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This is not very imaginative on my part, but I have been noticing a Negroni renaissance lately. It’s very “of the moment”! Recipe from epicurious: 1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth 1 1/2 ounces Campari 1 1/2 ounces gin 2...

Hello, My wife and a few friends will be staying Providence in September for a Waterfire night. We were wondering where we should eat. We are staying at the Renaissance. We would prefer walking distance to the hotel and...

I moved out of the area about the time of the downtown renaissance so I don’t know much about the new joints. I loved the historic Warwick Hotel on Main Street in Hummelstown. I went back on a recent visit but only had a...

The Library Lounge at the Ritz Carlton is a private club, so visitors will need to go elsewhere for a good Ramos Gin Fizz. I recommend: 1. Bar UnCommon at the Renaissance Père Marquette Hotel. (Phone ahead to find out when master...

Russian Renaissance (Geary, near ~16th Ave.) is the only one I know of, but there may well be others. There are those, however, who would argue that a ‘classically-done martini’ is never made with vodka. You might...

a suggestion for a little more upscale dining for after the game? We’re going to be staying most likely at the Omni William Penn or the Renaissance Pittsburgh and want to do a 'Burgh thing-any cuisine as long as we can say...

Chris Hannah makes a beautiful sazerac at Arnaud’s 75 Bar (next door to Arnaud’s restaurant, French Quarter). Call to find out when master bartender Chris McMillian is on duty at the bar at the Renaissance Pere...

Get a Vieux Carre (prounounced “view cah-ray”) at the Monteleone – it is their house specialty. Go to the French 75 bar next to Arnaud’s and get a Sazerac or French 75. Go to the bar at the Renaissance...

No Country for Old Men – chocolate coins to flip, followed by a mini-keg “cattlegun”. There Will Be Blood – steak w/o utensils and bottles of gin w/o glasses, served with a bowling pin. Juno – Gallon...

for old places that have updated themselves and ostracized the white-hairs. I want to the places that still make a mean gin martini (and know that vodka is a poor substitute). Maybe they have London broil or peach Melba on the...

great; just like it did before! The Sazeracs were good, as were the Old Fashioneds and the Gin Martinis. The people watching was equally impressive. Tourists in Aeropostale t-shirts and sandals, locals in white linen suits...