New York sophisticates are knocking back Cosmopolitans: lemon-vodka martinis with a jot of cranberry juice. Like politics, the homemade ate at Slick Willie’s bar in Washington, D.C., makes strange bedfellows. Chicago’s top toddy is the Red Hot (pepper vodka and cinnamon schnapps).
Soigne Miami Beach pioneers now suffering tourist throngs seek relief in a Hollywood-vodka, raspberry-liqueur and cranberry-juice shooters. Pals in Atlanta sip Gator Bites: fishbowls of lemonade, vodka and blue Curacao. Zima, a clear malt liquor, is a new fave from New Orleans to Austin, Texas.
San Francisco supports local microbrews. Le tout Los Angeles flocks to juice bars for a workout-in-a-glass: fruit, amino acid and mineral shakes. Salut!
