Beverage

Zentan’s Josh Berner designed a spicy cocktail with tequila, mint tincture, mango puree, habanero syrup, and drops of mint oil garnished with a lollipop.

Mixologist Milton Hernandez from Ambar used apple-flavored corn whiskey, black tea, milk, and heavy cream to create his Le Corcoran artini, which he topped with an absinthe gelatin.

The Gibson's Frank Jones took inspiration from Henri Regnault's "Head of a Moor" painting to create a cocktail of rye, blood orange liqueur, allspice dram, chocolate bitters, tonic, and orange peel. Jones's artini won the Critic's Choice Award of the night as determined by a select group of local food and wine journalists, bloggers, and the event chair.