Fried Chicken and a Whiskey

Fried Chicken, Whiskey Chaser - WSJ.com: ""I thought it would be kind of cool to make a fried-chicken shack," says Mr. Phan, who partnered with architect Olle Lundberg on Hard Water when space recently became available on Pier 3. The restaurant opened in April. In addition to Mr. Phan's signature dish of $16 fried chicken with pepper jelly, Hard Water's lunch menu includes a $20 seafood gumbo and a $12 gulf flounder sandwich with slaw and jalapeño aioli. Side items are straight out of the Deep South and include $7 collard greens, $6 grits and $5 black-eyed peas. Helping wash it all down is a drink selection that includes more than 150 bourbons and whiskeys, many stacked as decorations against a wall. One cocktail specialty is the $10 mint julep."

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Medicinal Cocktail Bar Drogerie Opens in Miami Beach

Medicinal Cocktail Bar Drogerie Opens in Miami Beach | miami.com: " . . . . For an impressive throw back to the old school apothecary, ask Trummer to perform the “Absinthe Ritual” at the bar. It’s a technique he learned from an absinthe expert in the South of France years ago. Expect herbs in a cognac base with vermouth and rum, several beakers, flames in a jigger, flames over thyme, flames on the beakers (to burn off the alcohol and give a killer show), and a final product poured into seriously stunning crystal coupes. It takes a few minutes to complete the performance, but you’ll be talking about it for much longer after you finish the warm and soothing drink." (read more at link above)

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Rum Punch - Caribbean signature drink

Rum Journal: Sailing the British Virgin Islands, Pusser's Style
Caribbean Journal
RUM PUNCH is the Caribbean's signature drink. It may find different names on different islands; it may sometimes be garnished with nutmeg; other times it may receive a drop of bitters. But it's almost always a reddish-orange, always sweet, and one ...

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