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2009 Beaujolais Nouveau Is At Your Local Store
Beaujolais Nouveau is here. Sure, it’s a waste of resources to rush this swill-y wine around the world. Sure, it’s never that good (this year’s is pretty tasty, actually). And sure, it’s a marketing ploy to unload cheap wine. But it’s fun. We tried 7 or so last night and only one was a clunker.
Winter Gin Drinks | Recipe
Gin, with it’s juniper pine flavor and bracing strength, seems like a winter spirit. However, the most popular gin drink, the gin and tonic, is decidedly a summer cocktail. Summer is over, my gin supplies are still at max capacity, and I don’t know what to do. Maybe the answer is the martini. This cold, [...]
Return to Rose’s | Lincoln Park, Chicago
I’m back after a long lull given the hype of my last post, and I order a Guinness. $2.50, the bartender says. My friend orders a Jack and Coke. It’s $5, but ice is low, so the bartender knocks the price down to $4. We put money down, he doesn’t take it. Fine. Bartender rummages [...]
Tiny Lounge | North Center / Lincoln Square, Chicago
We walked right by, actually, saw the number on the next building and realized what we had done. Tiny Lounge has a tiny sign. They also have a tiny website. Everything is understated. The menu has a good selection of specialty cocktails, an easily overlooked listing of classic cocktails (Tom Collins, sidecar, etc.), and even [...]
Tilted Kilt | The Loop, Chicago
At one point, there are 34 men on our side of the bar and we can’t see a single woman patron, but they are elsewhere at the bar in weird groups seemingly ready to pounce like jackals waiting for the lionesses to finish. Our waitress arrives kilted, cleavaged. She writes her name on a coaster [...]
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