I’m looking for cocktail ideas that are fun but not played out like the cosmopolitan. Any creative suggestions?
The mixologists at Cocktail Conceptions—also the owners of new West Village restaurant and bar Employees Only—have some new refreshment ideas. At the speakeasy-style venue, the unique cocktail menu includes the Ginger Smash, with ginger root and cranberries mixed with gin and apple liqueur, and Pimm’s Cup, with Cointreau, fresh lime, ginger soda, cucumber, and mint. Another drink includes mashed figs, adding deep color and a nottoo-sweet taste.
Los Angeles-based Lush designs cocktails with culinary inspirations (ingredients more often associated with food than beverages), and even offers a quarterly newsletter to tell you all about its fresh ideas. Another way to spice up the bar is to spice up the barware. Instead of martini glasses or highballs, try serving vessels in uncommon shapes, colors, or patterns, like the lovely new collection of feminine, vintage-looking etched glassware available from TriServe. Technically they’re made for wine and water—but why not experiment? You can also contact Broadway Famous, Props for Today, or Party Rental Ltd. to check out their selections of glassware for rent, and you may want to stop by a Chelsea bar called Bongo for more inspiration—they’ve collected all sorts of unusual multicolored and textured antique glassware.
Posted 06.27.05
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2005 issue of the BiZBash Event Style Reporter.
The mixologists at Cocktail Conceptions—also the owners of new West Village restaurant and bar Employees Only—have some new refreshment ideas. At the speakeasy-style venue, the unique cocktail menu includes the Ginger Smash, with ginger root and cranberries mixed with gin and apple liqueur, and Pimm’s Cup, with Cointreau, fresh lime, ginger soda, cucumber, and mint. Another drink includes mashed figs, adding deep color and a nottoo-sweet taste.
Los Angeles-based Lush designs cocktails with culinary inspirations (ingredients more often associated with food than beverages), and even offers a quarterly newsletter to tell you all about its fresh ideas. Another way to spice up the bar is to spice up the barware. Instead of martini glasses or highballs, try serving vessels in uncommon shapes, colors, or patterns, like the lovely new collection of feminine, vintage-looking etched glassware available from TriServe. Technically they’re made for wine and water—but why not experiment? You can also contact Broadway Famous, Props for Today, or Party Rental Ltd. to check out their selections of glassware for rent, and you may want to stop by a Chelsea bar called Bongo for more inspiration—they’ve collected all sorts of unusual multicolored and textured antique glassware.
Posted 06.27.05
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2005 issue of the BiZBash Event Style Reporter.
