A LA CARTE; THE CHILLER KILLER COCKTAILS OF SUMMER.Byline: Larry Lipson The hot days and warm, sultry nights of summer call for cool, refreshing drinks. Bartenders around town whip up some incredible concoctions to help their patrons beat the heat. Here are a few of those chilled potions and where you'll find them: Bob Burns Address: 21821 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills. Phone: (818) 883-2145. Name of drink: Burns' Long Island Iced Tea. Description: Hold on to your seat. This cool, refreshing and enormously potent potion po·tion n. A liquid medicinal dose or drink. potion a large dose of liquid medicine. consists of five liquors (vodka, gin, rum, tequila, Triple Sec) mixed with sweet and sour sweet and sour adj → agridulce plus a splash of cola. It's served in a hurricane glass with ice and a lemon twist garnish. Price: $6 (Fridays $3.50). Ca' del Sole Address: 4100 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood. Phone: (818) 985-4669. Name of drink: Campari vespa. Description: Purplish-red campari and Stolichnaya Orange is hand-stirred on ice with fresh orange juice and a splash of cranberry juice Noun 1. cranberry juice - the juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened) fruit crush, fruit juice - drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit , and the colorful result is served in a large martini glass. Very Italian and very refreshing. Price: $5.25. Encounter Address: Theme Building, Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , 209 World Way, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Phone: (310) 215-5151. Name of drink: South Bay martini. Description: Two shots of Absolut vodka and a splash each of cranberry juice and pineapple juice are shaken with ice and strained into a classic martini glass. This cooling cocktail is garnished with a twist of lemon. Price: $7. Fins Creekside Address: 23504 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. Phone: (818) 223-3467. Name of drink: Fins' lemonade. Description: Smirnoff vodka and Chambord black-currant liqueur liqueur (lĭkûr`), strong alcoholic beverage made of almost neutral spirits, flavored with herb mixtures, fruits, or other materials, and usually sweetened. The name derives from the Latin word to melt. are poured over ice into a tall glass, which then is filled with lemonade, stirred and served. Price: $5. Le Colonial Address: 8783 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. . Phone: (310) 289-0660. Name of drink: Lychee martini. Description: Lychee syrup is combined with Rain vodka, shaken with ice and strained into a martini glass that's garnished with two lychee nuts. Price: $8. Michael's Address: 1147 Third St., Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . Phone: (310) 451-0843. Name of drink: Michael's Ramos Fizz. Description: This version of a famous gin drink uses Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin distributed by Bacardi, launched in 1987, having been named via a competitive process whereby a number of leading Madison Avenue agencies were played off against each other. The name hints at the origins of gin's popularity in the British Raj. , which is mixed with egg whites, sweet and sour, orange flower water Orange flower water is a clear, perfumy distillation of fresh bitter-orange blossoms, this essential water is used in many Mediterranean dessert dishes, and in some cocktails, such as the Ramos Gin Fizz. , crushed ice and San Pellegrino bottled water. The mixture is machine blended, and the cold, foamy foam·y adj. foam·i·er, foam·i·est 1. Of, consisting of, or resembling foam. 2. Covered with foam. foam result is poured into a 12-ounce wine glass. Price: $9. Moonlight Address: 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 788-2000. Name of drink: The Algonquin. Description: Fine Mount Gay rum and Mandarine Napoleon liqueur are joined with cream of coconut and pineapple juice. Blended with ice, this refreshing, seemingly innocent mixture, is served in Moonlight's tall tower glass. But watch out for its hidden punch. Price: $7.50. 2087 An American Bistro Address: 2087 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Phone: (805) 374-2087. Name of drink: Cosmopolitan. Description: A popular drink with fashion-industry types, this cooling creation comes from an ounce and a half of Belvedere vodka, a half-ounce of Cointreau, an ounce of cranberry juice and a squeeze of fresh lime. It's all shaken well with ice and strained into a chilled, hand-blown martini glass. Price: $7. Yamashiro Address: 1999 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood. Phone: (323) 466-5125. Name of drink: Yamashiro special. Description: Three different rums are mixed with a trio of juices (pineapple, orange and passion fruit), then a splash of sweet and sour is added. All of this is blended with crushed ice and poured into a tall glass garnished with a pineapple wedge and a cherry. Price: $7. |
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