Hey, check out today’s Barcode column in the Boston Globe. There’s an interview with a local blogger — me — about drink trends in Beantown. Cheers.
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– Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails
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John Gertsen (invented at No. 9 Park)
Equal parts:
Punt e Mes
Booker’s bourbon
Stir gently but thoroughly. Strain into pre-chilled rocks glass without too much fanfare.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
L,
Congrats on the face time
January 9th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Excellent! Really cool that you got to give shout-outs to Scott Holliday at Rendezvous and Rob Kraemer at Chez Henri. Love those guys.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Thanks, Todd. Yeah, MC, those guys are doing good work.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Now I’ve got a few more places to check out. Are you gonna do a write-up on Craigie, Rendezvous or Marilave for best Boston bars?
January 10th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Is there a good night to check out the Marliave? My one experience there was not very positive.
January 10th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Modern Serf: “Best bar” profiles of the Marliave and Craigie will be along shortly. Fred, what was the nature of your not-positive experience at the Marliave, if you don’t mind my asking? I’ve been there on, I think, a Weds and a Friday night, and both were pleasant.
January 10th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
It was a Tuesday. The bartender did not seem very attentive even though the place was rather empty. I ordered a Jenny Churchill. They were out of Vya vermouth at the bar so I ended up with a Old Overholdt and Noilly Prat Manhattan. He was willing to up the vermouth level for me to something more from the era they were portraying. After he had started stirring, I had to ask him to put the bitters in (they were listed as an ingredient) and he looked at me like I was a freak. He took out the three bottles and told me to pick. I picked Peychaud’s and he administered the smallest drop, not even a dash. At that point, I just gave up. For the same cost per drink, I got my next two at No. 9 Park that night. I felt that they were milking the speakeasy history of the bar more than the quality of their current day drinks. I would not say it was unpleasant, just that there are plenty of non-“best bars” that can make that level of drink for me and I can do much better on a lazy night in my kitchen.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
All my Marliave experiences have been very good, including the Jenny Churchill, which I think is a great drink (and I love the cherries they use). Had a couple of good gin martinis there last night, actually, and I found the service to be as good and friendly as usual.
January 10th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
I have to side with Frederic. While I’ve had a few very good drinks at Marliave, I’ve also had a number of mediocre cocktails as well. In fact, a friend who loves Manhattans was recently visiting from out of town and I took him to Marliave for a Jenny Churchill. They were so poorly made that we left after barely finishing them for Silvertone around the corner.
January 10th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Interesting. My experiences have been more akin to leswes’s. The cocktails at the Marliave are not on the caliber of those at Drink or Craigie on Main, but the ones I’ve had have been solid. Consistency is the hardest thing to master.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
The one time I actually drank at Marliave it was so dead it was kind of depressing. A bit too bright for my taste in there as well.
January 12th, 2009 at 1:58 am
But we digress–it was great to open “g” and see an interview with drinkboston!