Category: What I’m Drinking Now
Chase Bracamontes and the Gold Mountain
by: Melissa Dowling
Chase Bracamontes is a bartender at Chef’s Special Cocktail Bar, a dressed-up dive bar opening this fall in Chicago. I like drinking cocktails that have a “part …
Matt Creekmore and the Pequeño Lorenzo
by: Melissa Dowling
Matt Creekmore is the general manager of ATX Cocina in Austin, TX, part of Guy + Larry Restaurants. At all of Guy + Larry Restaurants, they …
Lisa Brown and the Date Night
by: Melissa Dowling
Lisa Brown is the beverage director at The Promontory in Chicago. “Date Night” is a fun rum cocktail that was oddly inspired by a Thanksgiving dinner …
Joy Richard and the Satsuma + Spice
by: Melissa Dowling
Joy Richard is the beverage manager at Basic Kitchen in Charleston, SC. I was interested in creating a drink with winter flavors that would also be …
Ambrose Burke and the Fruit and Thai
by: Melissa Dowling
Ambrose Burke is the bartender at Eastside restaurant in Minneapolis. The Fruit and Thai cocktail looks just like an Orange Crush, but it’s all natural and really …
Jake Larowe and the Gidget
by: Melissa Dowling
Jake Larowe is the bar manager at Birds & Bees, an underground cocktail lounge in downtown Los Angeles. The Gidget is a signature punchbowl at Birds & …
Mercedes O’Brien and the Avocado Margarita
by: Melissa Dowling
Mercedes O’Brien is the cocktail director at Gunshow in Atlanta. Even with summer rounding out, the Atlanta heat is still rolling along. This recipe is inspired …
David Toby and the Cactus Jack
by: Melissa Dowling
David Toby is the beverage director of Jack Allen’s Kitchen in Austin, TX. It’s already getting hot here in Texas, and when the summer starts kicking, …
Ian Lowther and the Espresso… NBD
by: Melissa Dowling
Ian Lowther is the beverage director of Red Cow in Minneapolis. Add my name to the list of bartenders who are obsessed with Mezcal. My favorite …
Megan Barnes and Rkatsiteli orange wine
by: Melissa Dowling
Megan Barnes is the beverage director of Espita Mezcaleria in Washington, DC. Typically, when I am not drinking copitas full of mezcal, I’m drinking whatever unique wines …
