The nightly cocktail ritual is central to the Italian city’s culture. Here’s where to find both the classic bitters-based drinks and new spins on them.
by Mike Usinger on February 3rd, 2021 at 10:12 AM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Congratulations you made it and should be proud, even if your fellow liquor nerds wonder why anyone would subject themselves to a straight month of misery.
Dry January is over, leaving only the grim memories associated with it. The Friday nights where, instead of unwinding with a Cedar Sour to celebrate the week’s end, you made do with a Shirley Temple. Which only reminded you that a healthy splash of gin would turn that Shirley Temple into a pretty decent approximation of a ’70s-chain-restaurant Singapore Sling.
And then there were the daily happy hours that were anything but. When, instead of getting creative with Cardamom Margaritas and Black Walnut Old Fashioneds, fun-time consisted of club soda with a Driscoll’s strawberry plopped in for colour. Or a glass of hyper-local artisanal West Coast tap water with house-made ice cubes.