Category: What I’m Drinking Now
Ilya Romanov and the Small Talk
by: Melissa Dowling
Ilya Romanov is the beverage manager at Iris, a Japanese-inspired cocktail bar in San Francisco. Every cocktail idea we bring to light and find the courage …
Kira Webster and the Quiet Night Thought
by: Melissa Dowling
Kira Webster is the beverage director at Indo, a Japanese-Southeast Asian restaurant in St. Louis. I’m currently drinking Quiet Night Thought, a sparkling sake cocktail I …
Jeff Rogers and the Original House Martini
by: Melissa Dowling
Jeff Rogers is the beverage director for Jester Concepts in Minneapolis. Our teams have tried, tested and played with so many different spirits and cocktail formulas …
Roberto Colombi and the Marche Bianco “Coccio” 2018
by: Melissa Dowling
Roberto Colombi co-owns Union Kitchen & Bar in Wilton Manors, FL, with his wife Christie Tenaud. He is the lead sommelier and oversees front-of-house operations, while …
Matt Hungerford and the Golden Pineapple
by: Melissa Dowling
Matt Hungerford is general manager of Dandan Restaurant and beverage director for the JVR Restaurant Group in Milwaukee. The Golden Pineapple is a take on your …
Sophie Burton and the My Offer Is Nothing
by: Melissa Dowling
Sophie Burton is beverage director of JoJo’s Beloved Cocktail Lounge in Atlanta. The My Offer Is Nothing cocktail is a Godfather riff. Originally just blended Scotch …
Natalie Tapken and Chateau Simone Rosé
by: Melissa Dowling
Natalie Tapken is lead sommelier/wine and beverage director for Bluepoint Hospitality in Easton, MD. Many people think rosé needs to be consumed at a young age. …
Ervin Machado and the Hibiscus Spiced Margarita
by: Melissa Dowling
Ervin Machado, CSW, WSET, CMS, is beverage director and sommelier for Florida-based Big Time Restaurant Group, which owns Elisabetta’s in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach; …
Rael Petit and the Painkiller
by: Melissa Dowling
Rael Petit is the beverage director of Kokomo in Williamsburg, NY. My go-to drink lately is a Painkiller variation that I make at Kokomo, with equal …
Tanya Saxena and the Promise at Dawn
by: Melissa Dowling
Tanya Saxena is a partner in Civetta Hospitality, which includes Amali and Bar Marseille in New York and Calissa restaurant in Water Mill, NY. At Amali, a …
