where we attempt to make our favorite cocktails and essential drinks ingredients from around town. If there’s something you’d like us to feature, please let us know! The proper garnish is a critical part of some cocktails. [...]
More »Drinks Preview: Church & State
‘Church and State’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ Consistency and creativity are the two elements Erik Holzherr strives for in his bars. Add to that the well-deserved cliche of infectious enthusiasm – after just a few minutes of talking to him about his newest venture at the media preview for Church & State, I swear fellow [...]
More »Tabard Warms You Up
‘Magnified’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ There are warm winter drinks, and then there are hot drinks. As in flaming hot! Next Tuesday’s tasting at Tabard Inn will feature one I recently tried in New Orleans, Cafe Brulot, a combination of coffee, brandy and spices. Chantal Tseng will demonstrate how to prepare it in the classic [...]
More »Town & Country Goes to the Farm
‘Town and Country’ courtesy of ‘Don Feduardo’ You might have seen this already. Tonight’s last call will truly be the last for (insert-cliché-here) bar Town & Country at the Mayflower, closing to make room for a relocated Thomas Pink store in what appears to be a complete renovation of the hotel’s ground floor. The Social [...]
More »Friday Happy Hour: Fool’s Warmth
Yay, we’re resuscitating our Friday Happy Hour, highlighting a drink we’ve recently enjoyed, every Friday at 4pm! Please share your favorites as well. Is it really just a week since New Year’s Eve? Sigh. 2011 is upon us and most of DC is back at work hard. It’s cold and snow may be on the way. [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Repeal Day Ball
400 people. 1,000 limes. 2,400 glasses. Earlier this month, the Repeal Day Ball truly came into its own with an absolutely smashing party on December 4th. Or do I mean smashed? Maybe that’s why it’s taken me this long to wrap it up for you. No, no, we’re here to encourage intelligent drinking! Thrown by the [...]
More »We Love Drinks: David Fritzler
We Love Drinks continues our series where we look behind the bar, profiling the many people – from mixologists to bartenders, sommeliers to publicans – who make your drinks experience happen. I first met David Fritzler back in January when fellow WLDC author Samer and I watched him pour up an impressive flaming Blue Blazer [...]
More »“Tiki. Tacos. Terror.”
‘Zombies!’ courtesy of ‘spiggycat’ Trust my favorite bar The Passenger to come up with a terrifyingly terrific way to spend the night before All Hallow’s Eve. Saturday, October 30 from 7pm to close, the bar will toy with the occult by serving up the infamous El Zombie cocktail, a concoction so potent it’s rumoured to turn [...]
More »Flower Cocktail Hour
Sometimes you need to completely give in to your inner girl. Kat Bangs understands. Not only is she the very talented sommelier at Komi, she’s got an eye for fun fashion that I seriously envy. Join her monthly Flower Cocktail Hour with the next gathering on Wednesday, October 6. From 6:30pm to 8:30pm you can [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Columbia Room
Imagine a little room removed from the crazy world outside – an oasis of peace entered through a busy bar. Jars of spices line the walls, while chunks of the most pristine ice you’ve ever seen are gently melting in a wooden hangiri bowl, waiting to be carved up. Bottles stand neatly at the ready, watched [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Memorial Day BBQ
‘Beer and burger’ courtesy of ‘Magnus D’ I hope that you’ll grill this weekend. To me, that’s what Memorial Day is all about. I don’t dream of stepping on any family tradition or intruding in any masculine domain by suggesting what you should grill and how you should grill it. That’s counter productive, in my [...]
More »Friday Happy Hour: Cool Hand Cuke
‘Cucumber Cocktail’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ Welcome to the Friday Happy Hour, your single drink primer for the weekend. Last month Samer and I were treated to a sneak peek of the incredibly refreshing cocktail Owen Thomson would mix up to inaugurate the “Farm to Glass” program in his new role at Cafe Atlantico. Beginning [...]
More »Drink to Win RAMMY tickets!
This year’s RAMMY awards mark the first time that there will be a Mixology category, which is great news for lovers of craft cocktails. To help celebrate, from now til June 3 every time you purchase one of the RAMMY cocktails at the five restaurants nominated for “Mixology/Beverage Program of the Year,” you’ll be entered [...]
More »We Love Drinks: The St. Regis Bar
‘Adour 11′ courtesy of ‘maxedaperture’ Of all the venerable hotel bars that this city offers, the one that never really spoke to me was the St. Regis Library Lounge. With an air that screamed lobbyist power broker, it just never provided the quirky elegance that I find essential in a grand old hotel. That changed [...]
More »WeLoveDC DRINKS: Fresh Squeezed Wisdom
‘Wisdom #51′ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ In the calm before the storm (what? there’s another blizzard coming?), we were able to take a breather and have a little fun out of the house on a day when the brown/green grass was just starting to show itself again. Good times were had last night [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Chantal Tseng
We Love Drinks continues our series where we look behind the bar, profiling the many people – from mixologists to bartenders, sommeliers to publicans – who make your drinks experience happen. It’s no secret that one of my favorite bars in the city is Tabard Inn. The creaky lounge – a Victorian Medievalist’s fantasy, with [...]
More »Details Loves Tabard Too
‘Magnified’ courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’ Details Magazine has included our own venerable Tabard Inn in its list of the Top Ten Hotel Bars, joining such illustrious lounges like London’s Connaught (though not the Algonquin in NYC? that’s an omission shocking to this lover of creaky cosy hotel bars). They may get the clientele a [...]
More »Next Tuesday: Let’s Grab a Drink at Wisdom
Don’t forget to get your ticket! WeLoveDC is hosting its first event of the year at Wisdom Cocktail Parlour. The party goes down next Tuesday, February 23 from 6-8 p.m. We didn’t want to just have a happy hour. We’re not just about having fun (wink wink). So we kicked this one up a notch, providing [...]
More »Drinks Preview: Tryst
For many people I know, Tryst is “The Office.” Well, now they can drink on the job in style! Last week the Adams Morgan coffeehouse pioneer rolled out a new cocktail menu, and fellow WLDC author Samer and I were treated to some fine libation as they branch away from the bean. And as we all [...]
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