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Best Cocktails
The Shelter
READERS' PICK: How can you not order something with a twist from a lounge where the bartenders are named Bart Brat and Starsky Suavé? Sure, it all tastes like the same swill when you get right down to it; but a diligently pulled, poured, mixed or stirred intoxicant served with style and flair while you swivel seductively in your barstool ceases to be any mere alcoholic beverage--it is then worthy of the title "cocktail." Rumor has it The Shelter makes the best Bloody Mary in town; but for our buck, this is really the kind of place you ought to order a Harvey Wallbanger. Asked about the origins of their recipes, they tell us they're age-old, passed down for generations. Take for example the Cosmopolitan, a Shelter favorite, made with Absolute Currant, Cointreau, cranberry juice and a squeeze of lime. They never use pre-fab mixes, and never, ever is their alcohol dispensed from a gun. They serve only the top of the line, even in well drinks. Cocktails are always shaken, unless we're talking martinis--because as any Shelter bartender knows, vodka martinis are shaken, but gin martinis are always stirred. So go ahead and be picky--these guys are polished, professional and eager to please.
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: Kon Tiki, 4625 E. Broadway, is
a strange island in a parched desert. Doggedly standing by that
tradition of naming fruity rum drinks with impossibly undignified
names invariably involving volcanos and neurological disorders,
this kitschy Polynesian lounge still serves the drinks guaranteed
to make you wish the evening's revelry was all a just a bad dream.
Word to the wise: If you wake up with more than five paper umbrellas,
you'll probably have some expaining to do.
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