National Martini Day is coming up June 19, and Bloom Plant Based Kitchen in Chicago has a unique take on the classic: A Chicago Hot Dog Martini. Bloom’s general manager Brett Lander created the cocktail this spring, achieving the signature hot dog flavor with yellow mustard bitters and tomato-infused sweet vermouth, along with cocktail onion, pickle juice and celery bitters.

The cocktail, which uses both gin and vodka, promises to take drinkers right to Wrigley Field for a Friday 1:20 p.m. first pitch. Ironically, Bloom is a vegan establishment, so it’s recently been calling the specialty Martini the Chicago Not Dog. Here’s the recipe.

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Chicago Hot Dog Martini

Course Drinks

Keyword gin, pickle juice, sweet vermouth, tomato, vodka

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Vodka
• 1 oz. Gin
• ½ oz. Pickle juice
• ½ oz. Tomato-infused sweet vermouth
• 2 splashes Yellow mustard bitters
• 2 splashes Orange bitters
• A sprinkle of Celery bitters

Instructions

• Combine ingredients in a mixing tin and shake.
• Strain into a Martini glass.
• Garnish with a pickle and cocktail onion.

Notes

Brett Lander, general manager at Bloom Plant Based Kitchen in Chicago, created this recipe.