garlic smashed potatoes; Blackened Tuna with Avocado Butter and garlic smashed (also requested medium so it wasn’t completely raw inside), and the Lobster Ravioli in a “fluffy” Skyy vodka cream sauce....

As an aside, I think I found a winner in the “Weirdest Mix” category in San Diego this past weekend. Based on 1 part GUINESS (seriously) and 3 parts red and green SALSA from a mexican place next to the bar (no,...

My favourite “easy to find vodka,” like Pei, was also Chopin. Years ago, my drink of choice were vodkas chilled neat (occasionally with a twist). And after trying all the “top shelf” vodkas (Belvedere,...

My preference runs to gin too, but you can’t beat One Market’s $2.50 Herb Caen special—Skyy vodka and Vya vermouth—especially if it’s vodka, you gotta taste some vermouth. I don’t know how long...

pal’s longstanding advice (“Smirnoff is the best vodka on the American market, period”), though I also use Ketel One, Skyy, and Wyborowa in tails, and keep a few of the super-premiums (Goose, Belvedere, etc.) on...

I tried a martini made with vodka (banff or skyy? i forget) with raspberry chambord and lime, and it went down quite nicely. No umbrellas or cherries!

I am going to New Orleans for the first time ever with my wife over the Christmas Holiday. All I keep hearing is that this is one of the best cities to eat it, but I only have recommendations for a few restaurants. I’ve been...

Easy Street is closed indefinitely while they’re building the new Skyy Hotel. Shame.

't recommend a sugar rim: too sweet.) This one isn’t that potent as shaker drinks go, but it has some zip. Infuse 750ml of vodka (I think Smirnoff 80-proof is ideal for this application, though I’ve also used Skyy to...

My “cabinet” consists of.... Gin: 209 Bombay Sapphire Crimson Hayman’s Old Tom Leopolds Martin Miller’s Tanqueary Tanqueary Ten Vodka: Smirnoff Absolut Smirnoff Copper Pot Still Ketel One Ketel One Citron Skyy Zybrovka...

or Skyy; super-premiums are for suckers.

Rainchecks! Does hell go with yes?! When they’re out of the promised sockeye salmon @ $7.99 lb. or the skyy vodka 1.75 liter for $18.99, you bet I get a raincheck. adam

of the bottles of cheap stuff he was re-filling with. It turns out that that day, in that restaurant, there were lovely bottles from Absolut, Stolichnaya, Skyye, etc. — and they were all filled with cheap gin. My wife told...