had three cocktails at nopa:
escondido romano – chipotle vodka, cynar, dimmi, cava
valkyrie – aquavit, aperol, vermouth (dolin blanc), sunshine (saffron) bitters
sherry shrub – manzanilla sherry, huckleberry shrub
i admired these more than i liked them. what i mean is: none were boring. all were perfectly balanced. the flavors were new, interesting. but [...]
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Also tagged aperol, aquavit, cava, chipotle, cynar, dimmi, escondido romano, is there a douchier way, peach, punt e mes, saffron, sunshine bitters, unripe peach, valkyrie
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motherfucker! i was well for about five days before i regressed to my previous state of frenzied coughing.
worse, the night we tried to get into nopa, those bitches were closed for their 3rd anniversary!
nopalito was still open and was pretty killa-dilla. nothing chases away cocktail blues like braised pork.
the folks took on babysitting [...]