So last Friday, I went down to my new favorite bar in the world. Haddington’s- a huge time was had by all. As folks who know me know, I’m a big foodie and I love a good drink… This place takes its drinks seriously. Sitting at the bar, my friends and I were treated to a fine evening. The bartender served me a classic drink (sazerac) and we chatted about other classic cocktails, and then I had a steak tartare appetizer and asked him to make me a drink to go with it… He made me a Martinez – the Martini’s ancestor… A really great history lesson in a glass. Later we also had a Vieux Carre… Another classic New Orleans cocktail, which I just determined I have the ingredients for here… So if you’ve got a stocked bar, try these on for size, they’re very nice…

And props to Brandon at Haddington’s with whom I was able to have a substantive discussion over whether Ardbeg or Laphroig was the better Islay scotch for using in a blood and sand…

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