Bringing the Cocktail Bar Experience to the Beach
Tagged: beach bar, cocktail bar, cocktails
I’m always trying to figure out what my future beach bar is going to look like and how I can make it unique. I want it to be on all of those “best beach bars” lists so trying to come up with a scheme to make it stand out is a little daunting. After all, there are thousands of beach bars all over the world, each one of them trying to set themselves apart from the other. I’m no Elvis, Foxy or Lion whose mere...
The Most Important Thing I Learned At My First Tequila/Mezcal Tasting And Food Pairing
Tagged: cocktail bar, cocktails, food, mezcal, oak and alley, tequila, Warsaw
Oak & Alley, Warsaw’s latest and greatest drinking establishment, recently hosted an event that I never thought would occur in our small Midwestern town. They had a tequila tasting on Tuesday and Tommy went (the allure of alliteration was totally worth referring to myself in the third person). Throw in some mezcal and food pairings and all of a sudden, Warsaw is throwing some pretty cool shindigs. I learned a lot that night. For...
An Introduction to Warsaw’s Oak and Alley
Tagged: cocktail bar, cocktails, indiana, oak and alley, Warsaw
When Oak and Alley Public House opened up in my hometown of Warsaw, Indiana, I couldn’t have been giddier. I had long fancied that our small but growing Midwest community needed a place that you could go to immerse yourself not only in the enjoyment of drinking as a social activity but to witness the art of making cocktails. As with many of my other “pie in the sky” ideas, this one was snatched up by someone headier...
Photo of the Day: Cocktail Bar, Skala Eressou, Lesbos Island, Greece
Tagged: beach bar, cocktail bar, greece, greek islands, greek isles, lesbos island, photography, Skala Eressou, travel
I love the colors of this beach bar on Lesbos Island in Greece. If beach bars are anything, they’re colorful and the practice of using bright colors isn’t just confined to the Caribbean. While I love the colors and design on this beach bar, there’s one thing I love above all the others – the sign advertising caipirinhas and mojitos. I already like this beach bar. Photo by Flickr user “mrbeany.” Link...
Beauty in Bars – Janes and Hooch, Beijing
Tagged: beauty in bars, beijing, china, cocktail bar, janes and hooch
Named as one of the best new bars in the world for 2013 by Conde Nast Traveler, Janes and Hooch in Beijing, China describes itself as “a modern take on a vintage 1920s dive bar” with “a touch of class, minus the wank.” Conde Nast Traveler describes it as follows: “What: A factory mess hall from the Cultural Revolution—now a cocktail and whiskey bar. The look: Industrial brick walls and iron beams; a...
