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The Bar
Masala Chai Latte
“These days I’m a big chai tea/soymilk kind of guy.” -Michael Hitchcock as uptight, neurotic, and overprotective Weimeraner owner Hamilton Swan in Christopher Guest’s brilliant 2000 comedy Best in Show
Brown Sugar Caiprioska with Red Grapes & Thai Basil
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it, and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” -The one and only Galileo Galilei, noted 16th century Italian heliocentrist and father of modern physics
Blood Orange Vodka Martini
“I think she’s the saddest girl ever to hold a martini.” -The stunningly beautiful Penélope Cruz as professional dancer & dream-woman Sofía Serrano in the 2001 Cameron Crowe film Vanilla Sky
Fizzy Rosemary Apple Smash
“Easy! Massage the scalp. You’re washing a baby’s hair, not scrubbing vomit off your Christmas dress, you holiday drunk.” -Stewie Griffin, oddly old-and-British, mother-loathing diobolical baby on Seth MacFarlane’s enduring animated television show Family Guy
Classic Tom Collins
“Uh yeah, I’ll have a Tom Collins.” -Charmingly-schnozzed American actor Owen Wilson as Dignan in Wes Anderson’s 1996 breakout film, Bottle Rocket
Cilantro-Infused Gin Martini with Lime
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming: GERONIMO!” -Hunter S. Thompson, American writer, weirdo, & all-around style all-star